Rush of visitors at the Schlehdorf Organ Autumn

Created: 09/30/2022, 15:00

The Nördlinger Bachtrumpeten-Ensemble filled the pews in Schlehdorf.

Sometimes the musicians spread out throughout the church.

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The second concert of the revived "Schlehdorf Organ Autumn" with the Nördlinger Bachtrumpeten-Ensemble was well attended.

The musicians were also enthusiastic.

Schlehdorf – While organizers are currently complaining all over the country about a lack of visitor interest, the “Klang – Kunst – Kultur” association, which has recently been reviving the “Schlehdorfer Orgelherbst” series in the monastery church, had the opposite problem: it was fifteen minutes before the start the pews were completely filled.

But the stream of visitors didn't want to stop.

So chairs were gathered from everywhere until the church was really jam-packed.

Musicians made guest appearances in St. Tertulin for the eighth time

This rush was triggered by the Nördlinger Bachtrumpeten-Ensemble, which was making a guest appearance in Schlehdorf for the eighth time and obviously left a lasting impression.

The three trumpeters Rainer Hauf, Armin Schneider and Jonas Hillenmeyer were joined by Thomas Rothfuss, organist from Munich, and the percussionist and singer Tom Lier, who also works as a composer and arranger for the ensemble.

Incidentally, the Bach trumpet does not go back to Johann Sebastian Bach, but is an invention of the late 19th century in order to be able to play the demanding trumpet parts of Baroque music more brilliantly with a smaller, slimmer instrument with a higher tuning.

At the beginning baroque music

Baroque music consequently opened the programme: the fanfare symphony by Jean Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) flooded the church interior from the organ gallery with an almost overwhelming splendor of sound.

A concert opening couldn't be more atmospheric.

The organ, which is the focus of the concert series, then had the opportunity to introduce itself as a soloist with the organ sonata in C major by Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817) and to present its wealth of color and expression.

The musicians gathered in the chancel for the Concert Sonata in F major by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741).

The trumpets in the first movement are virtuoso, the second movement is cantabile and subtly designed with filigree lines, while the presto closes with a wonderfully wide swing.

In the Sonata in B flat major by Franz-Xaver Schnizer (1740-1785), the organ was able to show itself not as a sublime church instrument, but from its light, cheerful side.

The dainty minuet brought dancing grace.

Modern music also performed

The fact that the program was built according to the principle of the piñata, which has something to offer for everyone who reaches into it, was shown with "She", an original composition by drummer Tom Lier, which unfolded a casual sound with a gently floating trumpet sound.

A piece by Henry VIII (1491-1547) went back more than 400 years in music history: to “Pastime with good company” the musicians spread out throughout the church – a great surround sound experience that increased even more when the organ joined from above.

The highlight of the program.

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"You raise me up" by Rolf Lovland (*1955) and Brendan Graham (*1945), with Lier presenting himself as the singer, brought another blatant stylistic change.

Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788) and the first movement of his Sonata in F major for organ went back to the classical repertoire.

These epochal leaps only come together when you explain the sheer contrast to the program.

Standing ovation at the end

"A Little Fantasy" by Lier brought a feel-good number: the organ spread out a soft carpet over which the trumpets stepped.

The final work made the connection to the beginning: festive baroque music with Suite No. 2 from "Water Music" by George Frideric Handel (1985-1759).

The audience rose to a standing ovation and received two very heterogeneous encores: "Yesterday" by the Beatles and, in a great arrangement, "Dona nobis pacem" as the final greeting.

(Sabine Naher)

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