Jürgen Sonnentheil

Jürgen Sonnentheil (* 1961 ) is a German church musician .

Sonnentheil studied church music in Bayreuth and Cologne . He completed his organ studies with the concert exam in Düsseldorf . He is a church musician at St. Petri in Cuxhaven , where he founded the Bach Festival, the Bach Festival Biennale (since 2012) and the ensemble “The Newly Opened Orchestra” with musicians from all over Europe. As an organist, Sonnentheil published numerous sound documents and, with his ensemble, was the first to publish the complete orchestral works of Jan Dismas Zelenka at cpo . Recordings of his interpretations as a conductor and organist could be heard on the Hessian , Bavarian and West German radio and Radio Bremen . Sonnentheil recorded the works of the American composer Wilhelm Middelschulte and edited them with Hans-Dieter Meyer at Bärenreiter . As a conductor, he has also commissioned Guy Bovet, Paul Engel and Romualds Kalsons.

Discography (excerpt)

• Johann Dismas Zelenka - Hipocondrie in A major à 7 Concertanti Z 187, 2007
• Wilhelm Middelschulte Organ Works Vol. 4, 2007 (arrangement of the Goldberg Variations)
• Wilhelm Middelschulte: Organ Works 3, 2006
• Organ sonatas and songs, together with Gotthold Schwarz, 2006
• Valentin Rathgeber - Augsburgisches Tafel-Confect, 2005
• Jan Dismas Zelenka - Complete Orcherstral Works 1, 2004
• Wilhelm Middelschulte - Organ Works, 2002
• Jan Dismas Zelenka - Complete Orcherstral Works 3, 2002
• Jan Dismas Zelenka - Complete Orcherstral Works 2, 2002
• Wilhelm Middelschulte, Organ Works 2
• Historic Donat organ
• The fascination of the organ
• Joseph Rheinberger , Organ Sonatas

Web links

• Works by and about Jürgen Sonnentheil in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Jürgen Sonnentheil
• Biography at the Kirchheim concert winter