Thursday, June 10, 2010

Johann Woeckerl Organ in the Cathedral-Church of Saint-George in Sopron, Hungary, was built in 1633



Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral Prelude "Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten"

The Johann Woeckerl Organ in the Cathedral-Church of Saint-George in Sopron, Hungary, was built in 1633, but the pipes of its Holzflöte 8 stop were made in 1580. Among the church's congregation was Vitus "Veit" Bach, a miller whose great-great grandson Johann Sebastian Bach would compose the most celebrated organ music in the world.





Domenico Zipoli: Versetto


Specification:

Holzflöte 8'
Gedact 8'
Principal 4'
Spitzflöte 4'
Superoctave 2'
Quint 1 1/3'
Mixture III

Pedal:

Subbas 16'
Bassföte 8'

The first part of this choral prelude is played on Holzflöte 8' from the year of 1580 (!).