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Ghekorg7 (Ret)

Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
I finally managed to "put" the pictures I found in Mike's link on Russell St.Clement organ to my virtual console of it !!
I believe now I have a nice and surely beutiful excample of the Russell 1806 organ to play with.:)

I'll post a new thread about soon in the more appropriate Dig/El organs sub-forum.
 

wljmrbill

Member
Mike I enjoyed the links to NPOR site...found some very interesting pieces by composers I have never heard of.. Thanks !!
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Quite a few I can imagine being played as the congregation leave; especially the voluntaries that start nice and sedate and soft, then suddenly burst forth either in fugal mode for the organist to enjoy, or clarion calls of bright reeds, to wake those still asleep after a less than inspiring sermon by an aging, visiting bishop who gave the same sermon on his last 3 annual visits.

At first I thought that most of the composers were "early English" but I then found many by continental composers too. I had heard of most of the English ones mainly on the English Organ Anthology set of 5 CDs by Jennifer Bate, all on historic instruments. That features a few more obscure composers! Had a browse round and could only see used copies of it on Amazon plus a few individual CDs from the set.
 

wljmrbill

Member
thanks for a nice listening experience.. liked the Snetzler the best of these two:but is amazing how many one manual organs exsist.
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
And, considering the topic of this thread (which I'm enjoying immensely), the organ I play on regularly, (Pymble Ladies' College chapel) IS one of those extremely RARE English beauties that, apart from electric motor for the bellows and lights, is in it's original condition from the 1890s.
 

Ghekorg7 (Ret)

Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Mike I enjoyed the links to NPOR site...found some very interesting pieces by composers I have never heard of.. Thanks !!


INDEED !!

Mike, I enjoing myself very very much, great thread you oppened here...:D

David, lucky man, you can play and have everyday access to a king from 1890.....:)
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Panos - I'm blessed, for sure. It's a wonderful instrument, I would need to be offered HUGE amounts of money to leave my job and give up this privilege.
 
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Dorsetmike

Member
Today's offerings;

another John Stanley concerto

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=D01745&Code=2&No=4

on a rather small instrument by Bates & Son

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D01745

Next 2 pieces on a larger organ, chosen as they are both by lesser known composers

A voluntary by Henry Heron which I think many will enjoy (I love the fugue)

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=N18436&Code=2&No=2

A Voluntary by William Walond

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=N18436&Code=2&No=4

Both the above on this organ

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N18436

From notes on a CD which includes these 2 composers work

Henry Heron, dates of birth and death not known, the Voluntary here was published in 1760 as number 8 of 10, he was appointed organist of St Magnus the Martyr at London Bridge in 1745. St Magnus' had the first Swell fitted in England in 1712 by Jordan.

Wiliam Walond 1725-1770, was organist and master of choristers at one of the Oxford colleges.
 

wljmrbill

Member
Thanks for another enjoyable session with your selections.More great music composed in 1700's then I was aware from little known composers of course Stanley is the better known to most of us I would guess.
 

wljmrbill

Member
Very good selection of music/organs here for sure.. enjoyed again..some pieces I was very familiar with in this section. Thanks
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Voluntary in Cmin by John Watts

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=D01864&Code=2&No=7

Sounding to me like a larger organ than it actually is

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D01864

One from the "Village Organist" Vol3 a minuet by Felix Alexandre Guilmant

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=N06455&Code=2&No=2

On this organ

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N06455

Seems to be a small number of stops for a 3 manual instrument.
 

sophiaharris44

New member
Hello

Thanks for sharing this link. All of these websites are great and helpful. There are a lot of best collection of organs. Nice Work...:p
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Sorry for the slight delay in picking up this thread again, 3 more for your delectation,

Firstly a piece by Haydn

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=N13349&Code=2&No=3

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N13349


Next a composer I have not heard before, E.T. Chipp

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=C00877&Code=2&No=3

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=C00877

Finally another of John Stanley's Op 2 concertos, the title here says No 1, but I have it on the Baroque Music library Cd as No 4.

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/NPaudio.cgi?Fn=FlashPlay&rec_index=N06500&Code=2&No=1

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N06500

I did mention the BM CD on the first post in this thread, wondering if anybody has actually downloaded the CD, I've hunted a few places for the scores, not found any yet. Do any of you have access to a string orchestra to try them with?
 
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