Concerts
Die Orgel im Dialog - Von der Nordsee bis ans Mittelmeer
Peterskirche
Peterskirchplatz
4, 4051 Basel
Léon Berben (organ)
Works by D. Buxtehude, G. Frescobaldi, V. Lübeck, J. P. Sweelinck and others.
Works by D. Buxtehude, G. Frescobaldi, V. Lübeck, J. P. Sweelinck and others.
Event details
Léon Berben, one of the most sought-after interpreters of 17th century organ music, takes the audience on an exciting journey through the European organ landscape of the time. At this time, two hotspots of immense importance for organ music were emerging in the north and south of Europe. Through the many students of Sweelinck (the "German organist maker" from Amsterdam), the North German Organ School was founded.
In Italy, at the same time, a highly developed musical culture of its own flourished. The latest achievements of Italian masters, such as those of the famous St. Peter's organist Frescobaldi, were exported to the north by his German pupils and fired the imagination of Buxtehude and his contemporaries. On the way, there is a stop in Paris: it was there that Titelouse, the founder of French organ music, published his "Hymnes de l'église" exactly 400 years ago. The trip also makes a short detour across the channel in memory of the great English master William Byrd, who died 400 years ago.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
In Italy, at the same time, a highly developed musical culture of its own flourished. The latest achievements of Italian masters, such as those of the famous St. Peter's organist Frescobaldi, were exported to the north by his German pupils and fired the imagination of Buxtehude and his contemporaries. On the way, there is a stop in Paris: it was there that Titelouse, the founder of French organ music, published his "Hymnes de l'église" exactly 400 years ago. The trip also makes a short detour across the channel in memory of the great English master William Byrd, who died 400 years ago.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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