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The organ is a 30-rank Wicks/Hunt pipe organ, supplemented with a Hauptwerk virtual organ system, using the 65-stop 1877 Father Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral, England. To listen to more of my organ videos, go to youtube.com/user/GeoffOlson1039 .
During the “Maestoso” and “Poco Adagio” sections, the organist plays low pedal notes which are almost inaudibly low. In the finale, these low notes combine with rumbling timpani to create a thunderous bottom end, and the organist reiterates the plainchant-derived themes of the symphony to add to the overwhelming effect.
When performing a section marked maestoso, musicians are encouraged to use a strong dynamic contrast to emphasize the grandeur of the music. Maestoso can appear in both the tempo marking and expressive direction within sheet music, guiding performers on how to interpret the passage.
Maestoso (Italian pronunciation: [ma.eˈstoːzo]) is an Italian musical term and is used to direct performers to play a certain passage of music in a stately, dignified and majestic fashion (sometimes march-like) or, it is used to describe music as such.
The Maestoso is introduced by a full C major chord in the organ: Piano four-hands is heard at the beginning with the strings, now playing the C major evolution of the original theme. The theme is then repeated in powerful organ chords, interspersed with brass fanfares.
The Three Preludes and Fugues op.37, dedicated to Mozart's pupil Thomas Attwood, form a pendant to op.35. The Six Organ Sonatas op.65 (1845), teeming with artful fugues and chorales, summarize and epitomize Mendelssohn's rediscovery of Bach, and may have inspired Schumann's six fugues on B–A–C–H op.60."
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In this movement, Mendelssohn indicates to play on one manual with a fortissimo dynamic indicated for both manuals and the pedal.According to Mendelssohn, a fortissimo dynamic is achieved by using the full organ [organo pleno plus reeds]
