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Topic: Some (4) chorale improvisations (Pianoteqenthusiast)

Earlier in this sub-forum I have uploaded Den blomstertid nu kommer ( Now the time of blossoming arrives) played with Organteq.

Here I’m improvising with YC5 a bit on that song ”Now the time of blossoming arrives”, a Swedish summertime hymn/song. The text was printed in the Swedish psalm book in 1695 with the addition "Een Sommarwisa", A summersong, the text probably originates in older, profane poetry.
I think one of these improvisings could be intro to the chorale/song/hymn.

I was thinking of the text below when improvising   

On 21 February the consistory asked Bach why he had been away for so long; his replies were unsatisfactory and barely civil. They next complained that his accompaniments to chorales were too elaborate for congregational singing, …….was ordered to apologize within eight days……. There is no evidence that Bach apologized, and the consistory dropped the matter for eight months. They brought it up again on 11 November, and Bach undertook to answer them in writing….

I wonder what people would say if I played my improvising before playing the chorale in in my city church - would they know which chorale to sing or…..
And what would the consistory 1703 have thought about my intros…..?

Note; When I’m improvising on a melody, I try not to go too far from the melody.

Anyway, I suppose this forum members are todays consistory….:)


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Hi Stig,

I'm not disturbed at all .
There are some nice colours and it's a good thing to listen to something different (a bit or more..). But some are lost when there are some changes.

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Thank you Will, for your opinion and for always listening to my music. Greatly appreciated 

Stig

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Re: Some (4) chorale improvisations (Pianoteqenthusiast)

i think they sound great.  i especially like the latin one in 4. i think you should share them with your church, especially if you are playing for them.  changing the meter might freak them out a bit, though   on the other hand, maybe they would love it.

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budo wrote:

i think they sound great.  i especially like the latin one in 4. i think you should share them with your church, especially if you are playing for them.  changing the meter might freak them out a bit, though   on the other hand, maybe they would love it.

Thank you very much, budo, your comment was a nice surprise.
I have not played in the church for over 30 years and then only acted as a stand in when the organist fell ill, played psalms/chorales when the congregation sang. As an old schoolteacher I am retired many years ago and I am not an organist, but an amateur, who taught myself since, when young, my teacher said I will never be any player (he didn’t like me, said I could not keep the rhythm…..). Well, I still practice, training, recording every day with Orgtq and Ptq (as you have seen over 300 recordings with Ptq/Orgtq so far)  and, even though my thick fingers have started to bother me and don’t work so well anymore, I don’t give up. This forum is very importatnt for me, inspire me to play.
I think I’ll do what you say and play it first for my organist friend
Thank you for listening and giving comments. I appreciate it.

Stig