Bach und die norddeutsche Schule - Musikfest Bremen

In the organizer's words:

Krzysztof Urbaniak Organ

Program:
Nicolaus Bruhns: Praeludium ex e
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ricercar à 3 from "Musikalisches Opfer" BWV 1079, Fantasia in C BWV 570, Choral Fantasy Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält BWV 1128, Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth BWV 591, Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582
Dieterich Buxtehude: Praeludium ex e BuxWV 142

The organ in the church of St. Johannes Baptist was built in 1964 by the Alfred Führer workshop (Wilhelmshaven) with 30 stops on three manuals and pedal. It owes its magnificent baroque appearance to the fact that parts of Johann Adam Berner's organ from 1724 were reused for the case. Krzysztof Urbaniak, professor of historical organ and director of the Arp Schnitger Institute for Organ and Organ Building at the Bremen University of the Arts, has won numerous prizes at international competitions, including first prize at the Arp Schnitger Organ Competition at the Musikfest Bremen 2010. His program brings together three masters of North German organ music from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The central figure was the Lübeck Marienorganist Dieterich Buxtehude with his characteristic mixture of French-influenced joy of playing, Italian sense of sound and great contrapuntal art. Nicolaus Bruhns was his best pupil, and Johann Sebastian Bach was significantly influenced by both of them. He in turn did everything he could to surpass his role models ...

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