In The Bleak Mid-Winter Uploaded by: Mktwest Composer: Noel Rawsthorne Organ: Salisbury Cathedral Father Willis Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 212
Dances with Mandolins Uploaded by: parkhouse Composer: * My Own Transcription Organ: Caen 4-Manual Extension Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 49
Wo soll ich fliehen hin BWV 646 Uploaded by: Tuba_Mirum Composer: Bach, J. S. Organ: 1761/2005 J. A. Silbermann-Metzler, Arlesheim, Switzerland Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 671
Dirges in the Dark (2007) Uploaded by: CarsonCooman Composer: Sanders, Bernard Wayne Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 449
Canção a Quatro glosada Uploaded by: jgraca Composer: Carreira, António Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 122
Sonate psalm 119 part 4 Uploaded by: wbuit Composer: * My Own Composition Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 386
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig Uploaded by: Grandjeux Composer: Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 367
Leo from Zodiac Uploaded by: Bartfloete Composer: Stockhausen, Karlheinz Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 53
Joseph Ahrens (1904 - 1997) was a German composer and organist.
Ahrens studied in Berlin from 1925 to 1928 with Alfred Sittard, Max Seiffert, and Wilhelm Middelschulte. Between 1931 and 1940 Ahrens was the organist for the Berliner Philharmoniker, simultaneously serving as the organist for the Cathedral of St. Hedwig after 1934. From 1945 to 1957 he was organist at the Salvatorkirche in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Taking a professorship in church music at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik in 1945, he remained there until 1969, serving as deputy director from 1954 to 1958.
Ahrens was a noted organ improviser. His compositions often combined elements of prior liturgical music styles (such as Gregorian chant) with modern techniques like dodecaphony. A large portion of his output is written for the Catholic Church.
His daughter is the organist Sieglinde Ahrens.
The cycle "Weihnachten" comes from "Das heilige Jahr", which was composed between 1948 and 1950. If you like this music, you can listen to the entire cycles "Advent" and "Passion" on CCH, also recorded on the Marcussen sampleset.
The total series of 8 recordings I am going to post during the next few weeks is dedicated to James Pressler, one of our top contributors (jocr), who passed away in February 2014. We should keep him in our memories.
No. 5 is a charming trio for 2 manuals (both based on 4' stops) and pedal (based on 2'). For the c.f. in the pedal I added the Dwarsfluit 1' to the Nachthoorn 2'.