On sunday the 2014-09-14 the last Vesperale of this year’s season took place in Wissembourg, performed by Pascal Reber. It was the 50th Vesperale since the inauguration of the Dubois organ. We heard rumors of people involved that there are plans to continue next year. I’ve attended each of the 50 Vespers (and the other […]
Paid by the city of Worms, Rüdiger Oppermann produced “The Brendan Voyage – Reise in die Anderwelt”, which was presented at Tollhaus yesterday, well, a couple of minutes ago :) . We enjoyed the concert as we did concerning the other Oppermann concerts during the last years. I’d like to thank the Tollhaus and Rüdiger […]
Two years after its inauguration, an outstanding concert took place at Wissembourg. Pascal Reber and Markus Eichenlaub played ancient to contemporary respectively jazzy pieces. Cameras have been installed to grant the audience insight on what was happening live at the organ’s console.
Today Quentin Guerillot played the following pieces: Jean Adam Guilain (ca. 1680-1739) – Suite du 2ème ton Prélude Tierce en taille Duo Basse de trompette Trio de flûtes Dialogue Petit Plein-Jeu Claude Bénigne Balbastre (1727-1799) Prélude et fugue Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) – Suite évocatrice Grave Tierce en taille et récit de cromorne Flûte d’écho Jeu […]
Today Marc Huck (organ), Caroline Huck-Hiebel (organ), and Eric Hiebel (trumpet) played the following pieces: Jacques Boyvin (ca. 1649-1706) – Prélude du 5ème ton Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) – Extraits de Musique Héroique ou 12 marches pour violon ou flûte et clavier – Marche N° 2 – La Grâce Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) – Extraits […]
Today Lydia Schimmer played the following pieces on the Dubois organ: Georg Muffat (1653-1704) – Apparatus musico organisticus – Toccata undecima Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) – Toccata Seconda Heinrich Scheidemann (1596-1663) – Dic nobis Maria Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667) – Partita »Auff die Mayerin« Georg Böhm (1661-1733) – Vater unser im Himmelreich Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) […]
Today Thomas Kientz played the following pieces on the Dubois organ: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Clavierübung Teil III – Präludium und Fuge Es-Dur (BWV 552) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 737) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 762) Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) – A solis […]
This year the vespers at Wissembourg are continued. Today Heinrich Grimm played the following pieces: Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633-1694) – Offerte en fanfare Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Partite diverse sopra il Corale O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) – 9 variations Jacques Boyvin (1653-1706) – Extrait de la suite du premier ton – Tierce […]
Almost one year passed since the inauguration of the Dubois organ at the abbey of Peter and Paul in Wissembourg. To celebrate the anniversary a nice concert took place yesterday from 8 PM to 10 PM. Pascal Reber and Markus Eichenlaub played pieces of various composers. Three have been played using four hands by both […]
I had the occasion to hear a Hang being played one summer eve of 2012 in Wissembourg. It’s a very interesting musical instrument as it appears to be a combination of a percussion and a pitched instrument, similar to a Steelpan. Dmitry Yeryomin (aka SynthKeyWizard, SKW) shared samples of the instrument for the Korg Kronos. […]
»Les vesperales de l’orgue Dubois en Wissembourg« are now past. Today Christoph Keggenhoff used the occassion of the last concert of this series to demonstrate the different shades of the instrument’s timbres. I enjoyed every single minute, as I did the 19 concerts before. Thanks to all who helped to make this happen. Next sunday […]
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