Barber, "Adagio for Strings" (Organ)

"Adagio for Strings" from "String Quartet #1",
Opus 11, Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Prelude camcorded live 06 September 2009,
registered using stops only from the 1918 Steere.

This was the second of two preludes on Wayne's last Sunday at Redeemer.

Wayne Burcham-Gulotta,
Music Director/Organist
Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal
Morristown, NJ, USA

a Redeemer Music Media Production, ©2009 all rights reserved

J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co., Opus 701, 1918
originally 4/40 drawknob console
now 3/49 stoptab console

as it exists 2009:

Manuals (61 notes), Pedal (32 notes), six divisions

Austin console, 1962
Church Organ Company, Cantilevered Great, 1979
New Century Products, Zimbelstern, 2005

Great Organ I, Unenclosed, Manual II, Cantilevered
8' Principal (61 pipes)
8' Rohr Flöte (61 pipes)
4' Octave (61 pipes)
4' Rohr Flöte (12 pipes)
2' Block Flöte (61 pipes)
Fourniture IV (244 pipes)
8' Trompette (61 pipes)
4' Clarion (12 pipes)
Zimbelstern 9 bells

Great Organ II, Unenclosed, Manual II
16' Bourdon (61 pipes)
8' Open Diapason (61 pipes)
8' Gross Flute (61 pipes)
8' Gemshorn (61 pipes)
4' Octave (61 pipes)
4' Harmonic Flute (61 pipes)
8' Trumpet (61 pipes)

Gt. to Gt. 16'
Gt. Unison Off
Gt. to Gt. 4'
Sw. to Gt. 16'
Sw. to Gt. 8'
Sw. to Gt. 4'
Ch. to Gt. 16'
Ch. to Gt. 8'
Ch. to Gt. 4'
Echo to Gt. 8'
Echo to Gt. 4'

Swell Organ, Expressive, Manual III
16' Bourdon (73 pipes)
8' Diapason (73 pipes)
8' Gedeckt (73 pipes)
8' Salicional (73 pipes)
8' Voix Celeste (61 pipes)
8' Aeoline (73 pipes)
4' Flauto Traverso (Harmonic) (73 pipes)
2' Piccolo (61 pipes)
Mixture III Ranks (12th, 15th, 17th) - (183 pipes)
16' Pousaune (61 pipes)
8' Cornopean (73 pipes)
8' Oboe (73 pipes)
Tremolo
Sw. to Sw. 16'
Sw. Unison Off
Sw. to Sw. 4'
Ch. to Sw. 8'

Choir Organ, Expressive, Manual I
16' Contra Gamba (73 pipes)
8' Diapason (73 pipes)
8' Concert Flute (73 pipes)
8' Flute Celeste (TC) - (61 pipes)
8' Quintadena (73 pipes)
8' Dulciana (73 pipes)
4' Flute d'Amour (73 pipes)
8' Clarinet (73 pipes)
8' Orchestral Oboe (73 pipes)
Tremolo
Celesta 49 bars
Ch. to Ch. 16'
Ch. Unison Off
Ch. to Ch. 4'
Sw. to Ch. 16'
Sw. to Ch. 8'
Sw. to Ch. 4'
Echo to Ch. 8'
Echo to Ch. 4'

Echo Organ, Expressive, Floating
(North Clerestory, 4th bay)
8' Fern Flute (73 pipes)
8' Muted Viole (73 pipes)
8' Viole Celeste (73 pipes)
4' Flute a Cheminee (Harmonic) (73 pipes)
8' Vox Humana (73 pipes)
Tremolo
Chimes (Degan) 20 tubes

Pedal Organ
32' Resultant (32 notes)
16' Diapason (32 pipes)
16' Gamba (Choir) (32 notes)
16' Bourdon (shared with Great) (32 notes)
16' Gedeckt (Swell) (32 notes)
8' Diapason (from Steere Great Processional) (32 pipes)
8' Flute (Great II) (32 notes)
8' Violoncello (Choir) (32 notes)
4' Octave (from Steere Great Processional) (12 pipes)
4' Flute (Great II) (32 notes)
2' Octave (from Steere Great Processional) (12 pipes)
Mixture II (Church Organ Company) (64 pipes)
16' Trombone (shared with Swell) (32 notes)
8' Trompette (Great I) (32 notes)
4' Clarion (Great I) (32 notes)
Gt. to Ped. 8'
Gt. to Ped. 4'
Sw. to Ped. 8'
Sw. to Ped. 4'
Ch. to Ped. 8'
Ch. to Ped. 4'
Echo to Ped. 8'

Pistons:
10 General Pistons and Toe Studs
8 Swell Pistons
8 Great Pistons
8 Choir Pistons
3 Echo Pistons
6 Pedal Toe Studs
Swell to Pedal 8' Reversible Piston
Great to Pedal 8' Reversible Piston and Toe Stud
Choir to Pedal 8' Reversible Piston
Tutti Reversible Piston and Toe Stud
General Cancel Piston
Zimbelstern On/Off Buttons

Balanced Echo, Choir and Swell Pedals
Balanced Crescendo Pedal

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[petspolice]

thank you.

[joenwayne]

@petspolice You're welcome.

Greetings to you in the UK from New Jersey, USA.

[OrganMaster310]

Hi there! I was wondering what arangment this is and where would i go about getting it.

Don

[joenwayne]

@OrganMaster310

Hi Don,

Greetings to you in WI from NJ.

I am playing from the arrangement for organ by William Strickland,

Copyright @ 1939,1949 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) New York. NY

This is readily available from any retail music store. If they don't have it in stock they can get it for you. Also, most on-line music sellers will have it.

They won't let me post a URL here but "sheetmusicplus" "dot" "com" has it.

Kind regards,

Wayne

[JRCOOTS]

....one of my all time favorites. I just recevied the sheet music for this not long ago for Choir, it will be a lofty, ambitious project, but this piece has such an etherial feeling to it that is unmatched! I can't explain the feelings I get spiritually when I hear this sung. Well played Wayne.

[joenwayne]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for viewing and your kind comments. I love this piece - it is music that stirs the emotions and transcends words.

Kind regards,

Wayne

[32openwood]

So beautiful. It's hard to see in the video, but I was watching when the melody is played by the feet (from about 3:45 to 5:00). Your technique is so fine that the melody sounds as smooth as silk. Bravo!

[pipeorgan4ever]

Brilliant. This reminds me of the Leonard Bernstein/ LA Philharmonic recording. Absolutely the best pipe organ version of this on YouTube. Stunningly beautiful in your incredibly talented hands/fingers/feet.

5*'s - more if I could.

[IrenaeusBacoviensis]

Congratulationes with all my heart. You played excelent the Adagio for string by Samuel Barbe in version for the organ.

I like very much this work.

I am church music composer and wrote many organ works and I desire to obtein the score of this magnificent pieces for compositional study.

Once again congratulationes for you playing.

God bless you!

[IrenaeusBacoviensis]

Congratulationes with all my heart. You played excelent the Adagio for string by Samuel Barbe in version for the organ.

I like very much this work.

I am church music composer and wrote many organ works and I desire to obtein the score of this magnificent pieces for compositional study.

Once again congratulationes for you playing

[tippymugs]

I have a piano arrangement of this in c major that I sometimes play as a prelude on the organ at church and it sounds good.

[joenwayne]

Thank you.