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Peter T. Daniels  
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 More options Oct 8 2012, 11:38 am
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.recordings, rec.music.classical
From: "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 08:38:53 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Oct 8 2012 11:38 am
Subject: Re: Tannhauser Overture played on pipe organ
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On Oct 8, 9:41 am, Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter T. Daniels wrote, On 10/7/12 11:30 PM:

> > On Oct 7, 6:00 pm, Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Peter T. Daniels wrote, On 10/7/12 5:12 PM:
> >>> "The Ride of the Valkyries" is often done as an organ duet (one
> >>> console, two players). I think I once attended a version for three
> >>> players, but the console wasn't visible from the nave, so it wasn't
> >>> particularly impressive.

> >> It's not exactly clear, but Newman wasn't alone in making the recording.
> >> I think they started with the Lemare (or possibly a Lemare version for
> >> two) and had two people on the keys and someone crouching inside the
> >> organ itself I'm going by the liner notes working some pedals. It says:

> >> "I was helped by friends and students in many ways during this session:
> >> Randall Atcheson added the extra lines that could not be played by two
> >> hands and two feet. This was especially true in the _Ride of the
> >> Valkyries_. Gary Schultz crawled inside the organ console to manipulate
> >> some of the swell pedals. Edward Thompson and John Stump bravely pushed
> >> pistons and pulled stops."

BTW that "bravely" seems most odd -- it's quite normal for the page-
turner to occasionally pull a stop, and with a large console having
two stop-pullers seems sensible. (Well, piston-pushing, with four busy
hands flying about, could be hazardous.)

> > You'd only need help with the expression pedals if all four feet were
> > holding sustained chords!

> I'm just the messenger.

So you're suggesting you should be shot? They'll keep that in mind for
when they do the 1812 Overture.

 
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