The Concert

The Concert

The Concert

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Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Composer: Louis-Nicolas Clerambault
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Franz Liszt
Composer: Max Reger
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Composer: Franz Lehrndorfer
Performer: Franz Lehrndorfer
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-04-17
Music Label: Celestial Harmonies
Soundtracks:

Trumpet Tune/Minuet/March
Toccata Per Elevatione
Plein Jeu/Duo/Trio/Basse De Cromorne/Flutes/Recit De Nasard...
Toccata D-Moll, BWV 565
Praludium Und Fuge/Uber B-A-C-H
Bendeictus
Dieu Parmi Nous
Freie Improviastion Uber/Safl An, Wer Ist Doch Diese

Description of The Concert

Sunday, April 10, 1994, was a very special day in the musical history of Munich, a city blessed with a rich and colorful musical past. Late in the afternoon on a pleasant spring day, an unexpectedly large audience of thousands assembled in the Dome at Munich, the Liebfrauendom or Frauenkirche. There were just too many people for the big church to hold, so the audience flowed through the open gates into the plaza surrounding the Dome. The church itself was so crowded that one could not even see the tiniest speck of the magnificent new marble floor. The mood resembled that of a pop concert more than that of a religious event, and the large audience seemed to indicate even to the most casual observer that a unique event was taking place. During the celebrations commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Dome, Franz Lehrndorfer celebrated his 25th anniversary as the Dome Organist, and what better way to celebrate these occasions than to inaugurate the new organ. The Dome, having been badly damaged during the last war, had undergone a large-scale restoration simultaneously with the installation of the new organ. Built by master craftsman Georg Jann and his team over a period of several years and at very considerable expense to the diocese, everyone had come to hear one of the finest musicians play one of the greatest instruments on Earth. For centuries the pipe organ had been called the queen of instruments, and this new organ could easily be the queen of organs. As tall as a five-story building with over 7,000 pipes and incorporating the most sophisticated electronic systems, there are few, if any, organs in existence which could match the sheer splendor of Munich's latest addition to its musical scene. Franz Lehrndorfer's program included a wide variety of music written for the organ over the centuries but most importantly, it featured Professor Lehrndorfer improvising in his own personal style, just as Bach might have done in his day. After the concert ended, there was a never-ending line of well-wishers. It took hours for the church and plaza to clear as darkness fell and the day came to an end. This recording features the exact program as was heard during the inaugural concert. However, due to tuning difficulties experienced as the new organ settled into its environment and due to the unavoidable distraction caused by audience noise, Franz Lehrndorfer and his engineer/producer and longtime friend Ulrich Kraus chose to rerecord the program in a silent church. Also in attendance at these recording sessions was the organ builder whose ever-present attention was required in order to retune pipes which had changed pitch due to temperature differences. After many days of experimenting, an ideal microphone placement was found; once the microphones were suspended at a height of almost 100 feet in the center of the large space, Ulrich Kraus was finally able to capture the grand sound of the organ to his satisfaction.

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