Bernhardt Edskes

Bernhardt H. Edskes (born October 28, 1940 in Groningen ) is a Dutch-Swiss organist , organ expert and organ builder in Wohlen .

Life

Bernhardt Hilbrand Edskes was born as the son of Albert Hendrik Edskes, chief secretary at the court in Groningen, and Gritje (from Marguerite) de Graaf and grew up in Groningen as the youngest of four musical brothers. Since the first grade he received piano and organ lessons and at the age of 13 became deputy organist at the Schnitger organ in Noordbroek and at the age of 15 main organist at the Schnitger organ in Uithuizen . In addition to music, he dealt with painting and drawing and deepened this at the Groningen Art Academy.

As a result of the flood disaster of 1953 , numerous new organs had to be built in the Netherlands, for which the Swiss company Metzler also received orders. Bernhardt Edskes designed several new organs for this company. In 1963 he moved to Switzerland and became the artistic director for exterior design and sound conception at Metzler. In 1966 he married the federally qualified structural draftswoman Doris Edskes, b. Utzinger Alber, with whom he has two daughters. After working for Metzler for twelve years, he set up his own workshop in Wohlen in 1975.

For many years Edskes was chairman of the Swiss Association of Organists and lecturer in organ building at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and at the Winterthur Conservatory . He gives concerts all over Europe, gives lectures on organ building and has made various CD recordings. In addition, he was organist at the St. Josef Church in Dietikon until 2000 .

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Edskes is known for its consistent restoration practice and reconstructions of organs from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, but has also restored organs from the 19th century and built independent new buildings. As for his brother, the Groningen organologist Cornelius H. Edskes , the work of Arp Schnitger forms the focus and conceptual orientation for many of his new buildings. The completely even intonation is characteristic of Edskes' historicizing new organs . He considers it pseudo-romantic to consciously incorporate irregularities in order to make an organ appear older. Edskes also built stringed keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and clavichords .

List of works (selection)

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1975	Tribschen	Richard Wagner Museum		I.	1	Restoration of the shelf by Johannes Christophorus Pfleger (1644); 1991 by Edskes for Muri Abbey rebuilt
1983	Zurich - Witikon	Maria Coronation		II / P	27	together with Armin Hauser; based on Arp Schnitger
1985	Basel	Preacher Church		II / p	11	New construction as a swallow's nest organ in collaboration with Sebastian Blank; Pedal in depth with its own pipes
1988	Nieuw Scheemda ( Oldambt )	Dorpskerk		I / p	8th	Restoration of the positive by Arp Schnitger (1695)
1988-1989	regensburg	Minorite Church (Historical Museum)		II / P	11	Reconstruction of the swallow's nest organ (15th / 16th century) based on a layout by Caspar Sturm (1583)
1992	Muri	St. Martin monastery church		I.	4th	Replica of the choir organ by Karl Joseph Maria Bossart (1777/1778)
1992-1993	Reepsholt	St. Mauritius		II / p	17th	Restoration of the organ by Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1788/89)
1993	Münzbach	Parish church		II / P	15th	Restoration of the organ by Franz Lorenz Richter (1764) in collaboration with Orgelbau Kögler → Orgel
1994	Basel	Orphanage Church		II / P	22nd	Replica of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1693–1694) as it was in Hamburg → Organ of the Grasberg Church
1994	Steyr	Gleink Benedictine Abbey		II / P	20th	New building behind historic housing from 1732.
1995	Linz	Lady Chapel of the Conservatory for Church Music		II / P	12
1995	Claws	Village church		I / p		Restoration of the organ by Gottfried Fritzsche (1621/22), which was extensively rebuilt by Johann Andreas Graff in 1725/26
1996	Hardegsen	St. Mauritius		II / P	30th	New building using remnants of the main work front by Johann Justus Hansen (1784), which was rebuilt several times; the chest cabinet is empty.
1997	Aurich	St. Ludgerus Church		II / P	15th	New building; Substation as a flute mechanism
1997	Neufelden	Parish church		I / P	8th	Reconstruction of the parapet organ by Johann Ignaz Egedacher (1720–1730)
1997	Urbach (Cologne)	Friedenskirche		II / P	13	New building
1997	Gurten (Upper Austria)	Parish church		II / P	13	New building
1996-1998	Sack (Alfeld)	St. George		I / p	12	Restoration of the organ by Johann Wilhelm Gloger (1726–1728), reconstruction of three registers; largely preserved
1999	Mittenwald	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	29	New building
1995-2000	Melle	St. Petri		III / P	37	Restoration of the organ by Christian Vater (1722–1724) → Organ
1986, 2000-2001	Uithuizen	Jacobikerk		II / P	28	Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1700/01) to the state of 1785; 1986 Rückpositiv, 2000/01 Hauptwerk and Pedal → Organ of the Jacobikerk Uithuizen
2001	Mariana (Brazil)	Franciscan Church		II / p	19th	Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (around 1712), restoration of the condition from 1753 (installation in Mariana) → Organ of the Cathedral of Mariana
2002	Tokyo	Nazareth Monastery Church		II / P	12	New building
2003	Groningen	House organ Jan Willem van Willigen		II / P	10	New building based on the Schnitger organ in Uithuizen
2003-2004	Ommen	Het beacons		II / P	21st	New building
2004-2005	Veenhuizen	Koepelkerk		II / P	15th	Restoration and extension of the Hillebrand organ (1821); the Rückpositiv in the parapet is only 25 cm deep and has 5 registers
2004-2006	Dordrecht	Julianakerk		II / P	32	New building incorporating the pedal stops from the previous organ
2007	Terms	Parish church		II / P	22nd	New building
2007-2008	Dubendorf	Maria peace		I / P	8th	Restoration of a Slovenian organ by Franc Goršič (1886) owned by Edskes, which is currently installed as an interim organ in Dübendorf
2008	Miyazaki	Luther Church		II / P	14th	New building
2009	Groningen	"Stichting Groningen Orgelland"		I.		Organ function model
2009	Zurich -Neuaffoltern	All Saints Day		II / P	27	New building
2010-2011	Aagtkerke	Reformed earth in Gemeente		II / P	22nd	New building
2011	Ranshofen Abbey	Former collegiate church		II / P	26th	behind historical housing
2012	Mittenwald	St. Peter and Paul		I.	4 1 / 2	New construction of a choir organ
2012-2013	Groningen	Het Zwitserse Huis, private house organ		II / P	17th	New building in Schnitger style
2014	Dubendorf	Maria peace		II / P	36	two-part housing with free-standing gaming table
2015	Ouddorp	Eben-Haëzerkerk		IIIP	40	Realization and reconstruction of the organ by Troels Krohn (1956) from Helleruplund Kirke with Rückpositiv and Schwellwerk
2016	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	Collegiate church		II / P	20th	New building
2017	Groningen	Lutheran Kerk		II / P	24	Reconstruction of the lost Schnitger organ from 1699 (II / p / 16), which was extended by an independent pedal in 1717
2018	Gfenn ( Dübendorf )	Lazarite Church		II / P	12	in the case of Späth Orgelbau (1967); Temperature control according to Arnolt Schlick (1511)
2019-2020	Moerkapelle	Reformed earth in Gemeente		II / P	30th	including 13 stops from the previous organ by Pieter Flaes (1890)

literature

• Hermann J. Busch: Edskes, Bernhardt. In: Hermann J. Busch, Matthias Geuting (Ed.): Lexicon of the organ. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2007, ISBN 978-3-89007-508-2 , p. 193.
• Bernhardt Edskes: The reconstruction of the Gothic Swallow's Nest organ in the Predigerkirche in Basel. In: Basler Jahrbuch für historical Musikpraxis. Volume 11, 1987, pp. 9-29.
• Cornelius H. Edskes, Harald Vogel: Arp Schnitger and his work (=  241st publication by the Society of Organ Friends ). 2nd Edition. Hauschild, Bremen 2013, ISBN 978-3-89757-525-7 .
• Hans Fidom: Organ sounds and organ thinking. De wereld van Bernhardt Edskes. In: Het Orgel . Vol. 100, No. 2, 2004, pp. 19–26 ( English summary ).
• Gerhard Ropeter: Bernhardt Hilbrand Edskes - organs are his life. In: Herbert Heere et al. (Ed.): The Edskes organ in St. Mauritius. Festschrift for the consecration of the Edskes organ in St. Mauritius Hardegsen. Orgelbauverein St. Mauritius Hardegsen, Hardegsen 1996, pp. 56–60.
• Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .

Web links

• Interview with Bernhardt Edskes about Arp Schnitger (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bernhardt Edskes, Schnitger & Bach in Dordrecht. Interview. (Dutch), accessed June 17, 2015.
2. ↑ Busch: Edskes, Bernhardt. 2007, p. 193.
3. ↑ Fidom: Orgelklank en organ thinking. 2004, pp. 19–26 ( summary , accessed December 7, 2017.)
4. ↑ St. Gallen Organ Friends, Bulletin OFSG 15 NR. 2, 1997 , accessed April 1, 2018.
5. ↑ orgelsite.nl: Organ in Basel, Predigerkirche , accessed on April 1, 2018.
6. ^ Organ history of the Muri monastery church , accessed on April 1, 2018.
7. ↑ organ in Reepsholt on NOMINE eV , accessed on April 1, 2018th
8. ^ Organ in Basel, Waisenhauskirche , accessed on April 1, 2018.
9. ^ Organ in Hardegsen , accessed on April 1, 2018.
10. ↑ www.orgaodase.com , accessed April 1, 2018.
11. ↑ hetorgel.nl , accessed on April 1, 2018.
12. ^ Organ in Ommen , accessed April 1, 2018.
13. ^ Organ in Dordrecht , accessed on April 1, 2018.
14. ^ Organ in Termen , accessed on April 1, 2018.
15. ^ Goršič organ , accessed on April 1, 2018.
16. ^ Organ in Zurich, Allerheiligen , accessed on April 1, 2018.
17. ^ Organ in Aagtkerk , accessed on April 1, 2018.
18. ^ Organ in Dübendorf , accessed on April 1, 2018.
19. ^ Organ in Neustadt , accessed on April 1, 2018.
20. ^ Organ in Groningen, Lutherse Kerk , accessed on April 1, 2018.
21. ^ Organ in Gfenn , accessed on November 6, 2018.