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Thomas Dressler: Soundclips

Breathe on Me, Breath of God

(Live video)
2006
Video of hymn played at Westminster Presbyterian, Shushan, at the 2006 OHS Convention http://podcasts.pipechat.org/Shushan.mov

J.S.Bach--Piece d'Orgue

(Live performance at St. James Episcopal, Woodstock Vermont)
2008-08-27

Organ clips

"O Mensch, bewein' dein' Suende gross"--J.S.Bach

Excerpt from a live performance of JS Bach's "Wedge" Fugue

(1983 Holtkamp, Egner Chapel, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA)

Harpsichord clips

JS Bach--Fantasia in A minor, BWV 904

(Zuckerman/Martin harpsichord, TUNED IN LEHMAN'S "BACH" TEMPERAMENT (sort of))

Buxtehude--Suite X in E minor, Allemande

(Zuckerman harpsichord/rebuilt by Willard Martin, tuned in Werckmeister)

Buxtehude--Suite X in E minor, Courante

Buxtehude--Suite X in E minor, Sarabande

Buxtehude--Suite X in E minor, Gigue

Pachelbel, Fugue on the Magnificat, tone 1 #19

(Zuckerman/Martin, tuned in 1/4 comma Meantone)

Go Tell it on the Mountain

(Zuckerman/Martin, tuned in 1/4 comma meantone!!!)

Adeste Fidelis

(Zuckerman/Martin, tuned in Kirnberger)

Adeste Fideles

(Zuckerman/Martin, tuned in Werckmeister)

Adeste Fidelis

(Zuckerman/Martin, tuned in 1/4 comma Meantone)

Original Compositions

About the clips

(These are mostly responsorial psalm settings for Catholic liturgy. They were recorded using the synthesizer that comes with Sibelius, so the sound is an electronic approximation of a performance.)

Easter II

Easter V

Easter Vigil #1

Easter Vigil #3

Easter Vigil #7

Good Friday

Anglican Psalm Tone in Bach style

(Thomas Dressler)
2006-02-04
This is one of my attempts at imitating Bach.

Metrical Psalm Tone or Hymn in Modern Style

Anglican Psalm Tone in Modern Style

(Thomas Dressler)
2006-02-04
Here is another modern style which I like. Not dissonant, but with an emphasis on fifths, both open and some parallel.