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Cuxhaven is one of the largest fishing ports in Germany. Cuxhaven is located at the mouth of the Elbe in the North Sea.
Sights: the Kugelbake, the Hapag halls, the old water tower, the Ringelnatzmuseum, Ritzebüttel Castle, The St. Gertrude Church, Sacred Heart Church, fort kugelbake.
Church Bells in Helsinki
Church Bells in Helsinki
A short prelude in D minor by Ludwig Ernst Gebhardi
A short prelude in D minor by Ludwig Ernst Gebhardi (1787-1862)
Played by Paul Winter on the Eisenbarth organ (Hauptwerk) at St.
Bartholomaus church, Freisach, Austria.
This impressive Hauptwerk sample set was produced by Piotr Grabowksi (piotrgrabowski.pl)
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) at Westminster Abbey
I could not but upload this great version of this popular carol. I especially enjoyed the organ interlude.
This is part of the Christmas Eve Service of Eucharist at Westminster Abbey, broadcast live on BBC One on Tuesday, 24th of December 2013.
© BBC MMXIII
Samuel Scheidt - Das Orgelwerk -- Complete Organ Works / Gott sey gelobet und gebenedeiet, SSWV 476
Alexander Koschel an der Düben-Orgel (2004) der St.-Gertruds-Kirche in Stockholm / Alexander Koschel plays the Düben Organ (2004) of the St Gertrud's Church in Stockholm
Glockenspiel at Frauenkirche - Nürnberg
From our road trip from Greece to Germany and back,in July 2017. 20 hours of driving x 2 , 1880 km x 2,loads of fun!For more photos and videos feel free to visit my Flickr album:
Sankt Lambertus - Altstadt - Düsseldorf
Fahrt durch das Rheinland - Urlaub
März 2016 - Tag 10 - Film 169
Sankt Lambertus - Altstadt
J.B.Hilber, Kyrie from the Missa Pro Patria
From the new CD with music by Johann Baptist Hilber (1891-1973) for choir, soli and organ. Recorded in the Hofkirche Lucerne, Switzerland.
Ensemble Corund
Wolfgang Sieber, organ
Stephen Smith, conductor
Order your copy at corund.ch
Ensemble Corund - facebook.com/EnsembleCorund - corund.ch
The Ensemble Corund, founded in 1993 by Stephen Smith, is one of Switzerland's leading vocal ensembles. The 8-20 singers are all professional soloists, coming from many different cantons. Specializing in the sacred vocal music of the Renaissance, Baroque and 20th century, it has been featured on American, German and Swiss radio and is a frequent guest at music festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. Since 1998 the group has toured regularly in the United States. The ensemble's instrumental partners, Corund Baroque Orchester and Corund Baroque Ensemble have been critically acclaimed in their own right. Recent CD productions have included Victoria, Tenebrae Responsories, Navidad Ibérica and Bach, The Eclectic. The ensemble's blend was quite beautiful...Corund's voices [were] as seductive singly as they were in unison. (The Washington Post.)
Corund - Farbigkeit, Brillanz, Reinheit, Transparenz, Kostbarkeit, Dauerhaftigkeit, Dichte, Resistenz, kristalline Präzision. Der Edel-Korund, besser bekannt als Rubin und Saphir, dient gleichermassen als Name, Vor- und Ebenbild des professionellen Luzerner Ensembles. Die geistliche Musik der Renaissance und des Barock sowie Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts bilden die Schwerpunkte des Repertoires, eine werktreue, historisch orientierte, gleichzeitig hoch expressive und lebendige Wiedergabe den Kern der Arbeit.
Die Musiker und Musikerinnen des Ensemble Corund haben alle einen Namen als Solisten verschiedenster Stilrichtungen. Sie besitzen fundiertes Wissen über historische Aufführungspraxis und breite Erfahrung als professionelle Ensemblesänger und -sängerinnen und Instrumentalisten und Instrumentalistinnen.
Unterschiedlichster Herkunft, kommen die Mitglieder des Ensembles aus der Schweiz sowie aus Schweden, Deutschland, Australien, Nord- und Südamerika. Gemeinsam ist ihre Liebe zum Repertoire des Ensembles und das Bestreben nach einem reichen, farbigen, vitalen doch homogenen Ensembleklang im vokalen wie auch im instrumentalen Bereich.
Das Ensemble Corund ist ein gern gesehener Gast an Festivals und in Konzerten auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks. Seine Aufführungen werden von Publikum und Kritikern gelobt für die durchdachte Programmierung und das risikofreudige Musizieren voller Energie und Emotion. Seit seiner Gründung 1993 veranstaltet Corund eine eigene Konzertreihe in der Schweiz und lädt regelmässig international bekannte Gastmusiker dazu ein. CD-Aufnahmen durch Corund Productions und Dorian Recordings, sowie Radiosendungen in verschiedenen Ländern ergänzen die Konzerttätigkeit und tragen zur breiten Ausstrahlung seiner Arbeit bei.
Stephen Smith artistic director - stephensmith.ch
Stephen Smith ist ein gefragter Dirigent und Organist. 1955 in Amerika geboren, lebt er seit 1982 in der Schweiz. Seine musikalische Laufbahn begann mit sieben Jahren am Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Nach Studienabschlüssen in den Fächern Orgel, Kirchenmusik und Dirigieren in den USA und der Schweiz setzt er sich intensiv mit dem geistlichen Repertoire der Renaissance und des Barock auseinander. Insbesondere interessiert ihn die historische Aufführungspraxis. 1993 gründete er das Ensemble Corund. Er ist u.a. als Kantor und Organist an der Matthäuskirche Luzern und als Leiter mehrerer Chöre tätig. Engagements mit seinen Ensembles und als Gastdirigent, -organist und -dozent führten ihn nach Spanien, Deutschland, den Bermudas, den USA und durch die Schweiz. Auftritte u. a. am Festival International de Musique Sacrée Fribourg, den Internationalen Musikfestwochen Luzern, Murten Classics, am Savannah Festival, Festival of the Four Arts, Library of Congress Washington, Cleveland Museum of Art Concerts, Trinity Church Wallstreet New York und dem Philadelphia Bach Festival. Zahlreiche CD- und Radioaufnahmen zeugen von seinen breit gefächerten musikalischen Interessen und Tätigkeiten.
Management Europa
Pedro Zimmermann
Nürenbergstrasse 17
8037 Zürich
Switzerland
zimmermann@corund.ch
Management USA
Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd.
10 Fiske Place, Suite 530
Mt. Vernon, NY 10550-3205
USA
JWentworth.com
أعظم وأكبر كنيسة في المانيا - Größte Kirche in Deutschland
أعظم وأكبر كنيسة في المانيا - Größte Kirche in Deutschland
Glasfenster Stockholm-München
Ein Beitrag aus unserem Magazin Kirche in Bayern im Auftrag des Evangelischen Fernsehens: Die evangelische Deutsche Kirche in Stockholm hat 100 Jahre alte Glasfenster aus katholischer Münchner Fertigung. Da gibt es allerlei Kuriositäten ...
Stockholm Bells (Original Mix)
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Seaweed Daytime Sampler 2
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Composer: Seaweed Records
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe (primarily present-day Germany), involving most of the European countries. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history.
Initially, religion was a motivation for war as Protestant and Catholic states fought even though many of them were or had been members of the Holy Roman Empire—a situation which was not atypical of the Empire, which had become decentralized and fragmented following the death of Charlemagne (814 AD). Changing the relative balance of power within the Empire was at issue. Gradually, it developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe. In this general phase, the war became less specifically religious and more a continuation of the Bourbon–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence, leading in turn to further warfare between France and the Habsburg powers.
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Organ improvisation - Partite diverse sopra Was Gott tut, das ist wohl getan
Partite diverse sopra Was Gott tut, das ist wohl getan.
Organ improvisation by Matteo Venturini (Francesco Zanin Organ, 2008)
Live recording, February 16th 2012, Basilica of St. Babila, Milan - Italy
Franz Liszt - Ave Maria for solo voice & piano/organ (Religious / Kirchenmusik)
Liszt: Ave Maria für Mezzosopran und Klavier/Orgel. [ENGLISH see below, opening remarks with subtitles] Das selten zu hörende Ave Maria komponierte Franz Liszt 1869 in seinem schlichten, zugleich innigen Spätstil. Ute Neumerkel singt das Ave Maria mit natürlich-reiner Stimme und begleitet sich selbst an der Orgel. Liszt empfing als Weltgeistlicher nur die niederen Priesterweihen. Liszts geistliche Miniaturen sind leider viel zu unbekannt.
Mehr über die Musikerin:
~~~~~ Listen to Liszt's unknown Ave Maria, a lovely religious piece composed in a simple style. Ute Neumerkel sings the Ave Maria with a clear voice and accampanies herself at the organ. Opening remarks with English subtitles. Abbé instead of priest would have been more precise. Unfortunately Liszt's sacred music miniatures, such as this Ave Maria, are quite unknown.
More about the musician, also in English:
Munich | Wikipedia audio article
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Munich
00:03:42 1 History
00:03:51 1.1 Origin as medieval town
00:05:20 1.2 Capital of reunited Bavaria
00:07:41 1.3 World War I to World War II
00:10:20 1.4 Postwar
00:12:37 2 Geography
00:12:46 2.1 Topography
00:13:39 2.2 Climate
00:15:12 3 Demographics
00:15:48 3.1 Immigration
00:16:49 3.2 Religion
00:17:42 4 Politics
00:18:50 5 Subdivisions
00:19:55 6 Architecture
00:20:25 6.1 Inner city
00:23:08 6.2 Royal avenues and squares
00:25:28 6.3 Other boroughs
00:29:13 6.4 Parks
00:31:16 7 Sports
00:31:25 7.1 Football
00:31:57 7.2 Basketball
00:32:20 7.3 Ice hockey
00:32:33 7.4 Olympics
00:33:12 7.5 Road Running
00:33:37 7.6 Swimming
00:34:18 7.7 River surfing
00:34:55 8 Culture
00:35:04 8.1 Language
00:35:31 8.2 Museums
00:38:16 8.3 Arts and literature
00:48:19 8.4 Markets
00:48:59 8.5 Hofbräuhaus and Oktoberfest
00:50:08 8.6 Culinary specialities
00:50:38 8.7 Beers and breweries
00:53:30 8.8 Circus
00:53:50 8.9 Nightlife
00:58:04 9 Education
00:58:13 9.1 Colleges and universities
01:00:57 9.2 Primary and secondary schools
01:02:27 10 Scientific research institutions
01:02:38 10.1 Max Planck Society
01:03:55 10.2 Fraunhofer Society
01:04:33 10.3 Other research institutes
01:05:03 11 Economy
01:05:54 11.1 Manufacturing
01:07:07 11.2 Finance
01:07:31 11.3 Media
01:08:17 11.4 Top 10 largest companies in Munich (2016)
01:08:28 12 Transport
01:08:45 12.1 Munich International Airport
01:10:06 12.2 Other airports
01:11:05 12.3 München Hauptbahnhof
01:12:42 12.4 Public transportation
01:14:37 12.4.1 Munich Public Transportation Statistics
01:15:21 12.5 Individual transportation
01:16:34 12.6 Cycling
01:17:27 13 Around Munich
01:17:36 13.1 Nearby towns
01:18:11 13.2 Recreation
01:18:43 14 International relations
01:19:24 15 Famous people
01:19:33 15.1 Born in Munich
01:19:42 15.2 Notable residents
01:19:50 16 See also
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Munich (; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ]) is the capital and most populous city of the second most populous German federal state of Bavaria, and, with a population of around 1.5 million, it is the third-largest city of Germany after Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the 12th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, it is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km²). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna.
The city is a major centre of art, technology, finance, publishing, culture, innovation, education, business, and tourism in Germany and Europe and enjoys a very high standard and quality of living, reaching first in Germany and third worldwide according to the 2018 Mercer survey, and being rated the world's most liveable city by the Monocle's Quality of Life Survey 2018. According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute Munich is considered an alpha-world city, as of 2015.The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning by the monks. It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order, who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat of arms. Munich was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes. Once Bavaria was established as a sovereign kingdom in 1806, it became a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science. In 1918, during the German Revolution, the ruling house of Wittelsbach, which had governed Bavaria since 1180, was forced to abdicate in Munich and a short- ...
Thirty Years' War | Wikipedia audio article
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Thirty Years' War
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SUMMARY
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The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. One of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements but also from violence, famine, and plague. Casualties were overwhelmingly and disproportionately inhabitants of the Holy Roman Empire, most of the rest being battle deaths from various foreign armies. In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction, it was surpassed only by the period January to May 1945; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism, when it served as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire.Initially a war between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the European great powers. These states employed relatively large mercenary armies, and the war became less about religion and more of a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence.
The war was preceded by the election of the new Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, who tried to impose religious uniformity on his domains, forcing Roman Catholicism on its peoples. The northern Protestant states, angered by the violation of their rights to choose, which had been granted in the Peace of Augsburg, banded together to form the Protestant Union. Ferdinand II was a devout Roman Catholic and much more intolerant than his predecessor, Rudolf II, who ruled from the largely Protestant city of Prague. Ferdinand's policies were considered strongly pro-Catholic and anti-Protestant.
These events caused widespread fears throughout northern and central Europe, and triggered the Protestant Bohemians living in the then relatively loose dominion of Habsburg Austria (and also with the Holy Roman Empire) to revolt against their nominal ruler, Ferdinand II. After the so-called Defenestration of Prague deposed the Emperor's representatives in Prague, the Protestant estates and Catholic Habsburgs started gathering allies for war. The Protestant Bohemians ousted the Habsburgs and elected the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate as the new king of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Frederick took the offer without the support of the Protestant Union. The southern states, mainly Roman Catholic, were angered by this. Led by Bavaria, these states formed the Catholic League to expel Frederick in support of the Emperor. The Empire soon crushed the perceived Protestant rebellion in the Battle of White Mountain, executing leading Bohemian aristocrats shortly after. Protestant rulers across Europe unanimously condemned the Emperor's action.
After the atrocities committed in Bohemia, Saxony finally gave its support to the Protestant Union and decided to fight back. Sweden, at the time a rising military power, soon intervened in 1630 under its king Gustavus Adolphus, transforming what had been simply the Emperor's attempt to curb the Protestant states into a full-scale war in Europe. Habsburg Spain, wishing to finally crush the Dutch rebels in the Netherlands and the Dutch Republic (which was still a part of the Holy Roman Empire), intervened under the pretext of helping its dynastic Habsburg ally, Austria. No longer able to tolerate the encirclement of two major Habsburg powers on its borders, Catholic France entered the coalition on the side of the Protestants in order to counter the Habsburgs.
The Thirty Years' War devastated entire regions, resulting in high mortality, especially among the populations of the German and Italian states, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Southern Netherlands. Both mercenaries and soldiers in fighting armies traditionally looted or extorted tribute to get operating funds, which imposed severe hardships on the inhabitants of occupied ter ...
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. One of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements but also from violence, famine, and plague. Casualties were overwhelmingly and disproportionately inhabitants of the Holy Roman Empire, most of the rest being battle deaths from various foreign armies. In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction, it was surpassed only by the period January to May 1945; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism, when it served as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire.Initially a war between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the European great powers. These states employed relatively large mercenary armies, and the war became less about religion and more of a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence.
The war was preceded by the election of the new Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, who tried to impose religious uniformity on his domains, forcing Roman Catholicism on its peoples. The northern Protestant states, angered by the violation of their rights to choose, which had been granted in the Peace of Augsburg, banded together to form the Protestant Union. Ferdinand II was a devout Roman Catholic and much more intolerant than his predecessor, Rudolf II, who ruled from the largely Protestant city of Prague. Ferdinand's policies were considered strongly pro-Catholic and anti-Protestant.
These events caused widespread fears throughout northern and central Europe, and triggered the Protestant Bohemians living in the then relatively loose dominion of Habsburg Austria (and also with the Holy Roman Empire) to revolt against their nominal ruler, Ferdinand II. After the so-called Defenestration of Prague deposed the Emperor's representatives in Prague, the Protestant estates and Catholic Habsburgs started gathering allies for war. The Protestant Bohemians ousted the Habsburgs and elected the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate as the new king of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Frederick took the offer without the support of the Protestant Union. The southern states, mainly Roman Catholic, were angered by this. Led by Bavaria, these states formed the Catholic League to expel Frederick in support of the Emperor. The Empire soon crushed the perceived Protestant rebellion in the Battle of White Mountain, executing leading Bohemian aristocrats shortly after. Protestant rulers across Europe unanimously condemned the Emperor's action.
After the atrocities committed in Bohemia, Saxony finally gave its support to the Protestant Union and decided to fight back. Sweden, at the time a rising military power, soon intervened in 1630 under its king Gustavus Adolphus, transforming what had been simply the Emperor's attempt to curb the Protestant states into a full-scale war in Europe. Habsburg Spain, wishing to finally crush the Dutch rebels in the Netherlands and the Dutch Republic (which was still a part of the Holy Roman Empire), intervened under the pretext of helping its dynastic Habsburg ally, Austria. No longer able to tolerate the encirclement of two major Habsburg powers on its borders, Catholic France entered the coalition on the side of the Protestants in order to counter the Habsburgs.
The Thirty Years' War devastated entire regions, resulting in high mortality, especially among the populations of the German and Italian states, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Southern Netherlands. Both mercenaries and soldiers in fighting armies traditionally looted or extorted tribute to get operating funds, which imposed severe hardships on the inhabitants of occupied ter ...
Mittenwald (GAP), Vorläuten der b°-Glocke
Die große Glocke der Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul in Mittenwald ist die jüngste des überwiegend historischen Geläutes. Sie ist den Gefallenen gewidmet - daher der Name Heldenglocke - und trägt ein Relief des Erzengels Michael. Gegossen: 1959 von Rudolf Perner in Passau, Höhe 170 cm, Gewicht 3200 kg, Klöppel 124 kg.
Aufnahme: Zweites Vorläuten um 8h45 (erstes war um 8h30) zum Festgottesdienst um 9h am 26.6. 2011 zur vorgezogenen Patroziniumsfeier.
Holocaust Survivor H. Henry Sinason Testimony
This testimony from Jewish Survivor H. Henry Sinason is from the archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and is also featured in Echoes & Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust. For more information, visit: