Editing Beethoven’s works for organ and Flötenuhr
Richard Brasier explains how Beethoven’s early experiences with the organ as a church musician gradually helped to transform piano technique during the early-Romantic period, in a discussion of his new edition of Beethoven’s works for the organ and for Flötenuhr, published by Verlag Dohn in 2020.
Working with orchestras – a guide to Mozart’s Coronation Mass
Conductor Nicholas Cleobury continues his guides for organists and choral directors to working with orchestras, with a film discussing how to prepare Mozart’s Coronation Mass for performance.
Learning during lockdown : 14 Beethoven and the organ
Organists really do have something to shout about regarding Beethoven after all, says Richard Brasier, in a new film that is the RCO’s contribution to the celebrations around the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth this year. In Learning during Lockdown this month we look at Beethoven’s relationship with the organ, and at the wider legacy of organ music from the Classical period. We also note how two organists took a major role in shaping the content of the live music this year’s COVID-constricted BBC Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall.
Beethoven and the organ
In a film to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Richard Brasier looks at his working life and short career as an organist in Bonn.
Repertoire from the French Classical Period – a Masterclass with Matthew Martin
In this RHS-RCO Masterclass, Matthew Martin discusses the practicalities of performance of the French Classical Repertoire – from registration and articulation, to the fingering for ornamentation and the application of inègale.
Building a repertoire: organ music during the Classical Period, with Richard Brasier
Richard Brasier discusses the performance of the organ music of the Classical period: repertoire between the Baroque and Romantic that is often neglected.
Celebrate the organ – OrganFest 2016 opens in Edinburgh in October
OrganFest, the annual weekend celebration of the organ, moves north this year. After two years in the Midlands, it will be held in Edinburgh from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th October, and showcase organs by Willis, Ahrend, and Reiger.
Charles Burney – the Six Cornet Pieces in digital edition (Members only download)
The RCO’s Library contains many examples of printed music from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and a series of digitised editions has been launched to highlight this area of the collection, in order to bring to light often rare material that is not readily available in either printed or electronic formats. This includes the Six Cornet Pieces by the renowned Dr Charles Burney (1726–1814).
Charles Burney – the Six Cornet Pieces in digital edition: an introduction
The RCO’s Library contains many examples of printed music from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and a series of digitised editions has been launched to highlight this area of the collection: this includes the Six Cornet Pieces by the renowned Dr Charles Burney (1726–1814).