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Mary Günzer Orgel D_Augsburg_StUlrichundAfra

The impressive Renaissance prospect with its large hinged wings dates back to the organ builder Marx Günzer in 1608. The last organ in this case was a large Romantic organ by Koulen & Sohn with III/73 from 1903, from which some pipework, including the two 32′ stops, was transferred to the present instrument in 1982 by organ builder Sandtner. With 68 stops, the Sandtner organ is a little smaller than its predecessor, but it has a console with four manuals. A special feature is, among other things, the two Chamades 16′ and 8′, which can be coupled to any keyboard as a floating division. Furthermore, in the transept gallery there is a historic choir organ made by Hindelang in 1925 with 19 stops, which can also be played from the console of the main organ as a remote organ.

The unique organ prospect of the pilgrimage basilica of St. Anna extends over both galleries. While the main case on the upper gallery is still by Koulen (1916), the two 32′ pedal towers and the Rückpositiv in between were added by Gerhard Schmid in 1976 in the course of the new organ construction. The instrument has five manuals and 86 stops, including curious aliquots such as Undecime 8/11′ and Tredecime 8/13′, as well as a Romantic-era Swell, whose stops also originate from the former Koulen organ of 1916, as well as the two piercing reeds Bassoon 16′ and Contratuba 32′!

D_Altoetting_St.-Anna-in-Altoetting_C Roswitha Dorfner 2

D_Landshut_St. Martin Landshut 3_C Duscha

The case of the Landshut Collegiate Church organ dates from 1625 and today houses the largest instrument, with 75 stops, by local organ builder Ekkehard Simon. The four-manual organ was consecrated in 1984 and, like all of Simon’s instruments, is oriented towards the sound aesthetic of the German Neo-Baroque with many bright and overtone stops, including mixtures, cymbals and exotic aliquots. Besides a seventh 1 1/7′ and a ninth 8/9′, there is even an undecime 8/11′ in the Brustwerk! The Romantic predecessor instrument, built in 1914 by the renowned firm of Koulen from Augsburg, was the first organ to be put into storage by Sixtus Lampl in 1984.

Peter Bader_C Karin Demartin

Peter Bader has to deal with Mozart almost every day, because the way up to the gallery of the Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra leads over the narrow “Mozart Staircase”. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was connected to the city of Augsburg through his father Leopold and his much-loved “Bäsle”. Peter Bader graduated from the Nuremberg-Augsburg Academy of Music with a master’s degree. On the total of three organs in the basilica, he not only plays Mozart, but performs a large variety of repertoire and works from all epochs.

Stephan Thinnes took up his post as Stiftskapellmeister at the Basilica of St. Anna in the famous Upper Bavarian pilgrimage town of Altötting in July 2020, i.e. at a time when church music work with choirs was limited by many imponderables due to the pandemic. He was all the more pleased to be able to “reach into the full” at the organ. Thinnes studied in Mainz and acquired a broad musical horizon in numerous master classes in Germany, but also in Paris and Vienna – as a foundation for his diverse activities as organist, choirmaster, arranger, lecturer and organ expert.

Stephan Thinnes C Roswitha Dorfner

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