Raimund Schächer (b. 1960) — Vier Variationen über ein Siciliana, op. 71 (2022) for organ
0:00 | 1. Siciliana (16th century, Italy)
0:59 | 2. Variation 1
2:19 | 3. Variation 2: Musette
3:19 | 4. Variation 3: Bicinium
4:15 | 5. Variation 4
German composer and organist Raimund Schächer (b. 1960) was born in Hersbruck and was educated at the Meistersinger-Konservatorium in Nuremburg and the Academy for Protestant Church Music in Bayreuth. He has served as a church musician in Hersbruck, Pappenheim, Treuchtlingen, and Heidenheim. As a composer, Schächer has written a number of organ, choral, and chamber works. He has also been widely active as an editor of early keyboard music, and his editions have been published by Cornetto, Carus, Pro Organo, and Strube Verlag.