The Theatre Organ

Music for Brass and Organ

The RAAF Brass Ensemble (cond. F.O. Matthew Shelley)

Amy Johansen (Organ) in concert in the Great Hall,
University of Sydney, on 21^st November, 2004. (Recording engineer – Greg Ghavalas)

Richard Strauss – Fanfare der Stadt Wien

Widor – Salve fac populum tuum

Widor – Andante Sostenuto from “Symphony Gothique” Op. 70

Gabrieli – Canzon Septimi Toni a 8 from “Sacrae Symphoniae”

Crespo – Bruckner Etude

Handel – Sonata in F major

Vierne – Marche Triomphale du Centenaire de Napoleon 1

Howells – Master Tallis’ Testament

Mathias – Processional

Music from the 20^th century stage 

Gershwin – “Summertime” (Jean Martyn)

Kern – Symphonic Suite from “Showboat” (Jelani Eddington)

Bach on the Flentrop organ at Harvard played by John Ayer

Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 538 (Dorian)

Chorale preludes:

“Jesu, meine Freude” BWV 610

“O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross” BWV 622

“Christe, aller welt Trost” BWV 670

“An Wasserflüssen Babylon”

Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 548 (“Wedge”)

British Light Music of the 20^th century 

Clive Richardson – Melody on the move (Simon Gledhill)

Andrew Fenner – Gremlin in the Galley (David Shepherd)

Haydn Wood – Sketch of a Dandy (Simon Gledhill)

Billy Mayerl – Autumn Crocus (Simon Gledhill)

Bobby Pagan – Canyon Caballeron (Simon Gledhill)

Noel Coward – selection (Richard Hills)

Transcriptions for organ (including sounds of Sydney and Melbourne Town Hall organs, and Sydney Opera House Grand Organ) 

Walton – Coronation March “Orb and Sceptre” (Thomas Heywood)

Saint-Saens – Adagio from Organ Symphony (Christian Brembeck)

Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre (David Drury)

Richard Strauss – Feirlich Einzug (Christian Brembeck)

Debussy – Andante from String Quartet in G minor (David Hill)

Godard – Grand Galop de Concert (Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen)

Copland – “Hoedown” from ballet “Rodeo” (Walt Strony”

Fibich – Poeme (Chris Elliot)

J Strauss II – Nuns’ Chorus from “Casanova” (Phil Kelsall)

Grieg – The Last Spring (Lyn Larsen)

J Strauss II – Thunder and Lightning Polka (Simon Gledhill)

“Organic Shakespeare” – organ music and transcriptions for organ inspired by the works of William Shakespeare

(rebroadcast of items first heard in December 2004)

Simon Nieminski at the Wicks pipe/digital demonstration organ

Nicolai – Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor

Coleridge-Taylor – Othello Suite

Vaughan Williams – Greensleeves

Locke – movements from The Tempest (trans. S. Nieminski)

Walton – Three pieces from film score to Richard III

Mendelssohn – Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Grainger – Shepherd’s Hey (Frederick Bayco)

Chopin – medley of piano works (Reginald Foort)

Quilter – Rosamunde and Fairy Frolic (Frederick Bayco)

Quilter – Will o’ the Wisp (Simon Gledhill)

Brahms – Waltz in A flat (Tony Fenelon)

Schubert – Marche Militaire (Frederic Bayco)

Recognising the 20^th anniversary of the opening of the Smenge organ in the concert hall at Newcastle Conservatorium of Music. Items taken from an LP recorded by Michael Dudman shortly after the organ’s opening.

Buxtehude - Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C

Bach - Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 542

Bach – Gigue Fugue in G BWV 577

Boely – Andante Con Moto

Avison – Concerto in D Op 9 No 12 (trans. M. Dudman)

Vierne – Andantino from Pieces de Fantasie Op 51

Paine – Concert Variations on The Star Spangled Banner

Bossi – Giga

A classical organist playing a Wurlitzer, and some theatre/classical organ duets

Bach – Trio Sonata No 6 in G 1^st movement (Carlo Curley)

Widor – Intermezzo from Symphony No 6 (Carlo Curley)

Schubert – Marche Militaire (Lyn Larsen and Carlo Curley)

Rossini – Overture to William Tell (Lyn Larsen and Carlo Curley)

Sounds of the restored organ in the chapel of the Convent of Mercy, Singleton – played by Brendon Lukin

Mozart – Andante for a Cylinder in a Small Clock K.616

Sweelinck – My young life hath an end

Brahms – A rose breaks into bloom

Haydn – Eight pieces for Musical Clock

Elgar – Vesper Voluntaries (Introduction and Andante)

Handel – Tunes for Clay’s Musical Clock

Buxtehude – Passacaglia in D minor BuxWV 161

Glinka – Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla (Simon Gledhill)

Sibelius – Finlandia (Jonas Nordwall)

Puccini – Musetta’s Waltz Song (Tony Fenelon)

Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries (David Whickerham)

Prelude and Fugue in D minor
Partita “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend”
Chorale Prelude “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
Prelude and Fugue in C major
Partita “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”
Chorale Prelude “Vater unser im Himmelreich”
Prelude, Fugue and Postlude in G minor

2008 sees the 150th anniversary of the death, at age 24, of Julius Reubke. His monumental Sonata on 94th Psalm, which clearly shows the influence of his teacher Liszt, is a cornerstone of 19th century organ repertoire.

Liszt – Fantasia and Fugue on BACH
(Michael Dudman at Newcastle Anglican Cathedral)
Reubke – Sonata on the 94th Psalm
(Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss – organ not named)

Healey Willan (1880 – 1968) was an English-born musician who moved to Canada in 1913. This program gives a snapshot of his skill as a composer for organ.

Patrick Wedd performs on an instrument which dates from 1914 and which shows well the sounds Willan had in mind.

Five preludes on plainchant melodies
Prelude on “Aberystwyth””
Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue
Epilogue

Rising Stars on Air

Rising Stars on Air

A concert recording made for 2MBS featuring Angelo Castaldo, Organist and Choirmaster of Volto Santo’s Sanctuary, Naples, Italy.

Concert date 7th April, 2006 – venue St Mark’s Anglican Church Figtree (organ by Kinloch, 1845) – sound engineer Greg Ghavalas.

Frescobaldi – Toccata Decima, Canzon dopo l’Epistola, Toccata per l’Elevatione, Bergamasca
Pergolesi – Sonata per cembalo o organo
Panerai – 3 movements from Sonata 85 da organo
Donizetti – Rondo
Buxtehude – Preludium from Te Deum
Walther – Corale e variazioni
WF Bach – Toccata

Strauss – Voices of Spring (Margaret Hall)
Ketelbey – In a Monastery Garden (Quentin Maclean)
Smetana – Dance of the Comedians (Jonas Nordwall)
Gounod – Funeral March of a Marionette (Reginald Foort)
Curzon – March of the Bowmen (Simon Gledhill)