Music lovers and fans of the movie Interstellar rejoice! Roger Sayer, the organ soloist for the Oscar-nominated score, will perform in Vancouver for one night only. On October 25, the Interstellar 10 Organ Concert Tour concludes its Canadian leg at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church in Downtown Vancouver.
In 2014, Sayer worked with Hans Zimmer to create the soundtrack for the blockbuster film Interstellar. Since then, the music from the movie has developed a huge following, introducing the organ to many audiences for the first time. Sayer is celebrating the movie’s 10th anniversary with a worldwideInterstellar 10 Concert Tour, having presented to sold-out audiences in Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe. Presented by the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the Canadian Interstellar 10 tour consists of five stops, with Vancouver being the last stop on October 25.
Sayer will share his experience of working with Zimmer and director Christopher Nolan, two living geniuses of cinema, before playing his own transcription of all the epic hits from the soundtrack on the organ, the instrument that Zimmer specifically used to express the wonder and mystery of space. “He [Sayer] is without doubt an extraordinary artist whose humanity shines in the impeccable artistry that flows from his hands” (ZIMMER).
“The organ has a long and storied history in church music, however, it is also a complex, magnificent instrument with a growing body of newly composed music created by today’s innovators and composers,” explains Elizabeth Shannon, Executive Director, Royal Canadian College of Organists. “We hope that through the Interstellar 10 Organ Concert, more people can experience the organ’s extraordinary power and versatility in a thrilling live concert, to understand how it inspired Zimmer to elicit the immenseness and mystery of space in the creation of the intergalactic score.”
Tickets to Vancouver’s Interstellar 10 concert are now available at www.rcco.ca/Interstellar.