O Holy Night Piano & Organ Duet (Imagine 239 Music Video)

’Tis the season! Enjoy this wonderful Christmas duet of O Holy Night, Performed by Guest Organist Joel Anderson and Peggy Dahl-Bartunek of Rodger’s Classic Organs in Minnesota.

Several of Rodgers' unique features were used to register this arrangement of "O Holy Night”. Using a choral score with piano accompaniment as a basis, Peggy created a piano/organ duet featuring Joel on the piano accompaniment, and using both orchestral and pipe voice registrations for the choral part. 

For the first verse, Peggy played all of the choral parts on the Great manual using Rodgers’ Enhanced Orchestral Coupler with orchestral flute for the soprano vocal line in the Great Melody 1, the orchestral alto oboe for the alto vocal line in the Great Melody 2, and flute celestes for the remaining voices.  Throughout the piece, listeners will hear chimes but may wonder where they are being played!   By Using Rodgers Octave Shift, Peggy registered chimes in the pedal division two octaves higher.  

The second verse is registered on the Great manual with layered harp, strings, and pedal chimes. The refrain changes to a Principal Chorus, returning to flute and oboe at the end.

The Imagine 239 is the perfect two-manual drawknob organ for small churches, homes, or any music program seeking world-class tonal accuracy in a modern instrument.

Learn more about the Imagine 239 here:

https://www.rodgersinstruments.com/organs/imagine-series/imagine-239

Thank you to Peggy Dahl-Bartunek of Rodgers Classic Organs for hosting us in Minneapolis with her beautiful ebony Imagine 239.

https://www.rodgersclassicorgans.com/