Iter Arcanum

At the end of July 2026, the International Organ Festival Haarlem celebrated its 75th anniversary. The festival opened on Saturday, 18 July with a performance combining organ and dance. Organist Matthias Havinga gave the première of the first-ever organ work by the young Dutch composer Joey Roukens. In this article, Havinga discusses this substantial work, which in his view ‘could quite justifiably be called a symphony for organ’ [editor].