♫ Mozart, Fantasia in f for a Mechanical Organ (K 608) ♪

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), Fantasia in f for a Mechanical Organ ((K 608; Vienna, March 1791)
Jos van der Kooy on the Müller organ - when he was ten years old, in 1766, Mozart played on this organ Himself - of St Bavo's Church, Haarlem (NL)
Jos van der Kooy (1951) studied organ and improvisation with Piet Kee at the Conservatory of Amsterdam where he was awarded the Prix d'Excellence in 1981.
He continued his studies with Hans Haselböck (improvisation), Ewald Kooiman (Bach and French baroque music), Daniel Roth (Franck) and Charles de Wolff (Liszt, Reger and twentieth century repertoire).
Since 1981 Jos van der Kooy has been the director of music and organist of the Westerkerk in Amsterdam. In 1990 he was appointed city organist of Haarlem. In this position he presides over the Müller organ in the Great or Saint Bavo church during the annual recital series. He is involved in the International Organ Festival, Haarlem, as teacher, adjudicator, and member of the board. Internationally he has participated in festivals in Altenberg, Kazan, Neurenberg, Saint Albans, St. Petersburg and Vienna.
Van der Kooy teaches organ, improvisation and church music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and at the Conservatory in Alkmaar. He makes recordings for TV, radio and CD. His interpretation of the music of Max Reger and César Franck is met with much approval. He is an advocate of contemporary music, especially the work of Dutch composers. As a concert artist, church organist and teacher, he propogates the art of improvisation.
The following prizes and awards have been conferred upon him:
Tournemire Prize, International Organ Festival, Saint Albans, 1977
First Prize National Improvisation Concours, Bolsward, 1978
First Prize International Improvisation Concours, Haarlem, 1980, 1981
Silver Medal, 1989, and Gold Medal, 2000, of the Sociéte Académique "Arts, Sciences,Lettres", Paris, for his services to French music.

The organ builder Christian Müller and the sculptor Jan van Logteren, both of Amsterdam, built the instrument in 1735 -1738. With its sixty stops and imposing 32 - feet pedal tower it was for many years the largest organ in the world.
Händel (1740 & 1750), Mozart (1766) and Mendelssohn number along the many celebrated visitors who have travelled far to play the instrument.
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries considarable alterations were made according to the dictates of the time.
The purpose of the major restoration of 1959 -1961 by Marcussen & Son was to restore the organ as far as possible to its original state.
In the years 1987 - 2000 Flentrop Orgelbouw worked on the voicing of the instrument
http://josvanderkooy.com
http://www.bavo.nl/bladen/welkomkerk.php

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Wolfgang
• Amadeus
• Mozart
• Fantasia
• Fantasie
• Fantasy
• famous
• Dutch
• organ
• music
• orgel
• orgues
• organo
• Haarlem
• Bavo
• Müller
• organist
• Jos
• Kooy
• yt:stretch=16:9

[Hauptwerkgek]

Bedankt voor deze upload! echt schitterend in alle opzichten.

[REV16665]

@Hauptwerkgek Graag gedaan!

[earlykeyboardist]

Mr. van der Kooy's ambition takes one's breath away. But so many moments Mozart clearly planned to exploit harmony, details of counterpoint, and overall resonance and depth of the writing are utterly lost at such a tempo. And racy tempi inevitably cause all the inaccuracies heard later in the recording. Sad, the instrument is of course famous and fits the music as a glove. The pouring on of pedal stops for the final cadence finishes off this showmanship.

[REV16665]

@earlykeyboardist Why not play this piece fast when Mozart Himself wrote the word 'Allegro' on the first page?

[earlykeyboardist]

The manuscript does not survive; Mozart stated he would have preferred to compose K 596, the sister piece to this one, for a large cathedral organ, not the clock organ commissioned. Large organs in large spaces require slower tempi so as not to lose details of the piece in the reverberation. "Allegro" in the 18th century was generally slower than later. If you find this performance satisfying, I'm happy for you, but I don't buy the argument that this is Mozart's preferred tempo!

[REV16665]

@earlykeyboardist Let's not be purists, shall we? Why not play it fast and extrovertly the one day (for a bigger audience, let's say, or when recording for TV or a DVD), and slower, more intimately the next?

[juliasoligange]

Pour lire les lettres de mozart, un site : apres-mozart

[Mo19010100]

How incredible is that? You need 3 people to control this monster... and this piece is the darkest that Mozart wrote (in my opinion) all the other minor (key) works are also amazing (K. 491, K. 466, K. 457) but this one's just ass kicking... it's like mozart's saying "fuck you all!"... just unbelievable... every time i here this it gives me the creeps... THANK YOU MOZART!!! YOU WERE THE BEST FUCKING COMPOSER EVER!!!

[Hauptwerkgek]

BAVO!!!  eh.. Bravo!

[earlykeyboardist]

@REV16665 Sorry, I meant K594 not K596 in my reply.