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Organist in the Field of Church Music

For the time being I am living (for the purpose of studying there) in Amsterdam, where I also get to make practical experiences with church music in the Netherlands. Up to my moving home my work in Vienna comprised regular organ duties (subbing for their regular organists) in various churches of Vienna, such as Vienna Cathedral (St. Stephan), the Dominican church of Vienna where I sub for Professor Hans Haselböck, and Schönbrunner Schlosskapelle.

My engagements in the past included, for instance:

• an organ meditation for Lent in St .Augustin
  For this occasion I played
  • Jehan Alain - "Introduction et Variations" from his Suite
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 686)
  • César Franck - "Fantaisie" (A Dur)
• the organ accompaniment of a mass having been shaped and prepared by members of the course on New Sacred Song of the Diocesan Conservatory for Church Music of the Archdiocese of Vienna and held in St. Stephen's Cathedral
• the organ accompaniment for a mass that was broadcast on the radio in the course of "Grafenegger Advent 2001", when I played, in addition to accompaniments for the congregation and improvisations, also organ works by Johann Pachelbel and the continuo of Missa "Velociter currit" by Johann Josef Fux. This mass was sung by the Josef Matthias Hauer Vokalensemble and played by Ensemble Neue Streicher under Oliver Ostermann.
• participation in the first performance of Peter Planyavsky's "Proprium for Mariazell" on October 2, 2004.

Further emphasis of my work in the field of church music is on the New Sacred Song.

© Manfred Novak, 2007