- Suite 5
[11:16]
The movements are Prelude, Almand, Courante, Saraband, Cebell [Gavot], Minuet, Riggadoon, Intrada, and March, many of which have been transcribed for
organ. The Prelude begins almost as a two-voice fugue played on Hauptwerk Gedackt 8' + Octava 4' coupled to Rückpositiv Copol Major 8' + Copol
minor 4' + Octava 2' + Octava 1'; about halfway through it begins to change textures frequently. The Almand uses HW Gedackt 8' coupled to,
alternately, the RP Copol minor 4' + Qvintadena 4', whose overtones create an illusion of higher registers; a second repeat adds the HW
Salicional 8'. The Courante uses HW Gedackt 8' + Octava 4' + Cymbal, with Cymbal replaced by the coupled 2' and 1' stops on the Rückpositiv.
The Sarabande uses three soft 8' stops: HW Gedackt 8' + Salicional 8' + RP Copol Major, repeating without the HW Gedackt 8' but adding the
Qvintadena 4'. The Cebell is rather jaunty with several misdirected notes that are accurately rendered according to my score, registration is
the Principal chorus of the HW with the Qvinta 2 2/3' and the Cymbal being added near the end. The Minuet nearly omits the fundamental by using
only the Salicional 8' under the Octava 2' coupled to the RP Copol Minor 4'; for the repeat, registration is HW Gedackt 8' + Octava 2' coupled to RP
Copol Major 8' + Qvintadena 4'. The Rigaudon sounds like a popular tune of the day, with a childish, sing-song quality, first played on HW
Principal 8' + Octava 4'; near the end the Octava 2' is added, and then the former registration of the second Almand repeat - remember that
one? The Intrada was relabeled "Fanfare" by E. Power Biggs and given a da capo (that is, he repeated the first section again at the end); here
the trumpet-like melody is on every stop on the HW - with RP accompaniment using all stops except the 1'; for the repeat the HW Gedackt 8' and Nasard
2 2/3 and RP Qvinta 1 1/3' are retired. The concluding March uses the HW Principal Chorus coupled to everything on the RP except the Quintadena
4'; for the repeat, the HW Mixtura is replaced with the Cymbal; and the RP Octava 1' is replaced by the Qvinta 4'; a little relief is provided near
the end by going to the RP, then returning to the HW. To accomplish these registration changes in MIDI, 20 Generals have been added to the organ
definition file.
Instrument:
Renaissance Organ (ca. 1587) in gothic church in Smecno, Czech Republic -
Samples by Jiri Zurek
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Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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