Winpenny for Your Thoughts #1920
…a stimulating visit with English organist Tom Winpenny, who introduces us to his many musical enthusiasms.
Hour 1
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Toccata Giocosa (1962 Harrison/St. Alban’s Abbey) Naxos 8.573523
WILLIAM WALTON (arr. Winpenny): March: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (St. Alban’s Abbey). PETER HURFORD: Two Dialogues (St. Alban’s Abbey) JAV 190
LENNOX BERKELEY: Impromptu (St. Alban’s Abbey) Resonus 10119
JOHN JOUBERT: Recessional, Op. 135; Prelude on the Old Hundredth, Op. 15 (St. Alban’s Cathedral) Toccata Classics 0398
JOHN McCABE: Le Poisson Magique (St. Alban’s Abbey) Resonus 10144
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: 2 Pieces (Intermezzo founded upon an Irish Air, Op. 189, no. 4; Epithalamium, Op. 182, no. 5) (1892 Binns/Queen’s College, Cambridge) Resonus 10104
MATHIAS: Lift up your heads —St. Alban’s Abbey Girls and Lay Clerks/Tom Winpenny; Michael Papadopoulos (St. Alban’s Abbey) Naxos 8.573523
Filler – WALTON (see above)
Hour 2
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Joie et Clarté des Corps Glorieux (2014 Seifert/Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany) Naxos 8.573682
MESSIAEN: Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace (1912 Stahlhuth-2002 Jann/Church of St. Martin, Dudelange, Luxembourg) Naxos 8.573845
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Surrexit pastor bonus, Op. 39, no. 3 —St. Alban’s Abbey Girls and Lay Clerks/Tom Winpenny; Peter Holder, organist (St. Alban’s Abbey) Naxos 8.572836
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Fantasy on This is my father’s world (1963 Walker/St. John the Evangelist, London) Naxos 8.571375/6
WILLIAMSON: Offertoire, fr Mass of the People of God (1912 Harrison/St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol) Toccata Classics 0246
FRANCIS POTT: Improvisation on Adeste fidelis (St. Alban’s Abbey) PD Archive (r. 8/11/16)
Filler – BACH: Fugue in D, BWV 532 (JAV 190, see above)
Tom Winpenny will appear in the United States for concerts at Trinity Cathedral, Miami (Tuesday, 5/28/19), St. John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque (Friday, 5/31/19) and Grace Cathedral, San Francisco (Sunday, 6/2/19)
