The Klais organ in Himmerod Abbey, built in 1962, was designed to integrate classical organ building tradition with modern requirements, marking a shift towards 'neo-romantic tendencies' for the Klais firm.
Composition History
Joseph Haydn composed 'Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze' (The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross) in 1786/87 for José Saluz de Santamaria, Marqués de Valde-Inigo, an Andalusian nobleman.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Haydn considered 'Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze' to be one of his most successful works, despite the challenge of composing seven consecutive adagios without text.
Compositional Technique
The original composition by Haydn was purely instrumental, although it was later adapted with texts.
Interpretation
The organ version of Haydn's work on this album is an arrangement by the performer, Johannes Geffert, based on a piano arrangement that Haydn himself revised.
Performer Biography
Johannes Geffert, the organist on this recording, was a professor and head of the Protestant Church Music department at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne from 1997 to 2015.
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