3
most cherished organ pieces
First
is - “LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVE EXCELLING”
Apart
from the spiritual connotation which richly accords this piece, it is
apparently designed with joys of sounds which echoes “live” this live is seen
in all around us; in contest, love is live. So where we display love, live
inevitably is created. What am I saying? Now, through the windows of classical
music, study of organ sounds and music psychology teachings- humans grabs an
important communication through sound than sight. Thus I can see someone
running but if I do not hear shouts like; Thief! Thief!! I will only presume
that you are doing excises. But if I hear shouts like; Thief! Thief!! Without
even seeing any one on the run I will adjust myself and take some certain
measures. Or maybe I hear shouts like; Fire! Fire!! Without seeing any smoke or
seeing people running, I will definitely take some actions. So it is that some
persons do not require physical expressions of love to begat live, but they
earnestly wait for the right force which has the key of turning their precious
persons into live transmitting agents. Those type of people prefer to judge a
musical competition not by sight (fineness of the performer) but by sound (the
quality of the artistic skill and level of reasoning).
Now,
some music writers like; C. Wesley was so blessed with great minds that their
imaginations surpass what we call monogamous text in music literature. Their
music is entirely mature for marriage in tonology. Their sounds and lyrics
remain undisrupted no matter the tunes used to present them. Some people don’t
need a preacher man to speak to them about love or any people to show them love
in the presence of these sounds which accompanies these lyrics. They want you
to allow the sounds to do its job. And trust me; they get every bit of that
message even more than they would have grabs spoken word.
Happily
there are good Church organs in African Churches today listeners can depend on
when it comes to nature mellowed sounds that will depict a communication that
exist before reason. And more, happily, African has produced many renowned,
seasoned, potential and well-trained organ recitalists who understands and sees
beyond black & white keys or five lines & four spaces. Performers who
always tend to communicate the hidden message of the art in clarity. These
young & old women and men took their art in suptuum and endeavors to study the history, symbolism & science
of every phase of structural piece before performance, to technically extract
points and intent of the writer or composer; and as well show some level of
their human comprehension ability in their performance. These People are “able
to tell stories without making use of spoken words” they are able to explain,
yet without words, they are able to make vivid the intention of a theorist or a
philosopher. I can go on and on…
These
aforementioned synopses are what usually ignite every tropism into being
addicted to certain melodies; like “LOVE DIVINE ALL LOVE EXCELLING”.
Permit
me to recommend this wonderful piece for your perfect meditation tune. As a
German trained organist whose performance experience spans over 10 years now, I
see myself qualified to present and recommend sound musical works based on my
tendentious analysis of their components and divisional proportion.
Performing
this very piece with 3 manual organ @ Ave Maria Cathedral Anvil, Conakry,
Guinea; I was aware of the story I was about to tell. “A STORY OF THE CREATION
AND DIVINITY”
In the Intro (prelude) -
I spoke of darkness & water that fills the earth before time and the Mighty
Spirit of Yahweh that dwells upon it. Just try to imagine the depth of that
water, her purity that made her suitable for Magnificent Spirit of Yahweh. I
did not need tremulants effects to achieve a clear communication. All I did was
32, 16, 8, 4 of Bourdons + Flutes.
In Verse 1 - I
spoke with tenderness of the created things; LIGHT, DAY & NIGHT, EVENING
& MORNING, FIRMAMENT HEAVEN, DRY LAND (EARTH), SEA, GRASS, HERB, TREE, TWO
GREAT LIGHTS, STARS, ABUNDANCE OF LIVING CREATURES, WINGED BIRDS, MAN IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD; and I spoke with humility of their groaning to salute
(worship) their Maker in tongues that could only be understood by the Spirit of
their Maker. I carefully progress to
tutti A, B with new foundations involving 8, 4, 2, mixtures of Principal +
Flutes of well-structured mind and body.
In Verse 2 - I
spoke of man with confidence and boldness which the Spirit gives; asserting his
authority over other created things that be. I equally spoke of the Maker’s
grace, tolerance and punishment for man’s disobedience. I recognized the
openings of various scenes of life; of good & evil; of death, suffering in
childbirth & earnings; and finally, of a great promise of a Messiah to
come, whose birth, life, death, and resurrections will surely deliver man into
life everlasting through his graces. I built a special sequence of what looks
like Fibonacci Mathematical progression to illustrate the stages with
immutaions 1’ 2’ 9th of Strings in solo.
In Verse 3 - I
spoke of man moving on in life after a very grievous fall. He was sent out of
Paradise but his journey was never ended, he moved on. He finally ends up dying
a death in obedience to the law of his Maker; dust you are and unto dust you
must surely return. I muted the pedals to give credence to the grandeur of all
things yielding to its final rest through Him and in Him. Making use of simple
foundations of 8, 4, 2 of Principals & Flutes coupled.
I invite you to sit and listen to this work via my
youtube channel @ INNOCENT IGIRI
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