Category: Christmas-music

Prelude on 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' | Gordon Phillips | Hauptwerk Caen

12/30/2021

Today I'd like to share with you my rendition of chorale prelude on 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' by Gordon Phillips. Hope you will enjoy the sound of Hauptwerk Caen sample set!

Score: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/the-oxford-book-of-christmas-organ-music-sheet-music/3632926?aff_id=454957

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Christmas Organ Recital | Vidas Pinkevicius | VU St John's Church | 2021-12-25

12/25/2021

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Merry Christmas to all my fans and supporters! Today I'm very happy to present today this Christmas organ recital which I recorded at Vilnius University St John's church. On the program today you will hear some beautiful Christmas music by Georg Böhm, Max Reger, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Phil Lehenbauer and my improvisations. Please click the video to see the local time of the premiere.

PROGRAM:

00:00 1. Prelude and Fugue in C Major by Georg Böhm Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/complete-organ-works-digital-sheet-music/21917892?aff_id=454957

09:30 2. Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her by G. Böhm Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/complete-organ-works-digital-sheet-music/21917892?aff_id=454957

12:57 3. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op. 135a No. 7 by Max Reger Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/30-short-chorale-preludes-op-135a-sheet-music/5123556?aff_id=454957

14:16 4. Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, Op. 135a No. 24 by M. Reger Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/30-short-chorale-preludes-op-135a-sheet-music/5123556?aff_id=454957

15:32 5. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op. 135a No. 25 by M. Reger Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/30-short-chorale-preludes-op-135a-sheet-music/5123556?aff_id=454957

18:32 6. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op. 65 No. 4 by Sigfrid Karg-Elert Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/66-chorale-improvisations-op-65-sheet-music/2668769?aff_id=454957

21:35 7. Vom Himmel hoch, Op. 65 No. 10 by Sigfrid Karg-Elert Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/66-chorale-improvisations-op-65-sheet-music/2668769?aff_id=454957

27:10 8. What Child Is This? by Phil Lehenbauer Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/advent-and-christmas-organ-works-vol-2-by-phil-lehenbauer-digital-sheet-music/22122712?aff_id=454957

30:29 9. The Lord's My Shepherd by Ph. Lehenbauer Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/the-lord-s-my-shepherd-belmont-organ-work-by-phil-lehenbauer-digital-sheet-music/21814107?aff_id=454957

34:35 10. "Still, Still, Still" by Ph. Lehenabauer Score: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/still-still-still-organ-work-by-phil-lehenbauer-digital-sheet-music/21943698?aff_id=454957

39:20 11 From Heaven Above to Earth I Come (Organ Improvisation)

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Join the premiere of our duet recital!

1/3/2021

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Hope you can join us in the live chat of this duet recital premiere which we are playing at Vilnius St Casimir's church. It is part of the Christmas music festival "The Star of Bethlehem"

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Silent Night, Op. 77 by Vidas Pinkevicius

12/22/2020

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I improvised this piece at Vilnius University St John's church back in 2013. My Total Organist student John Higgins expressed the wish to play it, if it was transcribed. So now in time for Christmas 2020 I'm ready to share with you the transcribed version of this improvisation which is dedicated to John Higgins.

The home key of this piece is C Major and you will hear Silent Night melody in various closely related keys: G Major, E Minor, A Minor, D Minor, F Major and back to C Major. At the end I include a brief Coda with the excursion to F Major key over the tonic pedal point.

Hope you will enjoy it!

What will you get?
PDF score. 6 pages. Intermediate level.
This score is free for Total Organist students.
Good luck in your practice and let me know how it goes!

Check it out here

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Variations on Adeste fideles, Op. 21

12/20/2017

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In the fall of 2013 my friend and colleague, Paulius Grigonis who is the organist at St Joseph church here in Vilnius was preparing to play a recital at Vilnius Cathedral around Christmas time. He approached me asking for advice about the pieces he could be playing.

I offered him to compose a set of 6 variations on the famous Christmas tune Adeste fideles and he agreed too much hesitation (too bad).

I started working on the composition but got stuck at the end of the 5th variation. I used major and minor chords only. My goal was to create something colorful and modern and yet understandable to the listener.

Because of these simple chords the harmonies are very clear and transparent. What makes it sound modern though is that I avoid traditional chordal progressions of the perfect fourth and perfect fifth. This would imply tonic-dominant, dominant-tonic, tonic-subdominant, subdominant-tonic relationship.

But I didn't want this. I wanted to surprise my audience and my friend Paulius. So I chose all kinds of progressions - minor and major seconds, minor and major thirds, even a tritone to keep it fresh.

However, the result was too difficult to play for Paulius on a short notice and I got side-tracked with other projects. Although the idea of completing the variations never left me.
So last weekend I sat down and added the last variation with a CODA.

I hope you'll enjoy this piece which is dedicated to Paulius.

8 pages, PDF score. Advanced level.

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Christmas organ music recital video

12/26/2016

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By Vidas Pinkevicius (get free updates of new posts here)

Merry Christmas!

I hope you will enjoy the video of my latest Christmas organ music recital "In dulci jubilo":

Video Part I
Video Part II

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Playing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus

12/21/2016

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By Vidas Pinkevicius (get free updates of new posts here)

One of my subscriber's recently asked me if I didn't have a practice score with fingering and pedaling of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus at which point I said I intend to do it soon (I was still working on my Daquin's Noel and .Buxtehude's Wie schon leuchtet der Morgernstern).

As many of my readers might be aware, I caught a virus the other day and even had to play a recital while being sick. But now things are better and I'm slowly regaining my strength.

And today I'm ready to share with you my newest PDF practice score of this famous piece.

As always with the Baroque music, the fingerings and pedalings are notated in the way which will help you achieve the desired articulation (Articulate Legato) almost without thinking.

You can check it out here (50% discount is valid until December 28).

Hope you enjoy practicing it but most importantly stay healthy this Christmas season!

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Playing Noel and Wie schon leuchtet

12/14/2016

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By Vidas Pinkevicius (get free updates of new posts here)

It's this time of the year, when most of us play Christmas-related music (My recital "In dulci jubilo" is this Saturday).

Would you like to learn to play the famous D'Aquin's Noel and delightful Wie schon leuchtet by Buxtehude (both of them are manuals-only pieces).

If so, check out my new practice scores with complete fingering:

Daquin Noel and Buxtehude Wie schon leuchtet der Morgernstern (50 % discount is valid until December 21).

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In time for Christmas: In dulci jubilo

11/30/2016

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By Vidas Pinkevicius (get free updates of new posts here)

What pieces will you play this Christmas?

I've been going through some of my pieces practicing for my December 17 Christmas organ music recital "In dulci jubilo" in my church.

For this event I plan to play some of the most famous pieces and arrangements suitable for this festive season. "In dulci jubilo" by D. Buxtehude, J.S. Bach and Johann Michael Bach, Sinfonia and aria "Schlafe, mein Liebster" from Christmas Oratorio, chorale preludes "Nun komm" and "Wachet auf" by J.S. Bach, chorale fantasia "Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern" by D. Buxtehude, "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" by J. Brahms, Pastorale from Christmas Concerto by Archangelo Corelli, Noel by Louis-Claude Daquin, Offertoire sur deux Noels by A.Guilmant and my own improvisations on "Silent Night" and perhaps some other music.

Would you like to learn to play the famous chorale prelude "In dulci jubilo" by Johann Michael Bach (formerly attributed to J.S. Bach)?

If so, check out my PDF practice score with complete fingering and pedaling written in. It's composed in a very easy trio texture.

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A Christmas Musical Surprise

12/25/2014

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Discover Your Christmas Greetings

This year I couldn't think of a better musical present to my readers than this:

Recital of Organ Improvisations on the Story of the Nativity

1. The Annunciation
2. Joseph and Mary Travels to Bethlehem
3. Jesus Is Born and Laid in a Manger
4. Shepherds Are Keeping Watch Over Their Flock at Night
5. The Appearance of an Angel
6. Heavenly Host Sings "Glory to God in the Highest"
7. Shepherds Run to Bethlehem
8. Shepherds Find Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
9. Shepherds Come Back Glorifying and Praising God
10. Jesus Is Visited by the Three Wise Men from the East

Merry Christmas!
PS A musical surprise from Pinkevicius Organ Duo

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Prelude on 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' | Gordon Phillips | Hauptwerk Caen

Christmas Organ Recital | Vidas Pinkevicius | VU St John's Church | 2021-12-25

Join the premiere of our duet recital!

Silent Night, Op. 77 by Vidas Pinkevicius

Variations on Adeste fideles, Op. 21

Christmas organ music recital video

Playing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus

Playing Noel and Wie schon leuchtet

In time for Christmas: In dulci jubilo

A Christmas Musical Surprise

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