Veni Creator Spiritus, Op. 1 - Vidas Pinkevicius | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 21
Hello everyone! This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 21. For this week, I have recorded a work written by none other than the person running this contest—Vidas Pinkevicius!
Over the last week, I have been looking around for a Pentecost piece to play and I came across this work amongst the multitude of Vidas’ compositions on organduo.lt. Pentecost is a Christian celebration that occurs on the 7th Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles whilst they were in Jerusalem (as per the Acts of the Apostles).
Vidas’ work is very approachable and suitable as a Prelude, Offertoire or Communion piece. It's largely manuals only (with optional pedal). One day, I hope to learn Duruflé’s Choral varié sur le Veni Creator, Op.4. It’s a major work and playing any Duruflé is not for the faint hearted!
With Vidas’ permission, I’ve made my video submission a split screen—my performance on the left and the sheet music on the right. I hope you enjoy watching and listening to my entry.
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,Thank you for choosing to perform my piece! It's a strange experience to listen to your own music performed by somebody else... Now I have to return the favor! Are your compositions also available?
You’re welcome. The middle section reminds me of another piece, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. I have composed little things for personal use but nothing really official. Maybe you could have a look at my arrangement of the Berceuse by Fauré? It would be highly appropriate given the “Mattress” code word 😅https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/203609.html
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Since this is my first opus, I took the structure of it from Dupre's Organ Improvisation Method book, Part 1 (at the end of the book there is a plan which I used here). I have ordered your arrangement of Berceuse by Faure and will try to record it in the near future. By the way, what percentage of the sale do you get from Score Exchange?
I just checked my account. They take 55% of the sale! Then I would also have to pay PayPal fees on withdrawal if it goes into my account. That’s a terribly big cut. Score Exchange is only almost a negligible income stream at the moment.
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Score Exchange didn't leave me a good impression on me. I would understand if they could do all the heavy lifting in marketing and you would see sales come in automatically. But in my case, I couldn't sell a single copy on Score Exchange yet. Everything comes from my own website through my own direct relationships with customers. Same goes with Sheet Music Plus.
I was going to say Dupre! Thanks for ordering. I’m not even sure what percentage I get—I must check. You could list your compositions here and get some more visibility?
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I do but the only sales I get is through my store on Shopify. For a micro business like mine, nothing beats personal relationships with your customers. Plus I get to keep all the revenue (minus PayPal fees, of course).
There’s a Shopify monthly fee though? I looked into Shopify but I can achieve similar functionality with WooCommerce and WordPress. There’s a bit more work involved though. If I had a product to sell and it was high volume, Shopify would be a better choice as the support would be there.
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Somehow Shopify's monthly fee (21.75 USD) comes as a subscription credit and I only pay the fees (much less) for each transaction calculated once a month.
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