Pachelbel's career included posts in Vienna, Eisenach, and Erfurt, where he encountered members of the Bach family and remained friends with them.
Performer Biography
Matthew Owens has guest conducted orchestras such as the London Mozart Players and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, and has made over 30 recordings with major labels.
Instruments
The Frobenius organ replaced a 1931 instrument that the college organist, James Dalton, found 'impossible to teach style' on, leading to the innovative decision to commission a new organ built on 18th-century principles.
Performer Biography
Matthew Owens, the organist on this recording, is the Director of Music at Belfast Cathedral and was previously Organist and Master of the Choristers at Wells Cathedral, where his choir was named by Gramophone as the best in the world with children.
Composer Biography
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), known for his Canon, composed over 500 pieces, many for keyboard instruments like the organ.
Instruments
The 1965 Frobenius Organ of The Queen's College, Oxford, is a landmark instrument in the classical organ revival in Britain, being one of the earliest of its type.
Compositional Technique
Pachelbel's compositions, particularly his organ works, bridge the stylistic gap between early-Baroque composers like Frescobaldi and Froberger and later music by Bach.
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