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pb05

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I hope this kind of post is not considered as spam.

Here is my youtube channel, which I invite you to explore:

voixdelabime's channel

To tell the truth there is not much to see but these compositions make part of this year's exams, intermediate and final. There is one missing but I am afraid it will be after this summer.

The compression settings are not always the same and I found recently a better balance, so the videos from this month sound somewhat better. They look also better thanks to the spot light I have used to illuminate the pedals. As a rule I play the pedals blindly looking at the score, so I completely ignored the pedals lighting aspect which led to a visual disaster in the older videos. Sorry about that!

Please take into account that I am just a 6th year organ student with a life (professional and family obligations) and without previous pianistic background, so be nice on me. :p I know what my problems are (I have a professor) but your opinion and critic are also welcome.

Finally, the videos have been shot using the video mode of an old digital camera, so the video quality is rather poor. But I hope you will find some enjoyment at least.
 

teddy

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Hi and thanks for the link. I enjoyed your music and playing. Its always good to get these posts from members

teddy
 

wljmrbill

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Enjoyed listening to your playing. What brand of organ..Kinda sounds like a viscount. I think you are doing fine for 6 yrs study and no piano background.....good luck with exams and your future study which by the way is life long I have discovered.
 

pb05

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Thanks guys, your comments are encouraging.

Kinda sounds like a viscount.
Nope. :cool: But even if you find the brand name, it is a little bit tricky to figure out the exact model based on the sound, the part of the stop disposition that is exposed and the temperament choices. Another guess maybe? ;)

By the way some new videos are awaiting to be watched, accompanied by comments and detailed registration each time. This is a direct link to the page with the videos.

Some stops in the new registrations may help you to find which organ precisely is this but the new temperament I use for Pachelbel's Fantasia is going to blur the view.
 

pb05

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What is this? No more guesses about the organ brand and model?

I assume then that you surrender. :p

For those that are interested or just curious, this is the organ I am playing in the videos and this is the extension which is connected to it. It enhances much the capabilities of the organ.

My setup is fairly low-end although it comes with very extended voicing functions and as much stops as it gets for a two manual organ; I wish I had more time to "play" with voicing, or spare money to invest in an external sound system. But you see now why I said that it is somewhat tricky to guess the exact configuration.
 

wljmrbill

Member
I am not familiar with this brand at all. Interesting site but no sound samples. That extension unit you have really adds to your main instrument by the sound of the discription. I do like the sound files they used. Hang in there and keep up the good work.
 
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pb05

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wljmrbill: Thank you for the kind words and the encouragement.

About this organ brand I also have not other experience than the organ I am playing and the CD they sent me. Their CD has sound samples and organ works played on their middle and high end models. Parts of it can be found in the German site. Just make sure to click everything because the samples of the middle model are accessible through the link above the CD image. They say nothing about the recording conditions (sequencer or natural reverb through external sound system in a room - and they have a proprietary one mimicking the sound radiation of organ pipes) but it sounds pretty much like the real thing on CD.

Mine is of course really low end, from a hardware and sound sample resolution point of view, but it is interesting that they offer the full spectrum of voicing and finishing functions they offer in the highest end! It is a real labyrinth of combinations that I have yet to fully explore. And there is still the possibility to add an external sound system.

Anyway, a real pipe organ correctly installed in a big edifice has no substitute, but the digital ones we found today have certainly their own merits.
 

pb05

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Some new videos are up for you to watch in my channel (Mendelssohn, Bach, Dupré). Starting on December 29, 2012, I use an external recorder to capture the sound of the organ. For my previous recordings I used the built-in sequencer of the organ.
 
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pb05

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Bump!

New recording are online. One of the Schübler chorales (J. S. Bach) and one toccata (M. Reger). Enjoy!
 

pb05

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New organ and new recordings are available: Clérambault, Couperin, Bach, Buxtehude. Also better (HD) video and sound. ;)
 
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pb05

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Marvellous intepretation dear Peter!!!! The registration is very good as well!
Thank you Chris, I am really glad you liked it! :)

Concerning especially Buxtehude's prelude, I tried to make it somewhat more colorful by making extensive use of reeds instead of just mixtures and principals (which are there of course). It is well known that the organs Buxtehude played were very rich in color partly due to their reeds. This is why I am using ranks from the Fagott 32' in the Pedal division to the Chalumeau 4' in the Great. Buxtehude had also in his disposition a Fagott (perhaps Posaun) 32', and I feel that his intention in this prelude was to actually use it.
 
I totally agree with you Peter. Reeds can be useful for these circumstances! I have listened here in Athens Concert Hall the famous German organist Johannes Geffert playind Bach and Buxtehude with reeds instead of mixtures. The sound was marvellous!!!
 

pb05

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Some additional easy pieces for my organ fellows of the forum. ;)

Of particular interest are two points.

(1) The most recent video, is a demo of all the celestes in my organ (five in total, including the library stops) and some of the strings/hybrids. In particular, you will listen to: Vox Coelestis II, Unda Maris II, Salizional Celeste II, Flauto Celeste II, Gemshorn Celeste II, combined with Salizional 8', Salizional 16', Gemshorn 16', Contragamba 16', Kontrabass 16', Kontrabass 32', and accompanied by Subbass (16' and 32').

The piece I am playing (three times in this video with different registrations) is the chorale “Christ der du bist der helle Tag” by M. Dupré. All the details about stop combinations are included in the description of the video.

If you want to listen to this rarely played chorale as it is meant to (i.e. in the Vox Coelestis), you either stick with the first part of the celestes/strings demo video, or you go directly to the dedicated video, where I include my own position regarding its harmonic structure.

(2) I think I am starting to better understand how this organ should be voiced. An example is the Prelude and Fugue BWV 559. My personal feeling is that this prelude in particular calls for some .. wilderness, so this is what I did. :cool:
 
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pb05

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I think it is time for a heads-up. Apologies to those who have subscribed and are already aware.

I worked lately on a number of harmonisations that I had to do for the course of Harmony. They come from my last year of studies where the goal was to harmonise given melodies while trying to mimic as best as possible the style of J. S. Bach.

Here is the list.

Harmonisation on "Das Walt' mein Gott"

Harmonisation on "Jesu dulcis"
Harmonisation on "Jesu dulcis" (with correction)

Harmonisation on "Der Himmel jetzt"

Harmonisation on "Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten"

In the first video, two (soprano and bass) out of the four voices were given. In the other cases, only the soprano was given without any indication regarding the possible harmonic choices.

Each video has more than one part. First, I present the given music data (soprano + bass for the first case, soprano for the other cases). Then I add the bass and later on the other voices to show the full harmonisation. Finally, I play the full harmonisation using a variety of stop combinations. For example, in the last video the contrast between parts 3 and 6 of the video is very strong. I let you discover in which way. Similar differences can be found elsewhere also.

For those interested, registration details can be found in the description of each video.

As it is common in organ music, in order to fully enjoy these videos you will need either a good headset or an audio system with subwoofer. There are 32' stops in some cases.
 

pb05

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I think that I need some feedback about a technical issue. My last recording is the choral BWV 631, a short composition from Orgelbüchlein. This is my first try in 4K video territory. However, for some reason, YouTube does not offer me the 4K option for playback. It stops at HD. I cannot explain this because the original video that I uploaded has indeed resolution 3840 x 2160.

So, can anyone try the video and report back, regarding the resolution settings offered by YouTube?

Here is the link:

J. S. Bach: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, BWV 631

Thanks! :)
 
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