| 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 |
| Seven |
- Lüdingworth (Wilde 1598/Schnitger 1683)
- Neuenkirchen (Donat 1662/Wilhelmy 1836)
- Cappel (17th century/Schnitger 1680)
- Grasberg (Schnitger 1694)
- Ganderkesee (Schnitger 1699)
- Bremen-Dom (Sauer 1894)
- Stade-St. Cosmae (Hus/Schnitger 1675)
- Stade-St. Wilhadi (Bielfeldt 1735)
- Neuenfelde (Schnitger 1688/Schnitger’s burial place),
- Steinkirchen (Hoyer 1581/Schnitger 1687)
- Hamburg-St. Jacobi (16th to 18th centuries/Schnitger 1693)
- Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Beuermann collection)
- Hamburg Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte
- Dedesdorg (Schnitger 1698)
- Golzwarden (Schnitger center)
- Langwarden (Kröger/Hus 1650)
- Groningen-Martinikerk (15th to 18th centuries/Schnitger 1692)
- Bellingwolde (Schnitger/Freytag 1798)
- Anloo (Radeker/Garrels 1717)
- Organ Workshop (Jürgen Ahrend)
- Oldersum (2004)
- Weener (Schnitger 1710)
- Weener-Organeum (instrument collection)
- Rysum (1457/1511)
- Uttum (16th/17th centuries)
- Norden (16th and 17th centuries/Schnitger 1692)
| The Organeum in cooperation with the Historic Organ Resource Program |
| reminisces about our tour: |
| Seven Centuries of Organ Culture |
| A tour to the Hanseatic Cities and the Coastal Region between Hamburg and Groningen |
| directed by Harald Vogel, Organeum and Elizabeth Harrison, HORP |
July 26-August 5, 2005 |
The only region where seven centuries of organ culture can be experienced is the “Orgellandschaft” along the coast of the North
Sea between Hamburg and Groningen. There is nowhere else where can we hear so many original sounds from the late Gothic and
Renaissance periods (including reed stops). There is nowhere else where we can trace the change of organ style from the
polyphonic Renaissance plenum to the brilliant mixtures of the Baroque organs, designed for the purpose of accompanying
congregational singing. Nowhere else can we hear so many original instruments by Arp Schnitger, the most influential organbuilder
of the past. Nowhere else can we experience an unbroken tradition from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries and nowhere
else can we follow so well the development of quality of organbuilding in the late twentieth century as here.
Due to the exemplary restoration practices in the last decades, primarily by Jürgen Ahrend, we can now experience original sounds
from the late Gothic through Romantic styles. Ahrend’s workshop, located in Leer-Loga (Ostfriesland), celebrated its Jubileum in
November, 2004. Our tour will also be an Hommage à Jürgen Ahrend, who will join us briefly during our travels.
Sea between Hamburg and Groningen. There is nowhere else where can we hear so many original sounds from the late Gothic and
Renaissance periods (including reed stops). There is nowhere else where we can trace the change of organ style from the
polyphonic Renaissance plenum to the brilliant mixtures of the Baroque organs, designed for the purpose of accompanying
congregational singing. Nowhere else can we hear so many original instruments by Arp Schnitger, the most influential organbuilder
of the past. Nowhere else can we experience an unbroken tradition from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries and nowhere
else can we follow so well the development of quality of organbuilding in the late twentieth century as here.
Due to the exemplary restoration practices in the last decades, primarily by Jürgen Ahrend, we can now experience original sounds
from the late Gothic through Romantic styles. Ahrend’s workshop, located in Leer-Loga (Ostfriesland), celebrated its Jubileum in
November, 2004. Our tour will also be an Hommage à Jürgen Ahrend, who will join us briefly during our travels.
- Harald Vogel is recognized as a leading authority on the interpretation of German organ music from the Renaissance and
Baroque periods. He teaches at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen and has conducted succesful organ tours since 1972.
- John Brombaugh belongs to the most renowned organ builders in the world. He has studied North German organs for 40
years and has based his new instruments on the historical organs in the Netherlands and North Germany.
- William Porter is a recitalist and improviser of international renown. He has demonstrated historical organs and historical-
style organs for many tours and workshops in Europe and America. He is Professor of Music at the Eastman School of
Music and at Yale University
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