Salamanca
Salamanca
Pieter Van Dijk
30 July 2026

Pieter Van Dijk

1 hour 30 minutes

New Cathedral (Access through the North transept gate)
Time: 8:00 PM
Free entry until full capacity

He studied organ with Bert Matter and church music at the Arnhem Conservatory (Netherlands), later expanding his training with Gustav Leonhardt, Marie-Claire Alain, and Jan Raas. Until 2025, he has been an organ professor at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg and the Amsterdam Conservatory. He is the principal organist of St. Lawrence Church in Alkmaar. He has made several recordings on the Hagerbeer/Schnitger organ of the mentioned church, receiving the German Record Critics' Award in 2013. Between 2017 and 2023, he completed the recording of Bach's complete organ works on 21 CDs. He is the Artistic Director of the Holland Organ Festival.

PROGRAM

Epistle side organ (Damián Luys, 1558. Reforms: 1702; 1732-1738)

From the Camphuysen manuscript (c.1660): Brabantse dragonder Mars. Psalm 74. Hoe ongelijcken Lot. De Engelsche Fortuijn

Anthoni van Noordt (1625-1675): Fantasia in D minor

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Balletto del Granduca, SwWV319. Ricercar of the 9th tone, SwWV280

Gospel side organ (Pedro Manuel de Echevarría, 1742-1744)

Michelangelo Rossi (1602-1656): Toccata settima

Pablo Bruna (1611-1679): Bass half-stop

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Partita on the Chorale "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn", BWV Anhang 77

Anonymous (17th C.): Battle of the 6th tone
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