Andante and Chorale (+ Sheetmusic) | Ernest A. Dicks (1865-1948) | By Rien

[@OrganGuyPhil]

This is beautifully grand! Great find! 😊

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks Phil!

[@andrewloose3419]

Your registration and tempo suit the piece very well. I too remember this sort of music from my youth - which is a lot longer ago than yours!!

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks Andrew! I like this kind of music that isn't played much anymore nowadays. While it's the kind of music that many people can appreciate because of the clear rhythm and melody.

[@grahamtwist]

Good to hear you play a piece by a forgotten English composer, and it's interesting to see how your chosen registration and tempo really changes the character of the music from soft;y reverential to grandly majestic! A stately performance on the glorious Marcussen Organ sample set: bravo, Rien!

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thank you very much! Have a nice Sunday Graham. :-)

[@nakorganist]

Wow, a very splendid organ piece!

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Many thanks! It’s a beauty indeed!

[@remi-chapalain]

Very nice ! Thank you for sharing !

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thank you too! Have a nice Sunday!

[@melvinpotts3239]

I found this on IMSLP. Nice piece...I've played it for postlude.

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Did you play it bold like me or a bit less loud?

[@melvinpotts3239]

@@RienSchalkwijk I believe I used a Principal Chorus (with 8'Flute/Viola from Swell) of 8-4 for the entire piece. Played softer parts on Swell.

[@SecretsofOrganPlaying]

A nice powerful piece.

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks Vidas!

[@antonellastellabotte7045]

Super!🎉

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks Antonella!

[@RalphLooij]

Never heard of the man, nice music!

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks! He wrote a lot of pieces and transcriptions. Pretty interesting guy!

[@jannoordzij8043]

Unknown but beuatiful Rien.

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks Jan! This composer is pretty well known in England, but not abroad...

[@jannoordzij8043]

@@RienSchalkwijk nice to discover!

[@philippelegargean5120]

I didn't know. It will register very well like this. Happy Sunday.

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thanks a lot for listening Philippe!

[@intermezzo-musikalischestr2987]

That's a nice discovering. Many thanks for sharing the sheet, I've dowwnloaded it. It looks like music for my small organs. Did you use the suggestion for pedaling?

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Thank you. I play the pedal rather intuitive. I only look at the pedaling suggestions if I got stuck or, like in the case of this kind of music I can't play it as legato as I wanted. But this was a near sight reading recording, so I didn't need the help.

[@intermezzo-musikalischestr2987]

​@@RienSchalkwijkAlthough I understand this writing method I can't read it fast enough while playing, so I ignore it ... For myself I only write r (right) or l (left) - if it is necessary. I find this easier.

[@nilsvanvelzen]

Er leuke compositie, lekker power. Als je dan het koraal (wat ik niet herken nu zo snel) met een hand vol mensen wil meezingen wordt dat dan wel een uitdaging 🙂. Goed gespeeld.

[@RienSchalkwijk]

Dank Nils! Ik denk dat de koraal meer een stijlfiguur is, niet gebaseerd op een hymn. Maar het koraal deel zit alleen in het onderste manuaal. Zo zingen zou eventueel moeten lukken!

[@nilsvanvelzen]

@@RienSchalkwijk Ik had begrepen dat dat voor veel van de Koralen van Flor Peeters ook zo is. Een fantasie koraalmelodie zonder tekst. (maar niet in elke liturgie wordt er evenveel gezongen dus prima bruikbaar)