Jean-Claude Zehnder

Jean-Claude Zehnder (2014)

Jean-Claude Zehnder (* 1941 in Winterthur ) is a Swiss organist , harpsichordist and musicologist .

Life

Jean-Claude Zehnder studied at the Conservatory of his hometown, at the University of Zurich and at the Vienna Music Academy with Anton Heiller and in Amsterdam with Gustav Leonhardt . Since 1966 he has been organist and choirmaster at the Evangelical City Church in Frauenfeld and taught organ and harpsichord at the Winterthur Conservatory . From 1972 to 2006 he led the organ class at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis . He was organist on Johann Andreas Silbermann's instrument in Arlesheim Cathedral .

Zehnder published numerous sound recordings. (E.g. Bach's little organ book and the eighteen chorals / Hildebrandt organ in Naumburg / JS Bach on Schnitger's Jacobi organ in Hamburg / JS Bach on the Ahrend organ in San Simpliciano Milan.)
He also performed scientific publications, particularly on Johann Sebastian Bach's early work emerged. For this he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dortmund in 2002. In addition to his concert activities, Jean-Claude Zehnder works throughout Europe as a lecturer in organ courses and as a juror at organ competitions.

His students include the internationally active Benjamin Alard , Jörg-Andreas Bötticher , Andrés Cea Galán , Attilio Cremonesi, Daniela Dolci, Michael Eberth , Lorenzo Ghielmi , Brett Leighton, Rudolf Lutz , Andrea Marcon , Markus Märkl , Felix Pachlatko , Christian Rieger, Johannes Strobl, Peter Waldner , Elisabeth Zawadke and others.

Zehnder's father became known as a visual artist under the name of Rudolf Zender .

bibliography

Book publications

• The Silbermann organ in Arlesheim Cathedral. With photos by Franz-Josef Stiele-Werdermann. Series Kleine Kunstführer No. 2638. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-6636-7 .
• The early works of Johann Sebastian Bach - style, chronology, composition technique. (2 vols.) Volume A: Works reviews. Volume B: Style features and further chronological indicators. Schwabe, Basel 2009, ISBN 978-3-7965-2577-3 .
• Playing Bach on the organ - a passion. Breitkopf & Härtel, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7651-0482-4 .

Publications in compilations (selection)

• Giuseppe Torelli and Johann Sebastian Bach. To Bach's Weimar concert form. In: Bach-Jahrbuch 77, 1991, pp. 33–95.
• "Une délicatesse de la main" - For playing lute on keyboard instruments. In: Pio Pellizzari : Musicus Perfectus. Studi in onore di Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini. Pàtron, Bologna 1995. pp. 115-135.
• On the late Weimar style of Johann Sebastian Bach. In: Martin Geck (ed.): Bach's orchestral works - report on the 1st Dortmund Bach Symposium 1996. Klangfarben-Musikverlag, Witten 1997, ISBN 3-932676-04-1 . Pp. 89-124.
• JAL - an organist around the young Bach. In: Basler Jahrbuch für Historische Musikpraxis, 22. Amadeus, Winterthur 1999, pp. 127–155.

Sheet music editions

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Six sonatas with changed reprises for clavier (1760). Amadeus, Winterthur 1976.
• Johann Pachelbel: Eight chorales to preamble. Amadeus, Winterthur 1992.
• From the circle of the young Johann Sebastian Bach. Nineteen organ chorals by Johann Sebastian Bach and the Thuringian area from the manuscript Yale LM 4843. (Ed. With Peter Wollny.) Carus, Stuttgart 1998
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works, Volume 4: Toccatas and Fugues, Individual Works. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2012

Discography (selection)

• JSBach: The eighteen Leipzig chorales. With the Wettingen Monastery Choir, headed by Egon Schwarb. (2 CDs.) Harmonia Mundi, 1993.
• JSBach: Organ Works. Vol. 4. At the Ahrend organ in San Simpliciano Milan. German Harmonia Mundi, Freiburg i. Br. 1993.
• JSBach: Organ booklet. Choral preludes, free organ works and vocal movements. On the Silbermann organ in the Arlesheim Cathedral. With the Wettingen Monastery Choir, headed by Egon Schwarb. (3 CDs.) Motette-Ursina, Düsseldorf 1994/1996. (Advent and Christmas / New Year to Passion / Easter and Pentecost.)
• The organ in the Wenceslas Church in Naumburg. Motette-Ursina, Düsseldorf 1996.
• Ponte in Valtellina. Portrait of a renaissance organ. Motette-Ursina, Düsseldorf 2006.
• Bach in Naumburg. Motette-Ursina, Düsseldorf 2004.
• Bach's earliest sheet music manuscripts - The Weimar organ tablature. Carus, Stuttgart 2006.

literature

• Luigi Collarile and Alexandra Nigito (eds.): In organo pleno - Festschrift for Jean-Claude Zehnder on his 65th birthday. Peter Lang, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-03911-210-4 .

Web links

• Works by and about Jean-Claude Zehnder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jean-Claude Zehnder is a member of the Domkonzerte Arlesheim association

Individual evidence

1. ^ List of honors at TU Dortmund University. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
2. ^ Gustav Leonhardt: Speech on the occasion of the award of an honorary doctorate to Jean-Claude Zehnder in January 2002 at the University of Dortmund. In: Luigi Collarile, Alexandra Nigito (ed.): In organo pleno - Festschrift for Jean-Claude Zehnder on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Peter Lang, Bern 2007. p. 39ff.
3. ^ Student of Jean-Claude Zehnder 1968–2006. In: Luigi Collarile and Alexandra Nigito (eds.): In organo pleno - Festschrift for Jean-Claude Zehnder on his 65th birthday. Peter Lang, Bern 2007. pp. 61–62.
4. ↑ Book portrait of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
5. ↑ Book portrait ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the publications page of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Retrieved December 17, 2010. 
6. ↑ Announcement from Lang Verlag . Retrieved December 15, 2010.