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| © 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 |
Schnitger? What was the influence of Schnitger and his
predecessors on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How does
the dramatic style of the North German composers relate to the
fabulous acoustics in the large churches of the Hanseatic cities?
These and other questions were addressed in this organ tour,
during which participants heard and played the largest and best
preserved historical organs in North Germany.
Due to the exemplary restoration practices in the last decades we
can now experience original sounds from the late Gothic through
Romantic styles. In addition to other instruments, the two large
Schnitger organs in Hamburg and Stade include twenty reeds from
the seventeenth century alone!
predecessors on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How does
the dramatic style of the North German composers relate to the
fabulous acoustics in the large churches of the Hanseatic cities?
These and other questions were addressed in this organ tour,
during which participants heard and played the largest and best
preserved historical organs in North Germany.
Due to the exemplary restoration practices in the last decades we
can now experience original sounds from the late Gothic through
Romantic styles. In addition to other instruments, the two large
Schnitger organs in Hamburg and Stade include twenty reeds from
the seventeenth century alone!
| The Spendor of the North A tour of the Famous Instruments in the Monumental Churches of the Hanseatic Cities in North Germany (Hamburg, Bremen, Stade, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Wismar, Stralsund) July 27-August 6, 2004 |
Selected Instruments and Sights Visited:
- Hamburg Jacobikirche (Schnitger)
- Hamburg Instrument Museum
- Stade Cosmaekirche (Schnitger) and Wilhadekirche (Bielfeldt)
- Steinkirchen (Schnitger)
- Lüdingworth (Schnitger)
- Altenbruch (16th to 18th cent.)
- Bremen Dom (Silbermann and Sauer) and Martini (Renaissance
case) - Cappel (Schnitger)
- Lüneburg Johanniskirche (16th to 18th cent., Niehoff/Dropa)
- Lübeck Jacobikirche (Stellwagen)
- Schwerin (Ladegast) Blankenhagen (Schnitger)
- Stralsund Marienkirche (Stellwagen)
- Basedow (Herbst)
- Tangermünde (Scherer)
| The Organeum in cooperation with the Historic Organ Resource Program |
| reminisces about our tour: |
How did the development of North German Renaissance instruments lead to the splendor of the organs built by Arp
| Tour Staff: |
- 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 forty 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. - Masaaki Suzuki is one of the leading performers and teachers of music from the
Baroque era worldwide. He teaches at the Gedai Conservatory in Tokyo and directs the
Bach Collegium Japan.