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Gethsemané
for solo organ, M.456 (1990)
LISTEN TO THE EXCERPT (beginning) :
SCORE OF THIS EXCERPT (pdf)
Interpretation :
Erwin
Messmer, organ of the St. Anton Church of Berne-Bümpliz
Erwin Messmer has first
performed this work 1994 in Urtenen and Berne. He has played it again, among
other places, in the Braunschweig Cathedral and the Kreuzkirche of Dresden. The
excerpt of the proposed recording is taken from the CD Orgellandschaft Bümpliz,
made by the firm Kadenz Multimedia (Berne). The CD can be ordered on the
website http://www.studercom.ch/
Duration
of the work : approximately 5 minutes
Gethsemané
is written in the form of an arch, originating in the silence and returning to
it. The work suggests feelings of awaiting and anguish, and then of acceptance
- therefore has this title been given.