Gottfried Thore Drywa

Gottfried Thore Drywa
Titular Organist of the Wolf Organ at the Lutherkirche Plauen

Since 2025, concert organist Gottfried Thore Drywa has supported the congregation of the Lutherkirche in Plauen as its honorary titular organist. The organ, built by the Vogtland organ-building firm Wolf, has three manuals and pedal.

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Wolf Organ, Lutherkirche Plauen Wolf Organ, Lutherkirche Plauen

I. MANUAL C – a³ GREAT II. MANUAL C – a³ UPPERWORK III. MANUAL C – a4 SWELL MULTIPLEX – WINDCHEST PEDAL C – f¹ COUPLERS
1. Bordun 16'
2. Principal 8'
3. Viola di Gamba 8'
4. Floete 8'
5. Rohrflöte 8'
6. Unda Maris 8'
7. Octave 4'
8. Gemshorn 4'
9. Quinte 2 2/3'
10. Octave 2'
11. Terz 1 3/5'
12. Mixtur 4fach 2'
13. Trompete 8'		 1. Gedackt 8'
2. Quintatoene 8'
3. Principal 4'
4. Rohrflöte 4'
5. Nasat 2 2/3'
6. Octave 2'
7. Cornett 3fach 2 2/3'
8. Mixtur 3fach 1 1/3'
9. Krummhorn 8'
 1. Gedackt 16'
2. Geigenprincipal 8'
3. Fugara 8'
4. Salicional 8'
5. Vox coelestis 8'
6. Doppelflöte 8'
7. Flauto amabile 8'
8. Viola 4'
9. Harmonieflöte 4'
10. Waldflöte 2'
11. Harmonia Aetherea 4fach 2'
12. Clarinette 8'		 13. Fagott 16'
14. Oboe 8'
15. Oboe 4'		 1. Principalbaß 16'
2. Subbaß 16'
3. Quintbaß 10 2/3'
4. Octavbaß 8'
5. Posaune 16'

Transmissions from Manual I to the Pedal
6. Flötenbaß 8'
7. Salicetbaß 8'
8. Octavbaß 4'
9. Trompetenbaß 8'

Transmissions from Manual III to the Pedal
10. Gedacktbaß 16'		 Manual coupler II/I
Manual coupler III/I
Manual coupler III/II
Pedal coupler I/P
Pedal coupler II/P
Pedal coupler III/P

Octave couplers:
Super-octave coupler III/III
Sub-octave coupler III/III
Super-octave coupler III/I
Sub-octave coupler III/I
Pedal coupler III/P 4'

PLAYING AIDS
Tremulant
Swell pedal
Crescendo
Combination system

The new CD recording "Abendsegen" was made on the new Wolf organ in 2025, featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Camille Saint-Saëns, Engelbert Humperdinck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.


ABENDSEGEN
Gottfried Thore Drywa, Wolf Organ, Lutherkirche Plauen
Quatre Visages Music Production 2025

Gottfried Thore Drywa, Lutherkirche Plauen  1 - 4  FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
 Organ Sonata Op. 65, No. 1

  5  CAMILLE SAINT SAËNS
The Swan - Le Cygne (organ transcription: Alexandre Guilmant)

 6  ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Evening Prayer (organ transcription: Edwin Lemare)

 7  WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik

 8  LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, Allegretto

 9 - 12  JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
 Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Air from Orchestral Suite BWV 1068, No. 3
Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582

Gottfried Thore Drywa, Lutherkirche Plauen



Further information about the organ and the church:
Vogtland Organ Building



Gottfried Thore Drywa

Gottfried Thore Drywa at the Wolf organ of the Lutherkirche Plauen