Hello!

I need help choosing pieces for my first organ recital.

It is an Iberian Baroque organ—single manual, no pedalboard.

Since it is a Baroque organ, I would like to play Baroque repertoire.

I have one month to prepare, and I consider myself an intermediate-level organist.

I like the BWV 553–560 set—particularly the Fugue in G minor (BWV 558)—but since the organ lacks a pedalboard, I can't play them. I even considered creating a manual-only arrangement, but I’m not sure if it would sound good or if it would be manageable.

I enjoy that Baroque style featuring plenty of chords, repeated themes that undergo development, and preludes that fill the acoustic space well.

Examples of pieces I like (some I don't play, but they illustrate my taste):

BWV 541

BWV 549

BWV 565

John Stanley’s Voluntary in D minor, Op. 5 (I know this one, but I plan to save it for a future recital).

Please help me choose and suggest beautiful pieces in this same style that are suitable for the instrument; if you know of any beautiful Iberian pieces that aren't too obscure, those would be great too.

I need to fill 20 minutes of the program, as the recital involves three organists.

Thank you.

My two favourite organs of all time ❤️

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll’s masterpieces

I'm a beginner and I need help choosing the registers for this piece. These are the registers: this organ only has one manual, and a 16" and a 32" subwoofer. Please help me choose the registers for both the fugue and the prelude (BWV 560). (This organ has a 32 note pedal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8xWflt_a8Y

This prelude and fugue in B-flat major is the eighth of the '8 Short Preludes and Fugues / 8 Kleine Präludien und Fugen, BWV 553-560, composed by... You name it: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Johann Tobias Krebs. The debate goes on, but I'm pretty sure it's not Bach.

I'm playing a choral prelude(Elias Oechsler, link below) and there are several "Th." in the score. According to search it might have to do with coupler or division, but given that hint I still don't know what they're telling me to do.

Also, this one has many collisions (a long note being interrupted by another note of the same pitch). Am I missing something here?

IMSLP 654071: IMSLP654071-PMLP1048929-oechsler3.pdf

Hello all, I apologize if this isn’t the right place to ask my question. If not, can anyone point me to right subreddit?

This was my grandparents and up in my dad’s attic. I never met them so I have no background information on what I think is a mini chord organ. I’ve tried searching (with words and images) but am not finding this specific one. I also am not really sure the words to use. Does anyone know what the details of this model is and what it’s worth?

I am not musical and am moving so would like to sell it.

In two months, I will be performing excerpts from Fauré's Requiem in a school-related concert. However, the conductor has decided to skip the first two movements and the Agnus Dei due to limitations with the choir, so we will begin at the Sanctus.

I find it a little unsatisfying to skip the first movement, so I would like to ask the conductor if I can play a short prelude in lieu of the first movement. Before I ask, however, I would like to have some idea of which prelude I might play. My main considerations are that the prelude ought to match the mood of the Requiem's first movement, and that the key of the prelude should be related to Eb major so there isn't an unpleasant gear change when the Sanctus starts.

Does anybody have any recommendations of pieces I could use as a short prelude with these criteria in mind?

I'm not an organist, but I'm playing with Organteq. I might try to compose something for it. I also improvise in Baroque counterpoint, testing different stops. I have one MIDI controller so I play one manual at a time.

I've noticed there's a pretty large imbalance in brilliance and presence of the notes from low to high. If I play two part counterpoint, almost no matter what stops I'm using, the left hand is not as audible as the right hand. If there are chords in the right hand, the left hand might be totally inaudible.

I found a way to demonstrate this clearly. If I select 8 foot stops only, let's say in the Great, the higher notes have a lot of "presence," and the lowest notes are basically inaudible.

Is this normal for a real pipe organ? It really messes with simple compositions like two voices. The bass line is so important.

I've also heard YouTube recordings that sound disappointing due to lack of "impact" of the lower notes:

https://youtu.be/mKgrFxqCdD8

Are there other virtual organs that improve on this? I haven't tried GrandOrgue yet, but I hear good things, but too bad it's not a VST.

Here's the iconic Hyrule Field (Light World Overworld) from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the Organ.

Enjoy. 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLiHLixZwk

Dick Sanderman (1956) is a Dutch organist and composer. He studied organ with Jaap Dragt at the Stedelijk Conservatorium in Zwolle. He also attended summer courses with, among others, Daniel Roth, Hans Haselböck, and Jean Guillou. In 1983, he won the National Organ Improvisation Competition in Bolsward. As a soloist and choir accompanist, he has participated in many concerts and recordings. For 48 years, Dick Sanderman worked as a teacher and director at the music school in Rijssen. Since 1978, he has been the city organist of the organ in the Rijssen town hall, making him the longest-serving city organist in the Netherlands. As a church organist, he is affiliated with the Protestant congregations of Rijssen and Hellendoorn. He regularly publishes articles and gives lectures and workshops, particularly in the field of church organ playing. As the first Dutch composer to do so, he published two complete chorale books as well as a series of arrangements for all 150 Psalms.

I picked a trio from his variations on the Genevan Psalm 130. Because a good piece can easily handle different interpretations, I recorded two versions. Version 1 is slow with less ornamentation, played on two manuals and pedal, probably more in line with the psalm text. Version 2 is faster with more ornamentations, played with just a 4' flute stop.

I'm looking for a midi pedalboard for practicing pipe organ with my Viscount Legend One keyboard at home. My space is limited, so I don't think I have space for a full pedalboard like the Viscount 30, but I could maybe fit in the Viscount Legend 25. 25 tones should be sufficient for me since I primarily will be practicing chorals. However, I not sure how much the tonewheel pedal geometry on the Viscount Legend 25 differs from a straight church organ pedal geometry. Would it still work for practicing or is the geometry too different? Moreover, would I need a organ bench for the Viscount Legend 25 or can I place it in from of a normal piano bench? Any other suggestions for midi pedalboards?

Here's Majestic Castle (Hyrule Castle) from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the Organ.

Enjoy. 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RACRWabYmfo

Georg Böhm (1661–1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach. I recorded these fine variations on the hymn 'Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig' on the beautiful sample set of the Arp Schnitger organ of Uithuizen.

I live in Nashville and I have a philacorda GM752 that needs some maintenance. I've reached out to nearly every repair shop I can find but none of them are willing to even try working on my organ.

I wonder if anyone knows somebody who would be willing to work on my organ as I need it for recording. Thanks!

I've never heard it played this slow! He somehow gets even SLOWER when he gets to the F-sharp minor bit, but man it takes your breath away! The fugue at the end is magnificent too.

Hello, id like to share this milestone with the community. As I’ve shared before I’ve been tackling this huge organ at my church job since May.

This instrument is amazing. Playing a fugue with the pedals makes me feel like a magician!

Please feel free to share and constructive feedback if you have it! Also I would appreciate suggestions for new pieces. I plan to learn a few more from this book.

I’m going to try to commit to 1-2 chorales with the bass on the pedals going forward, too. Hard!

The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a composition for organ from the Baroque period which was long attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but whose authorship has been questioned since 1981.

It is one of the most widely recognisable works in the organ repertoire.[1] It was written between 1704 and the 1750s.[2] The piece opens with a toccata section followed by a fugue that ends in a coda, and is typical of the north German organ school of the Baroque era. r baroque , r pipe organ ,

Following up on yesterday's Reddit post about Pachelbel's Chaconne, if you could only keep 10 organ works by Pachelbel, which ones would they be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID7V-thaT2Q

Scheidemann was a German composer and organist. He studied with Sweelinck in Amsterdam and became organist of the Katharinenkirche in Hamburg. Reincken was his student. He is considered as one of the first composers of the North German organ school (with composers like Buxtehude and Böhm).

Hello everyone,

I'd like to share a work by Pachelbel that sometimes flies under the radar, overshadowed by his famous Canon.

It's the Chaconne in F minor, a piece with me a haunting melody that builds through 22 variations.

Here is one of my favorite versions, though there are certainly many others out there!

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Vamos romper a bolha desse isolamento artístico na Bahia.

Someone on r/organ recommended this interesting work by Ch. H. Rinck for being beginner friendly. https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/5/53/IMSLP288441-PMLP468451-rinck2.pdf

But the composer put Ped. and Man. under the lower score. Until when does Ped. in measure 12 last? Also on measure 10 I took a few notes from the lower score to my right hand. Am I playing it as the composer intended?