Kelvingrove Recitals

From 2010-2017, I often played at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, in the daily recital series on the wonderful 1901 Lewis organ.

72) 28th November, 2017:

  • James H. Rogers (1857-1940) Second Toccata, in C minor

  • John E.W. Lord (1862-1929) Fantasia on ‘My Old Kentucky Home’

  • Francis Jackson (b. 1917) Partita on a Somerset Carol

71) 31st October, 2017:

  • Clément Loret (1833-1909) Scherzo-Fanfare

  • Oreste Ravanello (1871-1938) Adorazione

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. Matthew Kingston Contrasts: The Gavotte A.D. 1700-1900

  • Heinrich Hofman (1842-1902) arr. E.H. Lemare Scherzo

  • William Faulkes (1863-1933) Festival Prelude on Ein’ Feste Burg

70) 24th October, 2017:

  • Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856) Gran Sinfonia Variata

  • Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) Third Sonata da Camera

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Cantilena

    • iii. Allegro vivace

69) 26th September, 2017:

  • William Faulkes (1863-1933) Fantasia on Old Welsh Airs

  • Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) Andante No 1

  • Albert Lister Peace Second Sonata da Camera

    • i. Allegro con fuoco

    • ii. Andante con moto, alla marcia

    • iii. Allegro con brio

68) 5th September, 2017:

  • Herbert Chappell (b. 1934) Songs of Praise (TV theme tune, 1980-86)

  • Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) First Sonata da Camera

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Romanza

    • iii. Allegro maestoso

  • Percy Fletcher (1879-1932) Fountain Reverie

  • Robert Prizeman (b. 1952-2021) Songs of Praise (TV theme tune, 1986-)

67) 6th June, 2017:

  • G.F. Handel (1685-1759) arr. W. Tann ‘O be joyful’ and ‘Serve the Lord with gladness’ (from Jubilate)

  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. W. Tann ‘I waited for the Lord’ (from Hymn of Praise)

  • W.T. Best (1826-97) Paraphrase on Rossini’s Preghiera ‘Giusto Ciel’

  • Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Sonata No 3 (‘Pastoral-Sonata’)

    • i. Pastorale

    • ii. Intermezzo

    • iii. Fuge

66) 11th May, 2017:

  • Norman Coke-Jephcott (1893-1962) Bishop’s Promenade

  • Pietro Yon (1886-1943) Rapsodia Italiana

  • Norman Coke-Jephcott Scherzo Classique

  • Norman Coke-Jephcott Londonderry Air

  • César Franck (1822-90) Choral No 3

65) 24th April, 2017:

  • Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) arr. Jeremy Cull Concert Overture: Land of the Mountain and Flood

  • René Vierne (1878-1918) Canzona

  • Léon Boëllmann (1862-97) Carillon

  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) arr. Alexandre Guilmant Le Cygne

  • Percy Whitlock (1903-46) Fanfare (from Four Extemporisations)

64) 2nd March, 2017:

  • Ian Major (b. 1947) Dannsaichean (Dances)

    • i. Am Mathan Dubh

    • ii. The River Cree

    • iii. Hey, Tutti Taiti

    • iv. Clach na Cudain

  • Adrian Self (b. 1952) A Birthday Suite for Her Majesty (2016)

    • i. Fanfare for Her Majesty

    • ii. Windsor

    • iii. Westminster Abbey

    • iv. Balmoral

    • v. Sandringham

    • vi. Fanfare

  • Ian Major Sandie Fraser of Achiltbuie

  • Graham Morrison (1949-2007) Partita on Stracathro

    • i. Theme

    • ii. Strathspey

    • iii. Reel

    • iv. Slow Air

    • v. Jig

  • Graham Morrison Toccata on ‘St George’s Edinburgh’

63) 23rd January, 2017:

  • Sir C.H.H. Parry (1848-1918) arr. W.G. Alcock Bridal March and Finale(from The Birds of Aristophanes)

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. J. Smallwood Winder In Hammersbach (from Three Bavarian Dances)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) arr. A.M. Trovato Allegretto (from Symphony No 7)

  • Carlo Moreno (1867-1927) Versetti per il Gloria, sopra ‘Entführung’ di Mozart

  • Raffaele Manari (1887-1933) Studio da Concerto (‘Salve Regina’)

62) 12th December, 2016:

  • William Faulkes (1863-1933) Rhapsodie on Old French Carols

  • Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) Noël Suisse

  • Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) Christmas Cradle Song

  • John E. West (1863-1929) Fantasy on Two Well-known Carols

  • Richard Purvis (1913-94) Prelude on ‘Greensleeves’ (‘What child is this’)

  • Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738) Quand le Sauveur Jésus Christ

  • Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1942) Toccata on ‘Veni Emmanuel’

61) 15th November, 2016:

  • Frederic Archer (1838-1901) Fugue in the Free Style

  • Zsolt Gárdonyi (b. 1946) Mozart Changes

  • Iain Farrington (b. 1977) Fiesta

    • i. Celebration

    • ii. Conversations

    • iii. Stride Dance

    • iv. Song

    • v. Fast Dance

    • vi. Nocturne

    • vii. Finale

60) 27th September, 2016:

  • Josef Haydn (1732-1809) arr. C.W. Pearce Grand Chorus: Quoniam to solus sanctus, from Mass in E flat

  • W.A. Mozart (1756-91) Allegro & Andante (Fantasia) in F minor for a mechanical organ, K608

  • Cuthbert Harris (1870-1932) Madrigal

  • Purcell J. Mansfield (1889-1968) Serenade Romantique, Op. 14

  • Purcell J. Mansfield Concert-Allegro, Op. 4

59) 12th September, 2016:

  • Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937) arr. Marcel Dupré Marche Américaine

  • Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) arr. Gerrit Smith Un Giorno in Venezia

    • i. Alba

    • ii. Gondolieri

    • iii. Canzone Amorosa

    • iv. Buona Notte

  • Michael Christian Festing (1705-52) arr. G.T. Thalben-Ball Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations

  • Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) arr. David Wheatley March of the Peers (from 'Iolanthe')

58) 30th June, 2016:

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia on ‘Komm, heiliger Geist’ BWV651

  • S.S. Wesley (1810-76) An Air composed for Holsworthy Church Bells

  • William Wolstenholme (1865-1931) Pastorale in D

  • Dudley Buck (1839-1909) Variations on a Scotch Air (‘Annie Laurie’)

  • George Warren (1828-1902) General Burnside’s Grand Triumphal March

57) 17th May, 2016:

  • Max Reger (1873-1916) Toccata and Fugue in D, Op. 65 Nos 5/6

  • Takashi Sakai (b. 1948) Old Folk Tune Suite and Finale, Op. 21B

    • i. Prelude

    • ii. Variations (on a theme by Handel)

    • iii. Finale

  • Sir George Dyson (1883-1964) Prelude and Postlude

  • Albert Renaud (1855-1924) Toccata

56) 14th March, 2016:

  • Henry Purcell (1659-95) arr. Martin Setchell Trumpet Tune (from ‘The Indian Queen’)

  • Henry Purcell arr. C.F. Simkin Fantasy on One Note

  • Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) Concert Fantasia in B flat minor and major

  • Henry Smart (1813-79) Andante con moto in A

  • Henry Smart Allegro Maestoso in C

  • Justinus Henrich Knecht (1752-1817) Rondo

  • Johann Strauss (1804-49) Radetzky March

55) 12th February, 2016:

  • Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Wolfgang Stockmeier Handel in the Strand (Clog Dance)

  • Percy Grainger The Immovable Do (or The Cyphering C)

  • Alec Rowley (1892-1958) Elves

  • Richard Purvis (1913-94) Four Dubious Conceits:

    • i. Cantilena (Green boughs)

    • ii. Les petites cloches

    • iii. Nocturne (Night in Monterey)

    • iv. Marche Grotesque

  • Nicolas Chevereau (b. 1989) Toccata

54) 16th January, 2016:

  • Richard Wagner arr. J. Wodehouse March of the Ambassadors (from ‘Rienzi)

  • John Henry Maunder arr. E.C. Nunn The Caravan of the Magi (from ;Bethlehem')

  • Antonín Dvořák arr. Frederick Shinn Largo (from Symphony No 9, ‘From the New World’)

  • Benjamin Godard arr. J. Stuart Archer Pan (from ‘Magic Lantern’ suite)

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arr. Herbert Ellingford From the ‘Othello’ Suite:

    • i. Dance

    • ii. Children’s Intermezzo

    • iii. Military March

53) 10th September, 2015:

  • Naji Hakim (b. 1955) Ouverture Libanaise

  • Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) A Song of Sunshine

  • Eric Thiman (1900-75) Postlude alla marcia

  • Eric Thiman Meditation on the Irish tune Slane

  • Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973) Cortège Académique

52) 25th June, 2015:

  • Henry Purcell (1659-85) Symphony and Chorus(from ‘Come ye Sons of Art)

  • Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) Maytime (Gavotte)

  • Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ousley, Bart. (1825-89) Second Sonata:

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Andante con espressione, quasi Larghetto

    • iii. Rondo

51) 12th May, 2015:

  • Francis Jackson (b. 1917) Edinburgh Fanfare

  • George Shearing (1919-2011) From ‘Sacred Sounds for organ’

    • i. Amazing grace!

    • ii. I love Thee, my Lord

  • Christopher Steel (1938-1991) ‘Changing Moods’ Suite

    • i. Genial March

    • ii. Pensive Ground

    • iii. The Chase (A sinister two-part invention)

    • iv. Nocturnal Siciliano

    • v. Dancing Toccata

  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Valse Mignonne

  • Denis Bédard (b. 1950) Festive Toccata

50) 5th March, 2015:

  • Thomas Arne (1710-78) arr. Harry Wall Overture to ‘Comus’:

    • i. Introduction

    • ii. Allegro

    • iii. Hornpipe

  • Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801) arr. Harry Wall Corant and Minuet

  • Alfred Hollins (1965-1942) A Trumpet Minuet

  • Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Agitato, Op. 174, No 5

  • Anon. 18th Century Two anonymous trumpet tunes:

    • i. The Lord Mayor’s Swan-Hopping Trumpet Tune

    • ii. Trumpet Tune

  • Alfred Hollins Morceau de Concert en forme de valse

49) 27th January, 2015:

  • Frank Heddon Bond (1875-1948) Chorus in E flat

  • William Wolstenholme (1865-1931) Le Carillon

  • Edwin Lemare (1865-1934) In Missouri (from ‘From the West’)

  • William Wolstenholme The Seraph's Strain

  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Final alla Schumann

48) 11th December, 2014:

  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Allegro giocoso (from Seven Improvisations)

  • Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) In Paradisum

  • Théodore Dubois Fiat Lux

  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Winter from the ‘Four Seasons’:

    • i. Allegro non molto

    • ii. Largo

    • iii. Allegro

  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Fantaisie in E flat

47) 13th November, 2014:

  • David Ashley White (b. 1944) Brewer’s Trumpet

  • Geoffrey O’Connor-Morris (1886-1964) Celtic Melody

  • Edwin Lemare (1865-1934) Minuet Nuptiale

  • F. Maurice Jephson (1886-1917) Gaudeamus

  • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) arr. Jörg Abbing From ‘Le Tombeau de Couperin’

    • i. Prélude

    • ii. Menuet

    • iii. Rigadaun

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Basil Ramsey Air (from Overture in D)

  • John Cook (1918-84) Mr Purcell’s Wedding March

46) 23rd October, 2014:

  • Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) Marche Héroïque

  • Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) Flowers of the Forest

  • Léo Delibes (1836-91) Pizzicati (from ‘Sylvia)

  • Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765-1833) Polonaise 'Pożegnanie Ojczyzny' (‘Farewell to the homeland’)

  • Henry Purcell (1659-95) Voluntary in D

  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Toccata (from Symphony No 5)

45) 30th September, 2014:

  • Percy Fletcher (1879-1932) Festival Toccata

  • Sir William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Robert Gower Popular Song

  • Sir William Walton arr. Robert Gower March (from Prelude to Richard III)

  • Air from Barra, arr. Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Sea Sorrow

  • Bernard Johnson (1868-1935) Elfentanz (Dance of the Elves)

  • William Faulkes (1863-1933) Toccata

44) 23rd September, 2014:

  • Cornelius Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. W.T. Best March composed in honour of the painter Cornelius

  • W.A. Mozart (1756-91) arr. W.J. Westbrook Adagio (from the Clarinet Concerto)

  • Richard Wagner (1813-83) arr. Herbert Brewer Procession to the Minster (from Lohengrin)

  • Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) arr. Norman Strafford Highland Memories Suite

    • i. By the Burnside

    • ii. On the Loch

    • iii. Harvest Dance

43) 28th August, 2014:

  • Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884-1960) The Queen’s Procession

  • Calimerio Soares (b. 1944) Little Folk Tune Preludes (on Brazilian folk songs), Book 1:

    • i. Marcha Soldado

    • ii. Prenda Minha

    • iii. Oh! Que noite tão bonita

    • iv. Romance da Donzela

    • v. Sambalelê

  • Sir William Walton (1902-83) arr. Robert Gower (i, iii, iv) and Henry G. Ley (ii) Suite from ‘Henry V’

    • i. March

    • ii. Passacaglia: ‘Death of Falstaff

    • iii. Touch her soft lips and part

    • iv. March

  • Johannes Matthias Michel (b. 1962) Three Jazz Preludes:

    • i. Swing Five

    • ii. Bossa Nova

    • iii. Afro-Cuban (A tribute to Leonard Bernstein)

42) 18th June, 2014:

  • Henry Purcell (1659-95) Three short pieces:

    • i. Trumpet Tune, called The Cebell

    • ii. Gavott

    • iii. Trumpet Tune

  • Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) From ‘Terpsichore’:

    • i. Bourée

    • ii. Courante

  • Karl Heinrich Graun (1704-59) Concerto in G minor:

    • i. [Allegro]

    • ii. Adagio

    • iii. Allegro

  • François Gossec (1734-1829) Tambourin

  • Carl Goldmark (1830-1915) Bridal Song

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Imperial March

41) 11th June, 2014:

  • Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Edward Shippen Barnes Children’s March (Over the hills and far away)

  • Percy Grainger, arr. Frank R. Keedy Country Gardens

  • Adrian Self (b. 1952) From the suite ‘A Little Lunchtime Music’

    • i. Feisty Fanfare

    • ii. Dainty Dance

  • Gordon Phillips (1908-91) From the ‘Tower Hill Suite’:

    • i. Procession

    • ii. Air

    • iii. Gavotte

  • Purcell James Mansfield (1889-1968) Concert Fantasia on Scottish Airs, Op. 65

40) 26th March, 2014:

  • William Walond (c. 1755-1836) arr. Harry Wall Introduction and Toccata

  • John Stanley (1712-86) arr. Harry Wall A Fancy

  • Edward Kreiser (1869-1916) Concert Caprice

  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Intermezzo on the Londonderry Air

  • Burk Thumoth (c. 1717-47) From ‘Twelve Scotch Airs with Variations’

    • i. The Berks of Aberfeldy

    • ii. Corn Riggs are Bonny

    • iii. Wataee March

39) 12th February, 2014:

  • Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884-1960) Pæan: A Song of Triumph (Fanfare)

  • Christopher Steel (1938-91) From ‘Six Pieces for Organ’

    • i. Flourish

    • ii. Dance

  • Adrian Self (b. 1952) Thorpe Underwood Suite

    • i. Prelude

    • ii. Ground

    • iii. March

  • George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987) Tune in E (in the style of John Stanley)

  • George Thalben-Ball Elegy

  • Edward Marsh (b. 1966) Toccata: La Valée Verte (on the theme ‘Pat le facteur’)

38) 8th January, 2014:

  • Horatio Parker (1863-1919) Postlude

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Thomas Murray Badinerie

  • François Couperin (1668-1733) arr. Guy Weitz Sœur Monique

  • Johann Christian Bach (1735-82) arr. P.J. Mansfield Sinfonia in B flat Major

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) arr. A. E. Hull The Lone Forest Maiden

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arr. A.E. Hull March: Ethiopa Saluting the Colours

  • Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856) Rondo con Imitazione de’Campanelli

37) 19th December, 2013:

  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012) Fanfare on ‘Antioch’ (‘Joy to the world’)

  • Pietro Yon (1886-1943) Pastorale ‘Gesù Bambino’ (on ‘Adeste, fideles)

  • Atrrib. to Nicolas Le Bègue (1631-1702) Noël: ‘Laissez paistre vos bestes’

  • Feliks Rączkowski (1906-89) Suita Kolęd (Polish Carols Suite)

  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Marche du Veilleur de Nuit (from ‘Bach’s Memento’, on J.S. Bach’s ‘Wachet auf’)

  • Jonathan Orwig (b. 1964) Christmas Suite

    • i. Trio : Joy to the World

    • ii. Adagio : Silent Night

    • iii. Toccata-Carillon : Ding Dong, Merrily on High

36) 4th December, 2013:

  • G. F. Handel (1685-1759), arr. C.W. Pearce Overture to the ‘Occasional Oratorio’

    • i. Andante maestoso

    • ii. Allegro

    • iii. Adagio

    • iv. March

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), arr. W.T. Best March from ‘Egmont’

  • Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. W.T. Best Rondo, Op. 24

  • William Boyce (1711-79) Trumpet voluntary in D

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), arr. W.T. Best March from ‘Le Prophète’

35) 30th October, 2013:

  • (formerly attributed to) J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

  • Frederic Wood (1880-1963) Fantasia on “The King of Love”

  • Paul Della Torre (c. 1862-1932) Allegretto

  • Marian Sawa (1937-2005) Burleska: Spotkanie z Kalinką (‘Meeting with Kalinka’)

  • Paul Ayres (b. 1970) Toccata on “Amor Satis Est” ("All you need is love")

34) 26th September, 2013:

  • Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-81) From the ‘Sonate Pontificale’

    • i. Marche Pontificale

    • ii. Adagio

    • iii. Fanfare

  • Enrico Bossi (1861-1925) Entrée Pontificale

  • Enrico Bossi Chant du Soir

  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Prelude and Fugue in B major

33) 19th September, 2013:

  • Brian Brockless (1926-95) Toccatina upon Tallis’ 9th tune

  • Percy Whitlock (1903-46) From the ‘Plymouth Suite’

    • i. Chanty

    • ii. Salix

    • iii. Toccata

  • Harold Darke (1888-1976) A Meditation on Brother James’s Air

  • Cuthbert Harris (1870-1932) Caprice

  • Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1949) Three Floral Preludes:

    • i. Leucanthemum Vulgare

    • ii. Zehenspitzen durch die Tulpen

    • iii. La Rose Jaune

32) 18th June, 2013:

  • Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) Fanfares

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)arr. arr. Purcell J. Mansfield ‘Beau Brummel’ Minuet

  • Hector Berlioz (1803-69) arr. Alec Rowley Hungarian March

  • Antonio Vivaldi (1650-1741) arr. Helmut Kickton Concerto: ‘La Tempesta di Mare’

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Largo

    • iii. Presto

  • Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) From ‘Messe de Mariage’

    • i. Bénédiction Nuptiale

    • ii. Laus Deo

31) 4th June, 2013:

  • Georg Muffat (1653-1704) Les Gendarmes

  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Léon Roques Two Arabesques:

    • No 1 in E major

    • No 2 in G major

  • Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) arr. Remo Giazotto Adagio in G minor

  • Albert Ketèlby (1875-1959) arr. Hugh Ware In a Monastery Garden

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) arr. Serge Ollive Six Variations on a Swiss Song

  • Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Toccata

30) 17th April, 2013:

  • Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) Springtanz (from Terpsichore)

  • Dudley Buck (1839-1909) Home, sweet home

  • Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Giga (from Concerto Grosso No 9)

  • Antonio Valente (c. 1530-80) La Romanesca

  • Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856) March 1 in D

  • G.F. Handel (1685-1759) I know that my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah)

  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Paraphrase on a chorus in Judas Maccabeus (Handel)

29) 28th February, 2013:

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Pièce d’Orgue, BWV572

  • J.S. Bach arr. Stainton de B. Taylor Sheep may Safely Graze

  • Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) 4th movt (Allegro) from Concerto del Signor Taglietti

  • Will MacFarlane (1870-1945) Scotch Fantasia (on National Airs and Folk Songs)

28) 23rd January, 2013:

  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Carillon de Longpont

  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) arr. Paul Stetsenko From ‘Winter’: 2nd movement (Largo)

  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Alex Cellier Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Virgil Fox ‘Now thank we all our God’ (from Cantata No 79)

  • William Wolstenholme (1865-1931) Allegretto in E flat

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. G.R. Sinclair Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

27) 10th December, 2012:

  • Geoffrey Bush (1920-98) arr. Leslie Peart I Saw Three Ships

  • G.F. Handel (1650-1759) arr. W.T. Best Three choruses from 'Messiah'

    • i. And the glory of the Lord

    • ii. And he shall purify

    • iii. For unto us a Child is born

  • Denis Bédard (b. 1950) Variations sur «In dulci jubilo»

  • Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734-94) Noël: 'Votre bonté grand Dieu'

  • Charles Quef (1873-1931) Noël Parisien, Op. 26 No 4.

26) 26th November, 2012:

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Toccata in F, BWV540/i

  • Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely (1817-69) Andante in F (Choeur de Voix Humaines)

  • Carlo Bodro (c.1840-after 1900) Suonata per Organo No 12 (Polka Finale)

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. E.H. Lemare Idylle

  • Edouarde Batiste (1820-76) Offertoire in C minor

25) 29th October, 2012:

  • G.F. Handel (1685-1759) arr. W.T. Best Air: “Arm, arm, ye brave!” and Chorus: “We come in bright array” (from Judas Maccabeus)

  • Ralph Kinder (1876-1952) Fantasia on ‘Duke Street’ (“Fight the good fight”)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Scherzo and Allegro for a musical clock

  • Joe Utterback (b. 1944) Cornet Voluntary (from Jazz-Influenced Voluntaries)

  • Léon Boëllmann (1862-97) Final-Marche (from 2ème Suite)

24) 20th September, 2012:

  • George Dodds (1876-1946) Pedal Offertoire

  • Maurice Greene (1695-1755) Introduction & Trumpet Tune

  • Josef Holbrooke (1878-1958) Une Chanson

  • Fela Sowande (1905-87) Obangiji

  • Léon Roques (1839-1923) Noces d’Or

  • Sir William Walton (1902-83) arr. Sir William Mckie Coronation March (1953): Orb and Sceptre

23) 30th August, 2012:

  • Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Marcia Eroïca

  • John Major (floruit c. 1893-1912) Intermezzo in E

  • Fela Sowande (1905-87) Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho

  • Derek Bourgeois (b. 1941) Serenade

  • Edwin Lemare (1866-1934) Elegy in G

  • Paul Barras (1925-2017) Voluntary pour la Ducasse de Mons («El Doudou»)

  • G.F. Handel (arr. W.T. Best) (1685-1759) Zadok the Priest

  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Fantaisie sur deux Melodies Anglaises

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (arr. Stanley Roper) Greensleeves

  • Otto Nicolai (1810-49) (arr. Edwin Evans) Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor

20) 26th April, 2012:

  • Nicholas Choveaux (1904-95) March

  • G.F. Handel (1685-1459) arr. Osborne Peasgood From ‘ Water Music’:

    • i. Overture

    • ii. Bourrée

    • iii. Hornpipe

    • iv. Coro

  • Gatty Sellars (1887-1943) An Evening Idyl

  • Formerly attrib to J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Fugue ‘à la gigue’, BWV577

  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Final (from 1st Symphony)

19) 2nd April, 2012:

  • Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) arr. Robert Gower March from ‘Things to Come’

  • Hartwell Jones arr. Orlando A. Mansfield The Refuge of the Soul (1892)

  • Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) arr. Enrico Bossi Moto Perpetuo

  • William Sterndale Bennett (1816-75) arr. Charles Steggall Barcarolle (from the Fourth Concerto)

  • Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937) Marche Pontificale (from 1st Symphony)

18) 10th November, 2011:

  • Heathcote Statham (1889-1973) March

  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) arr. Sandro Carnelos Autumn (from The Four Seasons)

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Adagio molto

    • iii. Allegro

  • Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) A Reverie by the River Deveron: “Calm and Cloud”

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) arr. A. Eaglefield Hull Two Impromptus:

    • i. Allegro Moderato

    • ii. Andantino

  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Final (from 7 Pieces, Op. 27)

17) 29th September, 2011:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) arr. C.W. Pearce ‘Alleluia to the Father’ from ‘The Mount of Olives’

  • Andrew Carter (b. 1939) Trumpet Tune

  • Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) arr. C.P.Scott Pastorale (“To a Wild Rose”)

  • Edward MacDowell arr. C. Charlton Palmer A Sea Song

  • G. F. Handel (1685-1759) arr. W.T. Best Organ Concerto in D major

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Andante con moto

    • iii. Fuga: allegro

16) 21st June, 2011:

  • G.F. Handel (1685-1759) arr. anon. 18th Century Second Overture in Solomon (Sinfonia: ‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’)

  • Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) ‘Jig’ Fugue in C, BuxWV174

  • Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Sonata No 14 in C, Op.165:

    • i. Präludium

    • ii. Idylle

    • iii. Toccata

15) 6th June, 2011:

  • Ralph Kinder (1876-1952) Toccata

  • John Stanley (1712-86) Voluntary in C, Op. 5, No 1

  • Richard Wagner (1813-83) arr. W.J. Westbrook March from ‘Rienzi’

  • Anton Rubenstein (1830-94) arr. W. Faulkes Romance, Op. 44, No 1

  • Eugène Reuchsel (1900-88) From ‘Bouquet de France’:

    • i. La Fille aux Oranges

    • ii. Là-haut sur la Montagne

    • iii. V’là la Saint-Martin

14) 27th April, 2011:

  • Lynwood Farnam (1885-1930) Toccata on ‘O Filii et Filiæ’

  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) ‘Contes d’Avril’ (Marche Nuptiale)

  • Peter Warlock (1894-1930) arr. Stanley Roper Andante Tranquillo (‘Pieds-en l’air’) from the Capriol Suite

  • Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) arr. Basil Ramsey T hree Royal Fanfares:

    • i. The Sovereign’s Fanfare

    • ii. Fanfare for the Bride

    • iii. A Wedding Fanfare

  • Sir William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Herbert Murrill Coronation March: Crown Imperial

13) 6th April, 2011:

  • William Hoyte (1844-1917) Minuet and Trio

  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) arr. anon 18th Century Concerto in G

    • i. Allegro

    • ii. Adagio

    • iii. Allegro

  • Dudley Buck (1839-1909) Rondo-Caprice

  • Andrea Tinazzoli (?Venice, 18th Century) Allegro e Spiritoso

  • Edouard Batiste (1820-76) Postlude in E flat

12) 20th March, 2011:

  • G.F. Handel (1685-1759) March from ‘Judas Maccabeus’

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV564

  • W.A. Mozart (1756-91) tr. J. Wodehouse Adagio from 44th Symphony (sic)

  • Powell Weaver (1890-1951) The Squirrel

  • Edgar Barratt arr. A. Eaglefield Hull (1877-1928) Coronach (A Highland Lament)

  • Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) Toccata

11) 24th February, 2011:

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV541

  • Reginald Goss-Custard (1877-1956) Chelsea Fayre

  • Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856) Offertorio in E flat

  • Albert Ketèlby (1875-1959) arr. Gatty Sellars Devotion (Melodie Passionnée)

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-47) Allegro assai vivace (Finale from Sonata Nº1)

10) 23rd January, 2011:

  • Gatty Sellars (1887-?) Ouverture Fantastique

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude in E flat, BWV552/i

  • Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856) Elevazione (Andante in G)

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-47) Sonata Nº4:

    • i. Allegro con brio

    • ii. Andante religioso

    • iii. Allegretto

    • iv. Allegro maestoso e vivace

  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Scherzo and Final (from Symphony Nº2)

9) 20th January, 2011:

  • Herbert Murrill (1909-52) Carillon

  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (c.1634-1704) arr. Bryan Hesford Te Deum Prelude

  • Albert Ketèlby (1875-1959) Sanctuary of the Heart

  • George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) arr. anon. 18th Century Overture in Samson:

    • i. [Adagio]

    • ii. Allegro

    • iii. Minuet

  • Pietro Yon (1886-1943) Humoresque: “L’Organo Primitivo”

  • Egil Hovland (b.1924) Toccata: Nu la oss takke Gud (Now thank we all our God)

8) 13th January, 2011:

  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) arr. W.T. Best War March of the Priests (from 'Athalie')

  • Matthew Locke (1621?-77) arr. Simon Nieminski Movements from 'The Tempest':

    • i. Dance of Fantastick Spirits: ('The Fantastick' ~ Corant)

    • ii. Dance of Winds (Gavott)

    • iii. The Fourth Act Tune (A Martial Jigge)

  • Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) arr. P.J. Mansfield Ich liebe dich (“I love thee”)

  • William Wolstenholme (1865-1931) Rondino in D flat

  • Eugène Reuchsel (1900-88) From 'Promenades en Provence':

    • i. Tambourinaires sur la place des Vieux Salins (Drummers in the Place des Vieux Salins)

    • ii. Nuages ensoleillées sur le Cap Nègre (Sunlit clouds on Cap Nègre)

7) 8th December, 2010:

  • Charles Joseph Frost (1848-1918) “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” with Introduction and Variations

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Three Christmas chorale preludes:

    • i. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV606

    • ii. Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV600

    • iii. In dulci jubilo, BWV729

  • Jacques Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1766-1824) Noël: “Ah! Ma voisine êtes vous fachée”

  • Eugène Reuchsel (1900-88) Douce Merveille (Noël Strasbourgeois de 1697, from ‘Bouquet de France’)

  • Garth Edmundson (1900-71) Vom Himmel Hoch (Toccata-Prelude)

6) 3rd December, 2010:

  • Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823–1881) Fanfare

  • Percy Fletcher (1879-1932) Matinale

  • Franz Liszt (1811-86) arr. W.J. Westbrook Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (from ‘Années de Pélerinage’)

  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arr. W.J. Westbrook Ave Maria

  • Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) Suite Gothique, Op. 25

    • i. Introduction-Chorale

    • ii. Menuet Gothique

    • iii. Prière à Notre Dame

    • iv. Toccata

5) 1st December, 2010:

  • W.A. Mozart (1756-91) arr. E.J. Hopkins Motet: Deus tibi laus et honor

  • William Wolstenholme (1865-1931)

    • i. The Question

    • ii. The Answer

  • Polibio Fumagalli (1830-1900) Capriccio (“The Hunt”)

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Wachet auf! ruft uns die stimme (BWV645)

  • Alfred Louis James Lefébure-Wely (1817-70) Verset in F

  • Henri Mulet (1878-1967) Carillon-Sortie

4) 8th November, 2010:

  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Franz Liszt Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis

  • Henry Purcell (1659-95) arr. W.T. Best Trumpet Tune and Air

  • W.A. Mozart (1756-91) arr. Reginald Goss-Custard Minuetto and Allegro (from the First Sonatina)

  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) Sonata No 5:

    • i. Andante

    • ii. Andante con moto

    • iii. Allegro

  • Bernard Johnson (1868-1935) Pavane in A

  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Placare Christe Servulis (from Tombeau de Titelouze)

3) 2nd November, 2010:

  • Joseph Ascher (1829-69) arr. W.J. Westbrook Fanfare

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) arr. W.T. Best Rigadaun (from ‘Dardanus’)

  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) March on Handel’s ‘Lift up your heads’

  • Set by Henry Coleman (1888-1965) Londonderry Air (Farewell to Cucullain)

  • Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) arr. Reginald Goss-Custard Tango

  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Final (from Symphony Nº6)

2) 11th October, 2010:

  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arr. W.T. Best Marche Militaire in D

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. C.J. Grey Salut d’Amour

  • Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely (1817-1869) March in C

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) arr. W.T. Best Adagio from Piano Sonata Nº 14 in C# minor, ‘Moonlight’

  • Gordon Balch Nevin (1892-1943) Will o’ the Wisp

  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Grand Chœur in D ‘Alla Handel’, Op. 18

1) 3rd August, 2010:

  • John Weaver (b. 1937) Toccata

  • George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) arr. E. Power Biggs Suite: Music for the Royal Fireworks

    • i. Overture

    • ii. The Rejoicing

    • iii. The Peace

    • iv. Bourrée

    • v. Minuet Finale

  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-49) arr. William Faulkes Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9, Nº2

  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin arr. W.T. Best Polonaise in A, Op. 40, Nº1

  • Eugene Thayer (1838-89) Variations on “Auld Lang Syne” Op 30