Awesome that you have a passion for old historic instruments. Love hearing these old instruments they truly do tell a story. Have you ever played the 1740s Klemm Piano replica in the Whitefield House in Pennsylvania? When I was a kid in Grand Rapids Michigan I got to hear a replica of a Clicquot French Classic organ that was built by Gene Bedient for a church in downtown GR which is now in the University of North Texas. It was this instrument that got me interested in pipe organs and harpsichord. Keep up the good work Catalina. God bless you!
Hi Catalina! Just seeing this very nice video of you years later. Beautiful. I'm convinced, however, that the text at the end of the piece is corrupt, the left hand should shift to a D final, not remain on the G that in the Tregian manuscript is held to the end, creating harmonic absurdity, a d minor toccata ending with a G major finalis. Crazy! If in the penultimate measure you move to D/A/D, the work then ends, as it began, in D. The finalis would then be F#/A/D. Great to hear you, as always! Here it is with the text corrected, played by Timothy Roberts. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2nMnRQnM8hM.html
Thanks Peter! As you can imagine, I’m well aware of the strange ending and what it would probably have been. I just underline the probably, and enjoy in the meantime the strangeness of the document. That being said, I certainly don’t mind versions that are “corrected”, as the one of my dear Tim.
Hello. It's really original. Occasionally, when you have a little time, I invite you to take a look at my Church Organ playlist. All my own compositions. The sheet music is available free of charge. I'd love to hear your professional opinion. Best regards. JM.
The variation in bellows pressure to vary the tembre of the instrument by forcing overtones... you'd think she was playing with multiple ranks of full pipes. Absolutely stunning mastery of such an esoteric (to the modern audience) instrument.
In medieval manuscripts and paintings occasionally you will see an angel playing one of these. I don't know much about this musician. Her wings are not visible, though they are obviously there.
Amazingly played! The full use of the bellows really adds so much! If it sounds so wonderful now, I can't even imagine what it will be like when it's all grown up.
God I cannot get enough of this piece, this performance, this instrument!!!! I have been a lover of the portative organ for years, but this piece just makes the instrument SING!!! Beautiful!!!
For anyone looking for the score, it is Benedicamus IX in the Codex. Thanks for introducing me to this charming piece. I’m giving a recital in a 13th century church in my parish and will be playing this.
There's a divine dissonance at play here that is indescribable. It lives inside the instruments and in between the intervals. Within the stroke of bow, the slide and wheezing breath, down the centuries through the sacbut and portatif... -PD
