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Cappella Gabrieli regularly sings works by composers such as Lassus, Palestrina, Tallis, Schütz, Monteverdi en Bach. This often requires an organ accompaniment - solo or as a continuo instrument. The choir regularly hired a positive organ for its concerts, but found that the existing organs (generally with stops of different pitches) less than ideal for programmes featuring renaissance and baroque music. This is why the choir took the initiative to have an organ built to order. In consultation with the firm Klop and organ specialist Ton van Eck, the choir chose for an instrument with two 8′ stops and an advanced transposition facility. Such an instrument is unique in the Netherlands, and further afield.
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