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The Pilgrims’ Chorus in the Lower Rhine Aldo J. Baggia

Sint Jan’s Kathedral, ’s-Hertogenbosch Seifert & Sohn IV/128, Marienbasilika, Kevelaer (copyright 2006 by Christoph Martin Frommen/Aeolus) iederrhein (Lower Rhine) is a small buy a guide book of the area in a large 2 ′ Npart of Westphalia that borders the bookstore in the city of Bamberg. In acoustics that really enhance the power 2⁄3 Quinte Dutch cities of Arnhem and Nimegen, the travel section, there were hosts of and majesty of the instrument. The re- 2′ Octave which had great importance in the Sec- books dealing with what seemed to be cording mentioned in the endnotes fea- 2′ Flöte ond World War because of their strate- every conceivable area of Germany, but, tures works by Reger, Liszt, Reubke (The 1′ Octavin gic locations as entrances to Germany. to my surprise, there were no guides of 94th Psalm), and Karg-Elert. The airy Cornett IV Mixtur V They are dealt with at great length in Niederrhein. I inquired at the desk and quality of the sound is clear and leaves Scharff V the well-known fi lm, A Bridge Too Far. was told that there were no guides of nothing to be desired. Rauschquinte II They are also culturally important be- Niederrhein because it was not a tourist 16′ Tuba cause of their relationship with the area. I found this hard to believe, but Seifert & Sohn IV/128 8′ Trompete towns of Niederrhein. Linguistically, one had to accept the reality of the situation. Marienbasilika, Kevelaer 4′ Feldtrompete sees the relationship in the fact that the Later, I did fi nd a few guide books when Unterwerk (I) Oberwerk (III) Dutch language is readily understood in I arrived in the city of Kleve, which, as ′ ′ the towns on the immediate border. It is mentioned previously, is right on the 16 Pommer 16 Gedacht 8′ Principal 8′ Principal very common for Dutch people to shop border with Holland. The whole area 8′ Grobgedacht 8′ Doppelgedacht in a town such as Kleve, which is on the has towns that are quite similar, with an 4′ Octave 8′ Rohrfl öte border, rather than in Holland, because emphasis on pilgrimage churches (Wall- 4′ Koppelfl öte 8′ Flaut harmonique the prices are better. It is normal to see fahrtkirchen) that serve as a common 2′ Octävlein 8′ Quintatön the parking lot at the City Hall in Kleve touch. The churches tend to be very 2′ Querpfeife 8′ Seraphon-Gamba 1 ′ ′ with half of the cars having Dutch plates. large with good-sized organs and are the 1⁄3 Spitzquinte 8 Cello When crossing into Holland, such as we focal points of the towns. Sesquialter II 8′ Dolce Scharff IV 8′ Vox angelica did when going to ’s-Hertogenbosch to ′ Kevelaer Cymbel III 4 Octave see the famous organ at Sint Jan’s Kath- 16′ Cor anglais 4′ Rohrfl öte edraal, we saw very few cars besides our Kevelaer is the most famous pil- 8′ Hautbois 4′ Violine own with German plates. grimage place in Niederrhein, and its Tremulant 4′ Flaut dolce 2 The cathedral at Den Bosch is a mag- Marienbasilika has the largest organ in 2⁄3′ Nasard nifi cent gothic structure that dates from the area (IV/128). The town was bombed Hauptwerk (II) 2′ Octave 1220, and the grand organ, III/48, with during the war, but not everything in the 16′ Principal 2′ Piccolo 3 16′ Bordun 1⁄5′ Terz its Coptic oak case, dates from 1617, town center was destroyed, and the main ′ although it was not ready for use until street leading to the tower of the basilica 8 Principal major Progressio III 8′ Principal Mixtur IV 1622. Franz Symons, a carpenter from looks as though it had not been touched 8′ Fugara Octavcymbel III Den Bosch, and Georg Schysler, a sculp- for hundreds of years. The Marienbasi- 8′ Flaut major Scharff V tor from the Tirol, were responsible for lika organ originally had 124 stops, and 8′ Gamba Rauschpfeife II the beautiful case. After work by vari- additions were made in 1926, bringing 8′ Gemshorn 16′ Fagott ous builders, the organ, which has 3,000 the total to 131. At that time it received 8′ Gedacht 8′ Trompete pipes, was completely restored in 1984 electric action, and a four-manual mov- 8′ Quinteviole 8′ Clarinette by Flentrop. The choir organ, II/29, by able console was built. In the last days 8′ Doppelfl öte 4′ Schalmei 1 ′ Verschueren, was installed in 1985. A re- of World War II, the echo organ was de- 5⁄3 Quinte 4′ Octave Schwellwerk (IV) cording by Jacques van den Dool shows stroyed, leaving the instrument with 110 4′ Hohlfl öte 16′ Lieblich gedacht the grand organ to very good effect in stops. A restoration by Seifert in 1977 4′ Fugara 8′ Principal pieces by Bach, Reger, Messiaen, de Gri- brought the organ of 10,000 pipes to its 4′ Flauto 8′ Geigenprincipal gny, Guilain and van den Dool.1 current total of 128 stops.2 The sound is 4′ Seraphon-Octave 8′ Konzertfl öte 1 Before going to Niederrhein, I tried to quite dramatic because of the excellent 3⁄5′ Terz 8′ Gedacht

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8′ Aeoline pilgrims on feast days, and today Kev- 8′ Vox coelestis elaer is known as the largest pilgrimage 8′ Quintadena ′ center in northwestern Europe with over 4 Gemshorn one million visitors per year.4 4′ Traversfl öte 4′ Octave The organ of the parish church of 4′ Nachthorn Kevelaer, Sankt Antonius (III/42), was 2 2⁄3′ Quintfl öte also built by the fi rm of Seifert & Sohn 2′ Flautino and dates from 1987. It has 2,915 pipes 2′ Superoctave and benefi ts from the excellent acoustics 3 ′ 1⁄5 Terzfl öte of the church. This church was badly hit 1 1⁄3′ Quinte ′ during World War II, but has been com- 1 Siffl öte pletely rebuilt in a manner that shows off Mixtur V 5 Carillon III its pre-war splendor. Terzcymbel III Paletta III–VII Xanten 16′ Tuba One might wonder why a large cathe- 8′ Trompete dral was built in Xanten, a small town 8′ Krummhorn with the unusual name beginning in “X,” 8′ Vox humana ′ but its history is quite telling. In 15 B.C., 4 Clairon the Romans built a large military camp Seifert & Sohn III/42, parish church, Sankt Antonius, Kevelaer 4′ Celesta Tremulant called Castra Vetera I. This lasted until 69–71 A.D., when it was destroyed and Pedal replaced by Castra Vetera II. North of 32′ Contrabaß the military complex, a civilian settle- 32′ Untersatz ment was planned and created in 105 16′ Principalbaß A.D., with the name Colonia Ulpia 16′ Octavbaß ′ Traiana, through the good graces of the 16 Salicetbaß emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus. At the Refinement, Grandeur, 16′ Violon 16′ Subbaß time, this was a fairly large area only 23 16′ Gedachtbaß hectares smaller than the Colonia that Delicacy, & Grace 2 10 ⁄3′ Quintbaß was the provincial capital, known today 8′ Principal as the city of Köln (Cologne).6 8′ Baßfl öte In October 1933, professor Walter 8′ Dulciana Bader discovered two graves located in 1 5⁄3′ Quinte ′ the present-day crypt that date from the 4 Fugara years 348–350 A.D. They were identifi ed 4′ Octave 4′ Flöte as Christian soldiers in their thirties, who ′ subsequently became the symbol of the 2 Clarine 7 Mixtur VI strong faith of the people in this area. Hintersatz V Martin Ahls indicated that the name 32′ Bombarde “Xanten” is, in effect, a derivative from 16′ Posaune “Ad Sanctos,” which means “next to the 16′ Trompete ′ saints.” He went further to answer his 8 Trompete own question as to why a cathedral was 8′ Fagott 4′ Clairon built in this rather remote town on the Lower Rhine: Normal couplers Crescendo This question is answered when we go 2 free combinations into the crypt. Although it is the most re- Pedal combination cent part of the cathedral, built after the 3 Tutti excavations made in our century, it contains Electropneumatic action the very core of its history: the tomb of two Christians who were slain in the fourth Source: Psallite CD 60131. Romantische century. This tomb of the Holy Martyrs is Orgelmusik (an der großen Orgel der Marien- the center and the starting point of religion basilika zu Kevelaer – Orgelbau Romanus on the Lower Rhine and at the same time Seifert & Sohn) it is the key that helps us understand the construction of the cathedral and of the town: Here people wanted to pray and to Next to the basilica there is the Ker- live—next to the Saints. History gave the zenkapelle (the candle chapel), which Martyrs a name: Viktor—the victor even has an outside collection of hundreds of beyond death.8 All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA candles that have been left by pilgrims. Raymond & Elizabeth Chenault, Music Directors It includes an organ, II/28, which was After the war, it was decided to add urns originally installed in 1843, and rebuilt fi lled with ashes from the concentration and cleaned by the fi rm Seifert & Sohn, camps of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and which had moved to Kevelaer during the Dachau as memorials to all who suffered Member, Associated Pipe Organ construction of the new organ for the from the atrocities of the Nazi regime.9 John-Paul Marienbasilika in 1906.3 The cathedral can be seen from afar, Builders of America The pilgrimages in honor of the inasmuch as it is such a large edifi ce. Buzard 112 West Hill Street Blessed Mother date from the middle The organ, III/45 with 3,293 pipes, is the Pipe Organ Builders Champaign, Illinois 61820 of the seventeenth century, and the Ker- largest that the cathedral has ever had zenkapelle was built during the years and was built by Seifert & Sohn of Keve- 800.397.3103 • www.Buzardorgans.com 1643–45. By the second half of the cen- laer in 1973–1975.10 The instrument has tury there were from 18,000 to 20,000 a free-standing case on the fl oor in the

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May 08 pp. 22-26.indd 23 4/9/08 10:28:56 AM 2′ Mixtur V Cymbel III 16′ Trompete franz. 8′ Trompete franz. 4′ Clairon Schwellwerk 8′ Holzfl öte 8′ Viola da gamba 8′ Schwebung 4′ Venezianerfl öte 2 2⁄3′ Nasat 2′ Querfl öte 3 1⁄5′ Terz 1′ Schwiegel 4 ⁄7′ Septime 1 1⁄3′ Mixtur IV 16′ Basson 8′ Hautbois Tremulant Rückpositiv 8′ Metallgedacht 4′ Prinzipal 4′ Rohrfl öte 2′ Gemshorn 1 1⁄3′ Quinte Sesquialter II Scharff V 8′ Cromorne Tremulant Rieger III/45, Stiftskirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Kleve (courtesy Rieger-Orgelbau GmbH) Pedal Dom St. Viktor, Xanten 16′ Prinzipal 16′ Untersatz 2 10 ⁄3′ Quintbaß back of the church and can effectively ′ play the repertoire from Bach through 8 Oktavbaß 8′ Rohrpommer Messiaen. The symbolic nature of the 4′ Choralbaß cathedral is of paramount importance 4′ Spitzgedacht to the citizens of the town, and the res- 2′ Nachthorn 1 toration that was done after the severe 5⁄3′ Rauschwerk IV 2 damage of World War II fi ts in well with 2⁄3′ Hintersatz V the original construction work. A curious 16′ Posaune 8′ Trompete aside is that Xanten is featured in the ′ Nibelungenlied and was supposedly the 4 Schalmei 11 birthplace of Siegfried. Constructed 1973–1975 45 stops (3,293 pipes) Seifert & Sohn, III/45 Mechanical key and stop action Dom St. Viktor, Xanten Normal couplers, 3 free combinations, Pleno, Tutti Hauptwerk ′ 16 Praestant From the liner notes of Psallite CD 60161 8′ Prinzipal 8′ Rohrpfeife 4′ Oktave Kleve 4′ Koppelfl öte If one looks at a map, one can see how Stiftskirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Kleve 2′ Superoctave the towns of Niederrhein are interre- Kornett V lated; the concept of so many pilgrimage churches makes sense. Kleve, right on Positif (expressive) (II) the Dutch border, suffered as much as 8′ Principal the Dutch cities of Arnhem and Nime- 8′ Bourdon gen, the largest cities on the Dutch side. 4′ Octave professional 4′ Flûte douce This area represented one of the Allied 2 2⁄3′ Nasard entry points into Germany, and it is quite 2′ Doublette 3 clear that the towns on the German side 1⁄5′ Tierce 1 suffered tremendously because of this. 1⁄3′ Larigot A small book that was published in 1′ Plein jeu IV musiciansicianiician ′ pastoral Kleve in 1964 alludes to one of the big- 8 Trompette theological gest problems the people in this area 8′ Clarinette had.12 According to the author, “the Brit- Tremblant ish and Canadian troops advanced with- Récit Expressif (III) out having the slightest understanding of 16′ Quintaton the many-sided problems a people living 8′ Flûte traversière Master of under a dictatorship had, and therefore 8′ Viole de Gambe on German soil they saw every German 8′ Voix céleste as a Nazi.” 4′ Flûte octaviante The organ of the Stiftskirche or St. 2′ Octavin 2 ′ 3 ′ ′ Sacred Music Mariä Himmelfahrt, III/45, was built by III Carillon (2 ⁄3 + 1 ⁄5 + 1 ) ′ the Austrian fi rm Rieger in 1991 and is 16 Tuba magna 8′ Trompette harmonique www.luthersem.edu/msm primarily used to accompany congrega- 8′ Basson-Hautbois tional singing during Mass. However, a 8′ Voix humaine recording by Martha Schuster playing 4′ Clairon harmonique romantic and post-romantic works shows Tremblant 13 “We seek to give musical and theological what heights the organ can achieve. The case, as one can see, is quite mod- Pédale flesh and bone to those who are called 32′ Soubasse ern. Kleve is known in legends as hav- ′ to serve the church as leaders of the ing a relationship with Lohengrin, who is 16 Contrebasse 16′ Soubasse people’s song.” certainly well known because of Wagner’s 8′ Basse opera. A modern fountain in the pedes- 8′ Bourdon – Dr. Paul Westermeyer, Director trian zone of the city shows a swan pull- 4′ Flûte ing at Lohengrin. The symbol of the city 32′ Contrebombarde (ext) is the Schwanenburg (the Swan’s castle), 16′ Bombarde which dominates the city along with the 8′ Trompette towers of the Stiftskirche nearby. Mechanical key action Rieger III/45 Electric stop action Stiftskirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Kleve Kalkar Grand Orgue (I) 16′ Montre Very near Kleve lies the small town 8′ Montre of Kalkar, which profi ts from a quaint 8′ Flûte harmonique setting. The Nicolai Kirche’s intricately 8′ Salicional cut wood carvings make up much of the 8′ Bourdon decoration that surrounds the different 4′ Prestant altars, as well as the elaborate casework 2′ Doublette ′ of the organ (Seifert & Sohn, III/34). 2 Fourniture IV The fi rst organ of the church dated from 1′ Cymbale III 8′ Cornet V 1457, and from 1684 there was a baroque 16′ Bombarde instrument. That was replaced in 1867– Armstrong Aspaas Ferguson Rodland Westermeyer 8′ Trompette 72 by a two-manual and pedal organ of 4′ Clairon 30 stops by the Rheinberg builder Bern- hard Tibus (1815–1896). The Cologne

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Lowwindmühle in Kalkar Saint Paul architect Heinrich Wiethase designed a late-gothic case that is still in use today. Holger Brülls writes about this organ and the subsequent ones in an article cited below. One notes the infl uence of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and the Dom- bauinspektor (cathedral building inspec- tor) Friedrich Schmidt praised the organ for its workmanship. The placement of the organ varied from the west tower to the south portal, where it is currently situated. The instrument was replaced in 1904 by Franz Tibus, but retained the Wiethase case. The two-manual and pedal organ on pneumatic cone chests was in line with German organ building of the late romantic years. In the late 1960s, Seifert & Sohn (Kevelaer) built an electric-action slider chest three-manual and pedal organ of a neo-baroque char- acter and retained the Wiethase case. The organ has 2,450 pipes. It received some additions in the year 2000 during the course of interior renovation work in the church; two octave couplers and a new stop (Trompette-harmonique 8′) were added. Jan Szopinski is the Can- tor of St. Nicolai Kirche. Typical of the Organ Concerts featuring Cristina Garcia Banegas, Julia Brown, Cameron Carpenter, Stephen Cleobury, James Diaz, Jelani Eddington, towns in the area, near the main square Carla Edwards, Jeremy Filsell, Stewart Wayne Foster, Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet Hakim, Frederick Hohman, Jan Kraybill, Rachel there is a picturesque windmill that was Laurin, Scott Montgomery, John Scott, Peter Sykes, Stephen Tharp, Tom Trenney, Elke Voelker, John Weaver, and Todd Wilson Choral converted into a restaurant.14 * music from Minnesota, the cradle of a capella choral singing in the United States * An evening with Michael Barone, presenting Wesel Pipedreams Live! * Spectacular instruments and venues, featuring organs by Æolian-Skinner, Blackinton, Casavant, Casavant/Schantz, Driving directly west from Kleve, one Dobson, E.M. Skinner, Fisk, Glatter-Götz/Rosales, Hendrickson, Holtkamp, Kimball/Moeller, Kney, Lively-Fulcher, Noack, Reuter, Sipe, encounters the city of Wesel, which has a very large Protestant cathedral (Dom) Van Daalen, Visser-Rowland, Welte-Moeller, and Wicks * New Music from distinguished composers * Over 65 workshops * Worship in the city center. The destruction during Services * The world’s largest trade show for the organ profession * A special Pedagogical track featuring the music of Olivier Messiaen the war was substantial, and it is sad to ©2008 AGO 2008 see the pictures on display in the interi- or. It is a church of enormous scope, and

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May 08 pp. 22-26.indd 25 4/9/08 10:29:40 AM the rebuilding was done over the span of Brustwerk (III) 8′ Rohrfl öte many years, i.e., from 1947 to 1994, with 4′ Blockfl öte 2 the support of the Willibrordi-Dombau- 2⁄3′ Nasard verein (Dom building association). The 2′ Principal 3 intent was to bring back the medieval 1⁄5′ Terz nature of the Dom.15 1′ Siffl et The steeple stands high over the cen- 8′ Vox humana ter of the town, and the only drawback is the fact that most of the windows are of Pedal 16′ Principal plain glass. I don’t know what the situa- 8′ Subbaß tion was before the bombing, but there 8′ Octave is no question that stained glass would 8′ Spielfl öte have been extraordinary. It would have 4′ Tenoroctave 2 created a remarkable image in the interi- 2⁄3′ Rauschpfeife IV or because of the height of the windows. 16′ Posaune The organ, built by Marcussen & Søn of 8′ Holztrompete Denmark in 2000–2001 (III/54), is a very 6 couplers, 2 tremulants, 6 adjustable combi- impressive instrument in a freestanding nations position in the west part of the church, Mechanical key action, electric stop action and the case is striking. The acoustics are very good, and two recordings feature the instrument in repertoire from Bux- One could continue to visit other in- tehude, Pachelbel, Bach, and Mozart struments in the area, but it is clear that through Franck, Mendelssohn, Reger, this area is fairly typical of what one fi nds Brahms, and Messiaen. I found particu- in Germany. The organ history in Ger- larly impressive the Reger Introduction many is a long one and emphasizes the and Passacaglia in D minor, Boëllmann’s Klais III/38, Liebfrauenkirche, Bocholt (courtesy Kantorin Irmhild Abshoff) importance of music in the country. ■ “Carillon” from Douze Pièces, and Dieu parmi nous by Messiaen.16 8′ Spitzgambe* ble of playing the entire repertoire for the Notes 4′ Oktave* organ. The recording opens with Bach’s 1. Information on the cathedral and or- Marcussen & Søn III/54 4′ Rohrfl öte Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541, gans is from leafl ets available at the church; 2 ′ Wesel Dom 2⁄3 Nasat and the organ has a true baroque sound. liner notes of a recording (CD03122001) by 2′ Gemshorn Jacques van den Dool on STH records, Hol- Hauptwerk (II) Cornet II The Kantorin also plays Karg-Elert’s Cho- land (2001); and Berg Wisgerhof, Orgeln in 16′ Prinzipal Sesquialtera II* ralimprovisation für Orgel “Nun danket den Niederlanden, Edition Merseburger, Ber- 1 ′ 8′ Oktave I–III* 1⁄3 Quinte alle Gott,” which really shows the power lin GmbH, Kassel, 1992, pp. 93–99. 8′ Hohlfl öte Mixtur V–VI and majesty of the instrument. It would 2. The information on this organ comes 8′ Rohrgedacht* 16′ Dulzian* be diffi cult to look for more. Bernhard from four sources: a) Liner notes of the re- 8′ Gambe 8′ Cromorne Ratermann plays Franck’s Choral No. 2 in cording Romantische Orgelmusik, Psallite CD 4′ Oktave I–III* B minor, and here fonds d’orgue passages 60131, which includes recordings made in 4′ Spitzfl öte Pedal effectively contrast with a powerful reed- 1969 and 1981 by Rosalinde Hass and Wolf- 2 ′ ′ gang Stockmeier; b) Notes by the organ fi rm 2⁄3 Quinte 32 Untersatz* dominated tutti.17 2′ Oktave I–III* 32′ Prinzipal* of Romanus Seifert & Sohn in 1969 as part of 2′ Waldfl öte 16′ Subbaß the above recording; c) Göttert & Isenberg, Hintersatz VI–IX* 8′ Oktave Klais III/38 Orgel Führer Deutschland, Bärenreiter-Ver- Scharf VI–VII 8′ Spitzfl öte Liebfrauenkirche, Bocholt lag, Kassel, 1998; and d) Kevelaer, die Orgel- 16′ Trompete 4′ Oktave* werke von St. Marien und die Kirchenmusik, ′ 2′ Nachthorn Oberwerk (I) pp. 12 and 14. 8 Trompete ′ 8′ Spanische Trompete Mixtur V* 8 Holzgedacht 3. Cf. Kevelaer, die Orgelwerke von St. 16′ Posaune 8′ Gamba Marien und die Kirchenmusik, Verlag Schnell Schwellwerk (III) 16′ Fagott 8′ Unda maris & Steiner GmbH, Regensburg. ′ 16′ Rohrpommer* 8′ Trompete 4 Principal 4. Cf. Rolf Purpar, Reiseführer Niederrhein, ′ 4′ Traversfl öte Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2003, p. 108. 8 Salizional ′ 8′ Voix céleste * all or partially made from pipes of the previ- 2 Waldfl öte 5. Pfarrkirche Sankt Antonius, Kevelaer, 1 ′ 8′ Rohrfl öte ous organ by Walcker 1⁄3 Larigot Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg, 2000, 2 ′ 8′ Quintatön 2⁄3 Sesquialter II p. 24. 2 ′ ′ Bocholt ⁄3 Scharff IV 6. Ibid., pp. 208–209. 4 Prestant* ′ 4′ Flüte octaviante A very short distance from Wesel lies 16 Basson Hautbois 7. Reinhard Karrenbrock and Holger 2 ′ 8′ Cromorne Trompete Kempkens, St. Viktor zu Xanten, Propsteige- 2⁄3 Nazard the city of Bocholt, which is in Westpha- 2′ Octavin meinde St. Viktor, Xanten, 2002, p. 23. 3 lia but just outside the geographical limits 1⁄5′ Tierce Hauptwerk (II) 8. Liner notes of Psallite Recording 60161, of Niederrhein. The Liebfrauenkirche 16′ Quintade Orgel und Glocken des Xantener Domes, Plein jeu V–VII ′ 16′ Basson* has a magnifi cent Klais organ, III/38, 8 Principal Wolfgang Schwering, organ (translation by ′ from 1979. I had been in touch with the 8′ Holzfl öte Rigo Ottitsch), pp. 12 and 13. 8 Trompette ′ 8′ Vox humana Kantorin, Irmhild Abshoff, before going 8 Gemshorn 9. Reinhard Karrenbrock and Holger ′ 4′ Octave Kempens, op. cit., p. 23. 8 Oboe to Germany, and I knew something of its ′ 4′ Clairon 4 Koppelfl öte 10. Liner notes of Psallite Recording 60161, features from a recording that was issued 2 ′ in 1996 to commemorate 95 years of the 2⁄3 Quinte p. 10. Rückpositiv (I) 2′ Superoctave 11. Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, parish’s work. When I arrived in Bocholt, ′ 16′ Bordun* 8 Cornet V Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 2001, p. 1 ′ the Kantorin was good enough to demon- 1⁄3′ Mixtur IV 375. 8 Prinzipal ′ 8′ Gedacht strate the organ. There is no question that 8 Trompete 12. Niederrheinisches Land im Krieg, Wil- this is an extraordinary instrument capa- 4′ Trompete helm Michels, Boss, Druck und Verlag (trans- lation by Aldo J. Baggia), p. 142. 13. Organum Classics 200073, Dupré, Mes- siaen, Guillou, 2000. 14. cf. Günther J. Bergmann, Kalkar der National Association of Pastoral Musicians Stadtführer, Mercator Verlag, 2002, p. 33. Cf. Holger Brülls, “Die ehemalige Kalkarer Tibus-Orgel und ihr von Heinrich Wiethase Regional Conventions 2008 entworfenes Gehäuse,” in Hans Peter Hilger, Stadtpfarrkirche St. Nicolai in Kalkar. Infor- mation provided by Jan Szopinski, Cantor, St. Nicolai Kirche, Kalkar. Gather V Learn V Pray V Sing V Celebrate 15. Rolf Purpar, op. cit., p. 200. 16. Almut Rößler an der Marcussen-Orgel im Dom zu Wesel, Motette 13071. Glocken und Orgelmusik im Dom zu Wesel (es spielt Featured Organists & Organs Hanns-Alfons Siegel), Psallite 60311. June 30–July 3 • East Brunswick, New Jersey 17. 95 Jahre Pfarrei Liebfrauen – Organisten In the Midst of Change . . . John Miller des Münsterlandes zu Gast an der KLAIS-Or- gel der Liebfrauenkirche, Bocholt. “Jesus Christ, the Same: Yesterday, Today, and Forever” (Heb 13:8) William H. Atwood Paul Murray Aldo J. 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