DVD's about Arp Schnitger
Hollern, St. Mauritius
This movie
is
created
in collaboration with Hendrik
Ahrend
(Organbuilder)
and Martin
Tyler. It
is a documentation
of the restorationwork on
the organ,
supplemented by interviews
and sound
comparisons of all registers.
A new CD
of
the
restored organ withe organist
Martin Böcker can be
found in the Discography.
Contents:
"The
restoration of a historic
organ is much
more than the
technical repair or
restoration of damaged and
missing parts of the organ.
Superior craftsmanship and
working
knowledge of historical methods
and materials
is only a prerequisite
for a sensitive
restoration.
Historic organs
are during lifetime
often rebuilt several
times
to habits in that time,
so
an extensive search to the
instrument
itself and
the archives
is
needed
to get
knowledge about the original situation and to decide whicht situation must be
reconstructed
or retained.
However, it is
not always
the only goal of restoration,
to restore the original state
of an organ.
This DVD documents the
restoration process
and allows
deep insight into the work
of an organ builder.
A detailed comparison of
all the registers before and
sound after restoration, an
interview with the organ builder
and a looking back
on the
stage of construction
makes
the DVD complete.
"
The total
playing time of the DVD
or Blu-ray
is about 135 minutes.