goodwill67
New member
Hello all.
I came to the organ with extensive piano background and, while I have been a church organist for some time, I am now feeling the urge to examine more advanced repertoire. This has of course led me into a more detailed investigation of registration than I have engaged in in the past. The organ I play is a 1954 3-manual Kilgen. Somehow I find the instrument to be rather undemonstrative compared to some instruments I have played. I find that as I go about trying to register pieces, particularly French Romantic pieces, that because I just do not have the resources that some of those pieces ask for that I have no choice other than to make compromises and adapt the registration of the piece to the instrument I have to work with. So, my question is whether or not this is viewed as acceptable and what experiences any of the veteran organists on this forum have had with registration challenges of this sort. How far does one dare go in adapting and changing to make a piece fit the instrument? I am sure this also into question when attempting to play large pieces on two manual instruments.
I hope this question makes sense. I would appreciate any opinions you might have. Thank You.
I came to the organ with extensive piano background and, while I have been a church organist for some time, I am now feeling the urge to examine more advanced repertoire. This has of course led me into a more detailed investigation of registration than I have engaged in in the past. The organ I play is a 1954 3-manual Kilgen. Somehow I find the instrument to be rather undemonstrative compared to some instruments I have played. I find that as I go about trying to register pieces, particularly French Romantic pieces, that because I just do not have the resources that some of those pieces ask for that I have no choice other than to make compromises and adapt the registration of the piece to the instrument I have to work with. So, my question is whether or not this is viewed as acceptable and what experiences any of the veteran organists on this forum have had with registration challenges of this sort. How far does one dare go in adapting and changing to make a piece fit the instrument? I am sure this also into question when attempting to play large pieces on two manual instruments.
I hope this question makes sense. I would appreciate any opinions you might have. Thank You.