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The cathedral’s grand organ (with 57 stops) sits on the balcony above the main entrance. It was manufactured by a Danish company called Marcussen & Son in 1967.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Organ
The main pipe organ was built by the organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens (c. 1690-1744) in 1730. He was a student of one of Europe's best-known organ makers, Arp Schnitger (1648–1719) of Hamburg. It has been restored, enlarged, and updated several times, but the baroque facade has been maintained. The majority of voices in the current organ are built by the organ builders Th. Frobenius & Sons between 1928 and 2001. The most recent restoration took place between 2018 and 2020 by Danish organ builders Marcussen & Søn. With 89 organ stop it is now Denmark's largest church organ. In 1885, pianist, composer and conductor Robert William Otto Allen (1852–1888) became the organist.
Le facteur Christian Müller et le sculpteur Jan van Logteren, tous deux d'Amsterdam, ont construit l'instrument entre 1735 et 1738. Avec ses 60 jeux et ses imposantes tours abritant les jeux de 32' de la pédale, cet orgue fut, pendant plusieurs années, le plus grand instrument du monde. Händel, Mozart et Mendelssohn font partie des célèbres visiteurs qui vinrent jouer cet instrument.
Plusieurs modifications ont été apportées à l'instrument au cours des 19e et 20e siècles selon les goûts du jour. Le but de la restauration majeure de 1959-1961 par la firme Marcussen & Son était de restorer l'instrument aussi près que possible de l'original. Au cours des années 1987 à 2000, la firme Flentrop Orgelnouw a travaillé sur l'harmonisation de l'instrument.
The organbuilder Christian Müller and the sculptor Jan van Logteren, both from Amsterdam, built the instrument between 1735 and 1738. With its 60 stops and its imposing towers housing the 32' stops of the pedal, this organ was, during several years, the largest instrument in the world. Händel, Mozart and Mendelssohn are among the famous visitors who came to play this instrument.
Several modifications were made to the instrument during the 19th and 20th centuries according to the tastes of the day. The aim of the major restoration of 1959-1961 by the firm of Marcussen & Son was to restore the instrument as close to the original as possible. During the years 1987 to 2000, the firm Flentrop Orgelnouw worked on the harmonization of the instrument.
Vordingborg Kirke - Orgel van Poul Gerhard Andersen / Marcussen & søn, 1960 / Restauratie en uitbreiding door Andersen & Bruhn, 2011
First stop on a recent trip to Copenhagen was this stunning church a few miles outside the city in the Bispebjerg district.
Built with yellowish brick, this church emanates incredible light both day and night.
Managed to break my ankle at this location after missing the last step on a narrow spiral staircase. Thankfully, my camera survived the misadventure :-)
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Le facteur Christian Müller et le sculpteur Jan van Logteren, tous deux d'Amsterdam, ont construit l'instrument entre 1735 et 1738. Avec ses 60 jeux et ses imposantes tours abritant les jeux de 32' de la pédale, cet orgue fut, pendant plusieurs années, le plus grand instrument du monde. Händel, Mozart et Mendelssohn font partie des célèbres visiteurs qui vinrent jouer cet instrument.
Plusieurs modifications ont été apportées à l'instrument au cours des 19e et 20e siècles selon les goûts du jour. Le but de la restauration majeure de 1959-1961 par la firme Marcussen & Son était de restorer l'instrument aussi près que possible de l'original. Au cours des années 1987 à 2000, la firme Flentrop Orgelnouw a travaillé sur l'harmonisation de l'instrument.
The organbuilder Christian Müller and the sculptor Jan van Logteren, both from Amsterdam, built the instrument between 1735 and 1738. With its 60 stops and its imposing towers housing the 32' stops of the pedal, this organ was, during several years, the largest instrument in the world. Händel, Mozart and Mendelssohn are among the famous visitors who came to play this instrument.
Several modifications were made to the instrument during the 19th and 20th centuries according to the tastes of the day. The aim of the major restoration of 1959-1961 by the firm of Marcussen & Son was to restore the instrument as close to the original as possible. During the years 1987 to 2000, the firm Flentrop Orgelnouw worked on the harmonization of the instrument.
A new work Billy is learning to play is Dr. Fielding's Variations on “O Waly, Waly” (2007) for organ
1) Theme
2) Bicinium
3) Aria
4) Ostinato
5) Chorale
Listen here
(www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/52613)
to a performance by Carson Cooman on the 2001 Marcussen organ in Willibrordi Cathedral, Wesel, Germany (via Hauptwerk)
The main organ of the Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk in Rotterdam was built by the firm of Marcussen & Søn from Denmark.
Het orgel is 23 meter hoog, heeft vier manualen, 85 registers en 7600 pijpen. Het is het grootste orgel van Nederland en het grootste kerkorgel met mechanische tractuur van Europa.
English:
The organ is 23 meters high, has four manuals, 85 registers and 7600 pipes. It is the largest organ in the Netherlands and the largest mechanical action church organ in Europe.
Christian Müller (1738) / C. F. G. Witte (1868, restauratie en dispositiewijziging/restoration and stop changes) / Marcussen & Son (1961, reconstructie en restauratie/reconstruction and restoration) / Flentrop (vanaf/from 1987, intonatie-wijzigingen/voicing changes)
At 11m long, the Marcussen & Søn pipe organ found in Gruntvigs Kirke is the largest in all of Scandanavia.
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Christian Müller (1738) / C. F. G. Witte (1868, restauratie en dispositiewijziging/restoration and stop changes) / Marcussen & Son (1961, reconstructie en restauratie/reconstruction and restoration) / Flentrop (vanaf/from 1987, intonatie-wijzigingen/voicing changes)
Køge 15. January 2017
Nicolai Church - market town church - dedicated to St. Nicolas, patron saint of seamen.
Seating for 700 persons
The tower from 1324 - is the oldest part of the present church, the nave from 1450 and altarpiece by Lorenz Jørgensen from 1652.
Pulpit by Hans Holst from 1624. Epitaphs from 1584 - 1678
Large collection of pews with adorned top pieces. About 170 sepulchral monuments.
A lamp from 1450 - in the top of the tower - formerly served as a lighthouse.
Main and choir organs by Marcussen & Søn.
Museum with collection on church history in Our Lady's Chapel in the church.
Candles may be lit in the candle globe.
Christian Müller (1738) / C. F. G. Witte (1868, restauratie en dispositiewijziging/restoration and stop changes) / Marcussen & Son (1961, reconstructie en restauratie/reconstruction and restoration) / Flentrop (vanaf/from 1987, intonatie-wijzigingen/voicing changes)
Oscar's Church is one of the major churches in Stockholm, Sweden.The three-aisled hall church, which holds 1,200 people, has an 80-metre-high (260 ft) tower in the south-western part of the building.
The church was inaugurated in September 1903 as the result of a design competition nine years earlier. The competition was won by Gustaf Hermansson, who also designed the Sofia Church. It was King Oscar II himself, after whom the church is named, who laid the foundation stone in 1897.
The main church organ, considered to be one of the country's most notable, has received attention abroad. It was built in 1949 by the Danish firm Marcussen & Søn, to the wishes of Alf Linder, who was the church organist from 1943 until his death in 1983. The organ has four manuals and a pedal, with a total of 78 voices and more than 5,200 pipes — making it one of the largest in Sweden.
In the Lund Cathedral there are five organs. The biggest one is the gallery organ which was built between 1932 and 1934 by the Danish company Marcussen & Søn and is one of the largest in Sweden. The gallery organ has 102 stops distributed between four manuals and a pedalboard. There are 7,074 pipes in total. In 1992 it was renovated by the same company.
The smallest organ is in the astronomical clock. It plays In dulci jubilo daily. The three other organs are in the Crypt, the Baptism Chapel and the Choir.
In the Lund Cathedral there are five organs. The biggest one is the gallery organ which was built between 1932 and 1934 by the Danish company Marcussen & Søn and is one of the largest in Sweden. The gallery organ has 102 stops distributed between four manuals and a pedalboard. There are 7,074 pipes in total. In 1992 it was renovated by the same company.
The smallest organ is in the astronomical clock. It plays In dulci jubilo daily. The three other organs are in the Crypt, the Baptism Chapel and the Choir.
Challenging myself with some more contemporary repertory, Billy has just added this work to his practice playlist Dr. Phillips' rousing Toccata on Antioch (Joy to the World).
Listen to Arthur West's fine performance on the 1973 Marcussen organ in Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands (via Hauptwerk):
Steinmeyer-Orgel Sankt Michelis Hamburg
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The St. Michaelis Church in Hamburg has five organs: the Marcussen organ at the concert gallery, the great Steinmeyer organ in the west gallery, above in the attic, a remote station, in the crypt of the romantic Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy organ and since Advent 2010 the Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach organ on the south gallery. There is also a central console on the concert gallery.
The Great Organ was built as Opus 2000 in 1960 to 1962 by the organ builder Steinmeyer (Oettingen), replacing the former Walcker organ. The design of the prospectus is largely due to these predecessors. It is the main organ of the Hamburg St. Michaelis Church and an important witness for the organ from the 1960s. In the 2009/2010 Steinmeyer organ was restored to its edification state by the company Johannes Klais organ / Bonn and Freiburg organ Hartwig and Tilmann Spaeth with only minor changes. Because of their special timbre it is classified as a major Neo-Baroque monument sound.
The instrument has 86 stops with a total 6674 pipes, spread over five manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, electrically, the Registertrakturen. In contrast to the Great Marcussen organ organ is scheduled in neo-baroque style. During the restoration of the organ in 2009-2010 the former was replaced by a mechanical Litzentraktur Holztraktur.
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Die Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis in Hamburg besitzt fünf Orgeln: die Marcussen-Orgel auf der Konzertempore, die große Steinmeyer-Orgel auf der Westempore, darüber im Dachboden ein Fernwerk, in der Krypta die romantische Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Orgel und seit dem Advent 2010 die Carl-Phillip-Emanuel-Bach-Orgel auf der Südempore. Außerdem gibt es einen Zentralspieltisch auf der Konzertempore.
Die Große Orgel wurde in den Jahren 1960 bis 1962 von der Orgelbaufirma Steinmeyer (Oettingen) als Opus 2000 erbaut und ersetzte die frühere Walcker-Orgel. Die Gestaltung des Prospekts geht weitgehend auf diesen Vorgänger zurück. Sie ist die Hauptorgel der Hamburger Hauptkirche St. Michaelis und ein bedeutendes Zeugnis für den Orgelbau der 1960er Jahre. Im Jahre 2009/2010 wurde die Steinmeyer-Orgel durch die Firmen Johannes Klais Orgelbau/Bonn und Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig und Tilmann Späth mit nur kleinen Änderungen in seinem Erbauungszustand restauriert. Wegen ihrer besonderen Klangfarbe wird sie als ein wichtiges neobarockes Klangdenkmal eingestuft.
Das Instrument hat 86 Register mit insgesamt 6674 Pfeifen, verteilt auf fünf Manuale und Pedal. Die Spieltrakturen sind mechanisch, die Registertrakturen elektrisch. Im Gegensatz zur Marcussen-Orgel ist die Große Orgel im neobarocken Stil disponiert. Während der Restaurierung der Orgel in den Jahren 2009-2010 wurde die vormalige mechanische Litzentraktur gegen eine Holztraktur ausgetauscht.
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The church from 1934 is designed by professor Ivar Tengbom. The organ (1958) was built by Danish organ builders Marcussen & Søn .
The reformed Great or St.-Bavo Church was last restored in 1980-1985. It is a late Gothic cross-basilica with a slimline cross tower (restored in 1964-1969). The nave and the choir are covered by wooden vaulting (16th century). The Bavo Church has a richly decorated organ by Christian Müller (1738; restored by the Danish organ builders Marcussen in 1961).
Performed via Hauptwerk on the great Marcussen organ in St.Laurenskerk-Rotterdam, Netherlands
Listen/watch here: youtu.be/ugRwsvXO970
A great French work played by a Georgia (US) boy on an amazing Danish organ in a Dutch church. Time for Billy to dust off the scores for this extraordinary collection of pieces he acquired over 40 years ago and add them to his practice playlist.
American organist Don Papenbrock plays an improvisation by French composer Charles Tournemire from a 1930s recording (reconstructed in the 1950s by fellow French organist Maurice Duruflé), on a Danish Marcussen organ in a grand Dutch church (via Hauptwerk) all from the comfort of Don's residence virtual pipe organ.
The score to this work has been collecting dust since Billy's student days. Time to give it another go at trying to bring this composition back into my own playing repertoire.
Pipe organ at Christkirche Rendsburg.
Baroque organ case built by Arp Schnitger 1716.
New organ built by Schuke (Berlin) 1973, IV/51, with older pipework (Schnitger, Marcussen)
Listen to his short prelude on the Advent chorale "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" performed on the 1973 Marcussen main organ of Laurenskerk, Rotterdam (via Hauptwerk):
Composer of Capriol Suite, renaissance music adapted to the romantic tastes, here splendidly performed in an organ transcription by Andrew Teague (on my Santa's wish list for my Christmas birthday) on the Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ version of the great 1973 Marcussen & Son main organ in Rotterdam's Laurenskerk: www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/24046
Borgund Church (Norwegian: Borgund kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borgund, just east of the city of Ålesund. It is the church for the Borgund parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.
The historic, white, stone church was built in a cruciform style around the year 1300 by an unknown architect. The church reflects both Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles. The church seats about 750 people.[1][2]
The earliest existing historical records of a church in Borgund date back to the 12th century. In fact, at one point, there may have been as many as four stone churches in Borgund. Records talk about the Margaretakyrkja (St. Margaret's Church), Kristkyrkja (Christ Church), Matteuskyrkja (St. Matthew's Church), and Peterskyrkja (St. Peter's Church).
It is believed that the St. Peter's Church was located on the site of the present-day Borgund Church, in fact some of the stone walls are believed to the original walls.[3]
During the centuries, the church was renovated. Records show that in 1632 and again in 1864 the church was expanded and turned into a cruciform design. The altarpiece and pulpit were decorated in the baroque style during the 1600s as well.[3]
The church was the seat of the large Borgund prestegjeld and later the main church for the large Borgund Municipality.
The church had a major fire and the building was almost completely destroyed on 13 April 1904 by an arsonist only described as "mentally disturbed" by the local police.
The loss was tragic, but a new church was rapidly built within the remaining medieval walls using plans by the architects Christian Siegwart and Hans Siegwart.[3]
The church was consecrated on 7 August 1907. The pulpit and altar were carved from oak by local craftsmen. Additional wooden features were later added by artist Oddvin Parr.[4] The church organ dates from 1981 to was built by Marcussen & Søn of Aabenraa, Denmark.[5]
The programme:
01:03 | Bach – Prelude and fugue in A minor BWV 543 [Request]
13:58 | Walond – Voluntary No. 5 in G major [Request]
22:04 | Saint-Saëns – Fantasie in Eb [Request]
30:42 | Howells – Master Tallis’s Testament [Request]
Bach - Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn BWV 630
40:48 | Original hymn chorale
41:51 | Bach's arrangement
Widor - Symphony No 5
46:00 | I - Allegro vivace,
58:14 | IV - Adagio
1:04:00 | V - Toccata (Symphony 5) [Request]
www.pipedreams.org/episode/2022/01/10/nordic-variations
PROGRAM
Hour One
JON LEIFS (trans. Sólbergsson): Icelandic Dances, Op. 11 (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Pro Organo 7287
TANELLI KUUSISTO: Pastorale, Op. 18, no. 2 (1929 Setterquist/Linköping Cathedral, Sweden) Pro Organo 7239
JEAN SIBELIUS (trans Klein): The Bells of Berghall Church. MARKO HAKANPÄÄ: Trumpet Tune (2005) (2002 Grönlunds/St. Michael’s Church, Turku, Finland) Pro Organo 7279
ERIK ALVIN: Lamentoso. ALVIN: Symfoniskt Orgelstycke (1905-2008 Åkerman & Lund/St. Johannes Church, Malmö, Sweden) Pro Organo 7262
BERNARD CHRISTENSEN: Fantasy for Organ (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 11/22/19)
Hour Two
GUNNAR IDENSTAM: Gangar Fanfares (2019). NILS LINDBERG: The Blessed Days (Thoughts on Four Folksongs) –Helena Ek, soprano (1913 Setterquist-2013 Åkerman & Lund/Olaus Petri Church, Örebro, Sweden) Pro Organo 7290
LISE DYNNESEN: Come, Holy Spirit (1994 Andersen/St. Morten’s Church, Randers, Denmark) Pro Organo 7292
BENNA MOE: Cantilena. GOTTFRIRED MATTHISON-HANSEN: Concerto, Op. 15 (1879 Olsen-1986 Marcussen/Helligåndskirk, Copenhagen, Denmark) Pro Organo 7292
Filler – ARILD SANDVOLD: Fugue, fr Sonata in f, Op. 9 (1930 Steinmeyer-2014 Kuhn/Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway) Pro Organo 7285
Reminds me a bit of William Bolcom's Black Host for organ, percussion and electronic tape (which I first heard performed by Eastman Professor David Craighead, who came to Opperman Hall, Florida State University in the late 1970s to help dedicate a new Holtkamp tracker organ).
Creator of Patres Desertum (2019) for organ, takes its inspiration from the “Desert Fathers,” the early Christian ascetics who lived in Egypt during the third century and whose communities and practices became a significant influence on the development of Christian monasticism. Listen to a performance by Carson Cooman on the Hauptwerk virtual version of the 1977 Marcussen organ in Laurenskerk, Rotterdam: www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/34648
The artist's contribution to the FaceBook CoVid-19 challenge using the Hauptwerk sample set of the great Marcussen organ in Laurenskerk, Rotterdam:
There are three variations in different styles, concluding with a rousing toccata (beginning about 4:57) that builds to a grand crescendo, what my teacher used to call a real window-rattler.
I know of a no more beautiful composition that celebrates Pentecost than this one. It was one of the last works that I attempted to learn under the tutelage of my dear organ teacher Karen Willes.
Richard continues to coax wonderful sounds from the Rotterdam Sint-Laurenskerk Marcussen organ (via Hauptwerk), a case which Marie Claire Alain made 50 years ago in her classic recordings of the music of J. S. Bach and of her brother.
Also love Richard's red pants and storm trooper socks as appropriate clerical garb for this seasonal work.
Sankt Nikolai kyrka (Church of St. Nicholas), most commonly known as Storkyrkan (The Great Church) and Stockholms domkyrka (Stockholm Cathedral), is the oldest church in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is an important example of Swedish Brick Gothic. Situated next to the Royal Palace, it forms the western end of Slottsbacken, the major approach to the Royal Palace, while the streets Storkyrkobrinken, Högvaktsterrassen, and Trångsund pass north and west of it, respectively. South of the church is the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building facing the Stortorget square and containing the Swedish Academy, Nobel Library, and Nobel Museum.
Storkyrkan was first mentioned in a written source dated 1279 and according to tradition was originally built by Birger Jarl, the founder of the city itself. For nearly four hundred years it was the only parish church in the city, the other churches of comparable antiquity originally built to serve the spiritual needs of religious communities (e.g., Riddarholm Church). It became a Lutheran Protestant church in 1527. The parish church since the Middle Ages of the Nikolai parish, covering the whole island on which the Old Town stands, it has also been the cathedral of Stockholm since the Diocese of Stockholm was created out of the Archdiocese of Uppsala and the Diocese of Strängnäs in 1942. Because of its convenient size and its proximity to the earlier royal castle and the present royal palace it has frequently been the site of major events in Swedish history, such as coronations, royal wedding and royal funerals. The last Swedish king to be crowned here was Oscar II in 1873. Crown Princess Victoria, oldest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, was married to Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010 in Storkyrkan, the same date on which her parents were also married in Storkyrkan in 1976.
The most famous of its treasures is the dramatic wooden statue of Saint George and the Dragon attributed to Bernt Notke (1489). The statue, commissioned to commemorate the Battle of Brunkeberg (1471), also serves as a reliquary, containing relics supposedly of Saint George and two other saints. A bronze copy from the early 20th century is found on Österlånggatan just south of the church.
The church also contains a copy of the oldest known image of Stockholm, the painting Vädersolstavlan ("The Sun Dog Painting"), a 1632 copy of a lost original from 1535. The painting was commissioned by the scholar and reformer Olaus Petri, a 19th-century statue of whom is found on the eastern side of the church. It depicts a halo display, e.g. sun dogs, which gives the painting its name and in the 16th century was interpreted as a presage.
The monumental pulpit is the work of Burchard Precht in 1698-1702 and is in a French Baroque style. It became the model for a number of other large pulpits in Sweden. From the rear of its lofty sounding board issues widely billowing dragery, in front of which hover two large winged genii on either side of a radiant sun bearing the Hebrew letters יהוה. The relief on the front of the pulpit itself depicts the story of the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28). The door of the pulpit is adorned with a relief of Christ's head, while its pediment is crowned by a statue of Hope with putti on either side. Below the memorial are the arms of the Funck family who bore the greater cost of the pulpit. Beneath the pulpit and surrounded by an iron railing lies the worn gravestone of Olaus Petri.
The view down the central aisle of the church is dominated on either side by the Royal Pews, one facing the other on either side of the central aisle. They were designed by the celebrated architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and made by Burchard Precht. Each consists of a large enclosed box with decorated sides and back. High above each of the Royal Pews is a large royal crown forming a canopy above it, supported by two genii in flowing mantles, and from which billow sculptured hangings behind the royal seat, while above hover numerous putti. The royal seats are themselves upholstered in blue velvet with rich applied embroidery.
The main altar--"The Silver Altar"—is a wooden triptych with an ebony veneer with sculptured reliefs in silver in ascending order of the Last Supper on the predella; a large depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ between silver statues of Moses and John the Baptist in niches with small silver columns on either side; of the Burial of Christ (between silver statues of the evangelists Matthew and Mark; of Christ's Harrowing of Hell (between statues of the evangelists John and Luke; and on the pediment at top of the triptych, a silver statue of the Risen Christ between two reclining soldiers.
On either side of the Silver Altar is a sculpture holding a candle, one of St. Nicholas (the patron of the church) and the other of St. Peter, both designed by G. Torhamn and carved in oak by the sculptor Herbst in 1937. The rose window above and behind the Silver Altar was made in Paris in the 1850s, the first of a series of modern stained windows in the church contributed by various donors. The Silver Altar and the rose window above it fill the wall space formerly occupied by the apse of the medieval chancel removed by Gustavus Vasa when he expanded the fortifications of the Tre Kronor Castle, while the statue of the Olaus Petri monument at the back exterior of the church stands on the site of the medieval high altar.
The organ currently hiding inside the 1772 organ facade is made in 1960 by the firm Marcussen & Son in Aabenra, Denmark. The organ is all mechanic, has 54 voices spread over four manuals and pedal.
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Orgelverket som idag döljer sig innanför 1772 års orgelfasad är tillverkat 1960 av firma Marcussen & Son i Aabenra, Danmark. Orgeln är helmekanisk, har 54 stämmor fördelade på 4 manualer och pedal. De fyra manualerna: Ryggpositiv, Huvudverk, Svällverk, Bröstverk och Pedalverk. Ryggpositivet är utlyft ur själva orgeln och är placerat i framkant av orgelläktaren.
Composer of a wonderful set of Variations sur un Noël bourguignon that I first learned for a Christmas recital when I was still in my 20s. I first performed it on a modest sized Moller pipe organ in a Baptist church in Quincy, Florida. Inspired by two different performances [see links below] on the Contrebombarde online concerthall, I intend to use the same Hauptwerk sample sets on my own virtual pipe organ:
www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/32506 (played on the 1973 Marcussen in Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/5783 (played on the Caville-Coll in St. Etienne Abbey, Caen, France)