Saturday, February 20, 2010

1714 Silbermann organ, Dom St. Marien, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany


Gallery organ Silbermann, 1711-14

* 3 manuals and pedal
* 44 stops, 67 ranks
* Mechanical key and stop action




The cathedral

St. Mary's cathedral was built in the Roman style around 1180/1190. The church has been granted the rank of collegiate church and cathedral in 1480. Following a fire in 1484, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style until 1501. The community went to Lutheran faith in 1537.



The organ


 



Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Toccata and Fugue in D minor "Dorian" BWV 538
Karl Richter at the Silbermann organ in Freiberg  






Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Toccata and Fugue in D minor "Dorian" BWV 538
Fugue Karl Richter at the Silbermann organ in Freiberg  




The gallery organ, built by Gottfried Silbermann, is not only the most important of the 30 organs built by the renowned organ builder, it is considered to be the one with the world's best tonal structure since it incorporates both French and Saxon tonal elements.

Elias Lindner, the young Cathedral organist, is responsible for the design of both the instrument and the organ case. In 1738, the organ was cleaned and the organ case was regilded by Christian Polycarp Butzaus and two stops were modified by Gottfried Silbermann. At the same time, the reservoir system (6 large cuneiform single rise bellows) has been modified.





During the restoration carried out from 1981 to 1983 by organbuilding firm Jemmlich Orgelbau, from Dresden, wind pressures were brought back to the levels they were in 1714 and the unequal temperament was slightly modified in order to get a compromise between the modern equal temperament and the meantone temperament originally used. In order to protect the historical pipework and to be sure that no pipe would be cut or modified, new tuning collars were installed.




A special attraction for organ enthusiasts is the great organ by Gottfried Silbermann with its three Organ manuals and 2574 organ pipes. Opposite of it is another, smaller Silbermann organ, which is also an excellent instrument.




Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Prelude and triple Fugue in E flat major BWV 552
2. Fuga à 5 con pèdale pro Organo pleno
Ton Koopman at the Silbermann organ of Freiberg Dom (Germany)




Ton Koopman plays Bach's Fugue in g minor on the great Silbermann organ (built 1714-18, renovated 1981-83) at St. Marien Cathedral in Freiberg.






J. S. Bach (1685-1750): Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733
Gabor Soos - organ Freiberg, Dom (J. G. Silbermann, 1714)




Silbermann organ in the Dom St. Marien of Freiberg, Saxony, Germany



Silbermann organ in the Dom St. Marien of Freiberg, Saxony, Germany






Disposition

Brustwerk 11 (9)

Gedackt 8

Principal 4

Rohrflöt 4

Nassat 2 2/3

Octava 2

Tertia 1 3/5

Qvinta 1 1/3

Sufflöt 1

Mixtur III






Hauptwerk 22 (13)

Bordun 16


Principal 8


Rohrflöt 8


Viola di Gamba 8


Octava 4


Qvinta 2 2/3


Super-Octava 2


Tertia 1 3/5


Cornet V
ab c1

Mixtur IV


Zimbeln III


Trompet 8


Clarin 4




Oberwerk 20 (13)

Qvintadehn 16


Principal 8


Gedackt 8


Qvintadehn 8


Octava 4


Spitzflöt 4


Super-Octava 2


Flaschflöt 2


Echo V
ab c1

Mixtur III


Zimbeln II


Krumbhorn 8


Vox humana 8


+ Schwebung






Pedal 14 (9)

Untersatz 32

Principal Bass 16



Sub Bass 16

Octav Bass 8

Octav Bass 4

Pedalmixtur VI

Posaun Bass 16

Trompet Bass 8

Clarin Bass 4




Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Pedaliter section from the Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 549 Ton Koopman at the Silbermann organ in Freiberg Dom
COMPLETE BWV 549 BELOW









Ton Koopman performs J.S. Bach - Chorale 'Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele' BWV 654
on the 1714 Silbermann organ of the St. Mary Cathedral in Freiberg, Saxony.





Karl Richter plays the Partite diverse sopra, Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768 at the Silbermann orgel of Freiberg Dom.

1. Variation X
2. Variation XI





Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Praeludium und Fuge a-moll BWV 551
Marie-Claire Alain at the Silbermann organ in Freiberg





Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Canzona in D minor BWV 588
Marie-Claire Alain at the Silbermann in Freiberg

Temperament: modified Mean-Tone 1/6 comma pitag.
Pitch: A'=476 Hz.




Sunday, February 7, 2010

Church before the Tyn at Prague 1673 Mundt organ



2 Manuals, 43 Ranks, 29 Registers





HISTORY


On 17-22 September 2000 the completion of the restoration of the Mundt organ in the Church before the Tyn at Prague was celebrated with a series of festivities.  The organ was built in 1673 and is one of the most representative 17th century organs in Europe.


Johann Heinrich Mundt (1632-1690) was born in Köln, Germany.  He built his first organs in cooperation with Matthaeüs Köhler.  As an independent organ builder he built instruments at Prague (Church before the Tyn and St. Nicholas, 1685), Vyssí Brod (1679), Plasy (1684), Sazavá (1688) and Velvary (1689).


The City Council of Prague contracted Mundt in 1670.  Neither the contract nor other archival material is preserved.  Some of it, however, has survived via secondary literature.  


At the examination of his work in 1673, Mundt was criticised: he was, for instance, forced to change the specification of the organ.  At the second examination, Mundt was confronted with additional wishes.  At the end of 1673, the organ could finally be inaugurated.







In 1682 Mundt repaired the organ; a great fire in the church had damaged it in 1679.  'Court Organ Builder' Josef Gartner restored the organ in 1823: he moved the organ backward, moved the bellows, lowered the pitch and retuned it in equal temperament.  In 1843, Gartner restored the organ again; he revised the Salicional of the Great at this occasion.  Emanuel Petr restored the organ in 1895.  It is not clear what he did; the organ shows that other organ builders worked on it as well.  In 1990, the organ was tuned in a Werckmeister temperament.


In 1998-2000 the German organ building firm Klais (Bonn) restored the organ with German money; a condition was that the restoration should be carried out by an organ builder from the same region as Mundt.
Under supervision of an international commission (Marek Cihar, Peter van Dijk, Jürgen Eppelsheim, Rupert Gottfried Frieberger, Jan Kalfus, Martin Poruba en Harald Vogel), Klais reconstructed the state of the organ in 1823.




G. Muffat (1653-1704) Toccata Prima  organist: Peter van Dijk





Georg Muffat (1653-1704) Toccata duodecima et ultima Peter van Dijk, Mundt organ in the Church of Our Lady Before the Tyn (Prague)
Georg Muffat (1653-1704)

Toccata duodecima et ultima

Peter van Dijk, Mundt organ in the Church of Our Lady Before the Tyn (Prague)






Georg Muffat (1653-1704)

Toccata duodecima et ultima

Peter van Dijk, Mundt organ in the Church of Our Lady Before the Tyn (Prague)
  





organ: Johann Heinirch Mundt (1673) in the Church of Our Lady Before the Tyn (Prague) and restored in 2000 by Johannes Klais Orgelbau. The organ has 29 voices, 32 registers and 1665 pipes.







DISPOSITION



Hauptwerk 22 (14)
Bourdon Flauta 16
Principal 8
Copula major 8
Flauto dulcis 8
Quintatön 8
Salicional 8
Octava 4
Copula minor 4
Quinta major 2 2/3
Superoctava 2
Quinta minor 1 1/3
Sedecima 1
Mixtura VI
Cembalo IV



II. Rückpositiv 11 (8)
Copula major 8
Principal 4
Flauto amabilis 4
Octava 2
Quinte 1 1/3
Quintadecima 1
Mixtura III
Rauschquinta II
+ 2 Cymbelsterne



Pedal 10 (7)
Subbass offen 16
Subbass gedeckt 16 *
Octavbass 8
Quinta 5 1/3
Superoctave 4
Mixtur IV 2 2/3
Posaunbass 8 *




Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722) Suonata prima "Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath" (The Fight between David and Goliath)
Peter van Dijk at the Johann Heinrich Mundt organ (1673) in the Church of Our Lady Before the Tyn



Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722) Suonata prima "Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath" (The Fight between David and Goliath)
Peter van Dijk at the Johann Heinrich Mundt organ (1673) in the Church of Our Lady Before the Tyn



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