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Blessed Assurance

PostPosted: 08 Feb 2019 08:05
by Rev Tony Newnham
Hi

Another track on the Allen ADC4600 formerly belonging to my good friend Canon Quentin Bellamy.



Every Blessing

Tony

Re: Blessed Assurance

PostPosted: 08 Feb 2019 19:34
by JohnT
Hi Tony Remember it well. A lovely listen. Hope you are well. All the best. John

Re: Blessed Assurance

PostPosted: 09 Feb 2019 07:01
by Rev Tony Newnham
Thanks John T.

Sadly, I'm far from well - I have moderate heart failure on top of everything else. Makes life "interesting"

Every Blessing

Tony

Re: Blessed Assurance

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2019 00:43
by Hugh-AR
Hi Tony,

It's unusual to hear 'tremolo' with a piece like this. Years ago I went with a friend to the Church at Great Mills where they had just had the pipe organ 'restored'. This had a lovely 'vibrato' for all the hymns the organist played, and after the service I went to speak to the organist to tell her how much I had enjoyed her playing .. particularly with that 'vibrato' on it, and asked how she had done that. Her response was that it was a 'Church Pipe Organ' and should not have had any 'vibrato' on it. Nobody could find out why it was doing it, and she said it was getting to her that much that she was considering resigning as Church Organist.

But I enjoyed your playing of this piece, particularly with the 'vibrato'.

Hugh

Re: Blessed Assurance

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2019 07:25
by Rev Tony Newnham
Thanks Hugh

The whole issue of tremulant/vibrato is a minefield. Bach is recorded as using Tremulants. Many church organs do in fact have Tremulants - but the amount they're used varies, and is often limited just to solo combinations. The modern trend is for very mild trems on classical organs for some reason.

I use whatever sounds are available on the organ I'm playing, and that seem to be right to me for the particular piece (and situation).

Every Blessing

Tony

Re: Blessed Assurance

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2019 03:43
by Max the Icie Owner
Love it. I like the tremolo too. What I was taught more or less is that tremolo is fine if you don't have singers using vibrato as well. For solo stuff it's fine.

I don't care either way really. Sounds great!