Fritz Abs, former church musician at St. Georgen Parchim, opens the 2023 concert series in the Stadtkirche Ludwigslust with organ music. He will play the organ built by court organ builder Theodor Friedrich Friese in 1876 and take the audience on a journey through the musical history of Europe. Works by Johann Gottfried Walther, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Louis Lefèbure-Wèly, Gaston Bèlier, Edvard Grieg, Siegfried Translateur and Matthias Nagel will be performed.
Fritz Abs, former church musician at St. Georgen Parchim, opens the 2023 concert series in the Stadtkirche Ludwigslust with organ music. He plays the organ built by court organ builder Theodor Friedrich Friese in 1876 and takes the audience on a journey through the musical history of Europe.
At the beginning there are compositions by the musicians Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), who were friends of each other. Then the path leads from Germany via Austria to France. Here, more precisely in Paris, the organists and composers Louis Lefèbure-Wely (1817-1869) and Gaston Bélier (1863-1938) were active. The latter left only one composition, the "Toccata pour Grand Orgue". The journey continues to the far north. Music by the Bergen-born composer and pianist Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) will be heard. He studied at the Leipzig Konsevatorium, then spent some time in Copenhagen until he returned to his homeland in 1866. We also return musically to Germany. Fritz Abs will perform works by the Kapellmeister and music publisher Siegfried Translateur (1875-1944) and the church musician and composer Matthias Nagel (*1958).
Complete program:
Works by J. G. Walther, J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, L. Lefèbure-Wèly, G. Bèlier, E. Grieg, S. Trans-lateur, M. Zweigelt, M. Nagel.
Fritz Abs, former church musician at St. Georgen Parchim, will open the 2023 concert series in the Stadtkirche Ludwigslust with organ music. He will make music on the organ built by court organ builder Theodor Friedrich Friese in 1876 and take the audience on a journey through the musical history of Europe.
At the beginning there are compositions by the musicians Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), who were friends of each other. Then the path leads from Germany via Austria to France. Here, more precisely in Paris, the organists and composers Louis Lefèbure-Wely (1817-1869) and Gaston Bélier (1863-1938) were active. The latter left only one composition, the "Toccata pour Grand Orgue". The journey continues to the far north. Music by the Bergen-born composer and pianist Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) will be heard. He studied at the Leipzig Konsevatorium, then spent some time in Copenhagen until he returned to his homeland in 1866. We also return musically to Germany. Fritz Abs will perform works by the Kapellmeister and music publisher Siegfried Translateur (1875-1944) and the church musician and composer Matthias Nagel (*1958).
Complete program:
Works by J. G. Walther, J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, L. Lefèbure-Wèly, G. Bèlier, E. Grieg, S. Trans-lateur, M. Zweigelt, M. Nagel.