Paul Luetkemann Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Luetkemann had been music director of the city of Szczecin since 1588. His duties included organising all of the city's musical performances and he also played for the Dukes of Pomerania. In 1606, he took over this office for Frankfurt an der Oder. He also composed during his career and some of his works have survived. This includes his main work, the Stettin print of 1597, which comprises motets and instrumental movements. Personal details

Peter Thalheimer studied recorder, flute (with Prof. Hartmut Strebel) and school music in Stuttgart. He completed his musicological studies with a doctorate at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität of Tübingen. He has taught in Nuremberg since 1978, and is currently professor of historical performance practice and recorder/transverse flute at the Hochschule für Musik Nuremberg. Concerts, radio and recording productions, courses and lectures he has given have taken him throughout Europe and the USA. In addition, his work has resulted in numerous music editions, as well as publications on performance practice, the study of instruments and on woodwind technique. An extensive collection of historical and modern flutes and recorders forms the basis for this work. Personal details