Pipe Organ: Christmas Eve 2007 Part Three of Three

Me playing the pipe organ after a few months of organ lessons at the 2007 Christmas Eve mass at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Princeton, WI. There were over 350 people in attendance (standing room only).

Songs performed in video include...
Recessional: Joy to the World
Postlude: Prelude from Dietrich Buxtehude's Praeludium in C Major, BuxWV 137


Specifications of the Instrument:

Built by Wicks Organ Company in 1966. Total of 14 ranks. Two manuals(Great and Swell), 61 notes each. 32 note pedal board.

Pedal:
Sub Bass 16'(Great)
Rohr Gedeckt 16' (Swell)
Octave 8' (Great)
Flute 8' (Great)
Choral Bass 4' (Great)
Posaune 16' (Swell)
Couplers: Great 8', 4'; Swell 8',4'

Great:
Principal 8'
Bourdon 8'
Salicional 8' (Swell)
Octave 4'
Mixture III
Couplers: Great to Great 16', 4'; Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'

Swell (Enclosed):
Rohr Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Koppel Flute 4'
Nasard 2 2/3'
Block Flute 2'
Trompette 8'
Tremulant
Couplers: Swell to Swell 16', 4'

Includes swell expression pedal, crescendo pedal, and sforzando piston.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Buxtehude
• Prelude
• Major
• Joy
• to
• the
• World
• Pipe
• Organ
• Christmas
• Catholic
• Princeton
• Wisconsin
• Saint
• John
• Baptist

[Zachp333]

Like the postlude, playing with your feet! Now are those special organ shoes? Shoes that you only wear to play the organ? When you go dcown for communion, do you have to be extra careful not to get anything on them or stuck in them?

[sondasam]

Yes, they are shoes specially made for playing the pedals.  I only wear them when I play.

[swellguyetn]

I just listened to all three segments of your 2007 Christmas Eve Mass. Takes me back to a time long ago. Thank you for sharing your talent. Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year. Rick

[sondasam]

Thank you for your wonderful comment. I will be playing again for Christmas Eve tomorrow. I am excited and nervous at the same time. However, once you play for that many people once, it's not quite so nerve-racking the second time.:) I wish you a blessed holiday season. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[Jacobre156]

No offense, but the registration you have selected tends to screech at moments in the recessional and postlude

[sondasam]

No offense taken:) I believe the screech comes from the microphone on the camera which is not designed to record music really well. It raises the pitch of the actually sound. The recording does not accurately portray the sound of the organ.

[am98101]

Noble effort! Don't worry about the nerves, we all get them. Tons of practice and total focus during the performance will help. It does get better. The Buxtehude was a nice choice for a postlude. Don't worry about the mistakes. Play for the heart and they'll soon disappear. I do wish people wouldn't make gross generalizations. Sitting down and listening has nothing to do with being Catholic, btw...

[jmmles1]

You only wear organ shoes at the organ, I wish Catholics would sit down and listen, you did a great job, improving well I am certain. Merry Christmas!

[theaterpipe1]

You did so well! It was just amazing!

[WJDubs]

its very encouraging to see a young person playing organ in his church.  I am currently playing for a church, after a long haitus and I tell you, I wish I had stuck with it all along

[Thepianoorganist]

i'm always nervous

[MoonNew1990]

magnifico y quedo sorprendido lo bien que manejas el organo a pesar de lo joven que eres, sigue adelante y no te canses que llegarás a triunfar, desde Malaga(Spain) te felicita un maestro organero. magnifico

[MoonNew1990]

soy maestro organero, y me quedo asombrqado de lo bien que dominas el instrumento, a pesar de lo joven que eres, sigue adelante, que te aseguro que triunfarás, magnifico magnifico. Desde Malaga ( Spain) te felicito

[tguodong]

I don't wear organ shoes (haven't got the chance to get them) when I play but technically it is better to wear shoes so that the pedalling is better.