17/03/2022 | No category, The music
This year, 2022, is a César-Franck year. The composer was born 200 years ago. The nature and quality of his organ works opened then untraveled roads and set a new standard. His influence was so great that he is considered the father of the modern French organ...
14/09/2021 | No category, The music
On 21, 23, and 24 July, 2021, the International Improvisation competition in Haarlem took place, 3 years after the previous competition because the competition was cancelled last year due to the corona virus. Four Germans, one Swiss, one Italian, one American, and...
05/03/2021 | No category, The instrument
In 1708 Johann Sebastian Bach entered the service of duke Wilhelm Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar as court organist, presiding at the Compenius organ of 1658 in the castle chapel “Weg zur Himmelsburg”. Bach served there for ten years, he composed the greatest portion of his...
24/09/2020 | No category, The instrument
At the end of 2019 a new 3-manual organ with 46 stops was inaugurated. This is a rare event deserving attention, especially in a time when many churches are closing. On 27 November the organ was presented by the maker, the firma of Van den Heuvel from Dordrecht, to...
08/07/2020 | No category, The gallery
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s influence was not limited to Germany. Many students at the conservatory in Leipzig, which the composer founded in 1843, came from foreign countries and returned after their studies to their original countries. Besides England, France and...
05/03/2020 | No category, The gallery
In this series the author treats various aspects of organ music in church services as these were discussed between 1886 and 1938 in Het Orgel. In the first installment it was clarified that the year 1938 was chosen because in that year a new hymnal was published. ...
