Friedrich Froesche

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Friedrich Fröschle (born December 29, 1944 in Stuttgart ) is a German organist and church music director .

education

Fröschle received his church music education at the church music school in Esslingen and at the music college in Stuttgart . Fröschle finished his studies with the A-exam for church music and then continued his education with well-known European organists.

Career

The first job was in Heidenheim an der Brenz . Fröschle took over from Helmut Bornefeld at the local Protestant Pauluskirche as district cantor and at the same time took on a teaching position at the University of Church Music in Esslingen. From 1982 he was church music director at the Evangelical Church of St. Anna in Augsburg . In 1991 he was appointed chief organist and cantor at the Ulm Minster as the successor to Edgar Rabsch . He held this position until the end of 2009, where he was also the conductor of the motet choir of the Münsterkantorei, the oratorio choir and other choirs . In retirement he continues to tour Europe as a concert organist.

Honors

Discography

  • At the sound of the trumpet . With Claude Rippas (trumpet), Armin Rosin (trombone) and Friedrich Fröschle (organ). Hänssler CD 1992.
  • Trombone and organ . With Armin Rosin (trombone), Friedrich Fröschle (organ) and others. Hänssler CD 1997.
  • Big organ in the Ulm Minster . Friedrich Fröschle (organ). Works by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger , Max Reger , Maurice Duruflé , Gaston Gilbert Litaize and others. Hänssler CD 1997.
  • Baroque treasures . Edited and interpreted by Friedrich Fröschle (organ) and Claude Rippas (trumpet), played on the choir organ in Ulm Minster. Hänssler CD 1999.
  • Ulm Minster - bells and organs . Friedrich Fröschle plays on three organs. Recording from 2000, CD AGK 12219. Nine bells of the minster ring individually, in groups and in full peal, plus three organs of the minster can be heard.
  • Organ request concert in Ulm Minster. Friedrich Fröschle at the great organ . Recording from 2003, CD AGK 12223. The main organ can be heard with 16 classics of the organ literature.
  • “Sound the trumpets!” Festive music from the Roggenburg monastery . With Friedrich Fröschle (organ), Claude Rippas (trumpet), Johann Konnerth (trumpet). Recordings from 2007, drrb audio production rgb 2007. Works by Giuseppe Torelli , Jean Philippe Rameau , Georg Philipp Telemann , Georg Friedrich Händel and Johann Sebastian Bach .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 64, No. 9, January 17, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Fröschle, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical organist, church music director and cantor
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart