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Death of Magdeburg music director, 66

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Death of Magdeburg music director, 66

The death has been communicated of Barry Jordan, organist and music director of Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany. The cause of death was cancer.

A graduate of the university of Cape Town, he studied in Vienna and spent his apprentice years in Schleswig-Holstein before receiving the call to Magdeburg in 1994.

He commissioned two new organs for the cathedral and performed the complete organ works of J S Bach over 18 hours on October 9, 2000. His oratorio Die Himmelsleiter was premiered there in June this year.

 

 

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