Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, In dich habe ich gehoffet (alio modo)
Kauffmann prescribes again a 16-feet reed for this choral prelude. I tried the combination he suggets, but it makes the music very heavy to my ears. So I use a different registration in this recording. It’s a well written piece. From each fragment of the chorale melody a short motif is derived that is used in the other voices to accompany the choral melody.
The recording was done on the sample set of the Müller-organ in the Sint Bavokerk in Haarlem by Voxus Organs for Hauptwerk.
Registration:
RW: Praestant 8′, Speelfluit 3′, Tregterregaal 8′
Score
Kauffmann, In dich habe ich gehoffet (alio modo)
Performance
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Hi Auke,
i guess it’s about time to say thank you for your excellent work here and that you introduced me to many unknown but nevertheless pretty good organ pieces.
By the way, I absolutely agree with you about not using a 16 ft. here, but as Kauffmann seems to enjoy the 16 ft. in his most if his scores I start to wonder whether he played an octave higher?
Hi Oliver,
I’m glad you find my work usefull.
It’s possible Kauffmann meant that the pieces with 16ft should be played an octave higher. His organ however had rather a lot of stops. And the combination Fagott 16, Quintadena 8, played an octave higher, can be mimicked with some 8′ reed, a flute 8′ and a (soft) quint 3′. So I;m not sure what his intentions were. Perhaps for the better: now I can choose what I like best…