Waltz nr 2

This Waltz is more suited for theatre organ than for church organ. I thought it a nice idea to try and make it work on a (admitted, rather large) Baroque organ.

Sometimes you readt that this Waltz comes from the second Jazz suite. That is not correct. The manuscript of the second Jazz suite was thought lost in the second World War. Another suite of 8 orchestral pieces was later thought to be to second Jazz suite, until the original manuscipt resurfaced. The suite that for 50 years was thought to be the second Jazz suite was then renamed Suite for Variety Orchestra. And it is from this Suite that the Waltz I play here was taken.

The Suite for Variety Orchestra contains two Waltzes, hence Waltz nr. 2. It is in c minor with a middle section in E flat/A flat major. The main theme of the Waltz has such a natural beauty that you cannot but wonder why it was not composed a 100 years earlier. And once you have heard it, it sticks in your head.

The transcription was made (very well, by he way) by fellow contrabombardian sesquialtera . You can find his own performance of it here: http://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/33056

I did not relisten to his performance before I had recorded my own. But his version must have stuck in my head, as the length of his performance is just one second shorter...