On Saturday, 2nd of September, I had the pleasure of playing an organ recital in Griedel (a village about 50 kilometres north of Frankfurt\/Main).
\nThis year, we’re celebrating 500 years of Martin Luther putting up his theses and the start of the reformation.<\/p>\n
When I first talked about the idea of having an organ concert in the reformation year with our pastor, I thought that all three organ players in the parish could come together and each would play 20 minutes or so. Well, it seems I wasn’t clear enough on this, because one evening my husband came home from a meeting of the church committee and said that everyone was looking forward to „my organ recital“. Apparently the pastor had told them I would play the full concert.<\/p>\n
What to do? I decided to take the listeners on a journey through time, starting with organ music from Luther’s time and moving on to modern music. I knew that I had to be careful what kind of modern music I could present to the audience as most people here are not really used to new sounds, but at the same time I wanted to give them some food for thought.<\/p>\n
Here’s the full list of pieces I played:<\/p>\n
Hans (Johann) Buchner<\/b> (1483 – 1538)
\nChrist ist erstanden (Christ is risen)<\/p>\n
Caterina Assandra<\/b> (1590 \u2013 1618)
\nEgo flos campi<\/p>\n
Dietrich Buxtehude<\/b> (1637 \u2013 1707)
\nNun bitten wir den heiligen Geist (BuxWV 208)<\/p>\n
Johann Pachelbel<\/b> (1653 \u2013 1706)
\nFugue in d minor (P. 154; T. 276)<\/p>\n
Johann Sebastian Bach <\/b>(1685 \u2013 1750)
\nPrelude and fugue g minor (BWV 558)
\n\u201eIch ruf zu dir\u201c from the \u201eOrgelb\u00fcchlein\u201c (BWV 639)
\nPrelude and fugue G major (BWV 557)<\/p>\n
Georg Andreas Sorge<\/b> (1703 \u2013 1778)
\nTrio C major<\/p>\n
Justin Heinrich Knecht<\/b> (1752 \u2013 1817)
\nFreue dich sehr o meine Seele (Rejoice my soul)<\/p>\n
Fanny Hensel<\/b> (1805 \u2013 1847)
\nChorale (op. 3\/1)<\/p>\n
Felix Mendelssohn<\/b> (1809 \u2013 1847)
\nAndante D major (MWV W 6)<\/p>\n
Emma Louise Ashford<\/b> (1850 \u2013 1930?)
\nEvening Hymn<\/p>\n
Edward Elgar<\/b> (1857 \u2013 1934)
\nVesper Voluntaries op. 14
\nIntroduction \u2013 Andante \u2013 Allegro \u2013 Andantino \u2013 Allegretto piacevole \u2013 Intermezzo \u2013 Poco lento \u2013 Moderato \u2013 Allegretto Pensoso \u2013 Poco allegro – Coda<\/i><\/p>\n
Kate Boundy<\/b> (1866 \u2013 1913)
\nEven Song<\/p>\n
Carlotta Ferrari<\/b> (* 1975)
\nLa Salita al Mirteto<\/p>\n
Lothar Graap<\/b> (* 1933)
\nDer Mond ist aufgegangen (The moon has risen), variations for organ (GWV 320)
\nI. Verhalten (cautious) \u2013 II. Straff (taughtly) \u2013 III. Ruhig (quiet) \u2013 IV. Langsam (slow) \u2013 V. Freudig (joyful) \u2013 VI. M\u00e4\u00dfig bewegt (moderately moved) \u2013 VII. Langsam (slow) \u2013 VIII. Bewegt (moved) \u2013 IX. Sehr ruhig (very quiet)<\/i><\/p>\n
\nThere were about 35 or even 40 people in the audience and after a long round of friendly and partly enthusiastic applause, I played „Caprice“ from „Cinq pi\u00e8ces pour orgue“ by Adolphe Marty.<\/p>\n
Next year, my „main“ organ will have its 160th birthday, so there will be another recital coming up. I’ve already made plans what to play. But first, back to „standard organist life“ with Sunday services and all the rest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Saturday, 2nd of September, I had the pleasure of playing an organ recital in Griedel (a village about 50 kilometres north of Frankfurt\/Main). This year, we’re celebrating 500 years of Martin Luther putting up his theses and the start … Continue reading