Contratrombone64
Admiral of Fugues
Have just been reading Groves' entry on Bach (it's raining and can't go out and cycle or walk, most vexing). Anyhow, and I quote:
... but until Bach's appointment as Konzertmeister its direction was in other hands, while the position of Kapellmeister, which he coveted, was not offered him in 1716 when it was vacant. His most responsible duty at the outset was organist of the castle church, whose instrument, inconveniently placed and small, possessed a 32-foot pedal, whose absence Bach had regretted at Mühlhausen. On it were hear for the first time most of the masterpieces whose production makes the Weimar years an epoch in the history of organ music: the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, the Vivaldi concertos; most of the mature preludes and fugues, the toccatas; the Orgelbüchlein; and others.
If anyone knows which "castle church" is referred here ... I'd love to see a photo.
So there you go ... if you wanna use that wonderful 32' stop on your local organ playing Bach ... you are vindicated.
... but until Bach's appointment as Konzertmeister its direction was in other hands, while the position of Kapellmeister, which he coveted, was not offered him in 1716 when it was vacant. His most responsible duty at the outset was organist of the castle church, whose instrument, inconveniently placed and small, possessed a 32-foot pedal, whose absence Bach had regretted at Mühlhausen. On it were hear for the first time most of the masterpieces whose production makes the Weimar years an epoch in the history of organ music: the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, the Vivaldi concertos; most of the mature preludes and fugues, the toccatas; the Orgelbüchlein; and others.
If anyone knows which "castle church" is referred here ... I'd love to see a photo.
So there you go ... if you wanna use that wonderful 32' stop on your local organ playing Bach ... you are vindicated.