Town Hall Treasures #1541
…the tradition of grand pipe organs in civic halls seems to have been an English invention, one carried on successfully throughout the Empire and still maintained…and emulated…today.
Hour 1
W.T. BEST: Variations on God Save the Queen –Robert Ampt (1890 Hill/Sydney Town Hall, Australia) Move 3148
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI (trans. Goss-Custard): Romance sans paroles, Op. 77, no. 3 –David Drury (1890 Hill/Sydney Town Hall, Australia) ABC Classics 432 527–2
HENRY SMART: Festive March in D. WILLIAM FAULKES: Cantilene Pastorale –Kemp English (1930 Hill, Norman & Beard/Dunedin Town Hall, New Zealand) Manu Plus 5009
EDWARD BAIRSTOW: Blessed city, heavenly Salem –Musica Sacra; Viva Voce; The Graduate Choir, NZ/Terence Maskell, conductor; Indra Hughes (2010 Klais/Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand) Atoll 117
PHILIP PLAISTED: Grand March . G. F. HANDEL: Minuet, fr Berenice –Thomas Heywood (1872 Hill-2000 Schantz/Melbourne Town Hall, Australia) Pro Organo 7257
KALEVI KIVINIEMI: Waltzing Matilda Suite –Kalevi Kiviniemi (1872 Hill-2000 Schantz/Melbourne Town Hall) Fuga 9196
Hour 2
KARL JENKINS: Celebratio. HANDEL: Overture to the Occasional Oratorio –Martin Setchell (1997 Rieger/Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand) Priory 1031
ALBERT KETELBEY (trans. Sellars): Bells across the meadows. ERIC COATES (trans. Trotter): Youth of Britain March –Thomas Trotter (1834 Hill-2007 Mander/Birmingham Town Hall, England) Regent DVD 001
CHARLES GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette –Jonathan Scott (1913 Binns-1979 Walker/ Rochdale Town Hall, England) Scott Brothers Duo 007
LOUIS VIERNE: Meditation –David Briggs (1855-1931 Willis/St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, England) Priory 284
MATTHIAS NAGEL: Jazz Variations on Gib uns Friedens –John Kitchen (1914 Hill, Norman & Beard-2003 Harrison/Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland) Priory 858
JOHN IRELAND: Sursum corda. WILLIAM WALTON (trans. McKie): Orb & Sceptre March –Roger Fisher 1911 Foster & Andrews-1991 Rushworth & Dreaper/Hull City Hall, England) Amphion 196
