Jørlunde Church
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Jørlunde Church is a late Viking age / early medieval church situated in Jørlunde
, Denmark
. The church was built by Skjalm Hvide
around the year 1085 .
The church is richly decorated inside with frescos
dating back to the middle of the 12th century.
The pipe organ
was built by Frobenius
in 2009 and has 25 ranks and 1360 pipes, amongst them the tallest organ pipes installed in a Danish village church. The organ's architects are Inger and Johannes Exner. The specifications and tonal design is created by the composer Frederik Magle
. The album Like a Flame
was recorded on the organ.
Tracker key action
and couplers, Electrical stop action.
Jørlunde
Jørlunde is a village with a population of 311 in North Zealand in Denmark.In the late Viking age and early medieval age, Jørlunde was the center of the Hvide clan. Jørlunde Church was erected by Skjalm Hvide around the year 1100....
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The church was built by Skjalm Hvide
Skjalm Hvide
Skjalm Hvide is regarded as the founder of the Hvide clan, and one of the most influential and powerful chiefs in Denmark in the late Viking age and early medieval age. One of his most important strongholds was located in Jørlunde. He built the church in Jørlunde around the year 1100....
around the year 1085 .
The church is richly decorated inside with frescos
Church frescos in Denmark
Church frescos or church wall paintings are to be found in some 600 churches across Denmark, no doubt representing the highest concentration of surviving church murals anywhere in the world. Most of them date back to the Middle Ages...
dating back to the middle of the 12th century.
The pipe organ
Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
was built by Frobenius
Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
-History:Frobenius Orgelbyggeri was founded in Copenhagen by Theodor Frobenius in 1909. The firm moved to Lyngby in 1925. Theodor's sons Walther and Erik joined the company in 1944, at the same time that they began to build organs in the classical tradition, with mechanical actions and slider...
in 2009 and has 25 ranks and 1360 pipes, amongst them the tallest organ pipes installed in a Danish village church. The organ's architects are Inger and Johannes Exner. The specifications and tonal design is created by the composer Frederik Magle
Frederik Magle
Frederik Magle is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He studied composition and music theory with Leif Thybo and attended the Royal Danish Academy of Music where he studied composition and organ...
. The album Like a Flame
Like a Flame
Like a Flame is a double-album with free improvisations for organ by Frederik Magle released in December 2010 on the Swedish record label Proprius Music . It was recorded on the then new Frobenius pipe organ in Jørlunde Church on December 22-23, 2009...
was recorded on the organ.
Pipe Organ Specifications
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Tracker key action
Tracker action
Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe of the corresponding note...
and couplers, Electrical stop action.