Secrets of organ playing contest week 38
This is a piece that I have had in my repertoire for a little while: Eugene Gigout's Toccata in B minor of 1890. It isn't the most difficult piece in my repertoire, but it is fun to play. There are lots of figurations and fast fingerwork through out. The pedals add some melodic interest to the piece. I brought it back for this Sunday to use as a postlude for Morningside College's Homecoming church service, which is done every year around this time in collaboration with Grace United Methodist Church, my usual Sunday morning work space.
The organ I am playing on is a Holtcamp. Completed in 1967 when the music school there had a large organ studio, it is a three manual instrument with 48 ranks of pipes and is located in Eppley auditorium as a centerpiece. Unfortunately, the organ studio has since died off and the organ is only used a handful of times throughout the year (Homecoming and Christmas concerts being the two major events it is feautred on) The specs and a picture of this beautiful organ can be found here: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=49516
Hello! A pleasure ♡
You are totally a teacher at the piano, a lot of talent for one person, I'm glad to hear this melody!
Hi. Fantastic!! Your organ sounds like a charm. I have sincerely enjoyed this Toccata. Although it is not the same I remembered Bach. Happy Sunday and regards @jeremyowens9501
Thank you! Fun piece to play.
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Hi Jeremy. You might need to edit that link above?
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What happened?
It came up with a list of other tracks and I could only hear the video but not see. Anyway, I’ve just listened and great! It’s a very technically demanding piece and you’ve got a good handle on it. One question: are you manipulating the swell box? It’s hard to tell from the audio recording position.
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Weird. I am not having any problem seeing the video on my computer. Maybe it is because I'm on a desktop. I will try to edit the link.
As to the swell box. Yes, I am using it but pretty sparingly. I started with the swell closed, but just opened it after the long pedals right before the switch to the great manual.
I’m on my phone. Perhaps that’s the issue 😅 Swell box ✅
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I just tried reposting the YouTube video with the "sharing" link.
Video works fine on my phone. Well done!
It's a shame that the instrument isn't used more often. It has a good specification.
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