Leonore Lub
Stadsorgelconcert in de Grote of St. Bavokerk
Haarlem is known worldwide as the organ city. The city has two top-class organs with monument status: the Christian Müller organ in the St. Bavo Church and the Cavaillé-Coll organ in the PHIL.
From May through October, concerts are held on Tuesday evenings in the Grote or St.-Bavokerk. In July and August, concerts also take place on Thursday afternoons, performed by renowned organists from home and abroad.
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Program Notes
Johannes Worp (1821–1891)
Fantasy in F (1865)
Maestoso
Adagio
Tempo I – Double Fugue
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Andante from the Italian Symphony (arranged by Clément Loret)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 550
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
From Six Studies in Canonic Form:
No. 5 in B minor
No. 6 in B major
Jan Welmers (1937-2022)
Praise the Lord
Leonore Lub is organist of the Akerk in Groningen and of the Schnitger organ in Noordbroek. She studied organ and piano at the Municipal Conservatory in Groningen. For organ, she graduated in 1988 with a diploma in Music Teaching from Wim van Beek. She continued her organ studies at the Conservatory in Arnhem with Theo Jellema, and obtained the diploma in Performance in 1991. She studied piano with Gerben Makkes van der Deijl in Groningen and Nelleke Geesink in Zwolle. She also took lessons with Jet Röling. As a piano and organ teacher, she is affiliated with Theater/Arts Center Kielzog in Hoogezand-Sappemeer and with the Music, Dance and Theater School (MDT) in Veendam. She also maintains a private practice. In 1999, a CD of a live concert on the organ of the Akerk was released featuring works by Jehan Alain and Jan Welmers. On the double CD 'Arp Schnitger in the Netherlands' released in 2003, she performs the organs in Noordbroek, Nieuw-Scheemda and the Akerk. In 2005, she recorded the complete organ works of Jehan Alain together with Erwin Wiersinga. She is heard on three CDs playing the organ in Noordbroek, the most recent released in 2024 as a promotional CD for the organ restoration, recorded together with Peter Westerbrink.
