Course 5

Organ repertoire by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Samuel Scheidt & Heinrich Scheidemann by Prof. Matthias Havinga

Dates: July 20-24 (1st week)

Description
The Dutch organist, composer, improviser and ‘Organistenmacher’ J.Pzn. Sweelinck had a profound influence on European organ culture. Although Jan Pieterszoon never left the Netherlands, many organists from abroad travelled to Amsterdam to learn the monumental Renaissance style and the art of varying psalms and other religious and secular melodies. This course focuses on the relationships between the Dutch art of organ playing (and improvising! ) and the early German Lutheran organ style, which ultimately reached Johann Sebastian Bach.

Repertoire List
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Fantasia a1
Fantasia Ut re mi fa sol la (F1)
Fantasia g2
Fantasia d4
Fantasia d5
Fantasia G3 (Fuga septimi toni)
Psalm 36
Puer nobis nascitur (Ons is geboren een kindekijn)

Samuel Scheidt
from Tabulatura Nova I:
Weh,windchen, weh
Echo ad manuale duplex Forte e Lene
Herzlich lieb hab’ich dich, o Herr

Heinrich Scheidemann
Alleluia, Laudem Dicite Deo Nostro (after Hassler)
Vater unser im Himmelreich (3 verses)
Toccata G-Dur
Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott

Variation pieces on the same themes by different composers
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (Sweelinck, Scheidemann)
Est-ce Mars (Sweelinck, Scheidt)
Engelsche Fortuijn (Sweelinck) / Cantilena Anglica Fortunae (Scheidt)

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 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:
[5a] Organ repertoire from the French Classical period (Heurtematte)
[5b] Organ repertoire by César Franck (Mantoux)

(5c)

About Matthias Havinga
Matthias Havinga is concert organist and pianist, professor of organ at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and organist of the Oude Kerk Amsterdam. He acquired his Master of Music degree summa cum laude at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam as a student of Jacques van Oortmerssen, graduating in piano from the same institution as a pupil of Marcel Baudet. At the Royal Conservatory in The Hague he studied improvisation and church music with Jos van der Kooy.
Matthias was awarded several prizes at international organ competitions. He enjoys an international career, performing and teaching at prestigious venues all over the world. Matthias also performed solo with renowned choirs and orchestras, such as the Tonhalleorchester Zürich, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Bach Society. His CDs, ‘J.S.Bach – Italian Concertos’, ‘Passacaglia’, ‘Dutch Delight’, ‘Mendelssohn - Organ Works’, 'Concerto Barocco' with recorder quintet Seldom Sene, and 'Miroir de Peine' with soprano Klaartje van Veldhoven, all released on the Brilliant Classics label, have been received with widespread acclaim. Matthias runs a Youtube-channel devoted to organ music and can also be heard in his recordings for AllofBach.
Havinga likes to cover the entire range of repertoire for the organ, from medieval to contemporary music and everything in between. He also enjoys combining the organ with other instruments.