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Need a great Recessional

JONESEY

New member
Hi,

I've been asked to play for a pretty big service this year in May and am trying to think of a suitable recessional.

Has to be short but punchy - I tend to prefer Bach, Mozart etc - nothing modern for me ;)

Suggestions would be welcome

Thanks
Jonesey
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Hi Jonesy, John Stanley Op 5 No 3

Free PDF scores - http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Stanley.php


or Wm Boyce No 7 or 8 from his 10 Voluntaries for Organ or Harpsichord

Free PDF scores - http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Boyce.php

These all seem to start with a short slow movement which could possibly be omitted.

The WIMA site also has electronic renditions which give you a reasonable idea of the pieces.

I did upload MP3s of the Stanley op5/3 and Boyce 6,7 & 8 in the GrandOrgue thread

http://www.magle.dk/music-forums/9832-grandorgue-0-2-beta-6.html

http://www.magle.dk/music-forums/9832-grandorgue-0-2-beta-11.html
 

musicalis

Member
your processional

Hi Tim

Here is your processional, a trumpet voluntary;
i send you the score in a few days

[YOUTUBE]rb3iWS5qBlo[/YOUTUBE]
 

JONESEY

New member
Hi Jean-Paul,

Thank you so much.
I am hoping to get the pictures etc you require this week, just have to wait for someone to give me the pictures.

Thanks again,
Tim.
 

pcnd5584

New member
Hi,

I've been asked to play for a pretty big service this year in May and am trying to think of a suitable recessional.

Has to be short but punchy - I tend to prefer Bach, Mozart etc - nothing modern for me ;)

Suggestions would be welcome

Thanks
Jonesey

If you like Bach, you might consider either the Prelude, in G (BWV 541), or the Fantasia, in G (Pièce d'Orgue - BWV 571). The first is, as you may know, fairly short. The second is somewhat longer - but the middle section is suitably grand. It is possible to omit the first and last sections, playing only the middle Organo Pleno portion - and simply substituting a perfect cadence for the written interrupted cadence, thus ending in G major.
 

Padster

New member
I had to laugh at the prime criteria for this piece, that it be SHORT!

I am on the verge of dumping recessionals/postludes at my church. It isn't worth the frantic shoe-changing scramble at the end to avoid the black looks from those waiting to lock up.

Postludes. Why bother? A lot of hard work wasted on a dead instrument for people not to listen to.

Best wishes,
Padster
 

pcnd5584

New member
I had to laugh at the prime criteria for this piece, that it be SHORT!

I am on the verge of dumping recessionals/postludes at my church. It isn't worth the frantic shoe-changing scramble at the end to avoid the black looks from those waiting to lock up.

Postludes. Why bother? A lot of hard work wasted on a dead instrument for people not to listen to.

Best wishes,
Padster

It is unfortunate that you have had this experience.

However, there are churches where the organist is valued and the voluntaries are appreciated - and the organ is certainly not a dead instrument.

Look around for a more appreciative church - you may have to widen your search area, but not all of them are as you describe.
 

wljmrbill

Member
Padster.....A trick I have used to stop unappreciative congregation.. PLay Loudly for a bit.. then drop off to pp or ppp.( many toccatas have this variation anyway).they get embarrassed with their loud talking.. and repeat at same service and others too...soon they get the message. Sometimes if not most you have to train the congregation.. kinda like using a trumpet for melody to get them familiar with a new tune etc etc. A thought
 
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pcnd5584

New member
Padster.....A trick I have used to stop unappreciative congregation.. PLay Loudly for a bit.. then drop off to pp or ppp.( many toccatas have this variation anyway).they get embarrassed with their loud talking.. and repeat at same service and others too...soon they get the message. Sometimes if not most you have to train the congregation.. kinda like using a trumpet for melody to get them familiar with a new tune etc etc. A thought

Except that his post does not read as if the problem is talking over a voluntary - more that they leave the church so quickly that there is barely time to play anything at all.

Neither does it appear that the problem is an unfamiliar melody. With regard to this, it is not necessary to use a solo reed - introducing the tune in a carefully crafted improvisation (even a clear flue stop would suffice) before the service means that they will have heard the tune - even if only subliminally.



 
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Padster

New member
Except that his post does not read as if the problem is talking over a voluntary - more that they leave the church so quickly that there is barely time to play anything at all.

That is correct. I don't mind people talking, I have got used to it. But the mad dash for the door really negates the need for impressive pieces by Buxtehude and the like. I sometimes think that a silent film car chase accompaniment would be a better fit!

Best wishes,
Padster
 
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