Great organ recital by Ute Gremmel-Geuchen, a former student of Oscar Gottlieb Blarr’s (in attendance), with works by J.S. Bach, César Franck, and Norbert Laufer (also in attendance).
Laufer’s »Tempus fugit«, an organ suite in seven parts, in the center; sandwiched between Bach’s Ciacona in d minor BWV 1178 and Ciacona in g minor BWV 1179; sandwiched in turn between Bach’s Praeludium et Fuga in a minor BWV 531 and Franck’s Choral No.3 in a minor from his « Trois chorals pour grande orgue ». Very exciting.
Bach’s two ciaconas are fun. While the Preludium et Fuga BWV 543, dated around 1710, is already a pretty early and lively work, the two ciaconas are even earlier, written down in 1705 by one of his students. They’ve been known for decades, but got their seal of approval—and official BWV numbers—as authentic works by Bach only as recently as November last year. Congratulations! They’re wild, they’re difficult, they’re interesting, and they’re not what eighteen year–old teenagers usually put on the table.
Sommerliche Orgelkonzerte: Ute Gremmel-Geuchen
Neanderkirche, Düsseldorf, Germany
August 19, 2026