Sonata VI d-moll, Opus 65 - F. Mendelssohn | Iddo van der Giessen

Iddo van der Giessen plays the Duyschot/Vater organ (41 IIIP) in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam.

Sonata VI, Opus 65 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
- Choral mit Variationen "Vater unser im Himmelreich"
- Fuge
- Finale

Live recording organ recital 13 October 2017.
Thanks to Dirk Jan Versluis for assisting and playing along to highlight some parts of the cantus firmus in the toccata variation.

Iddo van der Giessen (1995) has been playing the organ since the age of six when he was taught by his father Jaap van der Giessen and by Ronald de Jong, organist at the Oude Kerk in Zoetermeer. Since 2013 he has been studying organ at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Jos van der Kooy, organist at the Westerkerk in Amsterdam and city-organist in Haarlem Besides, Iddo studies Church Music at the Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam. He attended masterclasses with among others Ludger Lohmann and Leo van Doeselaar.
In 2016 he graduated cum laude from the Leiden University College in The Hague. Here he studied Liberal Arts & Sciences: Global Challenges with a major in World Politics.
In 2017 Iddo performed all trio sonatas by Bach and organ sonatas by Mendelssohn in a series of six concerts in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam.
Iddo van der Giessen is yet organist at the Reformed Church in Bergschenhoek and the Protestant church De Oase in Zoetermeer, but from October 2017 he is appointed cantor-organist at the Goede Herderkerk in Rotterdam Schiebroek, where he has a three-manual Van Leeuwen/Kramer organ at his disposal.

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