Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast
Aug 31, 2026 · 26 min · 11 segments
When is an organ piece truly ready to perform? Is it enough to play all the correct notes, or should we wait until the music feels completely secure?In this episode of Secrets of Organ Playing…
Vidas PinkeviciusHost
Ausra Motuzaite-PinkevicieneHostUsha, have you ever had a piece on your program that you were actually hesitant to perform in public and thought of actually it's not ready?
Well, you know, I think that was the case when I was really young, especially with the piano pieces that I had played, let's say, at my school of art and at the Academy of Music.
So basically, I really can remember only a few pieces that I was really prepared.
like Perpetua Mobile by Pullank, so probably one of the most occasions when I was really well prepared and knew the music really well.
For me, the recent performance that I was not really prepared, not 100% secure, was in Warsaw when I was playing my own scherzo from Lithuanian folk suite.
And we heard him play flawlessly in Vilnius, but I struggled with preparation.
blamed me for this, because I was the one who suggested to play the three parts from that four-part suite for this recital.
But actually the audience just loved his suite, all those three movements.
Because it was like, oh, I want to play good and you will be guilty of that.
Yeah, Lithuanian sort of accent in Warsaw, Lithuanian angle in our performance.
And the organist had Lithuanian heritage too, who organized this festival, Romanos Služis.
Usha, have you ever had a piece on your program that you were actually hesitant to perform in public and thought of actually it's not ready?
Well, you know, I think that was the case when I was really young, especially with the piano pieces that I had played, let's say, at my school of art and at the Academy of Music.
So basically, I really can remember only a few pieces that I was really prepared.
like Perpetua Mobile by Pullank, so probably one of the most occasions when I was really well prepared and knew the music really well.
For me, the recent performance that I was not really prepared, not 100% secure, was in Warsaw when I was playing my own scherzo from Lithuanian folk suite.
And we heard him play flawlessly in Vilnius, but I struggled with preparation.
blamed me for this, because I was the one who suggested to play the three parts from that four-part suite for this recital.
But actually the audience just loved his suite, all those three movements.
Because it was like, oh, I want to play good and you will be guilty of that.
Yeah, Lithuanian sort of accent in Warsaw, Lithuanian angle in our performance.
And the organist had Lithuanian heritage too, who organized this festival, Romanos Služis.
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