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Mark Dancer - Anacrusis Music
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 21 มี.ค. 2020
This channel contains (principally) video recordings of the Sunday morning organ voluntaries I have played St Peter's, Petersfield, Hampshire (UK), where I am Director of Music. Some early ones were made at home during Covid-19 lockdown on a Wyvern Minuet; later recordings made at home are on my Viscount Ouverture.
Here is the specification of the St Peter's organ, made by Lammermuir organs in 1991:
The lowest manual is a coupler manual, i.e. there is no Swell to Great coupler.
Swell\t\t\t\t\tGreat
Salicional\t\t 8\t\tOpen Diapason\t8
Stopped Diapason 8\t\tChimney Flute\t8
Voix Celeste\t\t 8\t\tPrincipal\t\t4
Gemshorn\t\t 4\t\tFlute\t\t\t4
Fifteenth\t\t 2\t\tNazard\t\t\t2 2/3
Mixture\t III\t\tFifteenth\t\t2
Cremona\t 16 Tierce\t\t\t1 3/5
Trumpet\t 8\t\tMixture \t IV
\t\t\t\t\t Trompete\t\t8
Pedal\t\t\t\t\tCouplers
Subbass \t 16\tSwell to Pedal
Principal\t\t 8\t\tGreat to Pedal
Bass Flute\t\t 8\t\t
Curtall\t \t 16\tTremulant
Here is the specification of the St Peter's organ, made by Lammermuir organs in 1991:
The lowest manual is a coupler manual, i.e. there is no Swell to Great coupler.
Swell\t\t\t\t\tGreat
Salicional\t\t 8\t\tOpen Diapason\t8
Stopped Diapason 8\t\tChimney Flute\t8
Voix Celeste\t\t 8\t\tPrincipal\t\t4
Gemshorn\t\t 4\t\tFlute\t\t\t4
Fifteenth\t\t 2\t\tNazard\t\t\t2 2/3
Mixture\t III\t\tFifteenth\t\t2
Cremona\t 16 Tierce\t\t\t1 3/5
Trumpet\t 8\t\tMixture \t IV
\t\t\t\t\t Trompete\t\t8
Pedal\t\t\t\t\tCouplers
Subbass \t 16\tSwell to Pedal
Principal\t\t 8\t\tGreat to Pedal
Bass Flute\t\t 8\t\t
Curtall\t \t 16\tTremulant
JS Bach – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV 739
Epiphany is almost upon us - hence the Magi being now in the Nativity Scene - so here is Bach's Chorale Prelude (or Fantasia) on "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (How brightly shines the Morning-Star). This was long held as being of doubtful authorship, but with the extra volumes of the Bärenreiter edition and also the new Breitkopf & Härtel now including it, it is probably safe to say it is likely to be an authentic but early composition. It does owe a certain amount to Buxtehude's setting, but is more unified than that one.
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Louis Claude D'Aquin - Noël IX - Noël pour l'amour de Marie
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This Sunday is the Feast of the Holy Family so here is the ninth of D'Aquin's twelve Noëls. It's a very calm piece despite the faster central section and to be played on the flutes, which means with the tremulant. The text is quite long, but in straightforward enough French, so I am appending it. (If you are trying to fit it to the melody as you listen, remember that end syllables that are sile...
Louis-Claude D'Aquin - Noël 1 - À la venue de Noël
มุมมอง 19414 วันที่ผ่านมา
Louis-Claude d'Aquin (or Daquin, 1694-1772) was a virtuoso harpsichordist and organist. Just a single publication for the organ has come down to us in the form of his "Nouveau livre de Noëls" (1755), which contains twelve Noëls, being variations on popular carols of the day. These have remained popular with players (and audiences) down the centuries and rightly so. This is the first of the set ...
CPE Bach - Sonata in A minor (Wq 70 No 4/H85) 1st Mvt Allegro assai
มุมมอง 10421 วันที่ผ่านมา
CPE Bach (1714-1788) wrote for the organ more as a keyboardist than an organist as such, so much of his output for the instrument doesn't make much use of the pedals. Indeed, this particular sonata dispenses with them entirely. Not that that detracts from the music in any way - far from it. This work, dating from 1755, is full of the whimsy that is CPE Bach at his best: quick key changes, dynam...
JS Bach - Ricercar a 6 from The Musical Offering BWV 1079
มุมมอง 13028 วันที่ผ่านมา
A stunning piece of counterpoint from the pen of JS Bach is the six-voice Ricercar from The Musical Offering (Das Musikalische Opfer). Originally written in open score with no fewer than five different clefs (treble, soprano, alto, two tenor and then bass), it is a true masterpiece. Where feasible I am playing the bass part on the pedals. For more on the whole work and its origins, see Wikipedi...
Maurice Duruflé - Méditation
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Four weeks ago I posted my recording of Vierne's improvisation entitled Méditation which Maurice Duruflé had transcribed. Here is his own Méditation, based to some extent on the Agnus Dei from his Messe Cum Jubilo. It fits remarkably well on the organ at St Peter's, Petersfield. Others have pointed to discrepancies between the two compositions where Duruflé appears to have used music wholesale ...
Jean Langlais - Suite Médiévale - Acclamations Carolingiennes
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This coming Sunday (November 24, 2024) is the Feast of Christ the King, which is the Sunday before Advent. It seemed appropriate to mark this with the final movement from Langlais' "Suite Médiévale", which dates from 1950. It is based on the Carolingian acclamations "Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat". It begins with a series of flourishes with the plainchant thundering in the ...
Orlando Gibbons - Fantazia of foure parts (Parthenia)
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"Parthenia or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that ever was printed for the Virginalls" was published around 1612. It contains twenty-one pieces of music by Byrd, Bull and Gibbons. This is the seventeenth and is particularly fine. Typical of Gibbons' style it is lyrical and contrapuntal and at times almost begging to be turned into an anthem, if only a suitable text could be found!
JS Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV 549
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Here is a piece of early Bach, probably from his Arnstadt years, i.e. the first decade of the 18th century. It was originally in the key of D minor but the final version was transposed to C minor to take account of the range of the pedalboard. It begins with a pedal solo, which turns into a short fantasia once the hands join in. From the days when Bach fugue subjects were given words as humorou...
Louis Vierne - Méditation (Trois Improvisations, 1928)
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This is the second of three improvisations recorded by Vierne at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral in November 1928 and transcribed by Maurice Duruflé (1954) from the recording. The other two are Marche Épiscopale and Cortège. It is a beautifully contemplative piece, which suits the sound of the Great flutes and Swell strings at St Peter's very well.
JS Bach - Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot - both settings - BWV 678 & 679
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Two of my favourite chorale preludes from Clavierübung III are the pair of settings of "Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot". The first, for two manuals and pedals has the chorale melody in the tenor and in canon and the second, as usual in this collection, is for manuals only and is a fughetta based on the opening phrase.
Vaughan Williams - Rhosymedre 'Lovely'
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Ralph Vaughan Williams hardly needs introduction, but despite his large output, he wrote very little for the organ: Two Preludes on Welsh Folk Songs (1956) and Three Pieces founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes (1935)`. Rhosymedre, also known as and therefore subtitled as 'Lovely', is probably the best loved of the latter set, and deservedly so. It is a gentle piece and the hymn tune is heard first in th...
Girolamo Frescobaldi - Canzona Terza (Secondo Libro)
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Continuing my mini-tour of the Continent's earlier Baroque composers' compositions for manuals only, here is a piece by the Italian master, Girolamo Frescobaldi (!583-1643). It's Canzona Terza from "Il Secondo Libro di Toccate, Canzone, Versi d'Hinni, Magnificat, Gagliarde, Corrente et altre Partite", first published in Rome in 1627 and in a second edition in 1637, with an interesting foreword ...
Buxtehude - Præludium in G minor BuxWV 163 (manualiter)
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Following on from last week's Sweelinck Fantasia Chromatica, we move to the North German/Danish school of the 17th Century to Buxtehude, spiritual successor to Sweelinck and forerunner of JS Bach. This is a typical Præludium of its time with sections of free fantasia alternating with fugal writing. This is a piece for manuals only, although there is a longish pedal-point towards the end which i...
Sweelinck - Fantasia Chromatica
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A cross between a ricercare and a fantasia, this is a tour de force by the great Baroque Netherlander Jan Pieterszoon Swelling (1562-1621) and one of my favourite early Baroque pieces. It begins with a slow, descending chromatic scale and adds three more parts in turn to the texture. Over the course of the seven minutes it builds in intensity and elaborateness, typically for the composer using ...
Josef Rheinberger - Sonata VI, Op 119: Marcia religiosa
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Josef Rheinberger - Sonata VI, Op 119: Marcia religiosa
Louis Marchand - Grand Dialogue en Ut
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Louis Marchand - Grand Dialogue en Ut
Albinoni / Giazotto - Adagio in G minor
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Albinoni / Giazotto - Adagio in G minor
Guy Bovet - Schmücke dich (Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness)
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Guy Bovet - Schmücke dich (Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness)
Handel - Minuets from Music for the Royal Fireworks
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Handel - Minuets from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Anon - Purcell? - Voluntary for Double Organ
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Anon - Purcell? - Voluntary for Double Organ
Tchaikovsky - Canzonetta (Violin Concerto, 2nd Mvt)
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Tchaikovsky - Canzonetta (Violin Concerto, 2nd Mvt)
Jehan Titelouze - Magnificat Secundi Toni
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Jehan Titelouze - Magnificat Secundi Toni
Herbert Howells - Master Tallis's Testament
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Herbert Howells - Master Tallis's Testament
JS Bach - Prelude & Fugue in A major BWV 536
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JS Bach - Prelude & Fugue in A major BWV 536
Eric Thiman - Improvisation on 'Crimond'
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Eric Thiman - Improvisation on 'Crimond'
Matthew Camidge - Concerto in G minor
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Matthew Camidge - Concerto in G minor
Amazing
really good
Great music !
En septembre 2023 j'ai vu le grand orgue de la cathédrale entièrement démonté,j'ai envie d'assister a un prochain concert dans cet endroit tellement magnifique.😍😍
Impressive & beautiful, love it
Sublime playing, and such beautiful registrations! Thank you, Mark!
Wow!
Thank you, Mark, I'm seeing some top-notch organ-playing skills here, fabulous!! You have really thought through the themes and phrasing so well. Thank you for the notes!
Grand and amazing👍❤️
Immensely enjoyable ! Thank you.🍁
Gioia di vivere.
Einfach nur sagenhaft.
Preciosa maravillosa linda
Brillant… always brings a smile!!
I remember when the Royal Lipizzaner Stallions were on tour many years ago in the southern USA. A live military band played this particular march and I swear it looked like the stallions were prancing/dancing to the music. They were beautiful animals and the phrasing of this march went perfectly with their gait. This clip brought back a fond memory from around the early 1990s. Thank you.
Yeah, the Lipizzaners from Portugal, beautiful animals.
A masterly performance by the Maestro himself! Many thanks, Mark, for this splendid rendition!
Nossa que lindo parabéns obrigado ❤
Bravo! Well done for managing the page turns yourself as well.
That was the least ‘evil’ edition of the three I possess as far as doing one’s own page-turns goes!
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My recording of JS Bach’s setting: th-cam.com/video/e_z6FsOi-I8/w-d-xo.html
Fantastic work, I got surprised and I'm grateful of this music
It isn't surprising that most people have one or two favourite compositions from various composers. There is so much beautiful music to be heard, and so little time in today's world to listen to it all.
Thoroughly enjoying this. Thank you for sharing.
Love this! The first time I heard the Radetzky March was by Andre Rieu, and I was entranced.
Wonderfully played! This is one of my top 5 Bach pieces. As a rock guitarist, I respect anyone so much who can do this
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
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Amazing
❤️🤍❤️🖤💛
Well played😊
Prachtig gespeeld
Like the pedal version best.
Excelente
beautiful - so refreshing to hear it correctly with the anacrusis. thank you!
What stop or coupler lock the manuals together like this and does it change the finger pressure required to play?
The bottom manual doesn’t have any stops at all: it is called a coupler manual and does exactly that. The result is that one permanently has Swell separate (top manual), Great separate (middle) and the two combined at the bottom. You are right that it makes a difference to finger pressure - in effect three times the pressure is needed, but the upper two sets of keys go down slightly staggered, so as to make it possible to play. For this reason, the coupler manual is slightly lower than a conventional bottom-of-three would be.
I love it!
Different, but enjoyable
Nice music
This is, how organ can sing! Excellent!! ♍🇵🇱👍
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Buenisimo gracias
Que buenoooo suscripta de una a tu canal te invito al mio saludos desde Argentina de una cantante de tango y compositora 😊
Listening to this for wedding music, great job!
This is beautiful 😊💯🔥
Bravo!
A perfect example of music that shouldn't be played on the organ.
No reason why not. Besides, in the Baroque era, music was frequently played on whatever instruments were to hand.
Love it! Thanks!
😊❤
This piece deserves to be better known. I just played it as a closing voluntary for a school Easter service.
It would be useful if it were mentioned who this organist is... 🙄
There’s a clue in the name of the channel…
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