Albert Clement Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the chorale. Part 3: From text to explanation in the Six Grand Sonatas, op. 65,4-6Het ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 6, 12-30 [summary] Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the chorale. Part 3: From text to explanation in the Six Grand...
Maxim Serebrennikov An organ work by Kirchhoff discovered. Gottfried Kirchhoffs 325th birthdayHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 6, 4-11 [summary] Besides the big names like Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Frideric Handel there were many other composers and organists who...
Peter Ouwerkerk The invisible organist. The Sweelinck-Muller award, 7 November, 2009Het ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 1, 37-41 [summary] The most important cause of the impopularity of the organ is the invisibility of the organist; during organ concerts there is no contact...
Jaap Jan Steensma (& Marieke Lefeber) Händel, Haydn, and the barrel organsHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 1 10-21 en nr. 2, 4-19 [summary] In 2009, an anniversary of Händel and Haydn, there was an exhibition called Haydn live in the Nationaal Museum van Speelklok tot...
Harmen Trimp Sweelincks faith tested. Speculation about the religious beliefs of the Orpheus of AmsterdamHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 2, 20-29 [summary] There is little certain information about the religious beliefs of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621). From his...
Aart de Kort & Cees van der Poel Recent new organs, part 2: The Adema organ in ScherpenzeelHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 2, 30-37 [summary] An organ was provided in 1822 for the Hervormde Kerk in Scherpenzeel by Johann Caspar Friedrichs (1762-1825). The maintenance of...
Robin A. Leaver Martin Luther and the organHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 3, 4-11 [summary] In past centuries the reformer Martin Luther has often been portrayed as someone who strongly criticized the use of the organ in the liturgy. Indeed Luther expressed himself...
Albert Clement Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the chorale (2)Het ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 3, 12-25 [summary] In the second of three articles in which Mendelssohn is examined as a follower of Bach, the prominence of the Chorale in the first three sonatas (opus 65,...
Antonio Caporaso Giovanni Salvatore – a contemporary of FrescobaldiHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 3, 26-33 [summary] Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) is beyond any doubt the best-known Italian keyboard composer of the seventeenth century. There are also less-known...
Aart de Kort & Cees van der Poel Recent new organs – part 3: the Verschueren organ in the Orgelpark in AmsterdamHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 3, 34-40 [summary] When it opened in 2007, the Orgelpark in Amsterdam had a Sauer organ (1922), a Van Leeuwen organ...
Robert Jan August Robert Schumanns BACH-fuguesHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 4, 4-21 [summary] Robert Schumann, who was born two hundred years ago this year, was very proud of his Sechs Fugen über den Namen BACH (op. 60). He expected that the cycle, which he composed in...
Sietze de Vries Restoration of the organs in Zandeweer & ZuidbroekHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 4, 22-31 [summary] The year 2007 saw the completion of the organ restorations in the village church in Zandeweer and the Petruskerk in Zuidbroek. Both organs are associated...
Léon Berben Ornamenting in the organ works of Johann Sebastian BachHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 4, 32-38 [summary] It is not customary nowadays, when performing organ music of Johann Seb. Bach, to add ornaments that are not written. Yet Walther describes such additions...
Joep van Leeuwen Jazzguitar meets churchorganHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 5, 4-11 [summary] Is it possible to play jazz using jazz guitar and pipe organ? This is the central question in the project Jazz Guitar meets Church Organ, that started in 2009 in Maastricht (NL)...
Berry van Berkum How do you unite your integrity with progress? Interview with Bert van den BrinkHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 5, 12-17 [summary] The jazz musician Bert van den Brink studied classical piano at Utrecht Conservatorium as his major subject, with organ as...
Jan Hage The organ Works of Wim de RuiterHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 1, 4-15 [summary] The Dutch composer Wim de Ruiter (*1943) has written more than ten works for organ. De Ruiters compositional career can be divided into two phases. The first includes the 60s and 70s...
Jan Hage & Cees van der Poel ein hochgeistiges Instrument The Art-Station Saint Peter in KölnHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 5, 18-29 [summary] In 1987 the Art-Station Saint Peter was opened in Köln, a Center for contemporary Art and Music. The German church...
Erik Zwiep The Göteborg International Organ Academy 2009Het ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 1, 16-19 [summary] The Göteborg International Organ Academy (GIOA) took place from 7-15 August. The festival distinguishes itself from other festivals by the emphatic academic...
Hans Beek Organ information in historical newspapersHet ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 5, 34-35 [summary] On May 28, 2010, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library) in The Hague presented the website http://kranten.kb.nl . The website makes available the text of a great...
Auke Hendrik Vlagsma Three 4 organs from the period 1680-1725Het ORGEL 106 (2010), nr. 1, 20-36 [summary] In The Netherlands the 4 organ as a type came into existence only after the Reformation. These organs were placed in small church buildings, the majority in...