Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:44 am
Hello Chaps,
So this is a question related to my other recent post here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14121
I won't repeat all the introduction to my questions that I put in the above post here, suffice to say that I might soon have a reason to play a piece or two at my local church, once per month or so, on a small 3M late romantic (English) instrument.
This post is to ask whether anyone can suggest some suitable (easy-moderate difficulty) repertoire which would suit such an instrument?
Briefly: most of what I play and know is baroque, suited to the baroque sample set I have and whilst it can be played on the church instrument, it would be nice to broaden my horizons a little and play something appropriate to the kind of organ I'm using.
So far, I have small quantities of music by Rheinberger (the Monologues), Ireland (Complete Works), Stanford (the two sets of Six Short Preludes & Postludes, one set of the Occasional preludes - can't remember which one), Parry (all of the chorale preludes, plus one other book I can't remember the title of) and Howells (Psalm Preludes, both sets).
Whilst that no doubt looks like a long list of relatively playable music and whilst I have played some pieces from all of those collections, here's the catch: if I can play baroque pieces to grade 6-7 standard, the completely different character of romantic music means I'm probably a bit handicapped as far as that idiom is concerned - grade 4-5 might be a more appropriate level. Beyond that, knocking a further point off the grade level (because it's a public performance) might be a good idea. I think that probably rules out much of what's in the above list.
Can anyone therefore suggest a) any other composers whose music I could consider? b) any pieces in the above collections which I might not have tried which are relatively easy? c) any general suggestions for the better performance of English romantic music?
With thanks in advance for any suggestions anyone can offer,
Adam.
So this is a question related to my other recent post here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14121
I won't repeat all the introduction to my questions that I put in the above post here, suffice to say that I might soon have a reason to play a piece or two at my local church, once per month or so, on a small 3M late romantic (English) instrument.
This post is to ask whether anyone can suggest some suitable (easy-moderate difficulty) repertoire which would suit such an instrument?
Briefly: most of what I play and know is baroque, suited to the baroque sample set I have and whilst it can be played on the church instrument, it would be nice to broaden my horizons a little and play something appropriate to the kind of organ I'm using.
So far, I have small quantities of music by Rheinberger (the Monologues), Ireland (Complete Works), Stanford (the two sets of Six Short Preludes & Postludes, one set of the Occasional preludes - can't remember which one), Parry (all of the chorale preludes, plus one other book I can't remember the title of) and Howells (Psalm Preludes, both sets).
Whilst that no doubt looks like a long list of relatively playable music and whilst I have played some pieces from all of those collections, here's the catch: if I can play baroque pieces to grade 6-7 standard, the completely different character of romantic music means I'm probably a bit handicapped as far as that idiom is concerned - grade 4-5 might be a more appropriate level. Beyond that, knocking a further point off the grade level (because it's a public performance) might be a good idea. I think that probably rules out much of what's in the above list.
Can anyone therefore suggest a) any other composers whose music I could consider? b) any pieces in the above collections which I might not have tried which are relatively easy? c) any general suggestions for the better performance of English romantic music?
With thanks in advance for any suggestions anyone can offer,
Adam.
