University of Minnesota Organist Dean Billmeyer toured Germany this summer, performing five recitals: in Freiberg (Saxony) June 29 and 30 on the Gottfried Silbermann organs at the Cathedral (1714), in Leipzig at the Petrikirche (1735) and the Michaeliskirche (1904 Sauer organ) July 6 and 7, and in Delbrück (Paderborn) July 10.
The Freiberg Freie Presse published an interview with Billmeyer, “Organist and Gentleman,” in its June 30, 2016, issue.
Dean Billmeyer began his 35th year on the Minnesota faculty this fall, and he continues to research German late Romantic performance practices of J. S. Bach’s music.
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