Organ music from various centuries

From the 1785 publication "Journal de Pièces d'Orgue". The recording was made in summer 2021 at the 1858 Keller organ.

Here I'm playing a prelude in E major by an unknown 18th century composer at the 1858 Keller organ. The recording was made in spring 2022.

From the 1785 publication "Journal de Pièces d'Orgue". The recording was made in summe 2021 at the 1858 Keller organ.

1 minute music 😃 A voluntary by an unknown composer, played on the 1858 Keller organ. Recording was made in summer 2020.

1 minute music 😃 I'm playing a very short toccata in C major by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) on the 1858 Keller organ, using the 8' Gedackt. Recording was made in summer 2022.

This delightful piece by Elizabeth Turner (18th century) was written for harpsichord and was published in 1756 in "Six Lessons for the Harpsichord". It's also nice to play around with different registrations at the organ. The video was recorded ...

This prelude in B flat majoy by Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was originally written for piano. I've recorded the prelude on the 1858 Keller organ in July 2021. There's a fugue, too, and I might do a recording of both pieces one day, maybe using a la...

This is probably one of the shortest pieces I ever recorded: less than one minute. But it's a charming piece and not too difficult. "Closing Voluntary" by Emma Louise Ashford (1850-1930), played on the 1858 Keller organ. Video was recorded in Feb...

Playing "Andante patetico" by Kate Boundy (c.1865-1913) on the 1911 Bernhard organ. The piece was published in "The Village Organist" in 1898, and the video was made in March 2020.

Here's a short prelude in C major by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), played on the 1858 Keller organ. The sheet music is on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Prelude_in_C_major%2C_Krebs-WV_415_(Krebs%2C_Johann_Ludwig)

Alice Sauvrezis (1865-1946) was a French composer and pianist. This piece "Chorale" in E major might be the only organ piece she wrote. I recorded this video in summer 2020 at the 1911 Bernhard organ. And here's a short blog post on the compos...

This prelude in d minor by Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was originally written for piano. There's a fugue, too, but the recording is hidden somewhere on my hard drive and I haven't found it yet. But I still wanted to share at least the prelude becau...

This piece by César Franck (1822-1890) was published in the collection "L'organiste" (FWV41) in 1890. It can be played on harmonium, too. Here, I'm playing the 1858 Keller organ. The recording was made in February 2022.

I'm playing a short "Fugato" by Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) on the 1858 Keller organ. The recording was made in February 2022.

This video of me playing a "Praeamlbulum quinti toni regularis" by Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663-1738) on the 1858 Keller organ was recorded in summer 2021.

This recording was made in spring 2022. I'm playing a minuet and trio by Austrian composer & organist Matthias Georg Monn (1717-1750) on the 1911 Bernhard organ.

Here I'm playing an untitled piece, tempo: Andante, in G major by Ann Mounsey Bartholomew (1811-1891) on the 1911 Bernhard organ. Stops are: Flûte harmonique 8', Salicional 8', Gedackt 8', Flauto dolce 4', Violon 8', Subbass 16'

This video was recorded at the 1858 Keller organ in October 2020. I had started working on the organ sonata in D major H.86/Wq. 70/5 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) at that time and while you need at least two manuals for the first and th...

Playing "Diapason Movement" in F major by John Keeble (1711-1786) on the 1858 Keller organ. Stops: 8' Gedackt & 4' Flöte

Emma Louise Ashford (1850-1930): Allegretto in G major 1858 Keller organ

In 2016, Italian contemporary composer Carlotta Ferrari published six "Danze all'antica per strumento a tastiera". This video is the third in a small series of three videos and I'm playing two dances: Bassadanza Tarantella The organ is a 19...

In 2016, Italian contemporary composer Carlotta Ferrari published six "Danze all'antica per strumento a tastiera". This video is the second in a small series of three videos and I'm playing two dances: Estampie Furlana The organ is a 1970 S...

In 2016, Italian contemporary composer Carlotta Ferrari published six "Danze all'antica per strumento a tastiera". This video is the first one in a small series of three videos and I'm playing two dances: Saltarello Contraddanza The organ i...

Here I'm playing a prelude and fugue in C major by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712) on the 1858 Keller organ.

Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817): Cantabile (Larghetto) Video recorded at the 1911 Bernhard organ in November 2021.