Ritchie. He's now living in Taipei, Taiwan. Originally from France, he grew up in Michigan, USA so he has both cultures in his personality.
In this conversation, you will find out about his experience with the French organs, his studies with the masters at UNL and Indiana University, his insights on efficient practice, and on pushing yourself as an organist. Enjoy and share your comments below. And don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Thanks for caring. Related link: Alain Trouche's YouTube Channel
of Nebraska-Lincoln more than 10 years ago. Heather also has been a student of Madame Langlais in Paris and her research was on chant-based organ works by Naji Hakim. We talk about what she learned from the masters, her approach to practice, and how to balance parenting and organ playing.
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ago formed a youth choir in Dover where he lives. This year they sang in such prestigious venues as St Paul's Cathedral in London and Bath Abbey. Charles is also an experienced concert organist who has done 10 world tours. In today's conversation Charles shares stories from his studies with Flor Peeters, an important Belgian composer and his concert tours. Let's get a glimpse on Charles' live and discover the importance of trying out as many different organs as you can.
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achieve success as an organist in this ever changing hyper-connected world.
This training was recorded in the car so I hope you will forgive me for some extra noise as I drove one Sunday after the church service I was asked to play back home. Towards the second half I was so focused on my thoughts that I missed the turn and drove past my house for a while. Enjoy and share your comments below. And don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Thanks for caring.
In this conversation, Wayne shares his insights about organ pedagogy and publishing.
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Welcome to episode 35 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast!
Blessed Easter to you and your loved ones! Today's podcast will be very special. Exactly 2 years ago back in 2014 I played improvisation recital on some of the most famous Easter hymns at Vilnius University St. John's church. And today I'm going show you exactly how I did it so that you can also improvise like that on any hymn tune that you like. Your listeners will love it. Below is a video version of this podcast:
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created some 500, 600, and even almost 700 years ago.
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of musical instruments and manuscripts - Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande. A dear friend of the Baltics, Göran is fluent in Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian.
In this conversation Göran shares his insights about Swedish organ culture - instruments, history, style, and music. Enjoy and share your comments below. If you like these conversations with the experts from the organ world, please help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Relevant links: Göran Grahn Orgelkonsult International Society of Organbuilders Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande
Welcome to episode 32 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast!
Today's guest is Dr. Krzyzstof Urbaniak, a well known organist and researcher from Poland. He teaches at two music academies - in Krakow and Lodz. He is also an organ expert of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. Krzyzstof writes articles about historical organ building and performance practice, he also prepares editions of organ music which was largely unknown to the organ world. One of the most important fields of his activities is Baltic Organ Center, a society concerned for documentation and preservation of historical organs of the area around the Baltic Sea. In today's conversation Krzyzstof will share his insights about 18th century Danzig (Gdansk) organ culture, including instruments, surviving music, performance practice, and registration. Enjoy and share your comments below. Here's the video version of the podcast:
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Relevant links: Daniel Magnus Gronau - Choral Variations for Organ (edited by Martin Rost and Krzyzstof Urbaniak) Organ by Hildebrandt in Paslek Jędrzejów, Józef Sitarski from Kraków 1754 Krzeszów / Grüssau, Michael Engler from Breslau 1736 Wrocław / Breslau, Adam Horatio Casparini from Breslau 1718 Olkusz, Hans Hummel and Jerzy Nitrowski 1611-1633: video 1 and video 2 Baltic Organ Center Danziger Barock II Krzyzstof Urbaniak on Facebook and YouTube
Welcome to episode 31 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast!
Today's guest is Dr. Pieter Dirksen performs as soloist on both harpsichord and organ and as continuo player with diverse chamber ensembles. He completed his musicological studies with honours in 1987 and since then published widely about baroque keyboard music. In 1996 he received his doctorate ‘cum laude’ with a dissertation on the keyboard music of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, which was awarded the Dutch Praemium Erasmianum. Further books have been devoted to Bach's Art of Fugue (1994), Sweelinck (essays, 2002) and Scheidemann (2007), and critical editions appeared with music by Bull, Sweelinck, Cornet, Scheidemann, Düben, Buxtehude, Reincken, Lübeck and Bach. Continuous research into the background and the sources of the music lend the performances of Pieter Dirksen a special quality. Pieter Dirksen is a member of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam as well as the chamber music group La Suave Melodia. He appeared in most European countries, the United States and Canada, and regularly gives masterclasses in chamber music and keyboard playing. He teached at the Organ Summer Academies in Haarlem, Göteborg and Smarano and is affiliated with the organ research at the Göteborg Organ Art Center. As a soloist he specializes in the rich seventeenth-century North-European repertoire as well as in the music of J.S. Bach. Among his numerous recordings the one devoted to the reconstruction of the earliest version of Bach's Art of Fugue and the complete recording of Sweelinck's keyboard music, in which he participated both as a player and musicologist, stand out in particular. The latter was awarded the highest Dutch prize, the Edison. In this conversation, Pieter shares his insights about the organ and keyboard works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Heinrich Scheidemann as well as touch upon Samuel Scheidt, Jan Adam Reincken and the organ situation of the 17th century North Germany in general. Enjoy and share your comments below. If you like these conversations with the experts from the organ world, please help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Relevant link: www.pieterdirksen.nl |
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