Visiting Britain #1544
…a sampler of some of the instruments to be visited during the Spring 2016 Pipedreams Group Tour in northern England and Scotland.
Hour 1
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Fanfare (1987) –Richard Lea (1967 Walker/Liverpool Metropolitan (RC) Cathedral) Priory 870
J.S. BACH: Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 –Ian Tracey (1926 Willis/Liverpool Anglican Cathedral) Priory 6004
FRANCIS JACKSON: Diversion for the Mixtures –Francis Jackson (1903 Walker/York Minster) EMI Classics 85295
JOHN SCOTT WHITELEY: Magnificat, fr York Service –York Minster Choir/Philip Moore, director; John Scott Whiteley (1903 Walker/York Minster) Priory 552
ALBERT LISTER PEACE: Concert Fantasy on Scottish Melodies –Simon Nieminski (1913 Brindley & Foster/Freemasons Hall, Edinburgh) Pro Organo 7240
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Toccata & Fugue in F –Matthew Owens (1978 Ahrend/Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh) Delphian 34021
JEAN FRANCAIX: Carmelite Suite –Dame Gillian Weir (1975 Phelps/Hexham Abbey, Northumberland) Priory 752
PHILIP WILBY: Jubilate Deo –Ripon Cathedral Choir/Kerry Beaumont; Andrew Bryden (1926 Harrison/Ripon Cathedral) Priory 934
Hour 2
TRADITIONAL: Psalm 43 (Martyrs) –Scottish Philharmonic Singers/IanMcCrorie, director; John Langdon, organist. SCS Music 2830
KENNETH LEIGHTON: Dialogues on a Scottish Psalm Tune (Martyrs), Op. 73 –Dennis Townhill & Peter Backhouse (1879 Willis/St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh) Priory 326
ALFRED HOLLINS: A Song of Sunshine –Timothy Byram–Wigfield (1879 Willis/St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh) Herald 169
RICHARD FRETEUR: Carillon-Sortie –Simon Nieminski (2007 Copley/St. Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh) Pro Organo 7222
WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS: Reverie. ARTHUR MILNER: Prelude –Conrad Eden (1877 Willis/Durham Cathedral) EMI Classics 85295
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Idyll, Op. 121, no. 2 –Jane Watts (1902 Lewis/Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow) Priory 414
JUDITH WEIR: Ettrick Banks –John Scott (1992 Rieger/St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh) Priory 485
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Processional (1964) –Richard lea (1967 Walker/Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, England) Priory 870
Though our program draws only twice on this resource, we heartily recommend a splendid 13-CD reissue, Great [British] Cathedral Organs [EMI 0852952] http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=652998. Initially released individually in LP format in the 1960s, these excellent stereophonic recordings represent organs in the cathedrals of Liverpool, Gloucester, Coventry, Exeter, Edinburgh (St. Giles, former organ), Llandaff, Durham, Hereford, Salisbury, Norwich, Ely, Worcester, Canterbury, Lincoln and Chester, plus York Minster, Selby Abbey, and Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
