Summer organ series | Susannah Carlsson
Welcome to the summer organ concert series in Nidaros Cathedral 2026.
Steinmeyer organ
Susannah started playing the piano using the Suzuki method at the age of five. She played her first solo concert in Gothenburg's concert hall at the age of 12 and as a piano soloist with an orchestra at the age of 16. She received a diploma from «Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium» in Copenhagen in both piano and organ.
She has received a number of scholarships, including from the Royal Music Conservatory in Stockholm. Her professional activities have mainly been based in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she held a position as a church musician until she became assistant cathedral organist at Lund Cathedral.
Susannah works freelance as a concert organist and has taught liturgical organ playing and improvisation at Malmö Academy of Music. Since the autumn of 2024, she has been a court organist in Lund.
Program
Steinmeyer organ:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and fugue E-flat major, BWV 552
Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir (*1964)
from Konan og drekinn
Kona klædd sólinni
Bára Grímsdóttir (*1960)
from Englar á sveimi
Undir verndarvæng
Ég krýp
Judith Bingham (*1952)
Ancient Sunlight
Infancy – Bethrotal - Annunciation
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Prélude et Fugue
Philip Glass (*1937)
Mad Rush
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
from L’Orgue Mystique op. 55
Fantaisie
