Since learning to play the piano when I was four, I've been fortunate to perform with friends and musicians from around the world while working with local churches and competing internationally. I'm trying new pieces at the piano while beginning to learn the organ in college, and I’m using this channel as a diary for some of my favorites as I learn them. I'm glad to share that music with those who'd like to listen! I currently serve as the Chapel Pianist at Trinity College in Connecticut, where I'm majoring in neuroscience, psychology, and women, gender, and sexuality.
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The tune is the soul wandering; the arpeggiated counterpoint is the grinding on nonetheless. The pedals brings them together in a context of "its all meant to be this way, get used to it"
Great question! It's tricky to tell because I lowered the pitch to flow into the prelude. It's an excerpt of IV. Romance from Louis Vierne's Symphonie No. 4, Op. 32. The outro contains the same piece. You can find the full recording of this section here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vI713O3t9Ms.html
Thank you too! I have to say that I like some of the interpretations and translations of Bach’s pieces as much as (or sometimes more than) the “original” versions, and I’m hoping to record his son’s organ anhang to this piece sometime in the fall. You played Busoni’s translation splendidly!
Thank you for your beautiful playing, JS Bach certainly knew how to touch the human soul with his incredibly beautiful melodies. I prefer it on the Austin organ, there's something very haunting about that organ.
Thank you very much! The Austin organ is certainly a lot stronger but has some lovely, delicate stops, so I'm glad that the otherworldly feeling came through. I'm working on an anhang to this piece (by Bach's son C.P.E. Bach) which has annotations that make the piece even more chilling and rich, so I'll hopefully get to record that in a month!
Matt......you are a thrill to my very soul.....what a pleasure it is to hear you play on the organ with SUCH EXPRESSION AND JOY!!!!!!!! YOU MAKE ME PROUD TO KNOW YOU!!!
Glad you like it! It’s funny you mention that, I also heard it recently in the 2022 release of All Quiet on the Western Front, though in that movie they chose to use Italian composer Busoni’s piano transcription rather than the German prelude by Bach. I think that was a really great choice to add to the complex geopolitical dynamic. It’s definitely a really prolific piece and I’ll have to check out Solaris!
Спасибо Вам за Ваш вопрос! Это часовня Тринити-колледжа в Коннектикуте. Первый орган занимает главный этаж с прекрасными высокими потолками, а второй орган расположен в нашем склепе внизу.
Я хотел бы быть в Ирландии, но на самом деле я в Соединенных Штатах - я учусь в «Тринити-колледже» в Хартфорде, штат Коннектикут, который, к сожалению, не связан с Тринити-колледжем в Дублине. Извините за путаницу и спасибо за комплимент!
That's very kind of you to say, and if you end up learning the piece (which I hope you will!) then I suggest trying one of Rachmaninoff's many variations on this theme. I've made a separate recording of the 6th variation, but I recommend listening to the entire collection called "Variations on a Theme by Chopin" since it has a lot of diverse interpretations!
