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A prominent element in the shared culture of cities of the Hanseatic League were the pipe organs. Jonathan Moyer begins a series on these remarkable instruments in Lubeck, on an organ with pipework from the mid-1400s. Expanded by Stellwagen in 1637, the "north" organ in St Jakobi was an important model in the revival of historical styles of organ building in the 20th century.
New Classics
September 2020Voices of the Hanse V. 1 Jonathan Moyer,
organ
This recording is the first in a series that
brings together organ works from the early 17th century contemporaneous to the
sound-aesthetic of organ builder Friederich Stellwagen (1603-1660). The series
title, Voices of the Hanse, is inspired by the painted faces on the façade of
the Stellwagen organ that demonstrate the embodiment of the organ as a ‘singing
voice’, filled with personality, colour, and emotion. The chosen works by
the composers here - most notably Hieronymus Praetorius, Matthias
Weckmann, Dieterich Buxtehude and Heinrich Scheidemann - represent some of the
most important churches in the Hanseatic region of northern Germany. Jonathan
William Moyer plays the remarkable ‘swallow’s nest’ organ of the Jakobi Church
in Lübeck, built between 1467 and 1515. Nearly all of the pipes in the manual
divisions are original. Highlights include Matthias’s glorious Komm Heiliger
Geist and Buxtehude’s masterful Magnificat primi toni, as well as several fine
works from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur. In addition to being a successful
church musician, concert organist and pedagogue, Jonathan Moyer is the David S.
Boe chair and assistant professor of organ at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, as
well as organist of the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, Ohio, where he
oversees two pipe organs (Richards, Fowkes and Skinner/Aeolian) and a 47-bell
Dutch carillon. He has been a visiting lecturer in organ at the Hochschule für
Musik in Lübeck and specializes in a vast repertoire from the renaissance to
the 21st century. The Baltimore Sun described his impressive
performances as ‘ever-expressive, stylish, and riveting’.
John
Pitt
See booklet for registrations - double-click on the album cover
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Program Notes
(1 - 3) Magnificat primi toni by Hieronymus Praetorius (4 - 6) Meine Seele erhebet den Herren from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur (7) Veni redemptor gentiumfrom the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur (8) Resonet in laudibus from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur (9 - 12) Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her by Johann Praetorius (13) Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur (14) Vater unser im Himmelreich from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur (15) Jesu, du wolltest uns weisen, attr. Heinrich Scheidemann (16 - 17) Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur )18 - 19) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott from the Lüneburger Orgeltabulatur (20 - 22) Komm, Heiliger Geist by Matthias Weckmann (23) Praeludium [in g-moll] by Franz Tunder (24) Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 196 by Dieterich Buxtehude (25) Magnifcat primi toni, BuxWV 203 by Buxtehude
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