Many student organists panic when asked to choose their own stops, which is a shame when experienced organists know how fascinating the art of registration is.   Teaching registration and console management can be very time-consuming.   This download from the RCO Academy suggests a graded approach to teaching organ management, giving your students, whatever their stage […]

Kauffmann’s Harmonische Seelenlust was published in instalments through subscription from 1733 until 1740. It contains 98 preludes on 63 chorales, and 66 figured chorales, which are embellished with interludes and flourishes between phrases; six preludes have an obbligato part for oboe. Kauffmann gives detailed directions for registration, tempi, phrasing, articulation, and expressive ‘affect’ to a […]