Dale Carr | Toccata terza, da sonarsi alla leuatione, by Girolamo Frescobaldi, performed by Dale Carr in 1969 @dalecarr6361 | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 45 minutes ago.
Toccata terza, Per l’organo da sonarsi alla leuatione, by Girolamo Frescobaldi {1583-1643}, from his 2nd book of toccatas &c. {Roma, 1637} ; performed by Dale Carr on the Christiaan Müller organ in the Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam in 1969
Frescobaldi’s ‘Secondo Libro di Toccate {&c.}’ contains 4 toccatas with the specification ‘per l’organo’: #3 & #4 are for the elevation of the mass, #5 & #6 have pedal parts consisting of long-held tones.
This magnificent work makes use of several features common in elevation toccatas:
- lombardic rhythms {short-long}, as at youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=52 ;
- chromaticism, as at youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=220 ;
- dissonant chords, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=377 ;
- unexpected harmonies, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=242 ;
- abrupt changes of flow; {several beats of 16ths followed by several beats of half-notes}, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=170 ;
- obstinately long tones in the soprano voice, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=97 ;
- a chromatic motive beginning with a 3rd, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=117 .
There are also elements that occur much less frequently in Frescobaldi’s toccatas:
- a subject treated formally with an exposition @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=117;
- a direct quotation from another of Frescobaldi’s toccatas, #8 from this book, @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=88 .
Christiaan Müller’s organ of 1734 in the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam built on an organ from 1680. I used the 8’ Prestant of the Rugpositief, which has 2 pipes per key in the treble.
I’m sorry that the sound quality of the recording does not flatter this wonderful instrument. It was made in the spring of 1969 using a portable reel-to-reel recorder with built-in mike. Actually, I’m surprised that it doesn’t sound worse ; I think, despite all, that the organ is easily recognizable.
Other elevation toccatas by Frescobaldi:
- youtube.com/watch?v=IeNp8IJ3IrY
- youtube.com/watch?v=zoIaytgsuCw
Other organ works by Frescobaldi:
- youtube.com/watch?v=zoIaytgsuCw
- youtube.com/watch?v=6IxQb3lKLUs
- youtube.com/watch?v=wzhqj9yA2DU
- youtube.com/watch?v=oQv96OhpVIU
- youtube.com/watch?v=JCLJhe47Vf8
Harpsichord works of Frescobaldi:
- youtube.com/watch?v=eFxK1xpVjfI
- youtube.com/watch?v=Uovg_ZMKomQ
Toccata terza, Per l’organo da sonarsi alla leuatione, by Girolamo Frescobaldi {1583-1643}, from his 2nd book of toccatas &c. {Roma, 1637} ; performed by Dale Carr on the Christiaan Müller organ in the Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam in 1969
Frescobaldi’s ‘Secondo Libro di Toccate {&c.}’ contains 4 toccatas with the specification ‘per l’organo’: #3 & #4 are for the elevation of the mass, #5 & #6 have pedal parts consisting of long-held tones.
This magnificent work makes use of several features common in elevation toccatas:
- lombardic rhythms {short-long}, as at youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=52 ;
- chromaticism, as at youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=220 ;
- dissonant chords, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=377 ;
- unexpected harmonies, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=242 ;
- abrupt changes of flow; {several beats of 16ths followed by several beats of half-notes}, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=170 ;
- obstinately long tones in the soprano voice, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=97 ;
- a chromatic motive beginning with a 3rd, as @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=117 .
There are also elements that occur much less frequently in Frescobaldi’s toccatas:
- a subject treated formally with an exposition @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=117;
- a direct quotation from another of Frescobaldi’s toccatas, #8 from this book, @ youtu.be/gsTJexHeU2M?t=88 .
Christiaan Müller’s organ of 1734 in the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam built on an organ from 1680. I used the 8’ Prestant of the Rugpositief, which has 2 pipes per key in the treble.
I’m sorry that the sound quality of the recording does not flatter this wonderful instrument. It was made in the spring of 1969 using a portable reel-to-reel recorder with built-in mike. Actually, I’m surprised that it doesn’t sound worse ; I think, despite all, that the organ is easily recognizable.
Other elevation toccatas by Frescobaldi:
- youtube.com/watch?v=IeNp8IJ3IrY
- youtube.com/watch?v=zoIaytgsuCw
Other organ works by Frescobaldi:
- youtube.com/watch?v=zoIaytgsuCw
- youtube.com/watch?v=6IxQb3lKLUs
- youtube.com/watch?v=wzhqj9yA2DU
- youtube.com/watch?v=oQv96OhpVIU
- youtube.com/watch?v=JCLJhe47Vf8
Harpsichord works of Frescobaldi:
- youtube.com/watch?v=eFxK1xpVjfI
- youtube.com/watch?v=Uovg_ZMKomQ
