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Death of Magdeburg music director, 66

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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