program:
[01] period II – fantasy “Sonnenton – Storm Appearance” (2001/2008) 03:57
[02] period I: ad fontes – Prelude “Sterngezwitscher” (1996) 03:54
[03] period I: ad fontes – intonation “Traumwandlungen” (1996) 03:26
[04] period I: ad fontes – Organ points “Moon Weight – Earth Eclipse” (1996) 02:57
[05] period II – hymn “Light Sound – Shadow Trail” (2001/2008) 06:32
[06] period II – Trio “Wind Song” (2001/2008) 04:33
[07] Period II – Ricercare “Breath of Heaven” (2001/2008)* 12:29
[08] Paul-Klee-Blatt III – Lines from night light (1991) * 08:29
[09] Toccata and Laments (2008) 06:39
[10] Paul Klee Sheet V – Sea Lights (2011) * 13:20
* World Premiere Recordings
Total playing time: 66:32
Organ:
Hans Davidson [06, 07, 09]
Martin Herchenroeder [02, 03, 04, 08]
Christian Smith [01, 05, 10]
Press:
Paul de Louit, September 2017
04 / 2015
Lutz Lesle writes in issue 02/2015:
(...) Many of Klee's paintings convey the impression of longing for the dimension of time. It is precisely this longing that Herchenröder's "Paul Klee leaves" fulfill. In contrast, his cycles zeitraum I and II awaken the illusion of a time that has become space. These organ pieces are literally heavenward. They “hear” – as their subtitles (borrowed from Rilke) suggest – sun, moon and stars, wind and weather. As if in a dream, they hear “Song of the Stars”, “Sound of Light” and “Breath of Heaven” – such as in “Ricercare”, which concludes cycle period II (2001/2008). Here the composer practically pulls out all the stops: there strict form, there wild growth, sometimes powerful in sound, sometimes filigree. "Hear, my heart," he quotes Rilke's first Duino Elegy on the edge of the note.
(...) Since 1991 Herchenröder has written all organ works for specific instruments. Because of their different tuning systems, a universal symphonic organ was recommended for the recording. The choice fell on the new Woehl organ in the Studio Acusticum in Piteå, northern Sweden. A decision on which one can only congratulate the fabulous organist trio.