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1877 Sauer organ, Fulda Cathedral, Germany
From the Wolf’s Den
He lives in the countryside just down the road from Valparaiso University, he’s got a recording studio and a barber shop in the barn out back, and spends considerable time teaching in Saarebruecken, Germany, and Appleton, Wisconsin. And when he plays, his imagination works overtime. We visit with the ever stimulating and always iconoclastic Wolfgang Rubsam to understand why amidst all the other distractions organ music continues to feed his soul and, through him, ours.
As a former pilot, a barber, recording engineer, teacher, and recitalist, he’s totally fearless, and willing even to risk a Bach Trio Sonata in concert. Wolfgang Rubsam reflects on his career and accomplishments, and shares some great and timeless music, From the Wolf’s Den, this week on Pipedreams.
Program Broadcast dates:
- September 10, 2001
Links and Resources
Lawrence University- University of Music and Theatre, Saarland/Germany
- Naxos Organ Encyclopedia
- Rübsam Discography
Music played in the program
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in A, BuxWV 151 –Wolfgang Rübsam (1993 C.B. Fisk/Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX) RMC Classics CD-1994
BASSANO (trans. Scheidemann): Motet, Dic nobis Maria –Wolfgang Rübsam (1959 Schlicker-1999 Dobson/Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, IN) VUCA Media CD-1004 (email: vucamedia@valpo.edu)
RHEINBERGER: Praeludium, from Sonata No. 8 in e, Op. 132 –Wolfgang Rübsam (1994 Rieger/Fulda Cathedral, Germany) Naxos CD-8.554549
JEHAN ALAIN: Berceuse sur deux notes; Intermezzo –Wolfgang Rübsam (1970 Rieger/Marienstatt Abbey Church) Bayer CD-100198/9
BACH: Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, S. 530 –Wolfgang Rübsam (SMU, see above)
WALTHER: Concerto in B-flat after Torelli –Craig Cramer (1770 Hofmann/Marienkirche, Mechterstädt, Thuringia) Naxos CD-8.554317
REGER: Chorale-Fantasy, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op. 52, no. 2 –Wolfgang Rübsam (SMU, see above)(recorded 7/13/94)
Wolfgang Rübsam teaches at the Hochschule für Musik in Saarbrücken and is artist-in-residence at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. In addition to his recital activity and his ongoing recording and production work in the series Encyclopedia of Organ Music for Naxos Records, Wolf runs a professional barbershop adjacent his recording studio at home in Valparaiso, Indiana. And he plays pretty well, too.