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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Fom...eature=related
Now this is fascinating ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Fom...eature=related
Interesting..another use of the choirboys if misbeheaving
" The essance of reproduction,to feel and re-create that which was felt and impared by the creater,does not exclude- within natural limitations-the assertion of creative power" - Dr. Hugo Goldschmidt.
I wish you the Best for each day, now and always.
Bill
Indeed !Originally Posted by wljmrbill
I think the far left one gave him the hardest times.....
Some places just refuse to modernize.
"some places just refuse to modernise?"
So what? I think it's a great thing as it means that we had the odd preserved instrument showing former mastery.
Hello gentlemen.
As we need our computers and space technology these days, at the same level we badly need the ancient stuff (I call them masterpieces...) to find balance and happiness in our lives.
This one is for the delight of my friend C.T.64. David I hope you like it !
The rest of us , sirs, we can just watch and admire !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNX0g...eature=channel
Cheers
Panos
*It's like a fight with women, which always ends in .... bed.*
F.Kafka, Aphorisms.
Panos - that's a video I've seen before, it's a wonderful instrument.
I've been there!
It's Noordwolde!
That's about 10k from my home. I visited the church & organ last year, and also went upstairs to watch the instrument & bellows.
Btw, for those who are interested: the instrument is not really a Freytag, but a 17th century organ built by Huisz brothers in 1658, with later restorations by a.o. Arp Schnitger (1695), Hermann Freytag (1802) and N.A. Lohman (1833). It was restored by Jan Veldkamp (Mense Ruiter organ builders) in 2006.
But there are loads of modern instruments.
This is just taking care of our historical and cultural heritage.
And .... it's a beautiful instrument!
The province of Groningen has got some more of these oldies .... with pumped bellows, too. All of them tasty treats, IMHO.
My friend Marc, thanks for that, no doubt about it, you Nederlanders certainly keep your fingers in more than just dykes!
Next Saturday evening there will be an organ concert in Noordwolde .... maybe I will go there (by bike), football/soccer/weather depending.
Organist is Stef Tuinstra. He might prefer pumped bellows. He also did in the first concert after the latest restoration.
Another option is the Schnitger/Hinsz organ in the Pelstergasthuis church, played by Peter Westenbrink .... that's a fine instrument, too (yet without original bellows).
What a stunning organ case!! I love the subtle use of gold leaf!
The Church that I sang in as a choire boy and was later married in had a manually operated bellows but it was not the same as the one in the video as it had only one lever which was operated by hand, it was a small organ and the Church had once been a private Chapel for the local Lord of the manor, it was ripped out and replaced with a modern instrument quite a few years ago, and it was used by the Choir Master to punish wayward boys.
Hi JHC ! so, Bill was right about !!! A hard punishment I believe...
Marc this is a great looking beast and beautifully restored too !
Thanks for the picture, I saved it for wallpaper in my desk top for this week.
I would love to come to the concert and listen to it singing, but it's along way with my race bike from Athens.....
*It's like a fight with women, which always ends in .... bed.*
F.Kafka, Aphorisms.
This is a larger version of that pic of the Schnitger/Hinsz in the Groningen Pelstergasthuis (thumbnail):
And this is the Noordwolde organ (the one with the pumped bellows in the first post of this thread):
Let's just say: it's got a more modest and protestant radiation.
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