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Bram Beekman
12+ albums
pipe organ
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Bram Beekman (Vlissingen, November 5, 1949 – Middelburg, March 30, 2016), was a Dutch organist and composer. Beekman studied organ from 1967 to 1972 at the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg with Louis Toebosch. After obtaining various diplomas, including the soloist diploma, he continued his studies in Vienna with Anton Heiller. In 1975 he received the Prix d'Excellence. In 1973 he took part in the international organ competition in Bruges, as part of the Festival Musica Antiqua, where he obtained Third Prize, ex aequo with Martin Lücker and Bernhard Marx. In 1980 he became organ teacher at the Brabant Conservatory. In 1997 he became organist of the Oostkerk in Middelburg. He gave many concerts at home and abroad and regularly contributed to radio and TV recordings. Concerts were regularly scheduled, at home and abroad. In 2008 he gave several concerts during an organ festival in Beijing (China) at The National Center for the Performing Arts. Beekman has written compositions for organ, choir and orchestra. He has recorded the complete organ oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach on fourteen baroque organs in the Netherlands (a total of nine double CDs from the LBCD label). The complete organ work of César Franck, played on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathédrale Jean-Baptiste in Perpignan (France), has been released on three CDs. In 2009 he recorded Bach's Orgelbüchlein (BWV 599-644), performed on the De Rijckere organ of the Oostkerk in Middelburg (label Prestare). In 2014
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I. Toccata
8882Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata
823II. Fuga
404Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata
405I. —. II. Grave. III. Fuga (Arr. Of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Minor, RV 565)
386Toccata et Fuga in D Minor, BWW 565: I. Toccata
367Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 (arr. of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 565): IV. Largo e spiccato
358Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 (arr. of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 565): I. —. II. Grave. III. Fuga
329Organ Concerto In D Minor, BWV 596 (Arr. Of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto In D Minor, RV 565): V.
2310IV. Largo e spiccato (Arr. Of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Minor, RV 565)
21albums
TOCCATA - 200 YEARS OF GERMAN ORGAN MUSIC
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Bach, Boëly en Beekman
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644
Fontys Conservatorium: orgelmuziek
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Super Audio CD Sampler
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Bach Famous Pieces
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Toccata : 200 Years German Organ Music
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Toccata [Hybrid SACD]
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