Buxtehude, Before and After #1811
…Danish recitalist Bine Bryndorf provides an in-depth assessment of the greatest organ composer before Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, plus works by his teacher Heinrich Scheidemann and his ‘followers’ Nicolaus Bruhns and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Hour 1
HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN: Praeludium in G (Roskilde)
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in G, BuxWV 162 (Lübeck) — Vol 6
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in A, BuxWV 151 (Elsinore) — Vol 2
BUXTEHUDE: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211 (Elsinore) – Vol 1
J. S. BACH: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 (Nidaros) — Hänssler 92.097
BUXTEHUDE: Magnificat noni toni, BuxWV 205 (Hamburg) — Vol 5
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 (Hamburg) — Vol 5
BUXTEHUDE: Durch Adams Fall, BuxWV 183; Canzonetta in a, BuxWV 225 (Helsingborg) — Vol 3
BUXTEHUDE: Toccata in F, BuxWV 157 (Stockholm) — Vol 4
Hour 2
J. S. BACH: Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 701 (Elsinore) — Hänssler 92.096
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in C, BuxWV 138 (Helsingborg) — Vol 3
NICOLAUS BRUHNS: Praeludium in g (Roskilde)
BUXTEHUDE: Pradlueium in d, BuxWV 140 (Hamburg) – Vol 5
BUXTEHUDE: Canzona in g, BuxWV 173; Toccata in G, BuxWV 164 (Helsingborg) – Vol 3
J.S. BACH: 3 Miscellaneous Chorales (Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV 728; Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BWV 698; Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 697) (Elsinore) – Hänssler 92.096
BUXTEHUDE: 4 Miscellaneous Chorales (Gelobet seist duh, Jesu Christ, BuxWV 189; Der Tag der ist so freudenreich, BuxWV 182; In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 197; Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzu gleich, BuxWV 202) (Elsinore) – Vol 1
BUXTEHUDE: 2 Miscellaneous Chorales (Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, BuxWV 215/214) (Elsinore) – Vol 2
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141 (Lübeck) — Vol 6
Featured instruments include:
1554 Hermann Raphaelis/Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark (Dacapo 6.220636)
1637 Friedrich Stellwagen/St. Jacobi Church, Lübeck, Germany (Dacapo 6.220530)
1693 Arp Schnitger/St. Jacobi Church, Hamburg, Germany (Dacapo 6.220520)
1739 Joachim Wagner/Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway (Hänssler 92.097)
1997 Marcussen/St. Mary’s, Elsinore, Denmark (Dacapo 8.226002 & 8.226008; Hänssler 92.096)
2000 Gustavsson/St. Mary’s Church, Helsingborg, Denmark (Dacapo 8.226023)
2004 Grönlund/German Church, Stockholm, Sweden (Dacapo 6.220514)
Bine Bryndorf will present three concerts in the United States this spring, in Minnesota at House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul (April 6), and in New York State at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (April 10) and Cornell College, Ithaca (April 13).
You’ll also enjoy this all-Buxtehude program (“Discovering Dieterich Buxtehude”, #0919), featuring a variety of performers and commentary from Buxtehude biographer Kerala Snyder.