| A resource to assist organ students,organ teachers, organ enthusiasts, and professional organists to experience historical and historical-style instruments |
| © Historic Organ Resource Program 2011 |
Historic Organ Resource Program Elizabeth Harrison, Executive Director 8111 NW 120th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73162 Tel: 724-944-7219 E-mail: ElizabethAHarrison@horp.org |
What development occurred in North German organ building between the mid-fifteenth
century and the late Baroque? How do these antique instruments inform us about the
performance practice of the music written for them? How do restorations honor the
integrity of the builders' creations? What other keyboard instruments can inform our
interpretation of North German organ music from the fifteenth to the 18th centuries? These
and other questions were addressed in this tour of a limited number of organ students and
organ alumni from Westminster College.
Because of the small number of participants, each student had many hours of individual
practice time supported by individual and group instruction at the antique instruments.
Several highlights of this tour including visiting the Harpsichord and Clavichord Workshop
of Dietrich Hein, hearing Prof. Harald Vogel demonstrate the Bielfedt organ in
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, performing a public concert in the Ludgerikirche in Norden on the
Schnitger organ built in 1688, visiting the Old Dutch Reformed church service in Rijssen,
and visiting Henk Van Eeken's Organ Workshop.
This tour was organized and director by Elizabeth Harrison, Director of the Westminster
Historic Organ Program. Dr. Harrison is recognized as one of the leading American
century and the late Baroque? How do these antique instruments inform us about the
performance practice of the music written for them? How do restorations honor the
integrity of the builders' creations? What other keyboard instruments can inform our
interpretation of North German organ music from the fifteenth to the 18th centuries? These
and other questions were addressed in this tour of a limited number of organ students and
organ alumni from Westminster College.
Because of the small number of participants, each student had many hours of individual
practice time supported by individual and group instruction at the antique instruments.
Several highlights of this tour including visiting the Harpsichord and Clavichord Workshop
of Dietrich Hein, hearing Prof. Harald Vogel demonstrate the Bielfedt organ in
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, performing a public concert in the Ludgerikirche in Norden on the
Schnitger organ built in 1688, visiting the Old Dutch Reformed church service in Rijssen,
and visiting Henk Van Eeken's Organ Workshop.
This tour was organized and director by Elizabeth Harrison, Director of the Westminster
Historic Organ Program. Dr. Harrison is recognized as one of the leading American
| Four Centuries of North German Organs A tour of the famous instruments in North Germany between the Weser and Elbe Rivers (Bremen, Stade, Cappel, Ludingworth, Langwarden, Rysum, Uttum, Norden, and others) May 13 to 28, 2008 |
| The Historic Organ Resource Program's study tour for Westminster College Organ students and alumni |
authorities in historical and historical-style instruments. She has taught on the faculties of Stanford University, Cogswell
Polytechnical Institute, and Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA), and has readied students for graduate work at some of
the countries' best musical institutions. She has directed or co-directed many tours to instruments in the United States and abroad.
Polytechnical Institute, and Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA), and has readied students for graduate work at some of
the countries' best musical institutions. She has directed or co-directed many tours to instruments in the United States and abroad.
Selected Instruments and Sights Visited:
- Rysum (Anonymous, 1457)
- Uttum (Anonymous, 16th/17th century
- Marienhafe (von Holy, 1710)
- Dedesdorf (Schnitger, 1698)
- Cappel (Schnitger, 1680)
- Harbke (Fritzsche-Treutmann, 1621.1727)
- Lüdingworth (Wilde 1598/Schnitger 1683)
- Altenbruch (Klapmeyer, 1727)
- Neuenkirchen (Donat 1662/Wilhelmy 1836)
- Weener (Schnitger, 1709/10)
- Stapelmoor (Immer, Klein, and Jaccard, 1848/1997)
- Organ workshop of Henk van Eeken
- Harpsichord and Clavichord workshop of Dietrich Hein