Join Angelina as she steps into the world of the organ with renowned organist and YouTube star Richard McVeigh. With its multiple keyboards, intricate stops, and powerful sound, the organ can seem like a daunting instrument but Richard is here to demystify it. From exploring the keyboards (manuals) and pedals to understanding stops and layering sounds, Angelina discovers just how fun and rewarding playing the organ can be.
Join Angelina and organist Richard McVeigh in the RCO's First Stops series, as they explore the organ’s complexities, learning how fun and rewarding it is.
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Join Angelina at the start of the Royal College of Organists’ First Stops series, as she steps into the world of the organ with renowned organist and YouTube star Richard McVeigh.
With its multiple keyboards, intricate stops, and powerful sound, the organ can seem like a daunting instrument but Richard is here to demystify it. From understanding stops to layering sounds, Angelina discovers just how fun and rewarding playing the organ can be.
In the second in the Royal College of Organists' First Stops series, Angelina learns from Richard McVeigh how the organ manuals, stops, and swell pedal create dynamic, orchestral-like sounds.
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Angelina returns for a second lesson in the Royal College of Organists’ First Stops series with organist Richard McVeigh.
With multiple keyboards and an array of stops, Richard explains how organists create dynamic and expressive music. From the powerful grate to the expressive swell, Angelina discovers how different sounds come together, making the organ feel like an entire orchestra.
Angelina joins Richard McVeigh to discover the organ pedals, learn their role, practice a simple pattern, get technique tips and enjoy a difficult Bach performance.
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For the third in the Royal College of Organists’ First Stops series, Angelina delves into the challenge of organ pedals, discovering how they produce deep bass notes and require precise coordination.
With tips on technique and a demonstration of a stunning Bach performance played entirely with the feet, she gains new insight into this powerful aspect of organ playing.
Richard McVeigh demonstrates how the organs powerful sounds, from bold to delicate, come alive through a performer and brings a masterpiece to life.
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In this fourth and final film in the Royal College of Organists’ First Stops series, Richard McVeigh shows Angelina how the organ’s powerful sounds, from bold trumpets to soft flutes, build to reveals a unique voice.
The film explores the magic of the organ through the hands of the performer, bringing a masterpiece by Maurice Duruflé to life.
