1511 van Covelens organ at Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

1965 Ahrend & Brunzema organ at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1743 Hinsz organ at the Bovenkerk, Kampen, The Netherlands

1725 F.C. Schnitger organ at Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

1738 Müller organ at Sint Bavokerk [St. Bavo Church], Haarlem, The Netherlands

1732 Garrels organ at the Groote Kerk, Maassluis, The Netherlands

1639 Bader; 1813 Timpe organ at Walburgiskerk, Zutphen, The Netherlands

1511 van Covelens organ at Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

1956 Marcussen organ at Sint Nicolaïkerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands

1959 Marcussen organ at Sint Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Dutch Masters

…in observance of the 450th anniversary of Sweelinck’s birth, a survey of the organ art in the Netherlands.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of April 23, 2012

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

ANONYMOUS: Wilhelmus. JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Christe que lux es et dies (verse) –Pieter Dirksen (1511 van Covelens/Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands) Dutch Organs Anthology 605611

SWEELINCK: Toccata in C –Ton Koopman (1675 Huß-Schnitger/Church of Saints Cosmae & Damian, Stade, Germany)Philips 468 417

SWEELINCK: variations on Unter den Linden grün –Charles Rus (1965 Ahrend & Brunzema/Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Rus 2002

SWEELINCK: Toccata in F –Pieter van Dijk (1643 van Hagerbeer/Pieterskerk, Leiden, The Netherlands) NM Classics 82119

AART de KORT: Improvisation, Zolang er mensen zijn op aarde –Aart de Kort (1743 Hinsz/Bovenkerk, Kampen, The Netherlands) STPOP DVD 1

WILLEM van TWILLERT: variations on Psalm 49 –Willem van Twillert (1743 Hinsz/Bovenkerk, Kampen, The Netherlands) Festivo FECD-160

SWEELINCK: variations on Balletto del granduca –Piet Kee (1725 F.C. Schnitger/Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands) Chandos CD-0514

SWEELINCK: Ich ruf zu dir –Gustav Leonhardt (1754 Hinsz/Buitenkerk, Kampen, The Netherlands) Sony Classical 88697318972

KLAAS BOLT: variations on Om Sions wil –Klaas Bolt (1738 Müller/Sint-Bavokerk [St. Bavo Church], Haarlem, The Netherlands) Lindenberg LBCD-38

Hour 2

JACQUES van OORTMERSSEN: Psalm 77 (verse) –Jacques van Oortmerssen (1738 Müller/Sint-Bavokerk [St. Bavo Church], Haarlem, The Netherlands) Challenge Classics 72162

JAAP de BIE: Mina, Queen of the Rhumba –(Mortier-Karl Frei street organ/National Museum from Musical Clocks to Street Organs, Utrtecht) National Museum 009

DIRK SCHÄFER: 2 Interludes, from Opus 17 –Piet van Egmond (1924 Steinmeyer/Prinsesskerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Festivo 6962 082

FEIKE ASMA: Holland Rhapsody –Jaap Kroonenburg (1732 Garrels/Grote Kerk, Maassluis, The Netherlands) Garrels 1732.04.21

BERT MATTER: Psalm 139 –Toon Hagen (1643 Bader; 1815 Timpe/Walburgiskerk, Zutphem, The Netherlands) VLS Records 1097

SWEELINCK: variations on Est-ce mars –Pieter van Dijk (1511 van Covelens/Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands) Contrapunctus Musicus 2497

MARIUS MONNIKENDAM: Allegro, from Concerto for Organ and Brass – Rotterdam Philharmonic Brass; Ko Zwanenburg (1956 Marcussen/Nicolaikerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands) KKF 1

SWEELINCK: Hexachord Fantasy –Gustav Leonhardt (1971 Metzler/Grotekerk [St. Jacob], Den Haag, The Netherlands) DHM 77148

JOHANN LEMCKERT: 2 Hymn Preludes, Alles wat over ons geschreven is; Psalm 136 –Johann Lemckert (1973 Marcussen/Sint Laurenskerk, Rotterdam The Netherlands) VLS Records 0394