DESCRIPTION:
Willem van Twillert performs CANZONA in G from Heinrich Scheidemann on the Van Deventer-organ (1756) at the Grote Kerk at Nijkerk [nl].
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_Twillert
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Audio: Chiel Timmer
Video: Lodewic van Twillert
Stop assistants: Diederik Blankesteijn, Matthijs van der Bent
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J.S. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in d [BWV565] NABER-organ, Amersfoort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ElCf68Ufs

In this and other recordings with Chiel Timmer (a real master in audio recordings) there are no cuts or what so ever in these recordings, its all live recorded.

Photo Organ prospect: Matthias van Bloemendaal

Willem van Twillert studied from 1965 both the organ and harmony at the Regional Music School in Amersfoort with Henk Seldentuis. From 1970 van Twillert studied organ at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. His teacher in Amsterdam was Piet Kee, with whom he also studied improvisation and composition. Whilst in Amsterdam, van Twillert also studied with Willem Brons (piano), Rober Heppener (music theory), Mrs. Belinfante (composition, analysis, harmony and counterpoint) and Jan Pasveer (choral conducting). In 1975 he began 3 years of orchestral conducting studies with Anton Kersjes. In 1976 he obtained the diploma for Church Music and in 1978 the diploma of Performing Musician "cum laude", with a teaching-endorsement for improvisation. A scholarship afforded him the opportunity to specialise in old music between 1978 and 1981, including studies with Gustav Leonhardt (organ), Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) and Klaas Bolt (stylistic-improvisation). International Courses for organ literature with Daniel Roth and Ewald Kooiman, and for organ improvisation with Hans Haselböck, Zsigmond Szathmáry and Peter Planyavsky, completed his education.
In 1976, van Twillert was the first Dutch organist to reach the final of the Grand Prix de Chartres in France.

WILLEM VAN TWILLERThas composed many Psalm and Chorale arrangements, the earliest of which were influenced by his studies of 18th century German organ literature. These have been printed in the Netherlands, and have also been issued on CD. Since 2006 he has also composed for orchestra, and for various ensembles including choir, while studying composition with Henk Alkema.

As an organist he has become a well-known performing musician both at home and abroad, thanks mainly to his concerts in the Netherlands, as well as in the U.S.A., Italy (including, in 1996, a concert for the Academia di Musica Italiana per Organo in Pistoia), Germany and England. In 1991 van Twillert was invited by the American Guild of Organists to act as a jury member for the regional competition for young professional organists in Ohio, where he also gave a lecture about the history of Dutch psalm singing at the Calvin College in Sioux-center.

Van Twillert is also known internationally for his recordings of little-known organ literature through his series of CDs, MUSICQ VOOR HET ORGEL. Willem van Twillert has edited music for various Dutch music publishers. For information about his latest series, LITERATA, begun in 2006, please email info@muziekhandel-boeijenga.nl As an editor, his most extensive project to date has been the series of 15 volumes entitled ORGANIST COMPOSERS of the 18th and 19th CENTURIES. For information regarding this series, please email info@emcmusic.nl . In Germany his Toccata ‚Thine be the Glory' in Romantic Style, is published by Dr. J. Butz, music publishers, Sankt Augustin. Email@butz-verlag.de

Willem van Twillert taught organ at the municipal academy of music in Zwolle between 1980 and 1988. As a church organist he has, since his appointment following a competition in 1979, accompanied the services of three co-operating churches in Amersfoort. The organ lovers of the Netherlands also know him as one of the editors of the monthly magazine de Orgelvriend (the Organ Friend), a function he fulfilled between 1985 and 2006. From 1976 until 2003 van Twillert was the owner and director of a private music school in Bunschoten, and, in 2004 he was invited to give a masterclass at the music academy of Sarajevo (Bosnia) on behalf of the Alkmaar foundation, Musicians without Borders.

Willem van Twillert's performances have been featured in several Dutch radio series,