Course 15

Organ repertoire from North-German baroque composers by Prof. Pier Damiano Peretti

Dates: July 27-31 (2nd week)

Description
The Haarlem Summer Academy is known for connecting different stylistic idioms. These include the emphasis on Johann Sebastian Bach as one of the most important organ composers, and also on improvisation as an important way of expressing yourself on the organ. These two elements come together in this course. It is a fact that Johann Sebastian Bach was very much inspired by the ‘Stylus Fantasticus’ that he encountered in Lübeck. And we know that in the baroque period improvisation was an important feature of the North German style of organ playing.
These elements will certainly be covered in the course led by Prof. Peretti, who is an expert in this field.

Repertoire List
Heinrich Scheidemann: Praeambula in d (Bärenreiter nr. 5, 6) / Canzon in G (Bärenreiter nr. 19)
Heinrich Scheidemann: Alleluja, laudem dicite Deo nostro / Benedicam Domino (Intabulations)
Franz Tunder: Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Matthias Weckmann: Magnificat II. Toni
Dietrich Buxtehude, Toccatas in d WV 155 / in F WV 156 / Praeludia BuxWV 137, 140, 142, 148, 153, Passacaglias (c, d) Ciaccona in e. All smaller chorale preludes and choral fantasias
Nicolaus Bruhns: Preludes in e (both) and in G / Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

Choose which pieces you want to prepare and let us know by sending an email to office@organfestival.nl. Please note that the playing time per student is limited and that we cannot guarantee that you can play all your preferred pieces. Nevertheless, choose approximately 3-5 pieces so that the professor can compile an attractive course program.
If we do not receive notification of your prepared pieces, your registration will be changed to passive.

This course can not be combined with:
[8b] Organ repertoire by César Franck (Lebrun)
[8c] Organ repertoire by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & contemporaries (Van Doeselaar)

(8a)

About Pier Damiano Peretti
Pier Damiano Peretti was born in Vicenza, Italy, in 1974. He studied organ in his hometown, in Hamburg and in Vienna with Herbert Tachezi and Michael Radulescu. He studied composition in Bologna, Padua and at the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music.
From 2002 to 2009, he was professor of organ at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover; in 2009, he was appointed to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 2024, he was a guest lecturer at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
With a repertoire ranging from Renaissance to contemporary music, Peretti has performed throughout Europe, the Far East, Israel and Canada. He has made numerous CD recordings and in 2026 he will record the organ works of Paul Hindemith.
Masterclasses (in Haarlem, Leipzig, Palencia and Gothenburg, among others) and jury memberships (Odense, Tokyo, Erfurt-Weimar, Montreal, Brixen, Nuremberg and St Albans) complement his teaching activities. He has published articles and editions, including the new edition of Arnold Schönberg's Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40 (Universal Edition). As a composer, he has won many prizes.