Gerhard Weinberger

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Organist Gerhard Weinberger in the Ev. reform. Church of the Redeemer Detmold (2008)

Gerhard Weinberger (born July 31, 1948 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm ) is a German organist and professor of organ playing.

Career

Weinberger received his training from Franz Lehrndorfer from 1967 to 1972 at the University of Music and Theater in Munich in the subjects of organ, church and school music. In 1971 he was second prize winner in the organ category at the ARD International Music Competition .

Professional and musical activities

After two years as choir director at the St. Lorenz Basilica in Kempten , Weinberger was appointed to the Munich University of Music and Theater in 1974, where he taught until 1983 - from 1977 onwards as a professor for organ. From 1983 to 2011 he was full professor for organ and head of the church music course and the vocal soloist ensemble at the Baroque Academy at the Detmold University of Music . From 1984 to 2003 he also held a teaching position for organ at the University of Music in Würzburg .

He has made numerous CD recordings as well as a complete recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's organ works on important historical organs on the label cpo , which was awarded the 2009 German Record Critics' Prize in 2009. His international concert activities as an organist in Europe, Asia, North and South America have been going on for many years. There are also international master classes, record awards, jury activities and numerous radio recordings. In 1986 he founded the professional ensemble Die Deutsche Bach-Vocalisten , with which he had great international success. As a conductor, he mainly performed works from the 18th century. Together with his wife Beatrice-Maria Weinberger he also gives concerts with four-hand organ music. Weinberger is also the editor of organ music and sacred choral music, including the first complete scientific edition of the organ works by Johann Ludwig Krebs and the organ works by Robert Schumann .

He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the board of directors of the New Bach Society in Leipzig. In 2017 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Student (selection)

Fonts

  • Ewald Kooiman, Gerhard Weinberger, Hermann J. Busch: On the interpretation of the organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach . Merseburger, Kassel, 1995, ISBN 3-87537-215-8 .

Sheet music editions

  • Johann Ludwig Krebs - Complete organ works in five volumes (scientific and practical edition). Breitkopf & Härtel , Wiesbaden.
    • Volume 1: Preludes, Toccatas and Fugues
    • Volume 2: Preludes, Fantasies, Fugues, Trios
    • Volume 3: All chorale arrangements
    • Volume 4: Keyboard Practice
    • Volume 5: Works for organ and obbligato instrument
  • Organ trios based on Johann Sebastian Bach . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden
  • Johann Carl Philipp Rellstab - Sonata pel Organo o Clavicembalo in D major. Pro Organo, Leutkirch
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (attributed to): Three chorale arrangements for organ. Sonat-Verlag , Berlin
  • Six organ trios based on works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Sonat-Verlag Berlin
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Complete Organ Works Volumes 1 and 2. Wiener Urtext Edition, Schott Music / Universal Edition
  • Robert Schumann - Complete Works for Organ or Pedal Piano (Urtext). G. Henle, Munich
  • Georg Andreas Sorge - Three sonatas for keyboard instruments. Merseburger, Kassel
  • Johann Anton Kobrich - Pastorels for organ or another keyboard instrument. Anton Böhm & Son, Augsburg
  • South German and Italian pastoral music. Feuchtinger and Gleichauf, Regensburg
  • Pro Organo et Harpsichord - organ and harpsichord music from the repertoire of southern German monasteries and churches of the 18th century. Robert Forberg, Bonn (in two volumes)
  • In Organo Volume IV: Swabian organ masters of the 18th century. Anton Böhm and son, Augsburg
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto in D minor after B.Marcello (BWV 974) for organ (transcription: G. Weinberger) Möseler, Wolfenbüttel
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto in G major after A. Vivaldi (BWVB 973) for organ (transcription: G. Weinberger) Jubilate, Eichstätt
  • Gustav Geierhaas - Toccata, Adagio and Fugue for organ. Strube, Munich
  • Gustav Geierhaas - Fantasy and Fugato capriccioso for organ. Sonat-Verlag Berlin
  • Gustav Geierhaas - Choral Suite for Organ. Sonat-Verlag Berlin
  • Gustav Geierhaas - Passacaglia. Sonat-Verlag Berlin
  • Bavarian organ music between romantic and modern (music edition Récit Straubing)
    • Volume 1: Gustav Geierhaas - Three chorale preludes
    • Volume 2: Michael Dachs - Second Sonata
    • Volume 3: Anton Beer-Walbrunn - Fugue in D and variations on "How beautifully does the morning star shine"
    • Volume 4: Joseph Schmid - Toccatina, spiritual interlude
    • Volume 5: Joseph Schmid - Festive Interlude op.61
    • Volume 6: Hans Koeßler - "All Souls". Elegy for organ and violin or oboe or violoncello
    • Volume 7: Elias Öchsler - Ten selected chorale preludes
    • Volume 8: Hans Koeßler - Suite for violin and organ
    • Volume 9: Karl Wolfrum - Three chorale preludes
    • Volume 10: Karl Wolfrum - Choral and Fugue from the Sonata op. 4 No. 3 for four hands, arranged by the composer
    • Volume 11: Josef Renner - 12 preludes op.67, issue 1
    • Volume 12: Josef Renner - 12 Preludes op.67, volume 2
    • Volume 13: Josef Renner - 12 Preludes op.67, volume 3
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Three chorale adaptations for organ from cantatas by Anton Böhm and Son, Augsburg
  • Harald Genzmer - Introduction and Variations on Now we ask the Holy Spirit for organ four hands. Schott, Mainz
  • Max Jobst - "Ave Maria" for soprano, violin and organ. Publishing house Récit
  • Gallus Zeiler - Magnificat for solos, choir, oboe and strings. Carus, Stuttgart
  • Franz Xaver Richter - Mass in C major for solos, choir, two oboes and strings. Carus, Stuttgart
  • "Four ad four for organ" series, Récit music edition
    • Volume 1: Four-handed arrangements by John Marsh (1752–1828) based on works by GFHändel,
    • Volume 2: Four-handed arrangements by Samuel Wesley (1766–1837) based on works by GFHändel and WAMozart,
    • Volume 3: Julius Schneider (1805–1885) - Introduction and variations on “How beautifully does the morning star shine for us” op. 64
    • Volume 4: Julius Schneider (1805–1885) - Introduction and variations on "Vom Himmel hoch" op. 65
    • Volume 5: Ludwig Thiele (1816–1848) - Concert movement in C minor,
    • Volume 6: Ludwig Thiele (1816–1848) - Adagio A flat major,
    • Volume 7: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Adagio and Rondo in c / C KV 617 (arrangement: G. Weinberger)
  • Otto Dunkelberg - Ten old Marienlieder in movements for four to six-part mixed choir. Feuchtinger and Gleichauf, Regensburg
  • Gerhard Weinberger - Three organ transcriptions of works by Joseph Haydn. Music edition Récit Straubing
  • Franz Xaver Richter - Works for a Keyboard Instrument. Music edition Récit, Straubing
  • Joseph Schmid - chorale arrangements. Music edition Récit, Straubing
  • Joseph Schmid - Organ Works. Music publisher Butz
  • Gottfried Rüdinger - Elegy for violin and organ op. 77. Music Edition Récit, Straubing
  • Franz Lachner - Ave Maria for soprano and harp. Publisher Sonat
  • Franz and Ignaz Lachner - Organ Works. Publisher Sonat / Ries and Erler
  • Ernst Ludwig Gerber - Choral Preludes. Ortus publishing house
  • P. Placidus Metsch - Selected Organ Works in two volumes. Music edition Récit, Straubing
  • Joseph Ignaz Bieling - Selected Organ Works. Music edition Récit, Straubing
  • Joseph Anton Auffmann - Concerto in E flat for organ, two horns and strings. Sonat-Verlag, Berlin
  • Joseph Anton Auffmann - Concerto in F for organ, two horns and strings. Sonat-Verlag, Berlin
  • Joseph Anton Auffmann - Concerto in G for organ, two horns and strings. Sonat-Verlag, Berlin
  • P. Markus Zech - Concerto in D for organ and strings. Sonat-Verlag, Berlin
  • Johann Anton Kobrich - Six Sonatas for Organ or Harpsichord. Music edition Récit, Straubing
  • Joseph Haas - 40 Fughetten for organ. Schott, Mainz
  • Joseph Haas - Preludes and Fughettas. Schott, Mainz
  • Joseph Haas - chorale prelude "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort". Schott publishing house, Mainz
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - “Ave regina coelorum” for soprano, alto and strings. Butz, Bonn
  • P. Stefan Paluselli OCist - Missa in C for two upper voices and concert organ. Butz, Bonn
  • P. Pantaleón Jozef Roskovský OFM - Missa solemnis for soprano solo and concert organ. Sonat-Verlag Berlin
  • Leopold Hofmann. “Regina coeli” for soprano and concert organ. Jubilate publishing house
  • Gallus Zeiler - Four Marian antiphons for soprano, str. And continuo. Publishing house Kistner and Siegel
  • Keyboard music by 18th century monastery composers for organ, harpsichord or piano. Music edition Récit, Straubing
    • Volume I: P. Peregrin Pögl OSB, Six Sonatas
    • Volume II: Works by Abbot Marian Müller OSB, P. Stefan Paluselli OCist, P. Philipp Jacob Weigel OSB, P. Justinus Will OCarm
    • Volume III: Works by P. Augustin Büx O.Praem., P.Placidus Metsch OSB, P. Marian Stecher OSB, P. Markus Zech OSB
    • Volume IV: P. Magnus Häusler OSB "Harmonia bis dena amoena" (2 booklets)
    • Volume V: P. Nonnosus Madlseder OSB
    • Volume VI: P. Caietan Bonfig OESA, P. Jacob Briefer von Aech OSB, P. Johann Nepomuk Gaumer OSB, P.Martin Gebhard OSB, Fr. Marianus Königsperger OSB, P. Aemilian Rosengart OSB
    • Volume VII: P. Bruno Lehner OSB, P. Georg Pasterwiz OSB, P. Pantaleón Roskovsky OFM, P. Joseph Schmitt OCist, P. Nivard Weigl OCist
    • Volume VIII: Abbot Nikolaus Betscher OPraem, P. Theodor Grünberger OESA, P. Stephan Hammel OSB, P. Bruno Holzapfel OESA, P. Ludwig Zöschinger OESA
    • Volume IX: P. Sixtus Bachmann OPraem
    • Volume X: P. Martin Trippenbach, OFM
    • Volume XI: P. Edmund Angerer OSB, P. Ernest Frauenberger OSB, P. Matthäus Fischer OSB, P. Isfrid Kayser OPraem
    • Volume XII: P. Felix Gass OESA, P. Joseph Lederer OESA, P. Rathard Mayr OESA
    • Volume XIII: P. Placidus Andermatt OSB, P. Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky OFM Conv. P. Roberto Lesjak OFM, P. Bennone Mayer OFM
    • Volume XIV: P. Ambros Lutzenberger OSB, P. Maximilian Piessinger OSB, P. Lambert Knittelmaier OSB, P. Gregorius Bühler OSB
    • Volume XV: P. Magnus Dagn OSB, P. Meingosus Gaelle OSB, P: Placidus Gmeiner

Compositions

  • Guardian Angel Mass for soprano solo, choir, saxophone, double bass, tambourine and organ. Jubilate publishing house Eichstätt
  • Elegy “In paradisum deducant te angeli” for organ, Sonat - Verlag
  • 60 easy intonations manualiter to songs from the Praise of God. Publishing house Récit
  • Easy manauliter intonations to 75 songs from the Praise of God. Jubilate publishing house
  • Ad introitum - chorale preludes to opening songs from the Praise of God. Volume 1 and 2. Sonat - Verlag
  • Choral movements and over-choirs to various songs from the Praise of God.

Publishers Jubilate, Butz, Feuchtinger and Böhm and Son

  • “Et incarnatus est” for choir. Jubilate publishing house
  • Choral movements to Christmas carols. Feuchtinger, Jubilate, Böhm and Son publishers

Discography

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Complete organ works (22 volumes) on historical instruments, mainly in Thuringia and Saxony. Label cpo. 2009 annual award of the German Record Critics
  • Max Reger - Organ works on organs from the Reger period. Label cpo
    • vol. 1 (CD 1 + 2): op.46, op.16, op.33, op.60, op.59, from op.80
    • vol. 2 (CD 3 + 4): op.27, op.30, op.40 / 1 + 2, op.129, op.135b, chorale preludes
    • vol. 3 (CD 5 + 6): op. 52 / 1–3, op. 59, works without opus number
    • vol. 4 (CD 7 + 8): op.47, op.57, op.92, op.145, from op.63
    • vol. 5 (CD 9 +10): from op.63, 65, 67, 69, 85, preludes and fugues without opus number
    • vol. 6 (CD 11 + 12): op.127, op.135a, from op.67, from op.79b, from op.80, preludes and fugues without opus number
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs - Complete organ works with Gerhard and Beatrice-Maria Weinberger on the large southern German baroque organs. Label motet Ursina
    • vol. 1: Neresheim (Gerhard Weinberger)
    • vol. 2: Neresheim (Beatrice-Maria Weinberger)
    • vol. 3: Weingarten (Gerhard Weinberger)
    • vol. 4: Weissenau (Gerhard Weinberger)
    • vol. 5: Ottobeuren (Gerhard Weinberger)
    • vol. 6: Weissenau (Beatrice-Maria Weinberger)
    • vol. 7: Ochsenhausen (Beatrice-Maria Weinberger)
  • Christmas organ music for two and four hands (Roggenburg Abbey Church). Label cpo
  • Franz Liszt: The great organ works. Passau Cathedral. Label Musicontakt Heidelberg
  • Pas des deux / organ music for four hands. Symphonic dances. Transcriptions of works by Brahms, Saint-Sains, Ravel (Bolero) and Tschaikowsky (Nutcracker Suite). Label Musicontakt Heidelberg
  • Works for trumpet and organ by Purcell, Kauffmann, Tag, Krebs and Hummel. Helmut Erb (trumpet). Label Musicontakt Heidelberg
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Complete Organ Works. Amorbach Abbey Church. Label motet Ursina
  • Four-hand organ music. Original works by Johann Christian Bach, Ferrenac, Beethoven, Cundick, Hakim and Wittrich. La Almudena Cathedral Madrid. Label ars musici Freiburg
  • Harald Genzmer / Organ Works. Werko label (Schott). Prize of the German Record Critics 2000
  • Organ music by South German monastery composers of the Baroque and Rococo. Gabler organ Ochsenhausen. Label ifo Mainz. German Record Critics' Prize 2005
  • Organ music by Swabian composers of the 18th century, Höss organ Ochsenhausen. Da-music label. Diepholz
  • German and French organ music of the Romantic period (works by Liszt, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Reger, Franck and Dupré. Neubaukirche Würzburg. Label famiro records Nürnberg
  • Harald Genzmer - Organ Works. Label TYXart Regensburg)
  • South German organ music of the late Romantic period. Works by Rüdinger, Schmid, Haas, Geierhaas, Beer-Walbrunn, Piechler, Renner. Label TYXart Regensburg
  • The restored Patroclus Möller organ from Marienmünster. Works by Bach, C.Ph.E.Bach and Gerber. Label TYXart Regensburg
  • Munich organ master of the 19th and 20th centuries. Works by Rheinberger, Höller, Geierhaas and Haas. Label Calig. Prize of the German Phono Academy
  • Jaromir Weinberger / Organ Works. G. Boss label - music production
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs / The great chorale preludes. Gabler organ Weingarten. Christophorus label
  • Johann Sebastian Bach / The six motets. German Bach vocalists.

Label Spektral Regensburg:

  • The Pope Benedict organ in the old chapel in Regensburg. Label Spektral Regensburg
  • Johann Friedrich Doles - Motets for two choirs. German Bach vocalists. Label musicontakt Heidelberg
  • Georg Friedrich Händel - The Messiah (excerpts). Baroque Academy of the Detmold University of Music. Edition Hochschule für Musik Detmold
  • Opening concert of the Bach Festival 2013 of the New Bach Society Leipzig. Detmold University of Music. Baroque Academy of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, soloists: D. Mields, C. Bertucci, G. Romberger, D. Johannsen, K. Mertens, U.AS.Mathé. Works by Krebs, Bach (Magnificat, Violin Concerto in E major, motet “Praise the Lord”). Edition Hochschule für Musik Detmold

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Weinberger, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weinberger, Gerhard Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and professor of organ playing
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm