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Echoes of Leipzig in Nidaros Cathedral
Various composers

Magne H. Draagen

Echoes of Leipzig in Nidaros Cathedral

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Format: CD
Label: Lawo Classics
UPC: 7090020182308
Catnr: LWC 1208
Release date: 15 January 2021
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Label
Lawo Classics
UPC
7090020182308
Catalogue number
LWC 1208
Release date
15 January 2021
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THE NORWEGIAN LEGACY OF REGER AND STRAUBE
When the young Edvard Grieg travelled to Leipzig to study, Norway was still a nation with modest traditions of teaching and education within the realm of classical music. He was not the first Norwegian musician to head off to this power centre of European art music, and others later followed in his footsteps.

Norwegian organists also made the pilgrimage to the city where Bach and Mendelssohn had been active. Organ composer Max Reger collaborated closely with organist and educator Karl Straube, and both taught in Leipzig at the turn of the century 1800/1900, exerting enormous influence on several generations of organists and composers from Norway, with its developing organ heritage.

Nidaros Cathedral’s large German cathedral organ from 1930 represents the culmination and completion of the late Romantic German organ tradition of which Reger and Straube were prominent exponents.

On this album, Nidaros Cathedral organist Magne H. Draagen presents a collection of organ works of Norwegian organists who either studied in Leipzig themselves for longer or shorter periods of time in the early 1900s, or were pupils of one of them who had studied there.

A characteristic feature of the works is that the classical forms from the German Romantic school are combined with elements from Norwegian traditional folk music, and through this they are distinguished to a greater or lesser extent by a national tonal language.

Organist Magne H. Draagen (b. 1974) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Church Music and soloist diploma from the Norwegian Academy of Music. As organist he performs regularly at home and abroad, with a repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the present day. He has contributed to numerous recordings as composer, arranger, conductor, accompanist and soloist. Since the autumn of 2012 he has served as Director of Music of Nidaros Cathedral.

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Magne Draagen (organ)

Magne H. Draagen was born in 1974. He received his first organ lessons from Edvin Eriksen and Leidulv Grimsmo in Nordmøre. He studied organ with Terje Winge and Kåre Nordstoga at the Norwegian Academy of Music, from which he received a Bachelor’s in Church Music in 1997 and later a soloist diploma as organist. Draagen is former organist and choirmaster of Gamlebyen Church, Old Aker Church, and Holy Trinity Church in Oslo. From 2002–2012 he served as organist and choirmaster at Oslo Cathedral and, among other things, as artistic director of Oslo Cathedral Boys Choir. From 2010 to 2011 he was Director of Music at Stavanger Cathedral as head of the choir department. Since the autumn of 2012 he has...
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Magne H. Draagen was born in 1974. He received his first organ lessons from Edvin Eriksen and Leidulv Grimsmo in Nordmøre. He studied organ with Terje Winge and Kåre Nordstoga at the Norwegian Academy of Music, from which he received a Bachelor’s in Church Music in 1997 and later a soloist diploma as organist. Draagen is former organist and choirmaster of Gamlebyen Church, Old Aker Church, and Holy Trinity Church in Oslo. From 2002–2012 he served as organist and choirmaster at Oslo Cathedral and, among other things, as artistic director of Oslo Cathedral Boys Choir. From 2010 to 2011 he was Director of Music at Stavanger Cathedral as head of the choir department. Since the autumn of 2012 he has served as Director of Music of Nidaros Cathedral. He has taught various church music disciplines at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the University of Stavanger, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
As composer and arranger, Magne H. Draagen has written a number of religious works for diverse instrumentation. He performs regularly as concert organist at home and abroad, with a repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the present day. He has contributed to numerous recordings as composer, arranger, conductor, accompanist, and soloist. As Director of Music of Nidaros Cathedral, he represents Norway as Artistic Director in the association ECHO (European Cities of Historical Organs).

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01.
Introduksjon og fuge i f–moll: I. Introduksjon
02:32
(Fridthjov Anderssen) Magne Draagen
02.
Introduksjon og fuge i f–moll: II. Fuge
03:44
(Fridthjov Anderssen) Magne Draagen
03.
Pastorale for orgel
08:23
(Leif Solberg) Magne Draagen
04.
Toccata og passacaglia, op. 63: I. Toccata
03:12
(Sigurd Islandsmoen) Magne Draagen
05.
Toccata og passacaglia, op. 63: II. Passacaglia
00:00
(Sigurd Islandsmoen) Magne Draagen
06.
fra Sonate for orgel, op. 50: Nocturne
00:00
(Sigurd Islandsmoen) Magne Draagen
07.
Seks improvisasjoner, op. 5: I. Herre Gud, ditt dyre navn og ære
00:00
(Arild Sandvold) Magne Draagen
08.
Seks improvisasjoner, op. 5: II. Eg veit i himmerik ei borg
00:00
(Arild Sandvold) Magne Draagen
09.
Seks improvisasjoner, op. 5: III. Gud la oss i din kunnskap fremmes
00:00
(Arild Sandvold) Magne Draagen
10.
Seks improvisasjoner, op. 5: IV. Høyr, kor kyrkjeklokka lokkar
00:00
(Arild Sandvold) Magne Draagen
11.
Seks improvisasjoner, op. 5: V. Overmåde fullt av nåde
00:00
(Arild Sandvold) Magne Draagen
12.
Seks improvisasjoner, op. 5: VI. Hos Gud er idel glede
00:00
(Arild Sandvold) Magne Draagen
13.
Passacaglia for orgel, op. 4
00:00
(Thomas Salvesen) Magne Draagen
14.
Preludium og fuge i c-moll (1933): I. Preludium
00:00
(Leif Solberg) Magne Draagen
15.
Preludium og fuge i c-moll (1933): II. Fuge
00:00
(Leif Solberg) Magne Draagen
16.
Pastorale (1930)
00:00
(Frithjof Spalder) Magne Draagen
17.
Introduktion og fuge, op. 6 (1943): I. Introduktion
00:00
(Ludvig Nielsen) Magne Draagen
18.
Introduktion og fuge, op. 6 (1943): II. Fuge
00:00
(Ludvig Nielsen) Magne Draagen
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