Pasquini - Partite sopra la Aria della Folia da Espagna

[geminian7846]

Others have said it already, but I'll say it anyway - a delight, beautifully played on an exceptionally fine instrument. Admirable. Many thanks.

[eskatee]

An organ to be proud of and excellent playing, thank you for uploading,

Kind Regards from Amersfoort, Netherlands,

Gert

[sfbonedoc]

@austreneland Thank you for listening and for commenting. I am amazed at the breadth and scope of your musical appetite. Great music has been around for centuries and great music is still to be created. I am challenged by your list of favorites! Greetings from San Francisco! George

[austreneland]

i love this piece...i first heard it last fall in an album of a mass.....wonderful context........and it always creates a feeling of...not quite nostalgia......but inspires my memory to the time when i first heard it and what it makes me think of :)

great performance!

[rodneyjantzi]

Awesome playing on an awesome instrument! All your videos are very enjoyable and inspiring, thanks for posting them!

[sfbonedoc]

@rodneyjantzi

Thank you so much for your comment. Yes, I believe the instruments IS awesome. A, David Moore is an unsung hero in the world of enlightened organ builders. He is, in my opinion, as good as it gets!

And thank YOU for your very musical posts on reed instruments. I love reed organs!

[passacaglia28]

What a charming chamber organ. My girlfriend loves playing this song. :D

[FoliesEspagne]

Very nice indeed. Love to make a link from the Folia pages to this nice Pasquini example and that wonderful organ sound. Very nice stops indeed! How about the longer Folia by Pasquini?

[sfbonedoc]

Thank you so much for your kind comment. I would love to have you link to this Pasquini example. I love this music but I do not have a score of the longer Folia by Pasquini. The organ, tuned in Kellner, is ideally suited to old Spanish, Dutch and North European music.

[falaqdad15]

Ah.. well, Those stop knobs remind me of that chapter in Audsley's The Art of Organbuilding Vol. 2

he had quite a colorful expression of disapproval regarding them

Too bad they are so common.

Nice playing and technique by the way.

[sfbonedoc]

Thanks for your kind comments. The stop knobs are directly mechanically connected to the sliders in the wind chest and are totally functional. Stops have been constructed this way for centuries before Audsley. It is only when electricity was introduced into organ construction that such things as tilting tabs, push buttons and similar devices were possible. Keep exploring the organ world. Some fine examples in your home town! Greetings from San Francisco!

[falaqdad15]

@sfbonedoc

Interesting enough, there are some all tubular-pneumatic and believe-it-or-not all mechanical organs with tabs in place of drawknobs. They, (rocker tabs, not theater-style), have the most rudimentary action: there is a rod attached to the part of the tab depressed to activate the stop which either pushes a pneumatic or literally does the whole job (in the case of a chamber organ I saw once). This concept was introduced around 1909 according to some people, including Audsley himself.

[DuoContinuo]

Hi George, beautiful played, and not so slowly like some other organists!

i like this piece so much, such, i tried it on a vihuela (at first 2 of the 5 couplets). maybe it originally came from a lute instrument, otherwiese it would be very uncertain to play it unchanged on a "primitive" plucked instrument ;-)) by a bloody beginner.

with the kind invitation to explore our channel (the cello is played by a psychatrista, working for an US-health concern) - best regards from Berlin/Germany

[Lifecomesfromwithin]

That was cool!! Rich and varied and interesting and colorful. Nice and reedy sometimes! ;p

[sfbonedoc]

Thank you. Your comment made me check your channel. What a delight! I love the harmonium, and have had several over the years. And your playing gives joy. - Be well, George

[Lifecomesfromwithin]

I consider this quite a compliment coming from you!! Thank you as well.

[sandyhackney]

Very nice!! Great organ, too.

[sfbonedoc]

Thank you, Sandy. I hope to add to the channel after Easter. Be well and enjoy spring sunshine!

[hrpschrdman]

Great match of music to instrument. Do you play any Frescobaldi -- would be fun to hear that on this instrument too.

[sfbonedoc]

Thank you! I will look into Frescobaldi - I have a couple volumes. More to you in a letter. George Becker