Meditation on “Fukushima”, op. 100 (2011)

Hartwig Barte-Hanssen (b. 1961) — Meditation on “Fukushima”, op. 100 (2011) for organ

“Meditation on ‘Fukushima’”, op. 100 (2011) was written in remembrance of the nuclear power plant disaster in Fukushima, Japan on March 11, 2011.

German composer and organist Hartwig Barte-Hanssen (b. 1961) studied at the University of Hamburg where his teachers in music included Rose Kim, Eberhard Müller, and György Ligeti. He has appeared as a concert organist throughout Europe and serves as organist and choirmaster at St. Bartholomew in Wilster. Barte-Hanssen has composed works in varied genres including solo and chamber works and a number of cantatas and oratorios.