Great and Swell

Explore the music of the Pipe Organ, from intimate interludes to grand symphonies.

Presenters

John van Bavel

Peter Wakeley

Simon Colvin

Allan Smith


20th July

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  • Rossini, Gioachino: Barber of Seville, Overture. [organ roll reproduced at Elm Court, Butler, Pennsylvania]
  • Kreisler, Fritz: Caprice Viennois, Op.2. [organ roll reproduced at Elm Court, Buttler, Pennsylvania]
  • Botsford: The Grizzly Bear Rag. Gottschalk: The Last Hope. [organ rolls reproduced at Hildene, Manchester, Vermont]
  • Bonnet, Joseph: Pieces d'orgue Op 10/1 In Memoriam Titanic. Joseph Bonnet, org [1913 roll reproduced at Museum fur Musikautomaten Seewen, Switzerland]
  • Handel, George Frederic: Organ Concerto in B flat, Op.4/2, 1st mvt. Alfred Hollins [1913 organ roll reproduced at Museum fur Musikautomaten Seewen, Switzerland]
  • Bonnet, Joseph: Romance sans paroles Op 7/8; Buxtehude, Dietrich: Fugue in C BuxWV174; Boely: Andante con moto in G minor Op 45/7. Joseph Bonnet, org [1913 rolls reproduced at Museum fur Muikautomaten Seewen, Swtizerland]

    • 13th July

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    6th July

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  • Bach J.S Trio Sonata 1 BWV 525 Gillian Weir org Marcussen Organ St Lawrence Rotterdam
  • Dubois Toccata Gillian Weir Phelps organ of Hexham Abbey
  • Messiaen Diptyque from Livre du Saint Sacrement Gillian Weir Frobenius organ Aarhus Cathedral
  • Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D Gillian Weir Willis organ Royal Albert Hall
  • Widor Allegro from Symphony no 6 Billian Weir Phelps organ Hexham Abbey
  • Marchand Louis Cinqieme Livre from Pieces d'Orgue Gillian Weir Kern organ St Maximin Thionville France
  • Messiaen Joie et Clarte from Le Corps Glorieux Gillian Weir William Hill/Mulholland organ Ulster Hall Belfast

    • 29th June

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  • Godard, Benjamin Louis: Niagara - Grand Galop de Concert. Amy Johansen, org., Robert Ampt, org. [Sydney Opera House]
  • Berlin, Irving: We Saw the Sea. John Giacchi, org [Capri Theatre, Adelaide]
  • Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesfreud. Thomas Murray [Woolsey Hall, Yale University]
  • Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in G minor, Op.23/5. Thomas Murray, org [Woolsey Hall, Yale University]
  • Wagner Richard arr Lemare: Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Overture. Edwin Lemare, org [Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments, Seewen, Switzerland]
  • Lennon, John & McCartney, Paul arr Ogden: Yesterday. Nigel Ogden, org [Lincoln Cathedral]
  • Curzon, Frederic: Spanish Suite: In Malaga. Richard Hills, org [Southampton Guildhall]
  • Ampt, Robert: Concert Etude on A pub with no beer. Robert Ampt, org. [Sydney Town Hall]
  • Williams, Charles arr Blackmore: The Devil's Galop. Kevin Bowyer, org [De Montford Hall, Leicester]

    • 22nd June

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  • Elfrida Andree, Symphony in B minor Kimberly Marshall, organ
  • Josef Rheinberger, Organ sonata 8 Bruce Stevens, organ
  • Edwin Lemare, Summer Sketches op 70 thomas Murray, organ
  • Igor Stravinsky, Three dances from Petrouchka Jean Guillou, organ

    • 15th June

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  • Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Indes galantes - Suite 1. Jean-Paul Lecot, org [Albi Cathedral]
  • Raison, Andre: Trio en passacaille & Grand Plein Jeu. Pierre Bardon, org [St Maximin-en-Prevence]
  • Rameau, Jean-Philippe: La Boucon. Jean-Paul Lecot, org [Albi Cathedral]
  • Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas: Suite in the Second Tone. Marie-Claire Alain, org. [Albi Cathedral]
  • Rameau, Jean-Philippe; Les Indes galantes - 2nd Suite. Jean-Paul Lecot, org [Albi Cathedral]

    • 8th June

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  • S. Wesley (arr Floyd): An Old English Melody. Geoffrey Cox, org. St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne
  • Festing: Sonata in E. Feike Asma, org. Grote Kerk, Maassluis
  • Albright: Sweet Sixteenths; Barber: Adagio for Strings. Jonathan Dimmock, org. St Mary's Church West Melbourne
  • Grieg (arr Lemare/Pearce): Peer Gynt Suite Op.46. Thomas Heywood, org. St Mark's Cathedral Port Pirie
  • Karg-Elert: The Reed-Grown Waters Op. 96/4; Titcomb: Festive Flutes. James Hicks, org. St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne
  • Sweelinck: Variations on 'Fortune, my Foe'. Willem Retze Talsma, org
  • Mussorgsky: Ballet of the unhatched chicks. Keith John, org. Tonhalle, Zurich

    • 1st June

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  • Messiaen, Olivier: Le Banquet Celeste. Marie-Claire Alain, org.
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 538, 'Dorian'. Marie-Claire Alain, org.
  • Boellmann, Leon: Suite Gothique, Op.25. Marie-Claire Alain, org.
  • Franck, Cesar: Chorale No.3 in A minor. Marie-Claire Alain, org.
  • Daquin, Louis-Claude: Noel sur les jeux d'anches. Marie-Claire Alain, org.
  • Alain Jehan 1] Litanies 2] Premier Fantasie Marie-Claire Alain org Basilica St Ferjeux Besancon France

    • 25th May

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  • Florence Price, Suite No 1 Kimberly Marshall, Organ
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Homage to Handel Andrian Lucas, Organ
  • Best, William Thomas: Concert Fantasia on a Welsh march. Thomas Heywood, org.
  • Paul Spicer, Variations on God defend New Zealand Christopher Herrick, Organ

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