Another Prom Date #1832
…we revisit London’s celebrated Royal Albert Hall for a performance from the immensely popular BBC Proms 2018 season.
Hour 1
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Toccata, fr Symphony No. 5. CÉSAR FRANCK: Pièce héroique. GABRIEL FAURÉ (arr. Apkalna): Pavane. J. S. BACH: Pièce d’orgue, or Fantasy in G, BWV 572. GEORGE THALBEN-BALL: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Study for the Pedals). THERRY ESCAICH: Deux Évocations –Iveta Aplakna (r. 7/22/2018)
The featured instrument, second-largest in the United Kingdom, was built by Henry Willis in 1871. Additions and renovations by the firms of Harrison & Harrison and N. P. Mander have brought the original 111-stop specification to today’s total of 147 stops and 9997 pipes.
Hour 2
JEAN LANGLAIS: Invocation pour un jour saint —Christopher Herrick (Hyperion 66258)
GIOVANNI MORANDI (trans. Best): Bell Rondo. JOHN IRELAND: The Holy Boy. GABRIEL PIERNÉ (trans. Wier): Marche des Petits Soldats de Plomb –Thomas Trotter (Regent 323)
EDWIN H. LEMARE: Andantino in D-flat –Harold Britton (ASV 6028)
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Symphony in g for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 25 –Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jahja Ling; Michael Murray (Telarc 80136)
