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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on HW sample sets

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on HW sample sets

PostMon Feb 16, 2015 3:27 pm

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) - a Renaissance "pop star" from Amsterdam!

In his day, people came from afar to listen to the music by this famous man.

As city appointed and employed organist, Sweelinck, especially renowned for his improvisations, had already played public organ concerts at the Calvinist Oude Kerk (aka Nikolaikerk) since 1577. There, he had two formidable instruments by organ builder Hendrik Niehoff (ca. 1495 - 1560) at this disposal: The great organ II/P 25 and a second, smaller organ II/P 13 manufactured for the northern transept.

Famed as "Orpheus of Amsterdam" throughout Europe, he attracted both admirers and a large number of students.

Almost all organists in Northern Germany studied with Sweelinck so that he was called the "Hamburg organist
maker".

Sweelinck also played the harpsichord, e.g. at receptions of the City of Amsterdam, where the envoy of Venice heard him and praised the art of the organist.

I recorded some of his compositions - with the secular dance variations being particularly multifaceted - on different HAUPTWERK organ sample sets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMOvOfmI9Gw

Enjoy!
Regards, Fred
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Re: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on HW sample sets

PostMon Mar 23, 2015 8:40 pm

Thanks for this! A very nice collection of Sweelink works on interesting and appropriate instruments and well-played!

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Re: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on HW sample sets

PostFri Mar 27, 2015 3:56 pm

Hallo Michael,

thank you for listening!

It's great fun to play the piano/organ music of Sweelinck on different Hauptwerk organs. Of course I have my personal sound choice used in the pieces as there are many possibilities for registration at the Sweelinck's versatile compositions.

Regards, Fred

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