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    I love Bach's music - to save anyone looking it up BWV651 is the Fantasia on Komm, Heilger Geist in F major from the 18.<br /><br />My background is that I started playing the organ aged 18, but through lack of convenient access to good instruments have had long gaps in my serious playing.<br />After 20 years in IT I am now teaching the piano from home and playing on the local recently improved 2 manual.<br /><br />I have never played much on an organ with pistons and would like to as with no practice and performing opportunity I have a large number of romantic works that I have never put the finishing touches to.

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  1. Thanks - your tempo feels good to me and exactly what my instincts tell me. The part-writing's really clear on the mp3, too.
  2. the versions on Itunes take between 3:14 and 4:19 with an outlier of the piano version at 6:06. The organ versions feel a bit fast to me and the piano performance seemed more the tempo I would choose (though a 30 second preview is not enough for a well-considered opionion). The consolatory nature of the text, the suspensions and chromatic harmony suggest something a bit slower, but who am I to disagree with the professionals. Any views?
  3. Reminds me of sight-singing from the OUP English romantic partsongs book on the bus on a choir tour. No 9 Julius Benedict "Dirge for the faithful lover". Not a masterpiece, typical of its era and genre you think as you go through pages 1 & 2, turn to the next page and the whole bus collapses at the words "come with heavy moaning". Thus started the tradition on each tour of trying to get to the end.
  4. I found a few comments on this forum praising the Vierne and some friendstook part in it or the Langlais the other year, so it's been on my explore list and I picked up the Gloucester recording in the librabry this morning. Only 1 listen so far, but some stunning moments. Thanks to all for mentioning it.
  5. Seen this question on the other board - by historical accident my 2 IDs are not the same (though both refer to Bach !) When I played the first 2 pages after a service before Christmas the final hymn had been Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour with music by I presume the same G Martin as did the Elgar arrangement.
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    Toaster

    I've seen the word 'toaster' used in these pages. It seems to mean organ - any organ or a specific type/style of organ and why ?
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