CLASSES, CONCERTS, LECTURES

VIII. European Organ Academy Leipzig, 5-20 August 2023

CLASSES, CONCERTS, LECTURES VIII. European Organ Academy Leipzig, 5-20 August 2023

Sat, 5 Aug 2023, 15:00h, Thomaskirche Leipzig

  • Opening concert: Martin Schmeding

 

Phase A – Sat, 5 Aug - Wed, 9 Aug 2023

 

Class 1: Martin Schmeding (Germany) - Class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened (passive participation possible)

„Late romantic period and organ  movement: works by Reger, Karg-Elert, Distler and Hindemith“

Free choice of works

Sat, 5 Aug, 17:30-22:00h, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, Sauer organ

Sun, 6 Aug, 18:00-22:30h, Philippuskirche, Jehmlich organ

Mon, 7 Aug, 14:30-17:30h, Thomaskirche, Sauer organ

  • Lecture: Sun, 6 Aug, 10:00-11:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall

 

Class 2: Michel Bouvard (France)

„The 12 Organ Works by César Franck“

Free choice of works

Mon, 7 Aug, 18:30-21:30h, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, Sauer organ

Tue, 8 Aug, 9:00-13:00h, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / Specifications

Wed, 9 Aug , 9:00-14:00h, Chemnitz, Schlosskirche, Vleugels organ

  • Concert: Tue, 8 Aug, 20:00h, Nikolaikirche Leipzig
  • Lecture: Sun, 6 Aug, 11:30-12:30h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall: "A French Culture: Memoirs of my Grandfather Jean Bouvard, Pupil of Louis Vierne"

 

Class 3: Jeremy Joseph (Austria, South Africa)

„Johann Sebastian Bach, 3rd part of the Clavierübung and modern Improvisation on historic instruments“

Repertoire: Works from Johann Sebastian Bach‘s „Dritter Theil der Clavierübung“ (free choice), Improvisation (both subjects can be chosen parallely or separately)

Mon, 7 Aug, 9:00-13:00h, Rötha, St. Marien and St. Georgen, Silbermann organs, St. MarienSt. Georgen

Tue, 8 Aug, 14:00-19:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

Wed, 9 Aug, 16:30-19:30h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

 

  • Concert: Sun, 6 Aug, 15:00h, Rötha, St. Georgen and St. Marien
  • Lecture: Tue, 8 Aug, 13:00-14:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall: "Continuo Pedaliter"

  • Mittagsmusik: Wed, 9 Aug 2023, 12:00h, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, participants of the Organ Academy
  • Participants’ Concert I: Wed, 9 Aug 2023, 20:00h, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig

 

Phase B: Thu, 10 Aug - Sun, 13 Aug 2023

 

Class 4: Bine Katrine Bryndorf (Denmark) - Class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened (passive participation possible)

„Johann Sebastian Bach and the North German Organ School“

Repertoire: Works of the North German Organ School (e. g., D. Buxtehude, N. Bruhns, V. Lübeck) and by Johann Sebastian Bach (early works in relation to the North German Organ School)

Thu, 10 Aug, 10:00-14:00h, Rötha, St. Marien and St. Georgen, Silbermann organs, St. MarienSt. Georgen

Fri, 11 Aug, 14:00-17:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

Sat, 12 Aug, 9:00-11:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

  • Concert: Sat, 12 Aug, 15:00h, Thomaskirche
  • Lecture Sun, 13 Aug, 13:00-14:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall

 

Class 5: David Higgs (USA)

„Johann Sebastian Bach and the symphonic tradition of the 19th century“

(Works by J. S. Bach and the German romantic era: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt - free choice)

Thu, 10 Aug, 15:00-19:00h, Rötha, St. Georgen

Fri, 11 Aug, 9:30-13:00h, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / Specifications

Sat, 12 Aug, 17:30-22:00h, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, Sauer organ

  • Concert: Fri, 11 Aug 2023, 19:30h, Naumburg, St. Wenzel

  • Participants’ Concert II: Sun, 13 Aug 2023, 18:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall
  • TIP: Sat, 12.08.2023, 18:00, Martin Luther Church Markkleeberg-West
    Organ concert Martin Schmeding with contemporary works by Messiaen, Ligeti, Engelmann and Kürschner (world premiere of the composition "Gloriosa" for organ and computer-controlled bell sounds) on the occasion of the
    the birthdays of György Ligeti (*100) and Martin Kürschner (*70)

 

Phase C: Mon, 14 Aug – Wed, 16 Aug 2023

 

Class 6: Martin Schmeding (initially planned: Jon Laukvik)

„Johann Sebastian Bach: The Leipzig Chorales – 3rd part of the Clavierübung – free organ works of free choice“

Mon, 14 Aug, 9:00-15:00h, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ https://hildebrandt-orgel.de/hildebrandt-orgel.html

Tue, 15 Aug, 15.30-18.30h, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ

Wed, 16 Aug, 9:00-11:00h and 13:00-14:00h, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ

  • Lecture: Mon, 14 Aug, 17:00-18:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Titel (new): „Music and Theology in Bachs chorale preludes - and their influence on interpretation“

Class 7: Erwan le Prado (Frankreich) - Class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened (passive participation possible)

„Louis Vierne – Charles Tournemire – Jehan Alain“

(Free choice of works)

Mon, 14 Aug, 19:30-22:30h, Nikolaikirche Leipzig

Tue, 15 Aug, 9:00-14:00h, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / Specifications

Wed, 16 Aug, 15:30-19:30h, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, Sauer organ

  • Concert: Tue, 15 Aug 2023, 20:00h, Nikolaikirche
  • Lecture: Mon, 14 Aug 2023, 18:00-19:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, „Die Geschichte einer stilistischen Revolution: Vierne und Tournemire, zwischen Traditionen und Brüchen, Perspektiven und Erbe“ (in German)    

  • Mittagskonzert: Wed, 16 Aug, 12:00-12:30h, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, participants oft he Organ Academy
  • Mittagsmusik: Wed, 16 Aug 2023, 12:00h, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, participants of the Organ Academy
  • Participants’ Concert III: Wed, 16 Aug 2023, 20:00h, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig

 

Phase D: Thu, 17 Aug – Sun, 20 Aug 2023

 

Class 8: Pieter van Dijk (The Netherlands) - Class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened (passive participation possible)

„From Sweelinck and his school to early Johann Sebastian Bach“

Repertoire: Works by Jan P. Sweelinck and his pupils (e. g. S. Scheidt, J. Praetorius, H. Scheidemann) and Johann Sebastian Bach (free choice)

Thu, 17 Aug, 15:00-19:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

Fri, 18 Aug, 15:00-19:00h, Pomßen, Wehrkirche, Richter organ

Sat, 19 Aug, 10:00-14:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

  • Concert: Sun, 20 Aug 2023, 17:00h, Störmthal, Ev. Kreuzkirche
  • Lecture: Sat, 19 Aug, 9:00-10:00, HMT, Great Hall, „Kaufmann’s register set-ups in his “Harmonische Seelenust“ in the context of Bach’s art of chorales”

 

Class 9: Ken Cowan (USA)

Symphonic Organ Music and transcriptions

Repertoire: Symphonic Organ Music of the 19th and 20th centuries from Germany, France, England and the USA, transcriptions (free choice), e. g. W. Th. Best, E. H. Lemare, own arrangements

Thu, 17 Aug, 10:00-14:00h, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / Specifications

Fri, 18 Aug, 9:00-13:00h, Great Hall, Eule organ

Sat, 19 Aug, 17:00-21:00h, Great Hall, Eule organ

  • Concert: Thu, 17 Aug 2023, 20:00h, Nikolaikirche

  • Participants' concert IV, Sun, 20 Aug 2023, 11:00h, HMT, Chamber Music Hall

 

Workshop: Johannes Lang (Germany) (Application deadline past)

„The Leipzig organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in St. Thomas’s“

Sun, 20 Aug 2023, 12:300-15:00h and 19:30-22:00h, Thomaskirche, Bach organ

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