Organ of the parish church For the good news

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Amalienorgel in the church in Berlin-Karlshorst

The organ of the parish church Zur Happy Nachrichten (also Amalien organ ) in Berlin-Karlshorst is an organ built in 1755 by Johann Peter Migendt and Ernst Julius Marx for Princess Anna Amalie of Prussia . After being transported several times, the instrument has been in the parish church of the Glad Message since 1960 . The listed organ has largely been preserved in all of its components and is considered the most important baroque organ in Berlin. It has 22 registers distributed over two manuals and a pedal . The prospectus is designed by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt in the Rococo style with gold-plated carving and filigree.

history

New building by Migendt and Marx in 1755

Side tower decorated with rocailles

The organ was built in 1755 by Johann Peter Migendt and Ernst Julius Marx for Princess Anna Amalie of Prussia for the Berlin City Palace in the Rococo style. Migendt was a student and successor of the famous Joachim Wagner , while Marx probably learned organ building from Migendt. The organ was a gift from her brother Frederick the Great . Anna Amalie was particularly interested in maintaining and maintaining the courtly musical tradition. She received composition lessons from Bach's student Johann Philipp Kirnberger , was in written correspondence with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and also laid the foundation for an extensive music library that is invaluable today.

Overpasses 18. – 20. century

Gaming table

In 1767 the organ was moved to the Palais Unter den Linden 7 . In 1788, after Amalie's death, the instrument was donated by Prince Ludwig of Prussia to the Schlosskirche in Berlin-Buch . The crowning on the prospectus was removed because of the low ceiling: carvings and the seated figure of the goddess of music with numerous musical instruments. At the end of the 1930s it was discovered that the organ was much too big for the Buch castle church. The organ was sold to the St. Marien and St. Nikolai congregations in Berlin-Mitte and was supposed to be installed as a second instrument in the Marienkirche , but this no longer occurred due to the outbreak of the Second World War. 1938–1939 the organ was dismantled and after a thorough examination the Schuke company from Potsdam stored most of it in its workshop. The prospectus with the pipes was stored in the Church of St. Mary and in the meantime also in the Berlin Mint . In 1956 the instrument was given to the parish of the Good News in Berlin-Karlshorst , whose first organ had disappeared.

Restoration by Schuke 1959/1960

In 1959/60 the instrument was restored by the Schuke company and set up in the parish church for the good news in Berlin-Karlshorst . Schuke intervened in the original substance and made a change in disposition. He assumed that all the reeds except for trumpet 16 ′ had been replaced in the course of time. Therefore the register Flöt Dus 8 'in the main work was replaced by a trumpet 8', in the upper work the register Salicional 8 'by a Vox humana 8' and in the pedal the register Bass Flöt 8 'by another trumpet 8'. In addition, the pipes were shortened and the pitch was increased.

Disposition from 1960 to 2009

I main work C – f 3
Principal 8th' ON
Viola di gamba 8th' A.
Drone 16 ′ ON
Reed flute 8th' A.
Octave 4 ′ A.
Quine 3 ′ A.
Octave 2 ′ A.
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ A.
Trumpet 8th' N
Upper structure C – f 3
Principal 4 ′ ON
Quintadena 8th' A.
Dumped 8th' ON
Dumped 4 ′ A.
Nassat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ A.
Forest flute 2 ′ A.
Sifflute 1' ON
Vox Humana 8th' N
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′ N
Octavbass 8th' ON
Octavbass 4 ′ A.
trombone 16 ′ ON
Trumpet 8th' NF
A = old (1755)
N = new (1960)

Restoration by Wegscheider in 2009/2010

Bellows system reconstructed by Wegscheider

Between September 2009 and December 2010, the Wegscheider organ workshop in Dresden carried out a comprehensive restoration. The registers added in 1960 have been removed and replaced by the original ones. Some other damaged pipes built in 1960 were also replaced. Wegscheider reconstructed the bellows system with three wedge bellows. The tuning tone has been lowered to 430 Hertz to approximate the original state. The version of the prospectus, the carving and the coloring were also restored by the Dresden restorer Hilke Frach-Renner. The renewed organ was inaugurated on December 10, 2010.

particularities

Register pulls on the right side
Dark original pipes and light reconstructed pewter pipes in the middle part

The Amalien organ is the only organ in Berlin that has survived from the 18th century. Outwardly and tonally, it is shaped by the Rococo . The 6.00 meter high and 4.80 meter wide prospect has five axes and is designed according to a design by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt . Two side towers for the pedal mechanism flank the two-storey central section, the central tower of which is slightly elevated. Strongly profiled cornices rocailles with angel wings form the lower and upper ends of the pipe fields. A central cornice, from which four strips extend upwards and downwards, also optically separates the upper work from the main work. The side, 3.20 meter high blind wings decorate the upper case and have openwork rhombuses in the rocailles. Rocailles are also placed under the consoles of the side towers, and above the gaming table a gold-plated cartridge with fine foliage and flowers. The crowning carvings have not been preserved due to the transfer to the Buch Castle Church with its low round arch, under which the organ was placed in 1788.

Despite several relocations of the organ in the course of its more than 250-year history, all essential organ components have been preserved. The organ has 22 sounding registers and has an unusually large key range up to f 3 for the Berlin area and the time it was built , which was probably influenced by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Bach composed his six organ sonatas for the Amalien organ, the echo effects of which can be ideally represented on the two differently designed manuals.

The disposition has chamber music qualities and is characterized by individual voices full of character as well as numerous possible combinations. The main work has a full principal choir with a gentle plenum , which receives 16 ′ gravity through the drone. A powerful viola di gamba, a colored reed flute and a very delicate Flöt Dus are available as further eight-foot stops. On the other hand, the upper work is dominated by the complete flute choir, which extends from the two fundamental stops to the sifflute 1 ′. The flute parts in the upper work are supplemented by the principal 4 ′ (partly in the prospectus) and two eight feet: a narrowly scaled labial salicional 8 ′ and a gently quinting quintadena 8 ′, so that each manual has three different eight feet, but no reed stops . The pedal originally did not have a pedal coupling and is accordingly richly occupied with five voices. The only reed voice here is a trumpet 16 ′.

The organ is a listed building as part of the entire church, parish hall and rectory. She can be heard regularly in concert series. It is also available as a training tool for church music students at the Berlin University of the Arts . A support association has set itself the goal of preserving the most important baroque organ in Berlin. The association, founded in 2003, also supported and accompanied the restoration of the organ in 2009/2010.

Disposition since 2010 (= 1755)

I main work C – f 3
Principal 8th' ON
Viola di gamba 8th' A.
Drone 16 ′ ON
Reed flute 8th' A.
Octave 4 ′ A.
Quine 3 ′ A.
Octave 2 ′ A.
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ A.
Flöt Dus 8th' A.
Upper structure C – f 3
Principal 4 ′ ON
Quintadena 8th' A.
Dumped 8th' ON
Dumped 4 ′ A.
Nassat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ A.
Forest flute 2 ′ A.
Sifflute 1' ON
Salicional 8th' A.
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′ N
Octavbass 8th' ON
Octavbass 4 ′ A.
trombone 16 ′ ON
Bass flute 8th' N
A = old (1755)
N = new (2010)

Tuning pitch a 1 = 430 Hz at 17.5 ° C
Tempering: Bach-Kellner
Wind pressure: 65 mm WS

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b C to cis wood, new; from the tin, old
  2. ↑ a b Schuke 1960
  3. ↑ a b C to Dis wood new; Remaining tin, old
  4. ↑ a b Up to h 1 as a reed flute, then open
  5. ↑ a b wood
  6. ↑ a b C to F sharp wood, new; Remaining tin, old
  7. ↑ a b throats and boots old, cups and tongues new
  8. ↑ Wood 1755
  9. ↑ Tin 1755
  10. ↑ Wood 2010

Technical specifications

  • Action :
    • Sound treatment: mechanical
    • Stop action: mechanical

Recordings / sound carriers

  • The organ concerts. 1987, Eterna 7 25 059, LP. (Roland Münch plays Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, Prelude in D major.)
  • We should all be happy for that. 1988, Diakonisches Werk - Evangelisationsdienst 8 28 018, LP. (Music and texts for Easter. Organ: Roland Münch, trumpet: Eckhardt Meinl, speaker: Ezard Haussmann).
  • The organ of Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia. 1988, Eterna 7 25 093, LP. (Roland Münch plays Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata in G minor, Wq 70.6.)
  • Concerts for organ and orchestra. 2005, CD. ( Johannes Geffert and the Johann Christian Bach Academy play organ concerts by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; on historical instruments.)
  • The Amalien organ in Berlin-Karlshorst before and after the restoration. Organist: Beate Kruppke. 2011, CD with recordings before and after the restoration of the organ
  • 6 organ sonatas. 2014, Challenge Classics 0608917226027, CD. ( Ton Koopman plays the organ sonatas composed by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach for the Amalien organ)
  • Bach and Böhm at the Amalien organ in Berlin-Karlshorst. Organstin: Beate Kruppke, 2018

Web links

Commons : Amalienorgel (Berlin)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Wolf Bergelt : The sounding queen. A poetic dream trip to the organ. Children's audio book. Freimut & Selbst, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-9805293-3-9 .
  • Franz Bullmann: "I really enjoy the organ". On the history and restoration of the Amalien organ in Berlin-Karlshorst. In: Ars Organi . 59, 2011, pp. 105-108.
  • Franz Bullmann (Ed.): The rebirth of a queen. History and restoration of the Amalien organ in Berlin. Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-942422-16-1 .
  • Dietmar Hiller (ed.): Heaven on earth. Organs in Brandenburg and Berlin. Organ festival magazine. Cultural festivals in the state of Brandenburg, Potsdam 2005.
  • Uwe Pape : Historical organs in Brandenburg and Berlin. Pape, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-921140-65-X .
  • Uwe Pape: Organs in Berlin. Pape, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-921140-62-5 , pp. 88-90.
  • Uwe Pape, Berthold Schwarz (ed.): 500 years of organs in Berlin's Protestant churches. (= Publication of the Society of Organ Friends ; 134, 1 + 2). Pape, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-921140-34-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Joachim Schuke: Report on the monumental organ in the church "For the good news" in Berlin-Karlshorst. 1962.
  2. ↑ Paul-Gerhardt-Kirchengemeinde Lichtenberg with a report on the rededication of the organ
  3. ^ Amalienorgel restoration of the prospectus. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
  5. ↑ Amalien-Orgel sponsorship group , accessed on September 17, 2016.