Welcome to episode 35 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast!

Blessed Easter to you and your loved ones!

Today's podcast will be very special. Exactly 2 years ago back in 2014 I played improvisation recital on some of the most famous Easter hymns at Vilnius University St. John's church. And today I'm going show you exactly how I did it so that you can also improvise like that on any hymn tune that you like. Your listeners will love it.

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created some 500, 600, and even almost 700 years ago.

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Relevant links:
Kimberly Marshall's website with recordings and publications and her Facebook page
Wayne Leupold Editions: Late Medieval and Renaissance

of musical instruments and manuscripts - Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande. A dear friend of the Baltics, Göran is fluent in Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian.

In this conversation Göran shares his insights about Swedish organ culture - instruments, history, style, and music.

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Relevant links:
Göran Grahn Orgelkonsult
International Society of Organbuilders
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande

​Welcome to episode 32 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast!
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Today's guest is Dr. Krzyzstof Urbaniak, a well known organist and researcher from Poland. He teaches at two music academies - in Krakow and Lodz. He is also an organ expert of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. Krzyzstof writes articles about historical organ building and performance practice, he also prepares editions of organ music which was largely unknown to the organ world. One of the most important fields of his activities is Baltic Organ Center, a society concerned for documentation and preservation of historical organs of the area around the Baltic Sea.

In today's conversation Krzyzstof will share his insights about 18th century Danzig (Gdansk) organ culture, including instruments, surviving music, performance practice, and registration.

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Relevant links:
Daniel Magnus Gronau - Choral Variations for Organ (edited by Martin Rost and Krzyzstof Urbaniak)
Organ by Hildebrandt in Paslek
Jędrzejów, Józef Sitarski from Kraków 1754
Krzeszów / Grüssau, Michael Engler from Breslau 1736
Wrocław / Breslau, Adam Horatio Casparini from Breslau 1718
Olkusz, Hans Hummel and Jerzy Nitrowski 1611-1633: video 1 and video 2
Baltic Organ Center
Danziger Barock II
Krzyzstof Urbaniak on Facebook and YouTube