On this the 336th anniversary of J. S. Bach’s birthday, I recorded the first movement, Allegro, of his Organ Sonata No. 1 in E flat Major (BWV 525).

Bach, J. S. - Organ Sonata No. 1 in E flat Major 1. Allegro BWV525

Adams, Charles - Christmas Fantasia

Richard Syner’s Meditation on Noel Nouvelet

Syner, Richard - Meditation on Noel Nouvelet

Adams, Charles - Fantasia for Advent

Adams, Charles - Fugue for Advent

Perks, Jeff - The First Noel

Jeff Perks’ He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child

Perks, Jeff - He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child

Richard deCosta’s  Come Thou Long Expected Jesus (Hyfrydol)

deCosta, Richard - Come Thou Long Expected Jesus (Hyfrydol)

Perks, Jeff - Carol of the Bells

David Ibinaiye’s arrangement of Lyra Davidica or Easter Hymn. Due to the limits of the organ, the following registrations were used:
Great for first & last:
8’ Rohr Flute
8’ Gedeckt
4’ Gedeckt

Great in middle section:
8’ Principal
4’ Octave Principal

Swell in place of trumpet:
8’ Gedeckt
8’ Fagot Schalmei

Ibinaiye, David arr.- Lyra Davidica (Easter Hymn).mp3

This is an organ adaptation of Joseph Knapicius’s SATB choir arrangement named Psalm 13 with the text based on the King James version. This was recorded on our enhanced 1932 Möller pipe organ (Opus 6094) using a Zoom H6 Handy Recorder in the organ loft. The bass was played on the Pedals using 16’ Gedeckt & 8’ Octav. Tenor & alto were on the Swell using 8’ Principal. Soprano was played on Great using 8’ Principal. Though the anthem is intended to be sung at a tempo of 88 BPM, I increased this to 100 BPM.

Knapicius, Joseph - Psalm 13

Classic Queen song played on a pipe organ.

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Widor, Charles-Marie - Toccata from Fifth Organ Symphony Op 42 #1

Organ prelude based on the French folk tune Picardy, best known as the tune for the hymn “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.”

Interlude on Picardy (Let All Mortal Flesh)

JS Bach’s Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659

Bach, J. S. - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659

Richard Syner’s organ prelude Meditation on Conditor Alme Siderum (Creator of the Stars of Light)

Syner, Richard - Meditation on Conditor Alme Siderum (Creator of the Stars of Light)

Richard deCosta’s organ arrangement of the hymn tune Diademata (Crown Him with Many Crowns) performed on M. P. Möller opus 6094. Richard’s arrangements can be found at www.richarddecosta.com

deCosta, Richard - Diademata (Crown Him with Many Crowns)

Richard Syner’s organ arrangement based on the hymn tune Divine Mysteries (Sweet sacrament divine) played on the 1932 M. P. Möller opus 6094.

Syner, Richard - Meditation on Divine Mysteries (Sweet Sacrament Divine)

Richard Syner’s arrangement of Carol of the Bells on the 1932 M. P. Möller opus 6094 and featuring its Maas-Rowe chimes. This arrangement is available at: https://musescore.com/user/28804403/scores/6500083

Syner, Richard - Carol of the Bells

This is Richard Syner’s 52nd arrangement in a year-long project to make a new arrange for organ each week that is appropriate for the liturgical season.

Meditation on Herzlich Tut Mich Vetlangen (O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded) was written for Lent III but is appropriate any time during the Lenten season or any time a quiet, contemplative piece is needed for a prelude, during communion, or other reflective portions of a service.

This recording features our 1932 M. P. Möller organ. For the registration, the great and pedals both used 8’ stops borrowed from the swell’s Lieblich Gedeckt and Viole ranks. Borrowed stops were selected so that all would be under expression. The swell used its 8’ Fagot Schalmei as this is the only reed rank on the organ.

The score, as well as all his other arrangements in this series, can be downloaded for free at https://musescore.com/user/28804403/scores/6626438

Syner, Richard - Meditation on Herzlich Tut Mich Vetlangen

This is Richard Syner’s 52nd arrangement in a year-long project to make a new arrange for organ each week that is appropriate for the liturgical season.

Meditation on Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen (O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded) was written for Lent III but is appropriate any time during the Lenten season or any time a quiet, contemplative piece is needed for a prelude, during communion, or other reflective portions of a service.

This recording features our 1932 M. P. Möller organ. For the registration, the great and pedals both used 8’ stops borrowed from the swell’s Lieblich Gedeckt and Viole ranks. Borrowed stops were selected so that all would be under expression. The swell used its 8’ Fagot Schalmei as this is the only reed rank on the organ.

The score, as well as all his other arrangements in this series, can be downloaded for free at https://musescore.com/user/28804403/scores/6626438

Syner, Richard - Meditation on Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen

Organ team at Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church playing a 1932 M. P. Möller pipe organ Opus 6094. It has 2 manuals and pedals. The organ was expanded and updated in 1980 by Otto Hofmann. The console and control electronics was modernized in 2019 by Michael Morgan.

Because this is a physical pipe organ, there is no sound board or computer to take the recordings from. We are currently recording most things using an external microphone in the organ loft.

HCELC Organ Project

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