G. J. Vogler: 32 Preludes pt. 1 (Nos. 1-8) on 1783 Söderström organ. Henrik Berg, organ.

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

On demand! A follower asked me if I could record Vogler's 32 Preludes on this specific 1783 Söderström organ, and I could not resist such a project!🤩These preludes were published in 1806 by a composer who had a reputation of being "a funny noisemaker" at the organ, his improvisations depicting storms and battles apparently "made the milk go sour"...!😅Nothing as wild here, but rather civilised and very charming music of different characters - majestic, mild, happy, sad, dramatic etc! Although German, Vogler lived in Stockholm for 13 years at the end of the 1700's, where he also composed the famous Advent song 'Hosianna, Davids son'.🕯The rest of the preludes will follow over the next months.

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

I feel bad it took so long! But now, once I've started, I will of course continue. There are some interesting pieces to come!

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

@zachricher I'm glad you liked it! I recently discovered several examples of keeping the old organ and building a new, more or less invisible one next to it, or behind even. Apparently this was a common procedure in the 1930-40's (maybe 50's also), keeping the old organ (often in an unplayable state of disrepair) as a sort of museum piece. These days most, if not all, of those organs have been restored. I wanted to showcase that here. My footsteps sound like a happy dogs running up the stairs, which is also how I felt😄

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

@zachricher I've scheduled it for mid January! A lot of Christmas stuff happening before that... :)

[@nakorganist]

A very nice instrument and fantastic organ music, thank you very much! Many greetings, Roland

[@gnudiorganist]

Fantastiskt! Bra jobbat!

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

Tack 🙂

[@sigfridrunback]

Spännande musik ! Vogler var tydligen känd som en fantastisk improvisatör 🎶😀

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

Ja, det hade man velat höra!

[@philippelegargean5120]

Very pretty and not ordinary organ.

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

It is quite unique being this size but still not having an independent pedal division, but at this time most organists in Sweden were actually pianists who couldn’t play much with their feet… Also the deep-pitched mixtures are unique for this type of organ. But some traits are typical of Swedish 18th century organs: a mixture with a tierce (later this became a principal scaled Cornett), a 16’ Trumpet (late 18th century and the entire romantic era), a bass 4’ Trumpet paired with a treble 8’ Vox virginea/humana, often in the second manual but also frequently found in single manual instruments. String stops also occurred relatively early. So, end of history lesson…!

[@philippelegargean5120]

@@HenrikBergpianorganist Thank you for this detailed information. Good week.