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Christian Gottlob Höpner - Nun ruhen alle Wälder (Organ Duet) | Zlēkas Lutheran Church (Latvia)

9/20/2023

Today I'd like to share with you a particularly beautiful organ duet from German Romantic period which Vidas and I played during our recital at Zlēkas Lutheran Church in Latvia on August 12, 2023. It is taken from the collection Vier variierte Choräle für Orgel zu vier Händen, Op. 19 by Christian Gottlob Höpner (1799-1859), published by Musikverlag Dr. J. Butz in 1994. It feels like this 2 manual and pedal Hermann organ from 1875 is very well suited for this kind of music. Thanks so much to our friend organ builder Janis Kalnins invitation and hospitality! In this video you can see how he showed Vidas the bell tower of the church. Hope you will enjoy it!

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Vidas Pinkevicius - Pastorale on Sussex Carol, Op. 239 | VU St. John's Church

9/19/2023

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I was very excited to find out that my new piece, Pastorale on Sussex Carol, Op. 239 was included among the 6 winning pieces in the anthology Manuals Only Music for Christmas, published by Tim Knight Music. The other composers are - Adam Heron (competition winner, UK), my friend Phil Lehenbauer (USA), Luigi Mengoni (Italy), Roberto Fresia (Italy) and John Rossiter (UK). Congratulations to everyone! This is a really nice accomplishment which hopefully will lead to even more creativity.

Here's the blog post announcing the winners: https://www.timknightmusic.com/post/heron-s-holly-is-top-of-the-tree

My piece is inspired by the tune of Sussex Carol. It has 3 voices and should be played on 2 manuals - the right hand part takes up the tune and the left hand features the accompaniment. Since there is no voice crossing in the piece it could also sound well on a single manual organ. The composition is unified by a two-measure ostinato motive. The tune is presented 3 times - first in F major, then in C major with an ornamented left hand part and finally again in F major with both hand parts ornamented. The harmony of the composition is coloured by the use of Mixolydian mode in the accompaniment part. This piece will be very effective in liturgical and concert playing whenever gentle and calm music is desired.

The score is available here: https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/tkm891-manuals-only-music-for-christmas-6-pieces

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W.A. Mozart - Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608 for Organ Duet | Warsaw Evangelical Lutheran Church

9/18/2023

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It's great to share memories of our recent concerts! Today I hope you will enjoy the delightful Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was recorded during a live recital that Vidas and I played at Evangelical Reformed Church in Warsaw, Poland on May 28, 2023 on the oldest organ in Warsaw built in 1900 by Schlag & Söhne. Thanks to Michał Markuszewski for invitation and hospitality!

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9 Steps in Mastering Canon No. 3 in E Major by Robert Schumann

9/17/2023

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In today's weekly tutorial I will teach you 9 Steps in Mastering Canon No. 3 in E Major by Robert Schumann. Hope you will enjoy it!

Score with fingering and pedaling: https://secrets-of-organ-playing.myshopify.com/products/canonic-etude-no-3-in-e-major-op-56-by-robert-schumann-with-fingering-and-pedaling?_pos=1&_sid=dcf4d5c14&_ss=r

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6000 Subscribers!

9/16/2023

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I was very delighted to find out that my YouTube channel Secrets of Organ Playing reached 6000 subscribers! It's been a long and difficult road since Jul 24, 2009 when I opened my channel but professionally I wouldn't trade any of it. At Secrets of Organ Playing Ausra and I have a motto - "when you practice, miracles happen". It's true. Uploading a video once a day is my practice and in 14 years this practice opened to us so many doors and made many friends across the globe too. Thanks so much everyone who watches my videos! It means more than you know:

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Juozas Naujalis - Trio No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 4 | Liepaja Holy Trinity Cathedral

9/15/2023

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It's Friday again so it's a day for Lithuanian organ music on my channel. Today I'd like to share with you my rendition of this lovely Trio No. 10 in B minor, Op. 4 by Juozas Naujalis (1869-1934), one of the most important Lithuanian Romantic composers. I hope you will enjoy the sounds of the largest tracker action organ in the world which is at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepaja, Latvia! Thanks to our friend organ builder Janis Kalnins for facilitating the visit for Ausra and me earlier in last month!

Score: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/trio-no-10-in-b-minor-op-4-by-juozas-naujalis-1869-1934-digital-sheet-music/22530074?aff_id=454957

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Happy Birthday Ausra! Rondo on La ci darem la mano, Op. 240 | Vidas Pinkevicius

9/14/2023

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Rondo on La ci darem la mano, Op. 240 is my musical birthday present for Ausra this year. It is based on 3 tunes which Ausra liked the most this year: (A) La ci darem la mano from opera Don Giovanni by W.A Mozart, (B) some random melody from one parrot video when the bird is beating a can with her leg and singing what appears to be some Indonesian children song and (C) Danish folk song Per Nilen. Hope you will enjoy this video which I recorded at Vilnius University St. John's church!

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Eugene Gigout - Grand Choeur Dialogue | Lviv Organ Hall (Vidas Pinkevicius, Organist)

9/12/2023

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The magnificent Grand Choeur Dialogue by Eugene Gigout sounds perfect on the historic Rieger-Kloss organ at Lviv Organ Hall in Ukraine. I recorded it during a live recital there on July 23, 2023. It was a very moving experience for me to support Ukraine in this musical way during this terrible war. Thanks so much to Ukrainian Live Classic team for invitation and hospitality and to Svitlana Pozdnysheva for her expert assistance during the recital! Hope you will enjoy the video!

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Gdansk Manuscript - Phanthasia Primi Toni | Vilnius Cathedral

9/11/2023

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oday I'd like to share with you my rendition of Phanthasia Primi Toni from the Gdansk Manuscript (1591). I played it last Tuesday during Early Music Festival "Banchetto Musicale" with Vidas and a group of other musicians. They sang music by Teodoro Riccio (c.1540–c.1601), the Mass setting dedicated to Stefan Batory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Vidas and I played 6 Fantasias from the Gdansk Manuscript which worked very well with the motets from Liber primus missarum (1579) by Teodoro Riccio. The entire event was filmed by LRT, Lithuanian National TV and will be broadcasted at a later date. Thanks to our friends Darius Stabinskas and Alina Rotaru for invitation! Hope you will enjoy it!

Score: imslp.org/wiki/17_Phantasies_from_the_Gda%C5%84sk_Manuscript_(Schmiedtlein%2C_Cajus)

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Analysis of Fugue in C Major, BWV 547/2 by Johann Sebastian Bach

9/10/2023

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Today's weekly tutorial was requested by Rolf Wassens who is our BMC member. Hope you will enjoy this analysis of Fugue in C Major, BWV 547/2 by Johann Sebastian Bach!

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Christian Gottlob Höpner - Nun ruhen alle Wälder (Organ Duet) | Zlēkas Lutheran Church (Latvia)

Vidas Pinkevicius - Pastorale on Sussex Carol, Op. 239 | VU St. John's Church

W.A. Mozart - Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608 for Organ Duet | Warsaw Evangelical Lutheran Church

9 Steps in Mastering Canon No. 3 in E Major by Robert Schumann

6000 Subscribers!

Juozas Naujalis - Trio No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 4 | Liepaja Holy Trinity Cathedral

Happy Birthday Ausra! Rondo on La ci darem la mano, Op. 240 | Vidas Pinkevicius

Eugene Gigout - Grand Choeur Dialogue | Lviv Organ Hall (Vidas Pinkevicius, Organist)

Gdansk Manuscript - Phanthasia Primi Toni | Vilnius Cathedral

Analysis of Fugue in C Major, BWV 547/2 by Johann Sebastian Bach

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