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Performed live at First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA on July 3, 2024, as part of a featured Rising Star performance during the 2024 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Toccata (III) from Suite, Op. 5 (1933) Audio by Christian Amonson - seeingsound.com

Performed live at First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA on July 3, 2024, as part of a featured Rising Star performance during the 2024 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists William Grant Still (1895-1978) - Elegy (1963) Audio by Christian Amonson - seeingsound.com

Here is my own arrangement and interpretation of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Karn Evil 9 - First Impression for organ. Arguably ELP's magnum opus, the 30 minute long Karn Evil 9 suite appears on their 1973 album "Brain Salad Surgery" and is composed of three parts, or "Impressions". The first impression is the most recognizable, largely written by keyboardist Keith Emerson, and the Hammond accompa...

A completely impromptu piano improvisation, recorded on my phone at 1 AM in Auer Hall at Indiana University. Primary coloristic influences include Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and jazz harmonies. Enjoy- OT

Improvised and performed live in Auer Hall on April 26, 2024 A three part fantasy for organ improvised on the hymn tune "Christ ist erstanden", with nods to Duruflé and Tournemire. Video: Sony RX100 III Audio: Zoom H5

J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major "St. Anne", BWV 552 - Prelude: 00:27 - Fugue: 10:10 Petr Eben, Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude (1987): 18:14 Maurice Duruflé, Suite, Op. 5 (1933) - Prélude: 28:23 - Sicilienne: 37:00 - Toccata: 43:19 Performed in Auer Hall at Indiana University, April 12, 2024. A capstone recital of my undergraduate degree featuring some of my all-time aspirational piec...

Here is something completely different, something that has been a passion project of mine for a while. I am delighted to present my own arrangement and interpretation of Tarkus for pipe organ. Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Tarkus", written in 1971 primarily by keyboardist Keith Emerson, is one of the defining compositions of the prog rock era. At over 20 minutes in length, it spans the full A-sid...

This was a completely improvised take on the hymn tune “Herzliebster Jesu”, most commonly associated with the text “Ah, Holy Jesus”. Ranging from atmospheric to brutally rhythmic, from tonal to harshly dissonant, this improvisation reflects the dark and deeply introspective text of the hymn. I sat on this recording for a while before uploading it, mostly because I wasn't happy with the entire i...

Franz Liszt, Pilgerchor aus "Tannhäuser" (Richard Wagner), S.676/1: 0:35 Nicolaus Bruhns, Praeludium in G major: 8:00 J.S. Bach, Fughetta on "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Schopfer", BWV 681: 17:36 J.S. Bach, "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Schopfer", BWV 680: 19:10 William Grant Still, Elegy: 23:25 Louis Vierne, Aubade: 29:43 Louis Vierne, Naïades: 33:10 Charles Tournemire, Improvisation on...

This is my performance of Franz Liszt's transcription/paraphrase of Wagner's famous Pilgrim's Chorus from "Tannhäuser" for organ. Liszt wrote two versions of this arrangement for piano as S.443/1 and /2 respectively, and later arranged them both for organ. Not as technically demanding as most of Liszt's compositions or later transcriptions for organ, this arrangement nonetheless features a monu...

This is my performance of Nicolaus Bruhns' Praeludium in G major. This piece is an example of the Stylus phantasticus composition, and features alternation between fantasia-like sections and two fugal developments. Notably, the first fugue features two independent voices in the pedal. Bruhns himself was a student of Dietrich Buxtehude and one of the most prominent organists of the late 17th cen...

This is my performance of Felix Mendelssohn's fifth sonata, the shortest of his six sonatas (Opus 65) for organ. The piece is built on an unknown chorale tune that Mendelssohn himself may have written, and follows the form of a Chorale-form Andante, followed by an Andante con moto movement with active pedal, and finally a grand Allegro section. Andante: 0:00 Andante con moto: 1:30 Allegro: 4:42...

This is my performance of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in e minor, from his op. 32 set of preludes. This is one of the longest and most complex preludes Rachmaninoff wrote, and it is built on a repeated octave with accompanied staccato chords. It reaches a climax marked in the score as "presto possibile", and requires great dexterity and facility to manage the fast and sweeping sections. Despite its ...

Recorded in Auer Hall at Indiana University This was a completely spontaneous improvisation on a brief, chromatic theme. The improvisation is in a fantasy style, and grows to a large climax at the end of the piece. While I have improvised in this style before, this is considerably more adventurous and less tonally centered than most of the previous videos on my channel. I hope you enjoy hearing...

Elsa Barraine, Prélude and Fugue in G minor

Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no.3 in a minor, op.28

Improvisation on Two Triads

Cesar Franck, Chorale no.2 in b minor

Charles Ore, "A Mighty Fortress"

Maurice Duruflé, Choral varié sur le thème du 'Veni Creator', op. 4

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need - Improvisation

Postlude on "Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above"

J.S. Bach, Fugue in G Major "Gigue", BWV 577

Elegy - James Biery

Improvisation on All Glory, Laud, and Honor

All Creatures of Our God and King "Lasst uns erfreuen", LUYH 551

Charles-Marie Widor, Adagio from Symphonie V

J.S. Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in g minor, BWV 542

Marcel Dupré, Cortège et Litanie