Bach, Vierne, Boëllmann and Karg-Elert from Trondheim and surroundings

The Glass Hall of ‘Dronning Mauds minne’ college

Not many pre-school teachers colleges sport a pipe organ, but this one does, thanks to its past life as a special school for the blind. It probably sounds quite a bit better in its current glass building than it did in the gym hall where it used to stand. (According to my father who attended the school in the early 1970s, removing pipes from the organ was a popular pasttime among the pupils.)

Louis Vierne: Intermezzo from Fantasy Pieces op. 51

Levanger Church

This church is home to a magnificent organ built by the local firm Br. Torkildsen, and newly installed at the time of the recording.

Léon Boëllmann: from Suite Gothique op. 25

Menuet

Toccata

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in G minor (BWV 535 – edited)

Nidaros Cathedral

(Low audio quality – a plain stereo recording from the middle of the nave apparently wasn’t the ideal setup!)

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Triumphal March (“Now thank we all our God”) op. 65

Thanks to Espen Selbæk, Nils Petter Svendsen Aune, and Jon Kristian Fjellestad for great fun and showing me these instruments and more in the Trondheim region.