Martin Cooke Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Can anyone tell me where we have got to with publications stemming from this? I bought the first volume - Volume 4 - quite a while ago, but can find no information about subsequent volumes. The other day, I came across a video of Anna Lapwood playing a CP by Grayston Ives, but don't know if the music is available. Any intel anyone?
Keitha Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Like you Martin, I have been following the project. There was to have been a competition to select the last two chorale preludes for Volume 5 in, I think, June 2017, after which Volume 5 was due to go into production. There has been no published information about this since then, so I emailed William Whitehead for an update. I will advise on this thread when I have more news.
Keitha Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 William has advised me that there have been a few publication and copyright technical problems which have much delayed the publication of the remaining volumes. It is likely that Volume 3 will be published later this year, with two more volumes next year. I will advise on this thread as soon as I hear that further Volumes are published.
Martin Cooke Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 Many thanks, Keith. I won't say that I got huge value for money out of Volume 4, but that is more a reflection of my ability than anything else, but I remain interested as so many top level people are contributing to this really interesting project. Let's hope they can crack on soon.
sbarber49 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Keitha said: Like you Martin, I have been following the project. There was to have been a competition to select the last two chorale preludes for Volume 5 in, I think, June 2017, after which Volume 5 was due to go into production. There has been no published information about this since then The competition did take place: RCO News: Orgelbüchlein competition winners announced There's a Facebook page where you can hear lots of the compositions: The Orgelbüchlein Project | Facebook
Martin Cooke Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 Gosh - some exciting and very beautiful pieces there - well worth a visit - the Sebastian Forbes and the Jacques van Oortmerssen contributions, especially.
Keitha Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Thanks sb - the one place I didn't think to look was RCO News!
Keitha Posted July 28, 2022 Posted July 28, 2022 The 'composing' phase of the Orgelbüchlein Project has now been completed and there will be a series of recitals in London to celebrate this, supported by the RCO, on 23rd, 24th & 25th September: https://www.rco.org.uk/events/bachandfriends I'm not sure where we are with publishers yet, but will update as soon as I hear anything.
Martin Cooke Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Keitha said: I'm not sure where we are with publishers yet, but will update as soon as I hear anything. Great - thanks very much!
Keitha Posted July 29, 2022 Posted July 29, 2022 I'm told that Volume 3 is in production, and that the plan is for it to be available to coincide with the "Bach & Friends" weekend. I will provide the publisher link as soon as it's available.
Keitha Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Volume 3 is now available online. This time the Orgelbüchlein Project has decided to self-publish - available from the revamped website: www.orgelbuechlein.co.uk. It's a high quality, well-produced volume with some interesting commentary. Despatch and delivery are very efficient. The only downside that I can see is that the volume is a different size to the Peters Vol 4, so volumes 3 & 4 don't 'match' when placed next to each other, but that's a minor issue in my view.
Martin Cooke Posted December 6, 2022 Author Posted December 6, 2022 On 04/12/2022 at 16:24, Keitha said: Volume 3 is now available online. This time the Orgelbüchlein Project has decided to self-publish - available from the revamped website: www.orgelbuechlein.co.uk. It's a high quality, well-produced volume with some interesting commentary. Despatch and delivery are very efficient. The only downside that I can see is that the volume is a different size to the Peters Vol 4, so volumes 3 & 4 don't 'match' when placed next to each other, but that's a minor issue in my view. Thanks very much, Keitha. I'm bound to say that Volume 4 is not something that I keep 'handy', with many of the pieces being quite a challenge, but I love the idea of the project and I won't be able to stop myself buying Volume 3. But, it IS Christmas, afterall!
Martin Cooke Posted January 1, 2023 Author Posted January 1, 2023 Just reflecting on the fact that I shall be off to church shortly where I'm playing six of JSB's Orgelbüchlein preludes on this New Year's Day... does anyone have any favourites emerging yet from the new volume 3, or indeed, 4? I feel we need a few more recordings or short films like this and this, and this to encourage us.., but they seem so tricky!
Scharff Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Does anyone have any uptodate information, please, on when volume 1 of the Orgelbüchlein project (and indeed volumes 2,5,6) will be available to buy as ‘hard’ copies? The official site says that volume 1 is now available - but when I tried to order a copy the other day, I was told that it’s not possible. Having been to all the launch recitals a couple of years ago, I was - and still am - tremendously enthused about the riches in all the volumes, hoping to learn many of them - and correspondingly frustrated about only being able to own 2 of the 6 volumes.
Keitha Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Funnily enough, I ordered my 'hard' copy of Volume 1 on Sunday and it's just arrived in the post! It was all very straightforward. Probably worth trying again?
Martin Cooke Posted January 22 Author Posted January 22 Thanks, Keitha... and Scharff for keeping this thread alive. It feels slightly ironic that you have used the word 'straightforward' regarding the actual acquisition of the volume, Keitha, but is that a word you would apply to the playability of the contents, I wonder? As I said above, I love the idea of the project, but I have found the actual pieces in the two volumes I have - (not yet, volume 1) - pretty hard cheese in terms of the learning process.
Keitha Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I tend to agree with you Martin. In his title page to the Orgelbuchlein Bach says that it is for 'beginning' organists, and this doesn't appear to have been part of requirements for the Project, and Vol 1 is no different to the others in this respect. A mistake in my view - some are, indeed, 'pretty hard cheese'. That said, I have enjoyed several of the new offerings in the first two volumes, and am looking forward to trying out some of those in Vol 1 tomorrow. Some look a little 'obscure' in the scoring - I may need to try to find out how others who are far more skilled than me play them....!
Dee E. Surtees Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Yes, I agree. There are some wonderful pieces, but don’t seem to fit within the ethos of the Orgelbüchlein. The original preludes are almost all on one or two pages and very approachable. It would be nice to see a completion project that had these parameters in mind.
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