Presents Historic Organs of Northern

May 7-19, 2011 13 Days with J. Michael Barone

n those days, there were giants on the earth...composers Years ago, prosperous farmers and businessmen region spared Scheidemann, Reincken and Buxtehude, and a particular no expense when commissioning pipe organs of the most Iorgan builder named ...whose legacy represents intricate and lavish detail for their churches. The vibrant voice of the pinnacle of the North German Organ Art. Surely the young their historic ‘investment’ provoked an early 20th century Organ J. S. Bach was transformed when he experienced the imposing Reform, the effects of which still are seen and heard in the work pipe organs of during visits with Reincken or, in 1705, of instrument builders and performers today. One of the leading when he walked 250 miles from Arnstadt to Lübeck to study with experts in the field,, will participate over a few Buxtehude. He got an ear full, and you will, too. days of our explorations and, along with several other knowledgeable performer-scholars, will introduce us to the There’s also Lüneburg, where Georg Böhm taught the teenaged intriguing background of this remarkable artistic heritage. Bach, or , where Schnitger completed his first instrument, plus the charming village of Cappel, home to the best-preserved If you are a player, start practicing your fantasias and fugues. If of Schnitger organs, and tiny Rysum where we find a resilient you are a listener, read up on Hanseatic culture. Get in shape, Renaissance instrument, an ancient survivor. How about the too, and bring comfortable shoes, since some semi-strenuous Ladegast organ in Schwerin, representative of the best romantic- walking is required to get us from here to there! But it will be era sonorities? In these and several dozen other venues, you will worth every effort. I hope you can join us for this extraordinary sample organ building traditions spanning the 15th through the adventure!! 21st centuries. YOUR HOST TUE 10 MAY Hamburg Region ••Rysum, Reformierte Kirche - 1457/1513 Today’s destination is Lüneburg. Visit the Anonymous (I/7) MICHAEL BARONE Michaeliskirche where the young Bach sang is a well known in the church choir and at the Johanniskirche SAT 14 MAY Norden/ voice on public see the most noted organ facade in Northern After visiting two more instruments in Ostfrie- radio as host for Germany. On the return trip to Hamburg visit sland, enjoy a visit to the Organeum in the town national broad- Beckerath Orgelbau, founded in 1949 by Rudolf of . This museum/cultural center was casts of American von Beckerath, whose pioneering work was founded in 1997 by Harald Vogel to preserve, Public Media’s dedicated to traditional organ building methods explore, and promote the keyboard landscape of Pipedreams®. He (www.beckerath.com). The last visit of the day is the region. In nearby , visit Ahrend Orgelbau, came to Minne- to St. Jacobikirche, full of old treasures, the most founded in 1954 by Jürgen Ahrend and now sota Public Radio remarkable of which is the famous organ built operated by his son Hendrik – the Ahrend legacy in 1968, served as by Arp Schnitger. Despite numerous restora- of voicing and historic restoration is legendary. the system’s music director through 1993, and tions and its partial destruction in World War II, Return to the shore of the for a three- continues as a Senior Executive Producer. His this instrument, one of the largest baroque-style night stay in Cuxhaven. Strandperle Hotel (B,D) long running local Thursday night program, organs in northern Europe, retains more authen- www.strandperle-hotels.de “The New Releases”, delighted listeners with its tically preserved antique pipes than any other. ••Stapelmoor, Reformierte Kirche - 1994 odd-ball repertoire and candid commentary. Renaissance Hamburg (B) Immer/Klein/Jaccard, replica of Clicquot ••Lüneburg, Michaeliskirche - 1708 Dropa organ at Houdan (III/23) Barone is a graduate (B.M. in Music History) of façade - 1931 Furtwängler & Hammer (III/51) ••Weener, Georgskirche - 1710 the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, and an inter- ••Lüneburg, Johanniskirche - Niehoff/Stellwa- Schnitger/1782 Wenthin/1982 Ahrend nationally known advocate for the pipe organ gen/Dropa/Beckerath/Kuhn (III/51), facade (II/29) and its music. He has received special honors 16th-18th c.; 2009 Kuhn (II/27) ••Leer-Loga, Ahrend Orgelbau from the American Guild of Organists, the Or- ••Lüneburg, Nicolaikirche - 1899 Furtwängler www.orgelbau-ahrend.de/sites/start.htm gan Historical Society, the American Society of & Hammer (III/49) ••Dedesdorf, St. Laurentius - 1698 Schnitger Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), ••Hamburg, St. Jacobikirche - 1693 (II/18) and the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame for his Schnitger/1993 Ahrend (IV/61); 1960 contributions to the musical community at Kemper (III/60) SUN 15 MAY Cuxhaven Region large and to organ music in particular. Travel to Altenbruch for Lutheran worship at St. WED 11 MAY Hamburg/Norden Nicolaikirche followed by an introduction to the Visit instruments in and around the Elbe River 18th c. Klapmeyer organ, with elements dating DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY valley near Hamburg before departing to Norden from the late 15th c. A visit to the simple little on the coast of the North Sea. The area of East church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Cappel brings a SAT 07 MAY Depart U.S.A. (Ostfriesland) is characterized by its rela- delightful surprise to ear and eye – perhaps the Depart JFK on the overnight flight to Amsterdam tion to the sea: beyond the line of dykes is the best-preserved of Arp Schnitger’s organs. Return via Delta Airlines. (Meals in-flight) coastline, directly affected by the tide, and the to Cuxhaven and enjoy the modern, eclectic or- mudflats of the Wadden Sea. The mainland is gan in St. Petrikirche for the final visit of the day. SUN 08 MAY Arrive Hamburg characterized by marshes, geest and moorland; Strandperle Hotel (B) Connect in Amsterdam this morning with the the islands by dunes. Check in at your seaside ••Altenbruch, St. Nicolaikirche - continuing flight to Hamburg. Upon late morn- hotel for a three night stay. Faehrhaus Hotel (B, 1730 Klapmeyer (III/35) ing arrival, meet your host, Michael Barone. D) www.hotel-faehrhaus.info ••Lüdingworth, St. Jacobikirche – 1598 Transfer to the Hamburg Museum for lunch on ••Neuenfelde, St. Pankratus Kirche - 1688 Wilde/1683 Schnitger (II/35) own in the museum cafe followed by a guided Schnitger (II/34) ••Cappel, St. Peter & Paul - 1680 Schnitger tour that focuses on the cultural environment ••Buxtehude, St. Petrikirche - 1859 (III/30) of the North German organists. Then visit the Furtwängler (III/49) ••Cuxhaven, St. Petrikirche - 1993 Woehl Michaeliskirche, the largest of the five main ••, St. Bartholomäus Kirche - (III/49) Protestant churches in Hamburg - its instru- 1688 Schnitger/1753 Schreiber (II/32) ments will make for good comparisons later. ••Steinkirchen, Saint Nicolai & St. Martini MON 16 MAY Cuxhaven Region After hotel check-in gather for a welcome dinner. Kirche - 1685 Schnitger (II/28) Experience a fine sampling of several 17th-18th Renaissance Hamburg (Meals in-flight, D) www. century builders today: Schnitger, Gloger and marriott.com/hotels/travel/hamrn-renaissance- THU 12 MAY Norden Region Bielfeldt. Journey to the former Hanseatic city hamburg-hotel In , nearly one hundred churches of Stade on the Elbe River. Here the young Arp ••Hamburg, Michaeliskirche - 1962 date to the Romanesque and Gothic periods, Schnitger, as apprentice to his uncle, Berend Steinmeyer/2009 Späth & Klais (V/85); 1914 and many house valuable organs. The instru- Huss, worked on the instrument housed in the Marcussen/2009 Späth & Klais (II/38) ment of Norden’s Ludgerikirche was built by Arp Church of Sts. Cosmae and Damian. Also visit the Schnitger and, after the organ in the Hamburg recently restored organ at Hollern’s St. Maur- MON 09 MAY Hamburg Region Jacobikirche, it is Schnitger’s second-largest tiuskirche on return trip to Cuxhaven. Strand- Drive east of Hamburg to Schwerin to visit one of surviving work in Germany, the largest organ in perle Hotel (B) the most important German organs from the late East , and an instrument of international ••Neuhaus an der Oste, Emmaus-Kirche - 1745 19th c., and then continue to the old Hanseatic stature both historically and musically. Faeh- Gloger (II/19) port of Lübeck. Two of this city’s churches es- rhaus Hotel (B) ••Stade, Sts. Cosmae & Damiani - 1679 caped the ravages of war and you will see historic ••Norden, Ludgerikirche - 1692 Schnitger Huss-Schnitger (III/42) instruments at the Aegidinerkirche and Jaco- (IV/46) ••Stade, St. Wilhade Kirche - 1736 Bielfeldt bikirche. The great symbol of Lübeck’s power and ••Dornum, St. Bartholomäus - 1711 von Holy (III/42) prosperity is the 13th-14th century Marienkirche, (III/32) ••Hollern, St. Mauritius – 1690 Schnitger/2011 the model church for all brick Gothic churches ••Marienhafe, Marienkirche - 1713 von Holy Ahrend (II/24) of the Baltics. Here you will attend a concert (II/20) honoring the death anniversary of the great Ba- ••Osteel, Warnfriedkirche - 1619 Evers (II/13) TUE 17 MAY Cuxhaven/ roque organist-composer . Travel to Bremen today, but first a visit to the Following the concert enjoy a private demonstra- FRI 13 MAY Norden Region Bielfeldt organ at St. Wilhadikirche in - tion of the instruments. Return to Hamburg for Enjoy another day discovering the hidden gems Scharmbeck. In hear the only surviving overnight. Renaissance Hamburg (B) of Ostfriesland, including one of the oldest sur- small scale urban pipe organ created by Schnit- ••Schwerin Dom St. Maria & St. Johannes - viving pipe organs in all of Europe, truly a voice ger, commissioned in 1694 by an orphanage in 1871 Ladegast (IV/84) from the past! Faehrhaus Hotel (B) Hamburg but purchased in 1789 by Grasberg’s ••Lübeck, Jakobikirche - 1636 Stellwagen ••Pilsum, Reformierte Kirche - 1694 Grotian Lutherans. Arrive later today in Bremen to see (III/31), 1673 Richborn/1984 Schuke (IV/64), (II/16) an early work of Jürgen Ahrend (and his for- facade 15th-17th c. ••Uttum, Reformierte Kirche – c. 1660 mer partner, Gerd Bruzema) housed in a lovely ••Lübeck, Aegidienkirche - 1625 Scherer Anonymous (I/9) Renaissance/early Baroque case. Maritim Hotel façade - 1982 Klais (IV/42) ••Westerhusen, Reformierte Kirche - 1643 (B,D) www.maritim.com/en/hotels/germany/ ••Lübeck, Marienkirche - 1968 Kemper (V/95), Sieburg (I/7) hotel-bremen 1986 Führer (IV/56) ••Osterholz-Scharmbeck, St. Willehadi - COST SUMMARY 1734/1748 Bielfeldt (II/23) WHAT’S INCLUDED? ••Grasberg, Findorff-Kirche - 1694 Schnitger (II/21) 55AIRFARE: Round-trip economy class airfare from New York-JFK via Delta Airlines or other $ ••Lilienthal, St. Marien Kirche - 1884 Röver ARC/IATA approved scheduled carrier. 5199 (II/27) Group Flights From New York/JFK 55ACCOMMODATION: Eleven nights in first ••Bremen, Martinikirche - 1962 Ahrend & Please call Accolades for an Brunzema (III/33) class hotels, double occupancy, with private airfare add-on from your home city facilities. Hotels as listed or similar Tour Gratuities ($89)...... Included WED 18 MAY Bremen Region 55MEALS: Breakfast daily and five dinners as Airport Taxes ($187)...... Included The last day of explorations begins at the Sts. Ma- outlined in the itinerary *Costs per person based on double occupancy in USD ria & Caecila Dom in where the romantic 55GROUND TRANSPORT: Transfers and trans- tones of the Furtwängler & Hammer instrument portation by deluxe motorcoach. Optional Individual Supplement are well preserved. End the day at St. Peter’s Ca- 55PROGRAMMING: Extensive organ-related Single Room*...... $680 thedral of Bremen, an important medieval dom programming throughout; honoraria and *In addition to base tour cost on the city’s marktplatz. The church has a long entrance fees included. Very limited availability on request basis. tradition of organ music and now features five 55SIGHTSEEING: Sightseeing and admissions Accolades can assist in finding roommates; instruments. Gather this evening for a farewell included per the itinerary. however, this cannot be guaranteed dinner. Maritim Hotel (B,D) 55PORTERAGE: Luggage handling of one •Verden, Dom St. Maria & Caecilia - 1916 piece per person. Costs: The tour cost is per person based on current airfare • from New York-JFK (other cities available), double occupancy, Furtwängler & Hammer (III/54) 55EXPERT GUIDE: Professional English- speaking escort, Mr. Uli Feldhahn, traveling tariffs and currency valuations as of December 2010, a mini- ••Ganderkesee, St. Cyprien & Cornelius - 1699 with the group from arrival in Hamburg to mum of 25 travelers, and subject to confirmation. While we Schnitger (II/22) will do everything possible to maintain the listed price and/or departure from Bremen ••Bremen, Waller Kirche - 2002 van der Putten itinerary, they are subject to change due to circumstances be- (II/23 in meantone with split keys + 3 well- 55Organ ImpresarioS: Organ impresarios yond our control. Single room supplements may have limited tempered stops) serving as daily lecturers and recitalists. availability and are on a request basis only. 55GRATUITIES: Gratuities to drivers and ••Bremen, St. Petri Dom - 1894 Sauer (IV/63); Items Not Included 1966 van Vulpen (III/35); 1734 Silbermann guides (for your convenience, $89 per per- son has been included). •• Fuel surcharges and/or tax increases levied since the (I/8); 1991 Klop (II/9); 2002 Wegscheider (I/8) pricing of this tour. 55TAXES: Airport/foreign departure taxes (cur- rently $187 per person). •• Beverages other than coffee/tea at breakfast. THU 19 MAY Return to U.S.A. •• Any meal or sightseeing item not listed in the itinerary. Transfer this morning for the return flights to 55ALL THE INFO YOU NEED: Comprehensive documentation including bag tags, name •• Items of a personal nature. U.S.A. connecting in Amsterdam. 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