Dieterich Buxtehude - Toccata ex D, BuxWV 155 - Stef Tuinstra, organ at Noordbroek

Toccata. Sig. Box de Hude ex D ped: 1684
Manuscript from Codex E. B. 1688 (Yale University Music Library US-NH LM 5056, also known as the Lowell Mason Codex), believed to be copied by Emanuel Benisch (1649-1725, Dresden). This is the sole surviving source of BuxWV 155.

0:00 Introduction: Stef Tuinstra plays the organ of the village church in Noordbroek, Groningen province, the Netherlands.

0:05 Exordium
Man Q16,P8,O4,Q3,O2,M,T8
Rp G8,P4
Ped B16,P8,O4,Baz16,T8,Cor4
Pedaalkoppel
m. 3 Rp + O2,Sq,D8 Schuifkoppel
m. 5 - Schuifkoppel, Rp - O2,Sq,D8
m. 7 - Pedaalkoppel, Ped - Cor4
m. 13 + Schuifkoppel, Rp + O2,5q,D8 Ped + Cor4
m. 20 Ped - Baz16
m. 25 Ped + Baz16

1:53 First fugue
m. 28 Ped T8
Rp G8,Sf4,D8
Man P8,H8,04
m. 47 Rp Sf4

3:09 Confutatio
m. 54 Rp P4,Sf4 (octave lower)
Tremulant
Ped B16,P8

4:03 Second fugue
m. 63 Man P8,O4,Q3,O2
Ped B16,O4,T8,Cor4

5:56 Peroratio
m. 108 Man+Q16,M,T8
Ped + P8,Baz16
m. 115 + Pedaalkoppel

Organ description:
In 1695-6 Schnitger made a new organ for the church in Noordbroek, using pipework from an older organ. The pedal division was placed behind the main case. Hinsz made some alterations in 1768, including new chests and keyboards and a few new registers.
Freytag’s rebuild of 1809 was even more drastic: while retaining the style of the original case, he widened it with pedal towers and connecting flats, thereby altering the appearance radically. The change was further emphasized by new pipeshades, wings, and decorations atop the case, and also a curtain painted on the wall behind the organ. Freytag also replaced the front pipes and the wind system, and substituted a Gedekt 8’ for the pedal mixture.
In 1855 the instrument was restored by Petrus van Oeckelen. At this time the rugwerk lost three registers, and a pedal coupler was added. These alterations were reversed in 1958 by Cor Edskes and the local organist, Simon Graafhuis. The reeds were repaired and partly restored by Winold van der Putten and Berend Veger since 1983, and the disposition is now as it was in 1809.
The organ in Noordbroek can boast a significantly authentic sound, and is one of the most important Schnitger organs anywhere.
The influence of Freytag is clearly visible: almost identical curtain-like carvings and urns are found in Oostwold.
The cartouche under the rugwerk, in Louis XV style, documents Hinsz’s restoration of 1763. Below this, another caption commemorates Van Oeckelen’s work.

Hoofdwerk C - c3 (49 keys)
Praestant 8' 1809, in façade
Quintadena 16' 1768/1955
Holpijp 8' 1696
Octaaf 4' 1696
Speelfluit 4' 1696
Quint 3' before 1696/1696
Octaaf 2' 1696
Mixtuur IV-V 1696/1752/1768
Trompet 8' 1696
Vox Humana 8' 1768

Rugpositief C - c3 (49 keys)
Praestant 4' 1809, in façade
Fluit douce 8' before 1696/1696/1752/1768
Spitsfluyt 4' before 1696/1696/1752/1768
Octaaf 2' 1855/1955
Sesquialter II-III 1955
Scherp III-IV 1955
Dulciaan 8' 1768/1955

Pedaal C - d1 (27 keys)
Praestant 8' 1809, in façade
Bourdon 16' 1696
Gedekt 8' 1809
Octaaf 4' 1696
Bazuin 16' 1696/1809
Trompet 8' 1696/1809
Cornet 4' 1696/1809

Tremulant, 3 Sperrventile
RP/HW (Schiebekoppel/Shove coupler), HW/Ped
Temperament: modified Werckmeister III at a1=470 Hz