Jürgen Ahrend (born 28 April 1930) is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg (St James's Church) as well as building original instruments. [1] He is interviewed extensively in the film Martinikerk Rondeau, released in 2009. [2]
Ahrend was born in Göttingen on 28 April 1930. [3] From 1946 to 1948, he served an apprenticeship in the firm of Paul Ott . Afterwards, he worked for the firm as employee. [3] In 1954, he formed a partnership with Gerhard Brunzema in Leer-Loga, Lower Saxony. [3] They produced 54 new organs and made 19 restorations, until Brunzema left the firm in 1972. [3] Since January 1972, the workshop has been operating under the name Jürgen Ahrend Orgelbau. [4] Since 2005, his son Hendrik Ahrend has run the workshop. [1]
year | opus | town | church | picture | kind | manuals | stops | information |
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1954/88 | 1 | Larrelt (D) | Larrelt Church | R | I/p | 11 | organ | |
1955 | 4 | Westerhusen (D) | Westerhusen Church | R | I/p | 7 | organ | |
1957 | 9 | Uttum (D) | Uttum Church | R | I | 9 | organ | |
1957 (1997) | 10 | Veldhausen (D) | Altref. Church | NB | I (II/P) | 6 (13) | [8] | |
1959/2002 | 18 | Scheveningen (NL) | Zorgvlietkerk | NB | III/P | 26 | [9] | |
1961 | 25 | Rysum (D) | Rysum Church | R | I | 7 | organ | |
1961 | 27 | Aurich (D) | Lambertikirche | NB | II/P | 25 | organ | |
1962 | 29 | Espel (NL) | Ref. Church | NB | I | 7 | [10] | |
1962 | 30 | Bremen (D) | St. Martini | NB | III/P | 33 | organ | |
1963 | 34 | Wassenaar (NL) | Kivietkerk | NB | II/P | 21 | ||
1965 | 41 | Amsterdam (NL) | Oude Kerk (transept organ) | NB | II/P | 17 | [11] | |
1965 | 43 | Amsterdam (NL) | Oude Waalse Kerk | R | II/P | 26 | [12] | |
1965 | 40 | Groningen (NL) | Magnaliakerk | NB | II | 13 | [13] | |
1965 | 42 | The Hague (NL) | Johanneskapel | NB | II/P | 14 | [14] | |
1966 | 45 | Bremen (D) | Ev. Church Oberneuland | NB | II/P | 22 | [15] | |
1967 | 49 | Castrop-Rauxel (D) | Johanneskirche Schwerin-Frohlinde | NB | III/P | 27 | ||
1968 | 51 | Aalten (NL) | Geref. Zuiderkerk | NB | II/P | 16 | [16] | |
1968 | 58 | Haarlem (NL) | Mennonite Church | NB | III/P | 24 | [17] | |
1969 | 62 | Hamburg (D) | Ref. Church Altona | NB | II/P | 15 | [18] | |
1966/69/87 | 65 | Marienhafe (D) | Marienkirche | R | II/p | 20 | organ | |
1970 | 68 | Frankfurt am Main (D) | Cantate Domino | NB | III/P | 33 | [19] | |
1970 | 69 | Uelsen (D) | Ref. Church | NB | II/P | 20 | [20] | |
1970/76 | 70 | Innsbruck (A) | Hofkirche | R | II/p | 15 | organ | |
1963–71 | 74 | Leer (D) | Große Kirche | R | III/P | 37 | organ |
year | opus | town | church | picture | kind | manuals | stops | information |
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1972 | 76 | Eugene | University of Oregon | NB | IV/P | 38 | [21] | |
1966–73 | 79 | Ochtersum (D) | St. Materniani | R | I/p | 9 | [22] | |
1972–75, 1993/94 | 81 | Stade (D) | St. Cosmae et Damiani | R | III/P | 42 | organ | |
1974 | 83 | Taizé (F) | Eglise de la Réconciliation (nun in Lyon) | NB | III/P | 28 | [23] | |
1975 | 84 | Hamburg (D) | Christengemeinschaft Johnsallee | NB | II/P | 18 | ||
1975 | 90 | Frankfurt am Main (D) | Ev. Church Alt-Hoechst | NB | II/P | 18 | ||
1975 | 92 | Sloten (NL) | Ref. Church | R | II/p | 16 | [24] | |
1977 | 97 | Duderstadt (D) | St. Servatius | NB | III/P | 28 | ||
1978 | 98 | Edinburgh (GB) | Reid Concert Hall | NB | II/P | 21 | ||
1978 | 100 | Joure (NL) | Ref. Church | NB | III/P | 27 | [25] | |
1979 | 103 | Melbourne (AUS) | Monash University [26] | NB | IV/P | 45 | [27] | |
1980 | 104 | Leiden (NL) | Hooglandse Kerk | R | II/P | 24 | [28] | |
1981 | 105 | Toulouse (F) | Musée des Augustins | NB | III/P | 33 | [29] | |
1982/99 | 107 | Lüdingworth (D) | St. Jacobi der Ältere | R | III/P | 35 | [30] | |
1978–83 | 108 | Weener (D) | St. Georg Church | R | II/P | 29 | organ | |
1976/77/83/84 | 111 | Groningen | Martinikerk | R | III/P | 52 | [31] | |
1985 | 115 | Porrentruy (CH) | Lycée Cantonale | NB | II/P | 30 | [32] | |
1981–85 | 116 | Norden (D) | Ludgeri-Kirche | R | III/P | 46 | [33] | |
1985 | 118 | Stellichte (D) | Ss. Georg, Christopherus et Jodocus | Rc | II/p | 12 | [34] | |
1986 | 120 | Tokyo (Japan) | St. Gregory House | NB | II/p | 13 | ||
1986/2007 | 121/178 | Kantens (NL) | Ref. Church | R/Rc | II/p | 15 | [35] | |
1986/87 | 127 | Vienna (A) | Michaelerkirche | R | III/P | 40 | [36] | |
1987–90 | 128 | Stade (D) | St. Wilhadi | R | III/P | 40 | [37] | |
1989 | 130 | Tsukuba (Japan) | Bach-Grove | NB | II/P | 19 | ||
1989 | 131 | Wetzlar (D) | Franziskanerkirche | NB | II/P | 22 | organ | |
1990 | 134 | Milano (I) | San Simpliciano | NB | III/P | 35 | [38] | |
1991 | 135 | Pilsum (D) | Kreuzkirche | R | II/p | 16 | organ | |
1991 | 138 | Zwettl (A) | Stift | R | III/P | 35 | organ | |
1990–93 | 139 | Hamburg (D) | St. Jacobi | R | IV/P | 60 | organ | |
1993 | 140 | Payerne (CH) | Pfarrkirche | Rk | II/P | 22 | [39] | |
1993/94 | 143 | Trondheim (N) | Nidaros domkirke | R | II/P | 30 | [40] | |
1994/95 | 144 | Osteel (D) | Warnfried Church | R | II/p | 13 | organ | |
1995 | 145 | München (D) | Deutsches Museum | NB | II/P | 17 | ||
1997 | 147 | Landshut (D) | St. Jodok | NB | II/P | 15 | ||
1997 | 149 | Tokyo (Japan) | Casals Hall, Nihon University | NB | III/P | 41 | [41] | |
1997 | 150 | Stuttgart (D) | Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart | NB | II/P | 15 | [42] | |
1998 | 151 | Logabirum (D) | Luth. Church | NB | I/P | 10 | [43] | |
1997/98 | 153 | Dornum (D) | St. Bartholomäus Church | R | III/P | 32 | organ | |
2000 | 157 | Lübeck (D) | Lübeck Cathedral (little organ) | R | I/p | 10 | [44] | |
2000 | 158 | Kongsberg (N) | Kongsberg kirke | R | III/P | 42 | [45] | |
2001 | 159 | Trebel (D) | Luth. Church | R | II/P | 19 | [46] | |
2002 | 160 | Leer (D) | Lutherkirche | NB | III/P | 39 | [47] | |
2002 | 161 | Köln (D) | Ursulinenkirche | NB | II/P | 19 | [48] | |
2002/03 | 162 | Wilten (A) | Stiftskirche | R | I/P | 4 (10) | [49] | |
2003/04 | 163 | Altenbruch (D) | St. Nikolai | R | III/P | 35 | Organ | |
2004 | 164 | Hokksund (N) | Haug, Norway kirke | NB | II/P | 22 | [50] | |
2004 | 165/183 | Oldersum (D) | Ref. Church | NB | II/P | 16 | [51] |
year | opus | town | church | picture | kind | manuals | stops | information |
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2005 | 170 | Notre Dame/ Indiana | University of Notre Dame | NB | I | 5 | ||
2005 | 171 | Pernegg (A) | Stift Pernegg | R | II/P | 18 | ||
2006 | 172 | Calgary (CA) | University of Calgary | NB | II/P | 21 | [52] | |
2007 | 176 | Herzogenaurach (D) | St. Otto | NB | II/P | 26 | [53] | |
2007 | 177 | Vaison-la-Romaine (F) | Cathédrale Notre Dame | NB | II/P | 20 | [54] | |
2007 | 178 | Kantens (NL) | Antoniuskerk | Rk | II/p | 15 | [35] | |
2007 | 179 | Våler, Hedmark (N) | Våler kirkelige fellesråd | R | I | 8 | [55] | |
2007/08 | 180 | Leer (D) | Kath.-Apostol. Kirche | NB | II/P | 10 | ||
2009 | 187 | Venice (I) | Chiesa di San Salvador | NB | I | 8 | [56] | |
2009 | 188 | Melle (D) | St. Matthäus | R | II/P | 23 | [57] | |
2009 | 189 | Königs Wusterhausen (D) | Kreuzkirche | NB | II/P | 19 | [58] | |
2010 | 194 | Brixen (I) | „Unsere Liebe Frau“ | R | I/P | |||
2010/11 | 195 | Hollern (D) | St. Mauritius | R | II/P | 24 | ||
2011/12 | 199 | Worpswede (D) | Zionskirche | NB | II/P | 24 | organ] | |
2011/12 | 200 | Buttforde, Wittmund (D) | St.-Marien-Kirche | R | I/p | 9 | organ | |
2012/13 | 202 | Badia, South Tyrol (I) | St. Leonhardo | NB | III/P | about 35 | ||
2013 | 203 | Sankt Peter (D) | Maria Lindenberg | NB | II/P | 17 | ||
2013/14 | 204 | Rinteln (D) | Kloster Möllenbeck | R | II/P | 20 | ||
2015 | 207 | Langwarden | St. Laurentius | NB | II/P | 21 | ||
2015–16 | 210 | Heidelberg | St. Raphael | N | II/P | 32 | ||
2017 | 213 | Tokyo (J) | Concert Hall | NB | II/P | 21 | ||
2014–18 | 206/215 | Leer (D) | Große Kirche | R | III/P | 48 | organ | |
2018–20 | 217 | Regensburg | Dreieinigkeitskirche | NB | II/P | 30 |
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