Course 22

Organ repertoire by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & contemporaries by Prof. Leo van Doeselaar

Dates: July 27-31 (2nd week)

Description
The Viennese Classical masters Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven were positively influenced in various ways by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s keyboard school and keyboard works. In addition, Johann Christian Bach in London proved to be an important guide for the young Mozart, who played the Bavo organ in Haarlem in 1766 at the age of 10. Until the Rococo and Classical periods, almost all great composers began their careers as church organists, but due to the declining status, earnings and lack of opportunities to perform as paid soloists, these activities remained limited to a kind of youthful indulgence. Due to the lack of organ concerts and the fact that no substantial solo organ music could be played during celebrations, few solo organ works were written during this period. The idiom of the few works that were written fitted in seamlessly with that of other keyboard works, albeit with the more limited range of the organ keyboard. It is no coincidence that this course focuses on organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons, supplemented by the small organ repertoire left behind by Mozart and Beethoven, although most of this was written for the well-paid side road of the “mechanical organ” (“Flötenuhr”).

Repertoire list
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Edition Peters):
8 Fugen für Orgel oder Clavier (F.31)
From ‘Fugen für eine Orgel mit zwei Clavieren und Pedal’:
Fuga in c, Fuga in F (F.36)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Wiener Urtext Edition):
2 Stücke für Drehorgel (Adagio-Allegro)
Sonate in a (Wotq 70/4, H 85)
Sonate in D (Wotq 70/5, H 86)
Sonate in g (Wotq 70/6, H 87)
Preludio in D (Wotq 70/7, H 107)
Fantasia e Fuga in c (Wotq 119/7, H 75.5)
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich (BWV Anh.745)
Fuga II a 3 (Wotq 119/3, H 100)
Fuga III a 3 (Wotq 119/5, H 101.5)

Wolfgang Amadée Mozart (Ed.Doblinger/Universal Edition):
‘Ein Orgel Stueck fuer eine Uhr’ KV 594
‘Ein Orgel Stueck fuer eine Uhr’ KV 608
‘Ein Andante fuer eine Walze in eine kleine Orgel’ KV 616

Ludwig van Beethoven:
‘Praeludium für die Orgel durch alle Dur-Tonarten’, op.39, Nr.1 (Ed.Breitkopf)
Scherzo & Adagio ‘für eine mechanische Orgel’ (Ed.Hinrichsen)

Choose which pieces from this list 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:
[8a] Organ repertoire from North-German baroque composers (Bryndorf)
[8b] Organ repertoire by César Franck (Lebrun)

(8c)

About Leo van Doeselaar
Leo van Doeselaar is a versatile musician who is internationally active as an organist, pianist and fortepianist. He has recorded many CDs with prominent musicians. Van Doeselaar taught organ at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, is titulary organist of the Martinikerk in Groningen and of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw. In 2007 he was awarded the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Prize in recognition of his services to organ culture.