David Sanger is frequently partnered by Hans Fagius from Sweden for Organ Duet Concerts. Click here for contact details.

Hans Fagius, born in Norrköping, Sweden, in 1951, was taught by the organists Nils Eriksson and Bengt Berg before studying at the Stockholm College of Music with Alf Linder, under whose guidance he obtained his soloist's diploma in 1974. He subsequently studied for a year in Paris with Maurice Duruflé.

In recent years, on the basis of private study, he has devoted himself increasingly to Baroque music, trying to approach the music on its own terms under the inspiration of scholarship in this field. On two occasions he has won prizes in international organ competitions and since the beginning of the 1970s he has given numerous recitals throughout Europe, in the USA and in Australia. He has also made radio recordings in a number of countries.

He has taught at the Stockholm and Gothenburg Colleges of Music and since 1989 is Professor at the Royal Danish Conservatory in Copenhagen. He has made numerous recordings on the BIS label, and he performed the complete organ works of J S Bach in two series of recitals in Malmö and Copenhagen, in a total of 24 recitals.

Recent duet concert:

A selection of duets in the repertoire of David Sanger and Hans Fagius

J G Albrechstberger: Prelude & Fugue in C

J C Bach: Duetto in F, Opus 18:6
    Allegro - Rondeau (Allegro)

J C Bach: Duetto in A, Opus 18
    Allegretto - Tempo di minuetto

Franz Berwald: A Rustic Wedding

Nicolas Carlton: A Verse

Niels Gade: Fantasy

G F Handel: For unto us a Child is born
    arr. for organ duet by T Haigh

G F Handel: The Hallelujah Chorus
    arr. for organ duet by J Marsh

Adolf Friedrich Hesse: Fantasie in C minor, Opus 35
    Adagio - Andante grazioso - Fuga, Allegretto

Francis Jackson: Habanera (2nd movt from Suite Montréalaise, opus 93)

J C Kellner: Quartetto in E flat for two Persons and Pedals

Franz Lachner: Introduction & Fugue in D minor, Opus 62

Jean Langlais: Double Fantaisie

Jon Laukvik: "MM" for Orgel [vierhändig] (1984)

Kenneth Leighton: Martyrs [Duet], Opus 73

Mendelssohn: Two Fugues

W A Mozart: Fantasie in F-moll, K 608 [Ein Orgelstück für eine Uhr]

W A Mozart: Fugue in G minor

Gustav Merkel: Sonata d-moll for four hands and feet, Op.30
    Allegro moderato - Adagio - Allegro con fuoco. Fuga: Piu moderato

John Rutter: Variations on an Easter theme: O Filii et Filiae

David Sanger: Veni Creator Spiritus
    originally for 4 organists at 3 organs, rearranged as duet

Antonio Soler: Concierto (C major)

Franz Schubert: Fugue in E minor for four hands

Thomas Tomkins: A Fancy for two to play

Samuel Wesley: Duet for the Organ
    Allegro - Andante - Fuga: Alla Capella

Samuel Wesley: Three Duets for Eliza
    Moderately slow, Moderately slow - lively, Andante (vivace)

Samuel Wesley: Five Variations on Adeste fidelis

Contact details

hans.fagius@minmail.net or david.sanger@virgin.net