Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast
Oct 7, 2026 · 21 min · 8 segments
In this episode of the Secrets of Organ Playing podcast (SOPP 799), Vidas and Ausra discuss how to approach creative registrations on small pipe organs with limited stops. Whether dealing with a…
Vidas PinkeviciusHost
Ausra Motuzaite-PinkevicieneHostOne manual, and basically, uh, basically 11 stops o- o- in the manual, and one additional subbas in the pedals, and it gives the pedal coupler.
So, uh, the, as you can see, you know, when we plan and program for that instrument, we tend not to, uh, pick pieces t- with, uh, you know, two v- two virtuosic pedal part or, you know, uh, that has a lot of, uh, polyphonical structure because, uh, that pedal is basically pull-down pedal because the only one stop is the 16-foot subbas, and intentionally it was not in original.
Uh, it was, you know, expanded, uh, and added, uh, by, by Rimantas.
And this organ, uh, earlier originally stood at, uh, uh, what it is now a Franciscan church, uh, where, where the blue organ, uh-
but not in the balcony, but in front of the, uh, of the church, sort of like a, like a more of a choir organ.
Uh, but, uh, during, uh, the 19th century repressions of the czar re- regime, after the unsuccessful, um, uprising, uh, against the czar regime, Lithuanian and Polish forces suffered a lot of, uh, you know, political and cultural and religious, uh, persecutions.
And, um, basically, basically Franciscan monastery had to be closed down and, uh, and, uh...
By the way, uh, that's where, when, uh, our, uh, St. John's Church got, uh, this present organ from Polotsk Jesuit Church.
So what to play and how to register if you have, you know, organ like this-
Because, uh, you know, when you are playing on the pedal, you keep that coupler on basically most of the time, yes? So your keys, uh, manual keys, they move also around, this, which is a little bit annoying at times, but you get used to it.
One manual, and basically, uh, basically 11 stops o- o- in the manual, and one additional subbas in the pedals, and it gives the pedal coupler.
So, uh, the, as you can see, you know, when we plan and program for that instrument, we tend not to, uh, pick pieces t- with, uh, you know, two v- two virtuosic pedal part or, you know, uh, that has a lot of, uh, polyphonical structure because, uh, that pedal is basically pull-down pedal because the only one stop is the 16-foot subbas, and intentionally it was not in original.
Uh, it was, you know, expanded, uh, and added, uh, by, by Rimantas.
And this organ, uh, earlier originally stood at, uh, uh, what it is now a Franciscan church, uh, where, where the blue organ, uh-
but not in the balcony, but in front of the, uh, of the church, sort of like a, like a more of a choir organ.
Uh, but, uh, during, uh, the 19th century repressions of the czar re- regime, after the unsuccessful, um, uprising, uh, against the czar regime, Lithuanian and Polish forces suffered a lot of, uh, you know, political and cultural and religious, uh, persecutions.
And, um, basically, basically Franciscan monastery had to be closed down and, uh, and, uh...
By the way, uh, that's where, when, uh, our, uh, St. John's Church got, uh, this present organ from Polotsk Jesuit Church.
So what to play and how to register if you have, you know, organ like this-
Because, uh, you know, when you are playing on the pedal, you keep that coupler on basically most of the time, yes? So your keys, uh, manual keys, they move also around, this, which is a little bit annoying at times, but you get used to it.
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