Wednesday, August 10, 2005

 

Luebeck

We finished the meeting we had today at lunchtime, so rather than sit in Luebeck airport for 7 hours, Dietrich agreed to drive me to the town to spend the afternoon there. I'm on my 3rd church, sitting listening to someone practice what sounds like Bach on a lovely bright little chamber organ. This church, though smaller than the famous Marienkirche, is the cathedral (Dom) and has some amazing medieval panels: I hope to add some pictures. There's also a good old clock - smaller than the Marienkirche one, but this one seems mainly original. Marienkirche was largely destroyed in the war by allied bombing. I'm thinking of going back there this evening to catch part of a Messiaen recital on the main organ.

Had an excellent meal with Dietrich at the hotel. Lots of wine, proceeded by adds and followed by some scotch, so the theological discussion on soteriology (is that the right word? must check) became rather fuzzy. Good evening though, and didn't feel too bad this morning.

Well, spoke to the organist, and the music was Bohm and Buxtehude. The organ is tuned to a Praetorian temperament, which explains the rather odd tunings in places. I've got the details of what he's playing so that I can try to get hold of them: Edition Breitkopf numbers 6662 & 8087.

Music today
Jelly Roll Morton


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