Jae-Hyuck Cho, the organist, began his musical studies on the piano at age five and later pursued organ studies alongside his piano performance degrees.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded on the historic Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Église de La Madeleine in Paris.
Recording & Production
The recording features a newly commissioned work titled 'Pahdo' by composer Texu Kim, written specifically for this project.
Composition History
Texu Kim's 'Pahdo' was commissioned by and dedicated to Jae-Hyuck Cho for his recording project at La Madeleine.
Instruments
In J. S. Bach's time, organs were considered the most complicated mechanical devices ever made by humans.
Performer Biography
Jae-Hyuck Cho, the organist, held positions as music director and organist in several churches, including The Old First Church of Newark, New Jersey, which had an organ with over eight thousand pipes.
Compositional Technique
Texu Kim's 'Pahdo' (Korean for 'ocean wave') evokes the east coast of South Korea, using broken chords for sunlight on the ocean and tone clusters for sea waves, with hidden melodies from the folk tune Pyeong Chang Arari.
