Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
0:00 Toccata d1, SwWV 285
3:37 Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt, SwWV 324
Girolamo Frescobaldi
10:18 Capriccio Fra Jacopino sopra l'Aria di Ruggiero (Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo... Libro primo 1637)
13:41 Toccata per l'Elevazione (Messa degli Apostoli, Fiori Musicali 1635)
16:35 Toccata prima (Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo... Libro primo 1615)
Lawrence Moe (1917-2013), organ.
Recorded in 1967 and originally released by Cambridge Records; remastered by Fantasy Studios in 1988.
The chamber organ heard in the selections by Frescobaldi and Sweelinck was built by Ibe Peters Iben of Emden, Germany, in 1783. For most of its existence it has been in private hands, although it stood in the Church of Wetsinge-Sauwerd from 1870 to 1910. [It was originally built for the Onstaborg in Sauwerd, Groningen province] The organ is of exceptional historical interest because the majority of the pipes date from the early seventeenth century. Only the front display pipes (bass of the 4-foot principal) were constructed specifically for it. They are made of wood and carved round. The statues on top of the instrument (King David playing a harp, an angel playing a lute and another playing a gamba) also date from the early seventeenth century. Although an electric blower was added sometime in the 1940s or 1950s, the original bellows are still functional and can be operated by means of a foot pedal. The instrument was completely restored (pipes cleaned and voices, case and Statues repainted and regilded, paintings on the doors cleaned) by Greg Harrold of Los Angeles in 1984. [This recording was made before the restoration by Greg Harrold]
The organ was given to the University of California through the generous bequest of Fanny Jeffers Pray in memory of her grandfather, the Reverend Samuel Hopkins Willey (1821-1914). Mr. Willey was the Acting President and Trustee of the College of California dueing the the time it was transformed into the University of California, and he is said to have been largely responsible for the creation of the University.
Only three other instruments by Iben survive, one in Bellingwolde, Holland (1783) [Now in the Organeum, Weener], one in St. Ulricht Church in Brunswick (1789), and the other in the Museum of Brunswick (1805).
Current disposition of the organ:
MANUAAL
Gedact 8'
Quintadena 8'
Principaal 4'
Fluit 4'
Quinta 3'
Octaav 2'
Octaav 1' (I-II)
Manual, 45 notes, C-b / c’-c’’’
a'=466
Werckmeister III temperament
Wind pressure 60 mm (2-3/8”)
Lawrence Moe, a native of Chicago, holds degrees from Northwestern and Harvard universities. He was organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Boston from 1954 to 1957. He joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley in 1957 as a professor of music and University organist. During his tenure at the University. he received a distinguished teaching award and served as chairman of the Music Department for ten years. He retired from the University in 1987.
He has performed a series of recitals for many years to large audiences in Berkeley and has concertized extensively in Europe and America. He has recorded extensively tor Cambridge records (of which the present disc was the first). Earlier. he recorded the William Denny's Partita for Organ tor Fantasy Records (1959) and the Handel Organ Concerti for Unicorn (1955).
29 июн 2024
