大象传媒

David Briggs invites us to explore with him one of the great musical and mechanical marvels of the baroque era.

In this series, organist David Briggs invites us to visit three of his favourite pipe organs, picked from the hundreds of unique instruments he鈥檚 encountered during his career as an international recitalist. He shares his experiences of what these organs feel like to play and the special qualities that gives each their own, very individual character, including the extraordinary spaces they inhabit. Alongside, he picks a selection of great recordings that lets us hear these organs at their very best.

This first episode focuses on an instrument that Mozart, Handel and Mendelssohn all went out of their way to visit and play. An 18th century masterpiece built by Christian M眉ller in the church of Saint Bavo in the Netherlands city of Haarlem.

Bach: Prelude in B flat, BWV 560
Piet Kee, organ

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Jacques van Oortmerssen, organ

Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No.3 in A major, Op 64 No 3
Jos van der Kooy, organ

Vierne: Feux follets, Op 53 No 4
Stephen Tharp, organ

Reger: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, Op 67 No 3
Piet Kee, organ

Jean Guillou: Improvisation
Jean Guillou, organ

Producer: Chris Taylor

Photo credit: Protestantse Gemeente Haarlem