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 Jean Sibelius Project
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 Organ Recital with CD Presentation
Lutherkirche Plauen
27 July 2025, 5:00 pm
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Wolf Organ
Lutherkirche Plauen

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Gottfried Thore Drywa
Wolf Organ, Lutherkirche Plauen
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 Organ Recital
Town Church, Werdau
15 December 2024, 5:00 pm
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 Organ Recital
Town Church, Werdau
29 September 2024, 5:00 pm
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 Organ Recital
Lutherkirche Plauen
23 June 2024, 5:00 pm
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 The Console
Residence Hauptwerk Organ
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 Replica of Saint Sulpice Console
The perfect Cavaillé-Coll study instrument
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 LOUIS VIERNE
Symphonies
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9th Symphony Op. 70
Andante sostenuto
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9th Symphony Op. 70
Moderato
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 WIDOR/BACH
Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
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 WIDOR/BACH
Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
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 Tutorial
Toccata Op. 53 by Louis Vierne
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 Vierne
Toccata Op. 53 (Aristide N°1 / Rouen)
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VIERNE : 2nd Symphony Op. 20 – Allegro risoluto VIERNE : 1st Symphony Op. 14 – Prélude WIDOR : Bach's Memento: Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
WIDOR : 9th Symphony Op. 70 – Andante sostenuto (Symphonie gothique) WIDOR : 9th Symphony Op. 70 – Moderato (Symphonie gothique) WIDOR : Bach's Memento: Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
TUTORIAL: How to play the Toccata Op. 53 by Louis Vierne (Gottfried Thore Drywa) Louis VIERNE Toccata Op. 53 from 24 Pièces de fantaisie (Gottfried Thore Drywa) REGER Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor (Sauer organ, St Michael's Church Leipzig)
Aristide N°1 vs. Cavaillé-Coll L'Abbaye Saint Ouen de Rouen BACH Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir, BWV 686 con Pedale doppio BACH Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Interview: Organ. Instrument of the Year BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Urakami Cathedral Nagasaki, Japan - played by Gottfried Thore Drywa
Urakami Pipe Organ Samples - A review by Gottfried Thore Drywa Philharmonie Essen Voxus Virtual Organs REVIEW by Gottfried Thore Drywa Gottfried Thore Drywa playing Louis Vierne, 3rd Symphony Op. 28, Finale.
Esztergom Pipe Organ Samples - a review by concert organist Gottfried Thore Drywa Palace of Arts Budapest Pipe Organ Samples v3 baroque intro by Gottfried Thore Drywa Palace of Arts Budapest Pipe Organ Samples v3 introduction by Gottfried Thore Drywa
Gottfried Thore Drywa plays Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1 at Castle Church Wittenberg Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Charles-Marie Widor Gottfried Thore Drywa performs L'Ascension, Part II, Alleluias sereins by Olivier Messiaen
Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Johann Sebastian Bach Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Johann Sebastian Bach Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Pièce héroïque by César Franck
Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Charles Tournemire Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Louis Vierne's Impromptu Gottfried Thore Drywa performs Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 650

BIOGRAPHY

Concert organist and pianist Dr. Gottfried Thore Drywa studied organ and piano with Ben van Oosten, Marie-Claire Alain and Susan Landale, as well as composition and musicology with, among others, Frank Michael Beyer and Isabel Mundry in Rotterdam, Paris and Zurich. His participation in international competitions and masterclasses with, among others, Daniel Roth, Michael Radulescu, Jean Guillou, Olivier Latry and Helmut Lachenmann complemented this period of study. As a performer, he commands an extensive repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary music, with numerous concerts in Germany and abroad, complemented by recordings for CD and radio. He also appears as an improviser with other instrumentalists. A further focus of his work is the transcription of orchestral works for the organ, including the symphonies and symphonic poems of Jean Sibelius as well as works by Mozart, Liszt, Nielsen and Mendelssohn.

Gottfried Thore Drywa is honorary titular organist of the Wolf organ at the Lutherkirche in Plauen: About the instrument.

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ORGAN RECITALS
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 5:00 pm
Lutherkirche Plauen
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Organ recital at the Lutherkirche Plauen
Concert series at the Lutherkirche Plauen 		Sunday, 15 December 2024, 5:00 pm
Town Church
St. Marien Werdau
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Concert series at the Town Church, Werdau
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 5:00 pm Lutherkirche Plauen
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Organ recital at the Lutherkirche Plauen
Concert series at the Lutherkirche Plauen 		Sunday, 29 September 2024, 5:00 pm
Town Church
St. Marien Werdau
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Concert series at the Town Church, Werdau
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 5:00 pm
St Mary Magdalene Church, Templin

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