Historic organ
One of the most interesting (and very few) larger old organs of Norway, built in 1739 -1741 by Joachim Wagner, Berlin, Germany
A stop list, pictures of the restoration, and more interesting info about this organ can be found here.

 

Sound clips
From a radio recording I had in 1996 you can listen to fragments of the baroque suite I composed for this organ (you mainly hear the beautiful softer sounds in this suite)

"Plenum" sound
In addition, you can hear the typical bright sound of northern - german baroque "plenum" in a fragment of Preludium BWV 545 of Bach,
Clip 1    More Info / download clip

250 years old pipes
and there is a fragment of a Preludium of Dietrich Buxtehude. You hear the typical sound of the Principal 8', more than 250 years old pipes, fully original.
Clip 2    More Info / download clip

  Help with playing the soundclips and using the PDF-files  can be found in the Technical info section

Clipnumber Filename	Kb	Ta	Musical contents of  the clip	Other info	Copyright
Clip 1 16Nidaros_Bach1.ra	400	64	Preludium, Dietrich Buxtehude BuxWV 140 (fragm.)	you hear: Prinsipal 8 (Hovedverk)	recording in Nidaroscathedral, Norway, by Dutch Radio (Gert Altena, Erik Zwiep, Evangelisch Omroep, The Netherlands)
Clip 2 05Nidaros_Bux.ra	389	44	Bach Fugue BWV 545 (fragm.)	northern - german baroque "plenum"

 

The baroque organ (1741) in Trondheim, Norway

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