Transcribing The Nine - Thomas Heywood on Beethoven's Nine Symphonies for Concert Organ Solo

Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020, and the 200th Anniversary of Beethoven’s death in 2027, Thomas Heywood is becoming the first solo artist to transcribe, record and perform 'The Nine' - Beethoven's nine symphonies.
Heywood’s transcriptions for concert organ solo open new opportunities for the performance and interpretation of these 'cornerstones of Western civilisation'.
Before Heywood’s transcriptions, the solo performance of the complete Beethoven symphonies had only been possible on the piano, including Franz Liszt’s transcriptions for solo piano, considered amongst the most technically and musically demanding piano music ever written and, in the words of Vladimir Horowitz: 'the greatest works for the piano'.
Recorded in video and audio on landmark pipe organs around the world, specially chosen for their intrinsic suitability for each symphony, the cycle will be available progressively from 2020 to 2027 with regular releases until the completion of the project.
The published scores of Heywood’s transcriptions will be released together with the recordings. See www.concertorgan.com for the MP4 films, MP3 audio and Music Scores.