I am a self-taught musician who started playing music at a late age. I have lots of bad musical habits. I employ many unorthodox techniques. I make innumerable mistakes. I hardly, if ever, really know what I'm doing. And I struggle terribly with every single piece I play. There are no easy pieces for me. Hence, my musical ability is half-baked at the best of times. But I love music, and I love playing my Hauptwerk organ and harpsichord.
Since there are so many musicians on RU-vid already, who are far more talented than I, playing the most famous and sophisticated pieces, I thought it might be worthwhile to create a channel on which to present, though not exclusively, more obscure pieces seldom heard today by little known or long forgotten composers as well as to share my musical experiences with similarly situated "late learners". I welcome all comments on how I might improve my playing.
Then Christian's wish came true finally. It must have been difficult to do what wanted to do freely at that time. I hope you can enjoy as Christian after all efforts. Beautiful one. I liked it.
Thank you for listening and commenting. Hopner's situation is certainly interesting. His background is quite unlike other composers. Glad you like his music.
This music gave me a quite peaceful time in my busy day. Maybe the people ancient times were living more peacefully even they didn't have any technology. Great. Thank you very much for your great work as always.
Nice!! New to your channel here. Are all your pieces manual only? Would you also mind including the stops used in your description? Thank you! Great work!
Hi, yes, all pieces are written for manuals (because I don't have foot pedals set up on my Hauptwerk system yet). One or two pieces here and there on my channel do have a part for foot pedals, but such cases I was able to simply play the foot pedal part with my left hand. Just depends on the finger spread involved. Of course, that's not the same as playing it with the pedals; but that's the state of my HW system at the moment.
@@teokboki-op Not sure where this came from. I had some loose hardcopies or something that I typeset long ago just for the video, which I no longer have. I don't have a source for your, unfortunately.
I have no doubt that I'm playing this piece more slowly than most would. I tend to play most things on the slower side. Sometimes "really" slow. It's just how I hear it; and this pieces doesn't make sense to me if played faster. Thanks for listening and commenting.
I love your use of the registers...when the front 8' of the upper manual takes the melody in measure 4 it has an ethereal and magical sound that contrasts beautifully with the buff stop. Very nice choice!
Thank you for listening and commenting. Actually, the first time I heard this piece it was played by Igor Kipnis and that was how he registered it. It's forever in my mind that way and so I registered it similarly.
Hi, thanks for listening. Those circled numbers are for registering a harmonium. Not much use unless your harmonium follows the same stops as the composer's, though I guess there's some sort of pattern and you can use those numbers to get some idea of how to register your instrument. I generally just ignore them.
@@ana-ch3ie Excellent. My understanding is that not all harmoniums follow the same registration numbering, but the numbers should give you some idea as to how the composer wanted you to register the instrument. Good luck!
You do a great job of finding simple pieces for beginner organists. Thanks to you I have obtained many collections of masterpieces that I have been able to use in my learning. Thanks a lot.
I believe so. A lot of works for manuals from the 19th century composers are intended to be playable on harmonium. I think this piece would sound good on a nice harmonium.
How did you know this music would be so appropriate for today in NYC? It's a Saturday, close to the End of Summer, no one's in the pool, and heavy rain is expected. This doleful music fits the mood. Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for listening and commenting. Funeral music isn't everyone's cup of tea, unsurprisingly. But I like it. Glad to know it fit the mood. Battmann wrote several of these pieces. It's fabulous music.
Hi, I scour the internet looking for stuff. It's almost an obsession. IMSLP is my main source. But some national libraries and university libraries have digitised versions of various music, which can often be downloaded. And I always stop in to check a library in person when I'm visiting a new place. You never know what you're going to find. Thanks for listening.
I totally agree. I was at first more interested in the Baroque composers; but now I really enjoy the unsung Romantics. Thanks for listening and commenting.
@@memoriasdeunajaponesa It does have a a more serious tone, this one. I tried to capture that in my rendition. It's how I hear it. In any event, I'm glad you liked it.
Wonderful. Thank you. I am an older self-taught church organist, and am incapable of sight-reading, but I understand basic music theory and I play from the heart, with lots of improvisation. Both of the previous very skilled organists at our church tell me that they think that I am a "better-truer" organist, even though they can sight-read perfectly. Perhaps Beethoven said it best when he wrote: "To play a wrong note is immaterial. To play without passion is inexcusable." ❤🎹