Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast
Jul 14, 2026 · 22 min · 13 segments
You walk into a dark church, you've never seen this console before, and the audience starts arriving in exactly 30 minutes. Is it actually possible to be ready? Today, we’re breaking down the…
Vidas PinkeviciusHost
Ausra Motuzaite-PinkevicieneHostSo of course, the first thing was, you know, was for us to try the keyboards, how we work, and to my really, real horror, the keys were so sensitive that it was really hard to play.
You have to really control, you know, every, every touch of it, uh, and every release of it.
And, um, well, this organ does not sort of, uh, forgives your mistakes whatsoever because it's so sensitive.
Small instruments, even though they are little, little, um, organs, uh, they pose a very, very frustrating problem sometimes.
You can, uh, touch the, the, the key itself, and it starts playing right away without any pressure, without-
Uh, and sometimes w- we encounter ch- chest organs like this, uh, in Lithuania, too, and, um, you have to be very, very sensitive and very precise.
So good thing we did have some times to adjust our touch and, and, and to actually be very economical with the new movements.
I- if we start, you know, banging, uh, from the, uh, back muscles, [laughs] like on the big o- organs, then obviously entire recital would be a complete mess.
So of course, the first thing was, you know, was for us to try the keyboards, how we work, and to my really, real horror, the keys were so sensitive that it was really hard to play.
You have to really control, you know, every, every touch of it, uh, and every release of it.
And, um, well, this organ does not sort of, uh, forgives your mistakes whatsoever because it's so sensitive.
Small instruments, even though they are little, little, um, organs, uh, they pose a very, very frustrating problem sometimes.
You can, uh, touch the, the, the key itself, and it starts playing right away without any pressure, without-
Uh, and sometimes w- we encounter ch- chest organs like this, uh, in Lithuania, too, and, um, you have to be very, very sensitive and very precise.
So good thing we did have some times to adjust our touch and, and, and to actually be very economical with the new movements.
I- if we start, you know, banging, uh, from the, uh, back muscles, [laughs] like on the big o- organs, then obviously entire recital would be a complete mess.
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