Christoph Bossert

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Christoph Bossert (* 1957 in Schwäbisch Hall ) is a German organist and university professor for organ.

Life

After attending the Protestant theological seminars in Maulbronn and Blaubeuren , he began his studies at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart in 1978 , where Werner Jacob (organ), Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord), Ulrich Süße and Helmut Lachenmann (composition) his teachers were. Further studies followed with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini in Friborg / Switzerland (organ, harpsichord, musicology).

In 1987 he started teaching at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. From 1987 to 1992 he taught at the University for Church Music in Esslingen, today's Evangelical University for Church Music in Tübingen. In 1991 he became professor for organ and head of the study commission for Protestant church music at the Trossingen University of Music , in 2007 he became professor for artistic and liturgical organ playing and head of the church music and organ department at the Würzburg University of Music .

Bossert devotes himself to intensive concert activity. This included a concert tour to the USA (1983) and the organ cycle to Max Reger in Stuttgart and at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (1987). As a soloist in important concert series, such as in Nuremberg, Kassel, Stuttgart and Haarlem / Netherlands, he is particularly committed to the performance and interpretation of contemporary music. Among the numerous recordings, the project of a complete recording of Max Reger's organ works on authentic instruments (Intercord / EMI) as well as the world's first recording of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier on organs of the 18th century should be highlighted. He gained recognition as the author of numerous musicological studies and lectures and as a composer on behalf of radio stations and renowned festivals.

His well-known students include Balázs Szabó , Christian Schmitt-Engelstadt and Michael Stadtherr.

Awards

Compositions

  • O lux beata Trinitas - first performance in 1990 at the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • Here and there for three organs - World premiere in 2009 on the occasion of the organ consecration in the Marktkirche in Hanover by Christian Bischof, Balázs Szabó and Jan Dolezel.

Discography (selection)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ works on foreign topics ; Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542, Trio in D minor BWV 583, Canzona in D minor BWV 588, Fugue in B minor BWV 579, Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540, Fugue in C minor BWV 574, Passacaglia and Fugue c -moll BWV 582. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1987 on the Silbermann organ of the St. Thomas Church in Strasbourg (France) . Intercord 830.848. 1 CD.
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Six Preludes and Fugues for Piano op. 35 ; Six Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 35. Transcriptions by Christoph Bossert. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1989 on the Schönach organ in the parish church of St. Peter and Paul, Castelrotto. Intercord 830.860. 1 CD.
  • Max Reger: Organ Works ; Three Choral Fantasies op. 52. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1990 on the Link organ of the Evangelical Church in Giengen an der Brenz (Germany). Intercord 5440292. 1 CD.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerti for organ ; Concerti BWV 592, BWV 593, BWV 594, BWV 595, BWV 596. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1992 on the Ehrlich organ of the Evangelical City Church in Bad Wimpfen (Germany). Intercord 830.891. 1 CD.
  • Max Reger: Organ Works ; Twelve pieces op. 59. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1992 on the Sauer organ of the Evangelical Main Church in Mönchengladbach-Rheydt (Germany). Intercord 860.872. 1 CD.
  • Max Reger: Organ Works ; Three pieces op. 7; First suite op.16. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1995 on the Schubert organ of St. Mary's Church in Marienberg (Ore Mountains). Intercord 544001. 1 CD.
  • Max Reger: Organ Works ; Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor, Op. 82 No. 4; Variations and Fugues in F sharp minor op. 73; Romance in A minor for harmonium without opus number; Thirteen chorale preludes op.79b. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1996 on the Dalstein & Haerpfer organ in the Palais des Fêtes in Strasbourg (France) . EMI 7-24354-40672-0. 1 CD.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2 ; 24 Preludes and Fugues BWV 870–893. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 1998 on the Ehrlich organ of the Evangelical City Church in Bad Wimpfen (Germany). Ars Musici 1257-2. 3 CD.
  • Et incarnatus est ; César Franck: Choral E major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Et incarnatus est, from the Mass in B minor BWV 232 (organ arrangement: Christoph Bossert), Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544, aria Highly Praised Son of God from Cantata BWV 6 (organ arrangement: Christoph Bossert), Oh stay with it us, Lord Jesus Christ BWV 649; Max Reger: Second Sonata in D minor op. 60; John Cage: Organ 2, ASLSP. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 2001 on the Link organ of the Evangelical Church in Giengen an der Brenz (Germany). organum 210041. 1 CD.
  • In the toccata manner ; Juan Bautista José Cabanilles: Pasacalles de I ° Tono; Johann Ulrich Steigleder: Tablature book. In that / that our father / composes 2, 3 and 4 parts / and would vary them forty times (excerpts); Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia Chromatica; Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium in d, BuxWV 140; Johann Sebastian Bach: Praeludium et Fuga in D BWV 532, Partita IV in D, BWV 828. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 2002 on the Seifert organ of the Catholic Church Heilig Kreuz in Heilbronn-Böckingen. organum 220101. 1 CD.
  • The organ of the Abbey of Sankt Hildegard Rüdesheim-Eibingen ; Christoph Bossert: Kyrie; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in G minor BWV 542, Toccata in C major BWV 564, Fantasy in C major BWV 570; Johannes Brahms: Cordially does me delight op. 122 No. 4; Variations on a theme of their own, op. 21, 1 (Bossert organ version); Franz Liszt: Weeping, lamenting, worrying, feeling anxious. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 2004 on the Seifert organ at St. Hildegard Abbey in Rüdesheim-Eibingen (Germany). organum 240086. 2 CD.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerti per Organo ; Concerti BWV 592, BWV 593, BWV 594, BWV 595, BWV 596; Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971 (organ by Christoph Bossert). Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 2005 on the Ehrlich organ of the Evangelical City Church in Bad Wimpfen (Germany). organum 251129. 1 CD.
  • Max Reger: Three Choral Fantasies op. 52 ; Choral Fantasy on All People Must Die, Op. 52 No. 1; Choral fantasy about Wachet, the voice calls us op. 52 No. 2; Choral fantasy about Hallelujah, to praise God op. 52 No. 3. Christoph Bossert, organ. Recorded in 2006 on the Link organ of the Evangelical Church in Giengen an der Brenz (Germany). organum 261111. 1 CD.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Biography of Christoph Bossert. University of Music Würzburg , accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Biography of Christoph Bossert. Trossingen University of Music , accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  3. ↑ alt.hfm-wuerzburg.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Press releases from the University of Music Würzburg ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Bossert, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Hall