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How to Improvise a Two Part Hymn Prelude

10/1/2023

Welcome to this improvisation tutorial! Today I'd like to show you how to improvise a two part hymn prelude based on Gregorian chant tune "Adoro te devote". I'm recording it at Vilnius University St. John's church. Enjoy the video!

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How to Harmonize E Major Scale

9/30/2023

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It's Saturday again and it's time for another harmony tutorial. Today I will teach you how to harmonize E major scale using simple chords for 4 voices. Hope you will enjoy it!

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Juozas Naujalis - Trio No. 11 in E Major, Op. 4 | VU St. John’s Church

9/29/2023

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It’s Friday again and it’s time for Lithuanian organ music. So today I’d like to share with you this beautiful Trio No. 11 in E Major, Op. 4 by Lithuanian Romantic composer Juozas Naujalis. Hope you will enjoy the sounds of the great organ at Vilnius University St. John’s church!

Score: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/trio-no-11-in-e-major-op-4-by-juozas-naujalis-1869-1934-digital-sheet-music/22530079?aff_id=454957

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Vidas Pinkevicius - Variations on Ukrainian National Anthem, Op. 226 (Organ Solo) | Lviv Organ Hall

9/28/2023

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When I played two recitals in Lviv Organ Hall in Ukraine on July 22-23, 2023 an exciting feature on my program was the world premiere of the organ solo version of my Variations on Ukrainian National Anthem, Op. 226 which I'd like to share with you today. The piece sounded so splendidly on this historical 1933 Rieger-Kloss organ thanks to the expert assistance of Svitlana Pozdnysheva. I'd like to also thank to Ukrainian Live Classic team for invitation and hospitality! It was very emotional for me to come to Lviv and support the people and Ukraine during the time of this terrible war in this musical way.

Score: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/variations-on-ukrainian-national-anthem-op-226-organ-solo-by-vidas-pinkevicius-digital-sheet-music/22534243?aff_id=454957

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Gustaf Adolf Mankell - Fantasie in Eb Major for Organ Duet | Lutheran Church in Zlēkas, Latvia

9/27/2023

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I hope you will enjoy our duet rendition of this beautiful Fantasie in Eb Major for organ duet by Gustaf Adolf Mankell (1812-1880), who was an important Swedish Romantic composer on the remarkable C.A. Hermann organ from 1875 at the Lutheran church in Zlēkas, Latvia. This video was recorded during a live joint recital with Vidas on August 12, 2023. Thanks to our friend Janis Kalnins for invitation and hospitality!

Score: http://www.ortus-musikverlag.de/en/ortus-organum/om283

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Mykola Lysenko - Prayer for Ukraine | Lviv Organ Hall

9/26/2023

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Hope you will enjoy my rendition of Prayer for Ukraine by Mykola Lysenko, one of the most important Ukrainian Romantic composers. It was on the program of my live recital at Lviv Organ Hall in Ukraine on July 23, 2023. Playing in Lviv for the first time was a wonderful opportunity for me to show support to Ukraine and its brave people during this terrible war. Thanks to Svitlana Pozdnysheva for her expert assistance! Thanks to the team of @UkrainianLive for invitation and hospitality!

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J.S. Bach - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 | Home Practice Organ and Harmona 85

9/25/2023

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Have you tried to play two instruments at once? Some of us have. It's not so easy but the result can be worth the trouble. In this video, I'm playing our home practice organ for the left hand and pedals and the solo right hand part - on the vintage Harmona 85 electric harmonium. Harmona's accordion-like keys are narrower than organ's and it takes a while to get used to it but now our little practice organ has a solo reed stop (even with vibrato)! Hope you will enjoy J.S. Bach's Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 from the Orgelbüchlein!

Score with fingering and pedaling: https://secrets-of-organ-playing.myshopify.com/products/wenn-wir-in-hochsten-noten-sein-bwv-641-by-j-s-bach?_pos=1&_sid=57c55dac1&_ss=r

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How to Improvise Two-Part Counterpoint for Psalm 68

9/24/2023

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Today's tutorial was requested by Rolf Wassens who is our BMC member. He wanted to know how to create simple preludes based on Genevan Psalm 68 melody. So I hope he and others will find it useful. Let me know what you think!

If you need more help with improvising two part counterpoint, check out my Organ Hymn Improvisation Level 1: https://secrets-of-organ-playing.myshopify.com/products/organ-hymn-improvisation-level-1?_pos=1&_sid=1b8aad5f9&_ss=r

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How to Harmonize C Minor Scale

9/23/2023

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to harmonize C minor scale using simple chords for 4 voices. Hope you will enjoy it!

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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Fugue "Kyrie eleison" | St. Willibrord Church, Plaidt, Germany

9/22/2023

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Happy birthday Čiurlionis! Friday again and it's Lithuanian music day on my channel. Hope you will enjoy this solemn Fugue in C Minor "Kyrie eleison", VL 19 by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911) who is considered the most important Lithuanian composer and painter of all time. And today, September 22 is his birthday. This piece is an organ arrangement from his piece for mixed choir of the same title. I recorded this piece as part of a recital of Lithuanian organ music at St Willibrord Church in Plaidt, Germany on September 4, 2021. It was part of the international organ festival in the region of Rheinpfalz dedicated to Nordic music. Thanks to Gereon Krahforst for invitation and hospitality!

Score: https://www.mic.lt/lt/baze/klasikine-siuolaikine/natu-leidiniai/408/

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How to Improvise a Two Part Hymn Prelude

How to Harmonize E Major Scale

Juozas Naujalis - Trio No. 11 in E Major, Op. 4 | VU St. John’s Church

Vidas Pinkevicius - Variations on Ukrainian National Anthem, Op. 226 (Organ Solo) | Lviv Organ Hall

Gustaf Adolf Mankell - Fantasie in Eb Major for Organ Duet | Lutheran Church in Zlēkas, Latvia

Mykola Lysenko - Prayer for Ukraine | Lviv Organ Hall

J.S. Bach - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 | Home Practice Organ and Harmona 85

How to Improvise Two-Part Counterpoint for Psalm 68

How to Harmonize C Minor Scale

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Fugue "Kyrie eleison" | St. Willibrord Church, Plaidt, Germany

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