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BWV 712 "In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr." Pasłęk: Vox humana 8' Traverse 2'

A memory of the moment when we spontaneously tried the organ for the first time after the final touches to the voicing had been made - March 2nd 2024.

Krzysztof Urbaniak on the anonymous organ of the Lutheran church in Batakiai (Lithuania), built ca. 1700 restored by Ferdinand Stemmer & Barbara Dutli 2023-24, supervision of the project: Baltisches Orgel Centrum e.V. Stralsund CDEFGA-c3 Flauto maior 8' * Quintadena 8' * Principal 4' * Flauto minor 4' * Viola 4' * Quinta 3' * Octava 2' * Spitzflöte 2' * Tertia 1 3/5' Mixtura 4fach a1 = ca. 462 ...

Krzysztof Urbaniak on the anonymous organ of the Lutheran church in Batakiai (Lithuania), built ca. 1700 restored by Ferdinand Stemmer & Barbara Dutli 2023-24, supervision of the project: Baltisches Orgel Centrum e.V. Stralsund CDEFGA-c3 Flauto maior 8' * Quintadena 8' * Principal 4' * Flauto minor 4' * Viola 4' * Quinta 3' * Octava 2' * Spitzflöte 2' * Tertia 1 3/5' Mixtura 4fach a1 = ca. 462 ...

Stary Sącz, organ at St. Elisabeth - Principał 8' from 1679, restoration by SLJ budowa organów, voicing by Markus Zoitl from Orgelwerkstatt Wegscheider

Improvisation on "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan". The organ was restored in 2022-2024 by Zych Zakłady Organowe, consultant of the restoration: Krzysztof Urbaniak. Manual C - c3 Floet 8' (stopped wood) Principal 4' Salicinal 4' (inverted conical) Floet 4' (stopped wood) Quinta 3' (narrow scale) Octava 2' Sedecima 1' (wide scale) Mixtur 3fach (with tierce) Pauke Evacuant Mixtur: C - 2/3’ - 1/2’...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) − An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653b Krzysztof Urbaniak on the Andreas Hildebrandt organ in Pasłęk (1717-1719) Registration: Oberwerk: Principal 4’ Hauptwerk: Holflöte 8’ Viol di Gamba 8’ Octaf 4’ Quinta 2⅔’ Tertie 1⅗’ Pedal: Principal 8’ Tremulant With exception of Tertie 1⅗’ and Viol di Gamba 8’ all used stops contain pipes from 1719. Calcant: Radosław Kuliber...

And here some more fantastic sounds from Leufstabruk :) The plenum with tierce-mixtures (“Oktavrepetitionen”!) has a very grand effect even multiplied by the unusual breadth of the organ itself (ca. 12 m). Improvisation on “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan” - Krzysztof Urbaniak (4.7.2017), Cahman organ in Leufstabruk, 1728.

Here I tried to reproduce the registration for cantus firmus in the bass as suggested by Daniel Magnus Gronau (www.ortus-musikverlag.de/en/ortus-organum/om195). The only flues drawn on the pedal division being 16’ and 8’, the Schalmei 4’ having been added on top of that. It works perfectly well on the Danzig school organs (Pasłęk) and also - as I know now - on the Cahman from 1728 in Leufstabru...

Krzysztof Urbaniak - Impro on "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", Tjällmo, 7.7.2017 0:02 Principal 8’ 0:48 Spitzflöte 8’ 1:30 Salicional 8’ 2:32 Quintadena 16’ Principal 8’ Octave 4’ 3:04 Quintadena 16’ Principal 8’ Octave 4’ Octave 2’ 3:39 Quintadena 16’ Principal 8’ Octave 4’ Quinte 3’ Octave 2’ 4:38 Quintadena 16’ Principal 8’ Octave 4’ Quinte 3’ Octave 2’ Mixtur VI 5:34 Quintadena 16’ Principal...

Tjällmo, organ by Isaac Risberg, 1710. Salicional 8' Mixtur VI (registration after Matthaeus Hertel, "Orgelschlüssel", 1666). Krzysztof Urbaniak - impro

Krzysztof Urbaniak on the Andreas Hildebrandt organ (1719) in Pasłęk (PL). OW: Flöte douce G.d. 8' (stopped wood) Ped (cantus firmus).: Unter Bas Offen 16', Holflöte 8', Nacht Horn 2'

Paslek (PL), Andreas Hildebrandt organ (1719). OW: Kurtz Flöte 8', Principal 4', Sesquialter 2fach HW: Quintadena 16', Principal 8', Quintadena 8', Octaf 4' Ped.: Trompeten Bas 8', Principal 8', Octaf 4', Octaf 2', Rausch Quinta 2fach