Friedrich Lux's organ works are notable for not including suites or sonatas, instead featuring arrangements of operatic works and miniatures like Lieder ohne Worte.
Recording & Production
The score for Lux's Drei Stücke aus Händels Messias in Form einer Sonate used in this recording was discovered in the Sibelius Academy Library in Helsinki.
Instruments
The organ used for most of this recording is the 1935 Kangasalan Urkutehdas Oy organ in Kemi Church, Finland, which was restored in 2021.
Composer Biography
Friedrich Lux, born in 1820, first played the organ in public at age seven and wrote his first piece, a minuet, at age eleven.
Compositional Technique
Friedrich Lux's Fantasie pastorale, Op. 64, reflects his fondness for portraying nature in music, featuring episodes possibly intended to evoke birdsong.
Compositional Technique
Lux's Lied ohne Worte in C major is a rare example of this genre in organ music, achieving a conversational effect through two different metres and a lyrical solo line.
Composer Biography
At age sixteen, Friedrich Lux walked to Frankfurt am Main during his summer holidays to see and play the new Walcker organ in the Paulskirche.
