This is a great piece for working on forearm rotation, relaxing the hand, not playing from the fingers and playing from the elbow.
I played this piece on an eight foot flute through the Choir division's antiphonal speakers. Since they were far away I couldn't hear them so I coupled them to the Great and added this little marimba so that I could play to that. The people in the pews heard the flute and some thought they heard a chiff coming from the front. This recording pretty much only picked up the marimba since the camera microphone was closer to the MIDI speaker. This is a great piece for working on forearm rotation, relaxing the hand, not playing from the fingers and playing from the elbow.
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Just as rap, disco or a waltz can be recognized by its style or structure, so can a fugue if you know what to listen for.
In layman's terms, a fugue begins with a solo line which states the melody, usually in one of the hands. Then the other hand comes in and imitates the same melody while the first hand goes off wandering by itself. The two hands then come back together, they frolic a bit, then one of them may restate the melody. The restatement is like a mating call because this usually attracts the attention of the feet who then enter into the fray. Then the hands, like a tease, go scattering. After the feet have their say, all the body parts play tag for a while until one of them states the theme one final time, usually the feet get this honor since they were the last in. Chorally, in this fugue, the voices enter first in the soprano, then the alto, the tenor, then the bass. They continue: T, S, A, B, S, B. "What does it mean to be a Christian" homily tease for 9/29 (created for a Roman priest friend) For those of you who are interested in listening to organ music from your computers, cell phones or tablets, here are a few suggestions.
Do you love theater organ? Try the Theater Organ Radio Station. Scroll down to the blue SHOUTcast button toward the bottom of the screen and enjoy. http://www.atos.org/atos-theatre-organ-radio For "classical" organ music, try the OrganLive site. Click on the NOW PLAYING button on the top of their page and then select one of the player options. You may already have one of them installed on your system. I use WinAmp. I also suggest right-clicking and opening the player in a new window so you can keep the NOW PLAYING window open. That way you can refresh the screen to see and research what's currently playing. Notice that you can research the organ, the organist and in many cases you can see or purchase the CD and even the sheet music of the piece that is currently being played. This is one of my favorite sites. They also take requests and you can read user comments about some of the works. http://www.organlive.com/nowplaying For everything else, try tunein. You can also get tunein as an app for your phone or tablet. http://tunein.com/ -Malcolm Kogut Over the past century the Hudson river has seen plenty of action. Steamboats carried millions of people between Albany and New York, and their popularity held for decades even after rail travel began. The reason? The boats weren’t the only thing making time on the Hudson River. In the early 20th century, couples could evade their disapproving elders — or their disapproving spouses by hopping the night boat to Albany. The night steamboats that journeyed between Albany and New York City had a reputation, and it wasn’t for the scenic views-they were notorious for clandestine romances. As this 1918 song asks, “Why Do They All Take the Night Boat to Albany?” A Roman Catholic priest recently hired me to create a series of "Bible Blasts" (which actually have little to do with scripture) for his website. They are intended to be teasers for his homily topics, bible studies and programs. I'll share a few of them here as we progress on. http://youtu.be/7q7dJjy2FxI For years I have seen hundreds of those industrious and ubiquitous little black ants creeping about my asphalt driveway, on my deck, on the roof of my back porch and often snaking their way along a garden hose when I was remiss to dispatch it to its coiled resting place after watering the garden. I never found ants in the house so I didn't think I had a problem. That is until I replaced a window and discovered that the sill was sinuously networked with tunnels and holes, once a home to a colony of carpenters. So I began to monitor the travels of these six legged beasts only to discover that they indeed were making a home within my house. Since they were not paying rent, it was time to evict these pests. I found them to be very wise and cognizant of my presence. When they saw me coming they would slip between the cracks of the decking and wait in hiding until they thought I was gone. By sitting still, I could play out a transparent charade of pretending I was taking no notice with elaborate nonchalance into favorable positions for a quick drop of the heel. Stepping on them one by one was not going to cut is so I next assailed them with an assortment of poisons which seemed to work well for a few days. At least on the workers who came in immediate contact with the spray I bequeathed. I also tried barrier powders and they worked well except that the colony simply found another location several feet away to gain an alternate access. These methods were merely “tummy tucks” and "Lidocaine" injections." They masked the symptom but didn't solve the problem. I finally discovered a nifty product at my local grown-up toy store - Home Depot. It is called Terro. It is a sweet liquid bait designed to attract and beguile the ants to feast upon it, then they would delightfully transport the poison back into the colony's nest where they would share their bounty with the other workers and most importantly, with the queen. In moribund reconciliation, it was important to resist the urge to squash them on sight in order to follow through with my plan of permanent eradication. Bwahahahaha . . . Within a few days I was ant free. At least, my first battery of Terro was sufficiently seminal to have a huge impact on their population. About a week or two later I noticed a smaller, weaker, somewhat dessicated looking batch of carpenter ants wandering around in one of the areas I had poisoned. I surmised that these little buggers were from the eggs which had since hatched and this crop of young didn't have any adult ants to feed or care for them. So I ingratiatingly complied to appease their hunger. Within a few days, I was once again ant free. About three weeks later I was sitting on my back deck and I noticed an ant carrying an egg heading straight for my house. There were actually several of them processing in single file while maintaining a seemingly safe distance between themselves. They discovered that there was a vacancy in my home and were preparing to move in. Having none of that, I followed their trail through my yard, careful to step on and squash every ant I strafed. The trail led me straight to a rotting tree in the woods not far from my property line. I laid out a "Terrotian" feast for them and then raked and washed the yard where their trail once was in an attempt to eradicate whatever scent they laid out as a road map to my house. I've been free of them ever since. Terro is a wonderful product which works very well. You just have to remain vigilante and keep an eye out for future waves of wood munching scouts in search of human shelter. Thanks Senoret Chemical Company and Woodstream Corporation. |
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