Masterclass & Workshop
EXPLORING THE BAROQUE THROUGH IMPROVISATION
Masterclass & Workshop
Prof Karin Nelson, Prof Mattias Lundberg
Peter van Tour
What did keyboard music actually sound like before everything was written out in detail? During the 17th and 18th centuries, improvisation was a natural part of making music, often built on deliberately incomplete notation. In workshops and seminars, the boundary between improvisation and composition is explored through various historical sources. Material will be sent out to the participants in advance
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK AND HIS STUDENTS
Masterclass Pieter Dirksen
How did Sweelinck’s teaching contribute to the formation of the North German organ school? Linked to Dirksen’s forthcoming revised English monograph, the masterclass combines historical context with a masterclass on Sweelinck’s repertoire and its transmission from Amsterdam to northern Germany.
The masterclass also explores repertoire by his students Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Scheidemann, and Melchior Schildt, illuminating how Sweelinck’s teaching shaped the foundations of the North German organ school.
Bach & Buxtehude at the Cahman Organ (1728)
Masterclass Lukas Arvidsson
This masterclass continues the Academy’s focus on Sweelinck and the North German organ tradition, showing how improvisation, counterpoint, and rhetorical clarity link Sweelinck’s school to Buxtehude and Bach. Participants gain a practical, historically grounded understanding of the repertoire through direct engagement with the instrument.
Workshops in Swedish Folk Music, Dance, and Historical Dance
Workshops
Miriam Andersén, Torbjörn Näsbom
Natalie Ogonek, Gabriel Davidsson
These workshops explore the historical link between Swedish folk music, dance, and social life, showing how music and movement were deeply connected in the 18th century. In Sweden, church, court, and community music overlapped, with hymns appearing alongside folk tunes in chorale books. In Lövstabruk, organists also played for manor dances, highlighting how music and dance functioned together as shared cultural practice.
