Jan Zwart – Willem Mudde. Musical-hermeneutic investigations (I)
Music is one of the means by which the church manifests itself. It is truly an important means, because it speaks without words in a living manner directly from the heart to the heart. Through music the church communicates its beliefs to a specific audience, whether...
L’Art total. On the death of Jean Guillou (1930-2019)
On Saturday 26 January, 2019, Jean Guillou died after a short illness at the age of 88. He was a writer, poet, composer, pianist, organist, organ consultant, teacher, connoisseur of art, and according to some an iconoclast. The relations between all these aspects are...
The disposition collection of Lucas Willem Boogert
The author discovered the hitherto unknown collection of dispositions that Lucas Willem Boogert made between 1949 and 1959. He wrote an extensive article which can be downloaded from the website of Het Orgel www.hetorgel.nl/dispositieverzameling_boogert.pdf In number...
Life and work of the organ maker Albert Kiespenning
On 9 March, 2018, the organ in the Grote Kerk (St.-Janskerk) in Wijk bij Duurstede was reïnaugurated after a restoration by Orgelmakers Van Vulpen of Utrecht. The instrument is now tuned in mean-tone. It was built about 1615 by Albert Kiespenning. The restoration is a...
Piet Kee (30 August 1927 – 25 May 2018) – Artistic willfulness and infinite precision
The organist and composer Piet Kee (1927-2018) passed away last year. This article discusses the influences of the German “Orgelbewegung”, Kee’s motivation, and his vision for the organ and organ playing. Finally, using a few works as examples, his stylistic traits...
A future for organ culture
The article discusses the question of what is needed to guarantee the future of organ culture. Does the organ have a chance of survival without the religious (Christian) context? Introducing cosmetic innovations is insufficient to guarantee the continuation of secular...
Why and how we restore organs by Robert Helder
ArticlesRobert Helder Why and how we restore organsHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 23-29 [summary] This article discusses the goals with which monumental organs are restored and the relevant criteria. Already in 1931 an international congress of architects and engineers...
Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 3 by Bart van Buitenen
ArticlesBart van Buitenen Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 3Het ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 4-13 [summary] In the third part of the series ‘Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen...
The Hoornbeeck organ in the Nieuwe Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam by Auke H. Vlagsma
ArticlesAuke H. Vlagsma The Hoornbeeck organ in the Nieuwe Lutherse Kerk in AmsterdamHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 14-22 [summary] In 1694 the Consistory of the Lutheran congregation in Amsterdam decided to have an organ built for its second church building at the...
Developments in Bach interpretation by Reitze Smits
ArticlesReitze Smits Developments in Bach interpretationHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 3, 14-21 [summary] There was attention for the original context of early music from the early 20th century. But historically based performance practice blossomed particularly in the...
Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 2 by Bart van Buitenen
ArticlesBart van Buitenen Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 2Het ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 3, 3-13 [summary] In 1937 the “Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie moderne” [International...
The Seventy-Nine Chorales (op. 28) by Marcel Dupré by Ben van Oosten
ArticlesBen van Oosten The Seventy-Nine Chorales (op. 28) by Marcel DupréHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 3, 22-29 [summary] Among the organ works of Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) the ‘Seventy-Nine Chorales – Preparatory to the study of the Bach Chorale-Preludes and...
The Verhofstadt organ in the Dorpskerk in IJsselmuiden by Peter van Dijk
ArticlesPeter van Dijk The Verhofstadt organ in the Dorpskerk in IJsselmuidenHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 3, 30-41 [summary] Op 12 February, 2016, the Verhofstadt organ in the Dorpskerk in IJsselmuiden was re-inaugurated following a restoration by Gebr. Van Vulpen of...
The cabinet organ in the Domkerk in Utrecht by Peter van Dijk
ArticlesPeter van Dijk The cabinet organ in the Domkerk in UtrechtHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 1, 4-11 [summary] The Domkerk in Utrecht has two instruments by Bätz. Besides the main organ (1831) there is a cabinet organ by Gideon Thomas Bätz. Since the 1960s the...
Two restored jewels: the house organs in Kasteel Amerongen and the Grote Kerk in ‘s-Hertogenbosch by Sietze de Vries
ArticlesSietze de Vries Two restored jewels: the house organs in Kasteel Amerongen and the Grote Kerk in ‘s-HertogenboschHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 1, 12-19 [summary] The organ in Kasteel Amerongen was restored in 2015 by Elbertse Orgelmakers of Soest. Sietze de...
‘A very dilapidated instrument’; House organs that have disappeared from churches in the province of Groningen by Victor Timmer
ArticlesVictor Timmer ‘A very dilapidated instrument’; House organs that have disappeared from churches in the province of Groningen Het ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 1, 20-33 [summary] Although organs are, by nature of being a physical unit, a static phenomenon,...
Ambassador for the organ as orchestra; Interview with Iveta Apkalna by Olga de Kort
ArticlesOlga de Kort Ambassador for the organ as orchestra; Interview with Iveta ApkalnaHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 1, 34-37 [summary] In 2017 René Verwer wrote a 4-part series on the history of the organ in the concert hall, giving an overview of the music composed for...
Mold in organs: a serious problem? Report on a colloquium in Erfurt by Jaap Jan Steensma
ArticlesJaap Jan Steensma Mold in organs: a serious problem? Report on a colloquium in ErfurtHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 1, 38-43 [summary] Experts in Germany sounded the alarm a few years ago: our organs are rotting!It is estimated that at least a third of all...