[Vierne; 24 Pieces]

Thanks, that would make sense - is there also a crotchet under that note, possibly an "E"?

[Vierne; 24 Pieces]

Hello, I have the Durand edition of Vierne's 24 Pieces, and in Vol 1, No.4 "Epitaphe" bar 33 there is a white space in the right hand 1st beat (it actually looks liake a bad photocopy at this point). There is a slur in the rh that starts just above this space; is there a note missing?

 

Thanks

[Bach Passacaglia In C Minor]

A possible minimalistic scheme for a classically voiced three-manual organ, without stop changes except for one point in the pedal, might be the following (though whether it would work would be very dependent on the stops at hand). This scheme could be adapted for a two-manual organ, but you would need to draw some manual stops as well as pedal stops at bar 128.

 

Hauptwerk: plenum (without reeds)

II: Principals 8' 4'

III: To balance II, preferably flutes, e.g. 8', 2'

Pedal: Initially to balance II

 

Start on II.

Bar 80: RH stays on II, LH plays the chords on III.

Bar 88: the semiquavers continue on II, the RH plays the theme on III.

Bar 96: both hands back on II.

Bar 113: On II and III (the ascending arpeggios on III, the descending phrases on II).

Bar 120: Both hands on III.

Bar 128: from the pedal entry to the end on I (adding pedal stops to balance).

 

I very much doubt you could get away with this on the Romantic instruments that most of us play though. They are just not up to being played with unvarying tone colour for extended periods. (Mind you, that's probably true of some classically voiced instruments too.)

 

Thanks 'Vox Humana' ; that registration is pretty much along the lines I am thinking of at present.

[Bach Passacaglia In C Minor]

I am learning the passacaglia and fugue, and wondered what thought others had on registration. I want to keep it fairly simple, with perhaps manual changes (Gt. Principals 8 & 4, with Pos. Principals 8 & 4) for the first few pages, and then using a lighter flute reg. with a principal chorus/plenum from b. 128. It all has to be hand registration, as I don't "approve" of pistons etc. for Bach!