The Waldkirch Organ Festival- 11th-18th June
Waldkirch Organ Festival BOGA and History in Harmony have a tour going down to the Waldkirch Organ Festival with Dave Wright taking the group down to the Waldkirch Festival. There are just a few places left on the coach and we still have accommodation in the Waldkirch area however if you want to use it, please do get in touch as soon as you possibly can as we will have to let the bed space go shortly. The train tour is now completely full and Peter Craig is guiding down that one. For further details of the tour please contact tours@historyinharmony.com Wednesday, 11th June Join coach at Dover and leave at approx. 0900hrs arriving Brussels mid-afternoon which will allow plenty of time for sightseeing in this beautiful city. Later we transfer to the Hotel Mercure Louvain-la-Neuve, about 20 km away from Brussels where we have dinner. Thursday 12th June We take a leisurely drive alongside the Rhine, with frequent stops, to Rudesheim, stopping overnight in the Hotel Trapp. Friday, 13th June This morning we visit the mechanical music collection of Siegfried Wendel. After lunch we make our way to the hotel Zum-Schiff in Freiburg, near Waldkirch, our hotel for the next four nights. Here we will have an early evening meal before going to Waldkirch for the Friday opening events. Saturday, 14th June We are taken into Waldkirch to soak up the atmosphere of the Festival and listen to the many organs present. There will be optional excursions to the extensive Mechanical Music Museum at Triberg and to Vöhrenbach's Town Hall to hear their Imhof & Mukle 'Herold' orchestrion. Sunday, 15th June A full day at the Festival for all or for those who do not want two days of organs there will be an optional excursion to the “Flower Island” of Mainau on the Bodensee. Monday, 16th June We make an early start for the journey to Uberlingen for a visit to the Raffin workshops. In the afternoon we return via the Clock Route and visit the clock museum at Furtwangen before returning to the hotel Zum Schiff for the last night. Tuesday 17th June We set off for the start of the journey home where we will spend the afternoon and overnight stop in Luxembourg City, staying in the Ibis Hotel on the south side of the city. Wednesday, 18th June The final day of our tour takes us to Lille to visit the Musee de la Musique Mecanique d’Haubourdin. We then make our way to Calais to catch an early evening ferry to Dover where the tour ends. The theme this year is "Paris in Waldkirch" Words courtesy of the Elztal Museum. The town of Waldkirch and the Elztal Museum are pleased to invite to the 9th International Organ Festival on 13 - 15 June 2008. It will be run under the motto: Paris in Waldkirch. The large and acclaimed organ construction company Gavioli & Cie in Paris opened a branch in Waldkirch in 1896. Richard Bruder became the branch’s Director. As a result, Gavioli profited from the name of Bruder, highly respected in organ construction circles, and could employ the well-trained craftsmen of Waldkirch for their production. Waldkirch’s traditional companies also gained from the opening of the French competitor’s branch. A large number of excellent instruments, which combined the precision of traditional Waldkirch craftsmanship with modern French expertise, were created in Gavioli’s Waldkirch branch up to 1908. The Elztal Museum has a large 89er Gavioli from the time of 1907, produced in Waldkirch, which is currently being restored. The restoration work will be completed by the 2008 Organ Festival, so that the large instrument and Gavioli will be the centre of attention. As always, the Elztal Museum, which organises the organ festival, is determined to offer the friends of organ construction and the collectors of beautiful old instruments a varied, interesting and entertaining programme. A multitude of international guests are again invited. More than 100 historical instruments, built in Waldkirch as well as in other important centres, are expected to attend the Organ Festival in Waldkirch from all over the world. The organiser wishes to display as many historically interesting instruments as possible, in the interests of the friends of mechanical music and old instruments and, above all, to invite old Waldkirch organs to the Organ Festival. The organ town of Waldkirch transforms into a lively open air stage and makes the old days come alive again. Masterpieces of the art of organ construction like barrel, concert and fair organs will enchant audiences with a nostalgic atmosphere in the streets around the Elztal Museum. Concerts, jazz and Caribbean sounds as well as exhibitions will create a link with the present - and a barrel organ will be raffled off among festival visitors. On the open day masters of organ construction will show their pipes and can be watched at work in their workshops. Culinary treats await the visitors at the town festival, which takes place simultaneously in the alleys of the old part of the town.
Waldkirch Organ Festival BOGA and History in Harmony have a tour going down to the Waldkirch Organ Festival with Dave Wright taking the group down to the Waldkirch Festival. There are just a few places left on the coach and we still have accommodation in the Waldkirch area however if you want to use it, please do get in touch as soon as you possibly can as we will have to let the bed space go shortly. The train tour is now completely full and Peter Craig is guiding down that one. For further details of the tour please contact tours@historyinharmony.com Wednesday, 11th June Join coach at Dover and leave at approx. 0900hrs arriving Brussels mid-afternoon which will allow plenty of time for sightseeing in this beautiful city. Later we transfer to the Hotel Mercure Louvain-la-Neuve, about 20 km away from Brussels where we have dinner. Thursday 12th June We take a leisurely drive alongside the Rhine, with frequent stops, to Rudesheim, stopping overnight in the Hotel Trapp. Friday, 13th June This morning we visit the mechanical music collection of Siegfried Wendel. After lunch we make our way to the hotel Zum-Schiff in Freiburg, near Waldkirch, our hotel for the next four nights. Here we will have an early evening meal before going to Waldkirch for the Friday opening events. Saturday, 14th June We are taken into Waldkirch to soak up the atmosphere of the Festival and listen to the many organs present. There will be optional excursions to the extensive Mechanical Music Museum at Triberg and to Vöhrenbach's Town Hall to hear their Imhof & Mukle 'Herold' orchestrion. Sunday, 15th June A full day at the Festival for all or for those who do not want two days of organs there will be an optional excursion to the “Flower Island” of Mainau on the Bodensee. Monday, 16th June We make an early start for the journey to Uberlingen for a visit to the Raffin workshops. In the afternoon we return via the Clock Route and visit the clock museum at Furtwangen before returning to the hotel Zum Schiff for the last night. Tuesday 17th June We set off for the start of the journey home where we will spend the afternoon and overnight stop in Luxembourg City, staying in the Ibis Hotel on the south side of the city. Wednesday, 18th June The final day of our tour takes us to Lille to visit the Musee de la Musique Mecanique d’Haubourdin. We then make our way to Calais to catch an early evening ferry to Dover where the tour ends. The theme this year is "Paris in Waldkirch" Words courtesy of the Elztal Museum. The town of Waldkirch and the Elztal Museum are pleased to invite to the 9th International Organ Festival on 13 - 15 June 2008. It will be run under the motto: Paris in Waldkirch. The large and acclaimed organ construction company Gavioli & Cie in Paris opened a branch in Waldkirch in 1896. Richard Bruder became the branch’s Director. As a result, Gavioli profited from the name of Bruder, highly respected in organ construction circles, and could employ the well-trained craftsmen of Waldkirch for their production. Waldkirch’s traditional companies also gained from the opening of the French competitor’s branch. A large number of excellent instruments, which combined the precision of traditional Waldkirch craftsmanship with modern French expertise, were created in Gavioli’s Waldkirch branch up to 1908. The Elztal Museum has a large 89er Gavioli from the time of 1907, produced in Waldkirch, which is currently being restored. The restoration work will be completed by the 2008 Organ Festival, so that the large instrument and Gavioli will be the centre of attention. As always, the Elztal Museum, which organises the organ festival, is determined to offer the friends of organ construction and the collectors of beautiful old instruments a varied, interesting and entertaining programme. A multitude of international guests are again invited. More than 100 historical instruments, built in Waldkirch as well as in other important centres, are expected to attend the Organ Festival in Waldkirch from all over the world. The organiser wishes to display as many historically interesting instruments as possible, in the interests of the friends of mechanical music and old instruments and, above all, to invite old Waldkirch organs to the Organ Festival. The organ town of Waldkirch transforms into a lively open air stage and makes the old days come alive again. Masterpieces of the art of organ construction like barrel, concert and fair organs will enchant audiences with a nostalgic atmosphere in the streets around the Elztal Museum. Concerts, jazz and Caribbean sounds as well as exhibitions will create a link with the present - and a barrel organ will be raffled off among festival visitors. On the open day masters of organ construction will show their pipes and can be watched at work in their workshops. Culinary treats await the visitors at the town festival, which takes place simultaneously in the alleys of the old part of the town.