Sweelinck: his sources, his influences - Bernard Winsemius, Amsterdam Nieuwe kerk organs

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562~1621)
Bernard Winsemius (1945~), Organ

From 2 OOP CD's released by Intersound in 1989 and 1990

Tracklist:
Main organ
0:00 Nicolaus Bruhns - Praeludium in E minor 'Big'
8:34 Ballo del Granduca, SwWV 319 (Possibly by Scheidt)
13:58 Heinrich Scheidemann - Preambulum
15:31 Scheidemann - Erbarm dich, WV 4
21:33 Melchior Schildt - Magnificat primi toni
40:17 Fantasia g1 - [contraria à 4], SwWV 270
51:20 Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris. 4 Variations, SwWV 302
58:53 Dietrich Buxtehude - Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218

Transept organ
1:12:26 Master Anthony Newman - A pavan from the Mulliner Book
1:14:49 Mulliner Book - O ye happy dames
1:15:56 William Blitheman - Gloria tibi trinitas
1:22:21 Thomas Tallis - Clarifica me pater
1:24:05 Tallis - Iste confessor
1:25:37 John Redford - Glorificamus
1:28:03 Esce Mars. 7 Variations, SwWV 321
1:33:22 Psalm 116: Ick hebb’ den Heer lief, want hy heeft verhoort. 4 Variations, SwWV 313
1:39:36 Dr. John Bull - In nomine No 12
1:43:23 Bull - In nomine No 10
1:46:12 Bull - Salve regina
1:53:18 Ich fuhr mich uber Rheine. 6 Variations, SwWV 322
1:59:15 Fantasia d3 - à 4: Echo, SwWV 260
2:08:30 Jacob Praetorius - Vater unser im Himmelreich (7 verses)

Played on the Grand and transept organs of the Nieuwe kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Grand organ stoplist:
Built by H.W.Schonat c. 1652, expanded by J. van Hagerbeer c. 1668, altered by Bätz c. 1840, restored by Marcussen & Søn c. 1981

Hoofdwerk (CDE-c3):
Praestant 16' - I-II sterk
Quintadena 16'
Octaaf 8' - I-IV sterk
Holpijp 8'
Octaaf 4' - I-V sterk
Gemshoorn 4' - I-II sterk
Quint 3' - I-III sterk
Mixtuur VI-VIII sterk
Scherp VI-VIII sterk
Dulciaan 16'
Trompet 8'

Rugwerk (CDE-c3):
Praestant 8' - I-IV sterk
Holpijp 8'
Quintadena 8'
Octaaf 4' - I-IV sterk
Openfluit 4' - I-II sterk
Quintfluit 3' - I-III sterk
Superoctaaf 2' - I-VI sterk
Speelfluit 2' - I-II sterk
Fluit 2' - I-III sterk
Quartane II-IV sterk
Sexquialter II-X sterk
Mixtuur VI-X sterk
Scherp VIII-XII sterk
Cornet VI-IX sterk (discant)
Trompet 8'
Tremulant.

Bovenwerk (CDE-c3):
Praestant 8' - I-IV sterk
Baarpijp 8'
Quintadena 8'
Octaaf 4' - I-V sterk
Octaaf 2' - I-V sterk
Nasard 1 1/2' - I-III sterk
Sifflet 1' - I-III sterk
Sexquialter II-VI sterk
Scherp III-VI sterk
Trompet 8'
Vox Humana 8'
Tremulant

Pedaal (CDE-d1):
Praestant 16'
Bourdon 16'
Octaaf 8' - I-II sterk
Bourdon 8'
Roerquint 6'
Octaaf 4' - I-II sterk
Quint 3' - I-II sterk
Mixtuur VII sterk
Bazuin 16'
Trompet 8'
Trompet 4'

Couplers: HW-RW, BW-HW, HW-PD, RW-PD
Temperament: Kirnberger III at a=459 Hz
Wind pressure at 68 mm

Transept organ stoplist:
Case from the 16th century, mechanics by Jacobus van Hagerbeer c. 1651. The original pipes were removed in the late 19th century, but the organ was reconstructed in 1989 by Flentrop Orgelbouw with Cor Edskes as a consultant.

Hoofdwerk II CDE - c3
Prestant 8'
Holpijp 8'
Octaef 4'
Gemshoorn 2'
Tertiaen 1 3/5' (2 ranks from b2)
Quint 1 1/2' (2 ranks from b2)
Quintfluyt 1 1/2' (2 ranks from f1)
Superoctaef 1' (2 ranks from d#1)
Mixtuer IV-V sterk
Scherp IV-VI sterk
Sexquialter discant II sterk (Treble only)
Dulciaen 8'

Zijwerk I CDE - c3
Prestant 8'
Quintadena 8'
Octaef 4'
Fluyt 4'
Quint 3'
Tertiaen 1 3/5'
Trompet 8' B/D
Tremulant

Pedaal CDE - d1 (permanently coupled to the Zijwerk)
Tuning: 4-comma Meantone at a= 460 Hz
Wind pressure at 68 mm

In 1604, Sweelinck was sent by the city of Amsterdam to buy a double-manual transposing harpsichord from the Ruckers in Antwerp. Once back in Amsterdam, Pieter Izaakszoon was commissioned to decorate the instrument, which stood in the Amsterdam city hall and was used by Sweelinck to provide entertainment for city banquets. The instrument is long lost, but the lid (shown here) still exists in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

Inscription on the lid:
‘Exclusam hesperia perituram Hispane putasti Me? Frustra: nam cura Dei mihi pandit ad Afros Primo iter, atque Indos, et qua patet extima China Quaque etiam priscis non cognitus Orbis in Orbe. Perge favere Deus, daque his agnoscere Christum’ (Do you imagine that, for the care of God first opened to me the way to the Africans, and the Indians, and shows me alien China, a world within the world, which was not even known to the ancients. Go forth with God's blessing, and give these (nations) the knowledge of Christ.)