Grand jeu - Pierre Dumage | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 33

This is my entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 33.

I'm playing Grand jeu (Suite du premier ton) by Pierre Dumage (1674-1751).

Dumage was a composer from the French Classical period of organ music. Some of his well-known contemporaries were Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, François Couperin, Nicolas Lebègue and Louis Marchand. In this style of music (different to French Symphonic), the compositions are titled in a way that indicates what registration to use. The Grand jeu from Dumage's Suite du premier ton is the final movement—a majestic ending! A Grand jeu registration means to use the prestant, reeds and cornets (without mixtures and almost without foundation stops).

Here is the list movements from the Dumage suite:

1. Plein jeu
2. Fugue
3. Trio
4. Tierce en taille
5. Basse de trompette
6. Recit
7. Duo
8. Grand jeu

If you are interested, you can read more about the registrations of the French Organ School. You might also like to listen to the podcast on Understanding what French Classical Organ Registrations mean by @organduo and @laputis.

I hope you enjoyed my rendition of this fine piece of French classical organ music.

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