Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
I have used Cesar Franck's *L'Organiste* but also the *soft and sleaux* movements from the suites comprising Tournemire's *L'Orgue Mystique*.
Aloha Johann,
At Church where I was organist many years ago I had a very good and collegial working relationship with the priest. We met every Monday afternoon to choose hymns based on the Scripture text for the Sunday that was to come. Then I would select appropriate prelude, communion, and postlude music based on what Sunday of the Church year it was i.e. Pentecost, Easter, Epiphany, Transfiguration, and the like.
Cheerio,
CD
Aloha Johan,
It wasn't Heaven but it was a good working situation. The exception being a few old ladies or gentlemen who were at variance with the Church service structure. They of course did not know what went into the *production* of a service nor were they musicians or Theologians. They always came running to me for to give me a tongue-lashing. I stopped them in *mid-fight* by inviting them to come to the priest's office when he and I discussed next Sundays service and music - They never, ever dared to show up.
Cheerio,
CD
. . . . . I do however get people complaining to me about the organist playing too fast/slow, loud/soft. . . . now I invite them, in a very friendly and sincere way, to come and show us how it should be done, then and there. They ALWAYS get struck by something that reminds them of a forgotten appointment that they are already late for.
Johan,
...well, I could play that piece much better." The organist stood up and said "fine, you play it then!", and stepped away from the console and sat down. With just moments before the service was to begin, the heckler was rather forced to apologize to the organist (in the presence of the choir and the clergy and within ear shot of the congregation) and then things went along nicely. The heckler never returned to that church again. :crazy:
"well, I could play that piece much better." The organist stood up and said "fine, you play it then!", and stepped away from the console and sat down.
Last Sunday apparently I missed out on some fun (I played in another church), the PC on the pulpit and the PC displaying the songs refused to communicate with the projectors. In the end there was no singing before the service, they popped in a CD. They had to change the songs during the service to songs that are known well, so the congregation could sing without the promptors. I wonder how THAT tied in with the preachers message.