(no subject)

[meanfreepath]

I've really gotten bad about writing in this LJ. Maybe I'll write more if I use this as a semi-public organ log. I just had a productive lesson with Chris this evening, and perhaps I'll note down a few things here.


Literature played:

Vierne Berceuse

• Up the tempo
• Nice phrasing, stretch apex of phrases
• Console management: piston pressing/stud stomping with releases, for smooth transitions between sections
• Last section: imagine the melody under the Sw Bourdon solo

Bach(?), Short Prelude & Fugue in C

• Think in 2
• Don't exaggerate gestures: even out the strong/weak
• But still, make the sections go somewhere
• Fugue: nice touch, clean cadences. Think in 2
• Registration (Fisk): couple Sw Plein Jeu to pedal rather than really high Pos mixture
• Don't overdo addition before last fugue subject, but + Sw Basson 16 (on Ped) fine

New literature to be worked on:

1. Lemmens Fanfare: articulation, but big downbeat chords not necessarily in strict French 50% off style
2. Bach, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 599): suspirans figure, but not ponderous

Other business:

1. Next time: start with hymn playing (Hursley)  Play St Anne and Helmsley too?
2. Consider joining AGO (especially at cheap student rate)
3. Consider prepping for AGO Service Playing exam?