Videos - Möller Pipe Organ
- Anonymous, Portugal - Fugue in C Major
- This fugue was discovered along with five others in Portugal. The composer is unknown. It is believed to have been written during the 18th century and is in the style of the Italo-Iberian fugue. It is being played by David Christensen on the M. P. Moller (1966) organ at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA.
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue in e minor
- This work for keyboard, using manuals only, is played at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, California.
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude in C Major
- Performed by David Christensen: September 18, 2009
- Leon Boelmann - Toccata Gothique
- The Toccata, from Suite Gothique, is played by organist David Christensen in a performance from 1977 recorded on the Beckerath tracker action organ at the First Methodist Church in Redlands, California. The composer of the work is Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897). [Not the Moller, true, but a finer local instrument.]
- Dietrich Buxtehude - Canzonetta
- The Canzonetta by Dietrich Buxtehude was played on September 14, 2009 on the 1966 Moller organ at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA by organist David Christensen.
- Nicolaus Clerambault - Trumpet in Dialogue
- This piece for organ was composed by Nicolaus Clerambault (1676-1749). It was recorded on the 1966 Moller organ at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA during August 2009.
- Robert Giracello - Psalm 25
- This setting for organ of Psalm 25, "To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul," comes from the collection "Reflections on the Psalms" by Robert Giracello. Here it is played by David Christensen at Eden Lutheran church in Riverside, California.
Your ways, O Lord,
make known to me
Guide me in Your paths,
for You are God my savior.
Remember Your compassion,
dwell not on my sin
think of me in Your goodness.
- Robert Giracello - Psalm 63
- This lovely organ setting of Psalm 63 comes from the collection "Reflections on the Psalms" by Robert Giracello.
God, You are my God, whom I seek
For You my flesh cries out
Thirsting in my soul, like the earth
lifeless, without water.
- Gustav Holst - In the Bleak Midwinter
- In the Bleak Midwinter, by Gustav Holst, is played by David Christensen at Eden Lutheran church in Riverside, California.
- Johann Pachelbel / Gottfried Walther - Christus der Ist Mein Leben
- Two settings of "Christus, der ist mein Leben" are played on the 1966 Moller organ at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA by David Christensen. The composer of the first setting is Johann Pachelbel, and the composer of the second setting is Johann Gottfried Walther. A few of the church's stained glass windows are shown during the course of the video. Michael Jenkins, a member of the church, photographed the windows.
- Johann Ernst Rembt - Trio No. 2
- This short piece, from Six Trios for Organ by Johann Ernst Rembt (1749-1810), is played by David Christensen on a Moller pipe organ.
- Johann Ernst Rembt - Trio No. 2
- This short piece, from Six Trios for Organ by Johann Ernst Rembt (1749-1810), is played by David Christensen on a Moller pipe organ.
- Camille Saint-Saens - Fantasie in E Flat
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), is the composer of this elegant piece for organ. When he composed the piece, he had the sound of the Cavaillé-Coll organ as a reference. In this performance from 1977, David Christensen plays the piece on a German mechanical action organ built by Rudolph von Beckerath.
- William Selby - Voluntary in A Major for Organ
- The Voluntary in A Major is a two movement work written for organ by William Selby, a Boston organist and composer who lived from 1738-1798. This performance was recorded on August 29, 2009 at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA on a 1966 M. P. Moller pipe organ. The temperature outside at the time was 110 degrees, and unfortunately parts of the organ are out of tune. The organist is David Christensen.
- Traditional, Ireland - Londonderry Air
- Arranged by David Christensen, this traditional Irish melody continues to haunt the hearts of those who hear. It is being played by David Christensen on the M. P. Moller (1966) organ at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA.
- William Walond - Introduction and Toccata in G Major
- This English Voluntary was composed by William Walond (1719-1768) who was active in Oxford. This performance took place at Eden Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA on September 14, 2009.
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