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Have you ever wanted to start to practice on the organ but found yourself sidetracked after a few days? Apparently your inner motivation wasn't enough. I know how you feel. I also was stuck many times.

Hi! It's so good to be back :) This week I'd like to share with you my recording of J.S. Bach's chorale Nun Komm' der Heiden Heiland BWV 659. It still amazes me that I could play it ten times in a row

Have you ever wanted to start to practice on the organ but found yourself sidetracked after a few days? Apparently your inner motivation wasn't enough. I know how you feel. I also was stuck many times.

It seems I havn't posted anything since june, but it doesn't mean I forgot about SOP Contest :) This week I'd like to share this beautiful fugue in g-minor. I must admitt that I don't like the preceding

Thank you everyone for participating! You all made us very happy with your entries. We have all selected the following winners: 1st Place (6 votes) 2nd Place (5 votes) 3rd Place (4 votes) Here are the

This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 77. I'm playing Sonata in C major (Allegro) by Baldassare Galuppi. It's great to be able to play on mechanical action and in the presence

It was eight weeks ago when I posted my first entry for SOP Contest - the E-minor prelude BWV 555. It's high time to post the fugue! So here it is :D As always I look forward to your comments and suggestions!

This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 73. I'm playing Georg Böhm's stunning Aria on Vater unser im Himmelreich. The translation of the German title means "Our Father in

This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest, Week 73. I play the Trio in c minor by Johann Tobias Krebs. Johann Tobias Krebs (1690-1762) was a German baroque composer and organist. He studied

As was my entry for last week's contest, my entry for this week's Secrets of Organ Playing Contest is a work of my own composition: Thirty-Four. I have written much about Thirty-Four on this blog, so I

Thank you very much for your comments, suggestions and help - i really appriciate it! It is amazing to have an opportunity to learn from experienced musicians, even when we're all stuck at home in the

I must admitt it was a struggle - I had lots of things to do this week so I couldn't practice as much as I intended. Still I'd like to present you the results, despite all the clumsiness of this video

This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest, Week 70. I play the second movement (Adagio) of Bach's first Triosonata, BWV 525. One of the beautiful things in these Triosonata's is the way

This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 70. I'm playing Master Tallis's Testament by Herbert Howells. Howells was an English composer who wrote many works for the Anglican church.

Thanks a lot for all the comments and votes in the last week's contest! This time I'd like to present a more vivid piece - F-Major prelude BWV 556 by J.S. Bach/ J.L. Krebs (still only the prelude, I'll

Two days ago @laputis posted a beautiful choral prelude by Dietrich Buxtehude, "Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder", BuxWV 178 ( The melody is most famous as the melody of "O Haupt voll Blut und

This is my first entry, so I'm quite nervous :) J. S. Bach / J. L. Krebs E-moll Prelude BWV 555. Played on Johannus Opus 20 using Hauptwerk Software. Sample set: Straßburg Organ by Piotr Grabowski (

Have you ever wanted to start to practice on the organ but found yourself sidetracked after a few days? Apparently your inner motivation wasn't enough. I know how you feel. I also was stuck many times.