Chris Jarrett's “New Journeys” – organ improvisations are among the most convincing and at the same time boldest modernizations of the tradition of church music of the past decades. Whether in Hamburg, Vienna, Chicago, Frankfurt or Potsdam, as well as in smaller cities and communities such as Speyer, Landau, Oldenburg, Freiberg, Ganderkesee, Zittau, Klagenfurt, Villach, Linz, Wissembourg, or Bran, these concerts are attracting more and more curious and enthusiastic audiences. There, they experience how old and new instruments open up a completely new world of sound while at the same time re-examining and reaffirming old values.

The composer, pianist and improviser Chris Jarrett demonstrates that traditional instruments – entirely without digital additions – possess a modern, indeed visionary-futuristic potential. At the same time, he knows how to work with the respective acoustics, the local circumstances and even current events in such a way that the here and now flows into the music in an unusual way."

In this respect, this programme offers exactly what churches should wish for: an authentic, challenging and contemporary approach. Every concert is created anew; new soundscapes and frameworks for improvisation are discovered, and each time a new, exciting journey begins from exactly where the organ is located.

“Through his art, Jarrett makes it possible to experience that the enigmatic and mysterious nature of life does not only mean uncertainty and fear, but also enrichment and beauty for those who dare to engage with it.”

Saarbrücker Zeitung 

"The musician reappraises the majesty of this sovereign instrument, which exists in the communicative space between divinity and humanity. Contrasting timbres are used to create intensely dramatic effects, or dissolved into quasi-pastoral modulations and then disrupted by machine-gun-like sounds or notes that fly like a flock of birds. Pre-classical interludes with a ceremonial dance appeal develop into sound apotheoses reminiscent of biblical trumpets, but can also drift towards rhythmic impulses that have "swing"." (Virgil Mihaiu, Romania Literara, 9/2024)