Die Bambusorgel von Las Piñas - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas; Albert Bolliger, organist

Die Bambusorgel von Las Piñas: Iberische Musik zwischen 1500 und 1800
L’orgue de bambou de Las Piñas: La musique ibérique entre 1500 et 1800
The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas: Iberian Music between 1500 and 1800
Albert Bolliger, organ
(CD liner notes on-screen in German, French, and English)

COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: This recording and all images are owned by Sinus-Verlag (℗ + © 1990 Sinus-Verlag, CH-8802 Kilchberg-Zürich). I uploaded this video as a labor of love under FAIR USE, as an educational tool for scholarly research and to further educate the public on the musical legacy of the Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, and to spread love and appreciation for a most unique musical instrument. This video is NOT meant for commercial use or meant to be monetized in any way, shape, or form. This CD used to be widely available on platforms such as Amazon, but is currently extremely hard to find. Going prices for this CD, USED, on Amazon, now fetch over $100 USD, and is prohibitively expensive for most would-be purchasers. The only reasonable place to order this CD from currently is Sinus Verlag (see link below), and as of July 2021, I am not even sure if it is still in print. Contact Sinus Verlag directly for more details.

As a Filipino American musician with a specialty in Baroque music, I fell in love with the sound of the Bamboo Organ many years ago through recordings, but as of July 2021 have not visited it in person yet. One of my compositions (Organ Sonata No. 1) was performed by Jennifer Pascual (organist of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York) at the International Bamboo Organ Festival in February 2012. I unfortunately was unable to be present at the time. Here is a recording of myself playing my sonata: https://youtu.be/iqNeSjLEbjI It is also available for sale in an easy organ music anthology, “The Greensboro Collection” under my former legal name, “Rogil Ambrosio Birco”: https://theleupoldfoundation.org/product/the-greensboro-collection/

I consider myself an unofficial ambassador for the Bamboo Organ and wish to share my love for this instrument with others around the world. I have noticed that although the Bamboo Organ is well-known and loved in the Philippines and in Europe, especially in the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, it is little known in the United States, except among a few hardcore pipe organ enthusiasts and Filipino American musicians such as myself. I hope to change that in my own little way and make it truly well-known.

00:00 1. Batalla de 6° tono – José Ximenez (1601-1672)
06:04 2. Tiento de falsas de 4° tono – Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712)
08:38 3. Obra de 1° tono de registro de mano – Pedro de San Lorenzo (17th cent.)
11:53 4. Pasacalles I – Juan Cabanilles
14:42 5. Canción: Revuillis vous – anon. 16th cent.
15:24 6. Tiento de 1° tono – Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
17:18 7. Fabordón Glosado: Dic Nobis, María – “Antonio” (16th cent.)
18:54 8. Tiento de Medio registro de baxon de 1° tono – Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1575-1663)
23:30 9. Salve de lleno de 1° tono – Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1561-1627)
25:25 10. Meio registro de 2° tono accidental – Frei Diego da Conceição (17th cent.)
28:46 11. Españoleta – anon. 17th cent.
30:42 12. Pange Lingua de 5° tono – Pablo Bruna (1611-1679)
32:27 13. Sonata in F – Narcís Casanovas (1747-1799)
34:15 14. Adagietto – Padre Rafael Anglés (1730-1816)
36:22 15. Fuga I – José da Madre de Deus (18th cent.)
39:02 16. Sonata in A minor: I. Largo – Carlos Seixas (1704-1742)
41:52 17. Sonata in A minor: II. Allegro (C. Seixas)
43:31 18. Sonata in A minor: III. Minuet (C. Seixas)
45:47 19. Verso de 2° tono – Félix Máximo López (1742-1821)
47:22 20. Tiento de falsas de 2° tono – Pablo Bruna
52:23 21. Canarios – Francisco Guerau (17th cent.)

Sinus Verlag website – Bamboo Organ CD webpage: https://www.sinus-verlag.ch/en/organ-music/philippinen/die-bambusorgel-von-las-pinas/

Official Facebook page for the International Bamboo Organ Festival: https://www.facebook.com/bambooorganfestival

Official Bamboo Organ website (under construction as of July 2021): http://bambooorgan.org/?fbclid=IwAR3KCeMI-FSdsQccHCm8k_9ukwbD44VjxF3vDKkw3bEBws9PrnaSaBlLjo4

Official website for Diego Cera Organ builders, caretakers of the Bamboo Organ: https://www.diegocera.com/Diego_Cera_Organbuilders/Welcome.html

Official Facebook page for Diego Cera Organ Builders: https://www.facebook.com/Diego-Cera-Organbuilders-Inc-50237378826

Official St. Joseph Parish Church Facebook page (they don’t seem to have an official website separate from Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/BambooOrganChurch/

Bamboo Organ history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_Organ

St. Joseph Parish history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Pi%C3%B1as_Church

If you loved this recording of the Bamboo Organ, please support the International Bamboo Organ Festival and St. Joseph Church in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines. Thanks for listening.

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