First organ concert in Museum Speelklok’s 2025 series
On Friday, May 16, Gerben Budding (organ) and Nanette Mans (vocals) will perform an organ concert at Museum Speelklok. This concert marks the beginning of a series of four classical concerts taking place at the museum in 2025.
Tickets
The program of this first organ concert features a mix of French and German Romantic music, along with works by Daan Manneke and Bert Matter. The grand Romantic Witte organ of the Buurkerk, built in 1883, will shine through their performance. Additionally, the museum’s only true concert barrel organ, the Dubbele Ruth, will play a role. A challenge for the audience: are you sure you’re listening to a barrel organ?!
Practical information
- Start time: 20.00
- Duration: Approximately 1 hour (no intermission)
- Admission: €15.00 (includes one drink). Holders of a Museum Pass or Museum Friends membership pay a surcharge of €5.00 (includes one drink)
- Tickets: Now available for purchase here
A series of four classical concerts
Gerben Budding and Nanette Mans will open the series of four classical concerts organized by the museum in 2025.
Later in the year, organist Laurens de Man and horn player Mees Vos will perform a Wagner-themed program. On October 31, the Brioso Trio will present Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in an arrangement for piano trio and organ. Finally, on December 19, the renowned vocal ensemble Capella Pratensis will give a concert based on the texts of Sister Bertken.
Program – organ concert, May 16
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Praeludium und Fuge in g-moll, WoO10 (organ)
From: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121​​​​​​​​ – ‘Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete’
(soprano and organ)
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Geistliches Lied ‘Wohl denen, die ohne Tadel leben’, WoO VII/36*
(soprano and organ)
Introduction und Passaglia, Ohne Opus
César Franck (1822-1890)
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op 18
(arr. for Dubbele Ruth)
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op 18
(arr. for soprano and organ)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Les Angelus, Op. 57
Au matin
AÌ€ midi
Au soir
(soprano and organ)
Finale (from: Symphony I)
(organ)
Daan Manneke (*1939)
From: Basler Psalmen
Konzert für Sopran (Psalm 65)
(soprano and organ)
Da pacem Domine
(soprano and organ)
Bert Matter (*1939)
Geef vrede, Heer, geef vrede
(soprano and organ)
Nanette Mans/Gerben Budding
Improvisation
About the Witte organ at Museum Speelklok
The current church organ in the Buurkerk is the only musical instrument in Museum Speelklok that does not play automatically. Built by J. Bätz & Co. (Utrecht, 1883), it is named after C.G.F. Witte, a German organ builder who joined the Bätz brothers’ Utrecht-based workshop in 1826 and became a partner in 1831. After Witte’s passing in 1873, his son Johan Frederik Witte took over the company and was responsible for building this organ in the Buurkerk.
The organ has a rich, full sound and has been widely used beyond church services, including for concerts, radio broadcasts, and recordings.