All of those who are familiar with the series can be looking forward to a colorful potpourri:

The album starts off with a number of short pieces for portative organ, a small and portable organ which is equipped with only a few pipes. Thus, the pieces are kept short and simple, but are still finished with a "regal" piece played on the "big brother".

The second block consists of four pieces, which had been improvised and submitted for a charity concert that was organised by a few U.S. organists back in 2020 to benefit the NAACP, the U.S. "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People". "Go Down Moses", which belongs to the genre of "Afro-American Spirituals", was eventually chosen by the organisational committee for the virtual concert with multiple international contributors.

Three nature-related improvisations mark the final block, of which the first one ("Tornado & Aftermath") was created upon a personal request from an organist friend of mine in search for an "organ storm for Pentecost". Encouraged by his positive response, two similar pieces then followed later, which should be considered to be modern sound paintings.

The individual blocks are separated by single pieces, which are both affected by Western culture and try to abduct the listener into the realms of Arabian Nights — this way, every style from medieval to modern and from Orient to Occident is again being part of the show.

metz-o-mix, Vol. 6

Powerful Day, Peaceful Night

Earthquakes

Tornado & Aftermath

How Great Thou Art

Carillon-Toccata "Sleepers, Awake"

Prayer For The Floyds

Farewell To George

Go Down Moses

Arabian Nights Improvisation

Marche Gothique

7 Stücke Für Portativ (7)

7 Stücke Für Portativ (6)

7 Stücke Für Portativ (5)

7 Stücke Für Portativ (4)

7 Stücke Für Portativ (3)

7 Stücke Für Portativ (2)

7 Stücke Für Portativ (1)

Full time lead software dev and a passionate spare-time pipe organ player. Adept at picking up, replaying and improvising pieces by ear, but I totally suck when it comes to sight-reading sheet music.

All of my skills are self-taught; starting about 30 years ago back when I was a child, but with the majority added over the past ~10 years, when I first had permanent access to physical pipe organs in Germany and Italy. Heavily influenced by the stuff I watch and play, I'm absolutely NOT the kind of "church organist" that anyone might expect, but focusing on orchestral / VGM / movie / soundtrack themes instead.

If you'd like to know what to expect, you're invited to check out my YouTube channel!

metz-o-mix, Vol. 6

Woody/mC