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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCHSATURDAY 27th JULY AT 4:00PMBEN SHEEN(Juilliard School, New York)2013 St Albans International Organ Festival Prize WinnerInterpretation Competition Joint 2nd PrizeJon Laukvik Prize for best performance of the commissioned workEdward Elgar (1857-1934)Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in GFranz Liszt (1811-1886) (arr. Lionel Rogg)Concert Etude: Saint Francis of Paola walking on the waves.Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)Rondo FrancaiseSeth Bingham (1882-1972)Roulade Op.9 No 3Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (arr. Edwin Lemare)Pilgrim's Chorus (from Tannhauser)Julius Reubke (1834-1858)'Fugue' from Sonata on the 94th PsalmADMISSION FREE – RETIRING COLLECTION – BUFFETBen Sheen recently became the first winner of the inaugural Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition in the USA. The prize was awarded on the 23rd June and includes a cash prize of $40,000, a recital in the Longwood Gardens Concert Series and management by Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. Also successful at the 2013 St Albans International Organ Festival Prize Winner, Ben won Joint 2nd Prize in theInterpretation Competition and the Jon Laukvik Prize for best performance of the commissioned work.Ben (23) from London, recently received his Master's from the Julliard School in New York having previously received a First Class Honours degree in music from Oxford University. Ben is increasingly gaining recognition as an international concert organist having given recitals throughout the UK including the Royal Albert Hall and Westminster Abbey, as well as the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (Limpus, Durrant and Shinn prizes) and a recipient of the prestigious Worshipful Company of Musicians' Silver Medal for 2011.Ben was recently appointed Assistant Organist-Designate at St Thomas Church in New York City. He will assume his duties in September.The organ amalgamates two redundant Binns instruments: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford and St Augustine's Tonge Moor, Bolton.A small amount of non-Binns pipework has been retained.The imaginative scheme has been carried out by B.C. Shepherd and Sons in collaboration with J.H. Males.Details of the organ on the NPOR at:
Bloomsbury Baptist Church235 Shaftesbury AvenueLONDONWC2H 8EP
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Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church235 Shaftesbury AvenueLondonWC2H 8EPSaturday 29th June at 4.00 p.mA special 80th Birthday Celebration Concert in honour of the distinguished organistand teacher Robert Munns will be held at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church onSaturday, June 29th at 4:00pm.Joining him in the celebration will be leading organists Stephen Farr and David Liddlewhose programmes are also listed below. There will be a retiring collection after theconcert and everyone is then invited to the birthday buffet in the church's FriendshipCentre. Full details of Robert's career and a list of works dedicated to him andpremiered by him (e.g. the Kenneth Leighton Organ Concerto) can be found onhis website:.ROBERT MUNNSDenisBédard(b 1950)Suite du Premier Ton (1994):Plein Jeu - Dialogue - Grand JeuDuet 1. Hymne (1993)Franz Lachner(1803-1890)Duet 2. Introduction and Fugue Op 92Franz Schubert(1797-1828)Duet 3. Fugue in E minor Op posth 152Above duets with Brian Newman (Organ)Geoffrey Hanson(b 1939)Soliloquy (2013)DAVID LIDDLEJ.S. Bach(1685-1750)Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BWV 535)David Liddle(b 1960)Polyphony in T Op 19Louis Vierne(1870-1937)Toccata (Pièces de Fantasie) Op 53STEPHEN FARRJean Langlais(1907-1991)LaNativité(1932):The Cradle - The Angels - The Shepherds -The Holy FamilyKenneth Leighton(1929-1988)Paean (1967)"Few British organists have a greater claim to their championship of moderncontemporary organ music as does Robert Munns who has premiered very manyimportant works written for, and for the most part dedicated to, him. Not that whatone might term the traditional organ repertoire has been in any way ignored by him,but that many composers have good reason to be grateful for his interest in andpractical encouragement of their work. Consequently now is an appropriate time tocast an eye over some of Robert Munns’ considerable achievements during the lastdecades, which began when, as a former scholarship holder of the Royal Academy ofMusic, his extensive career as concert organist, conductor and church musicianwas successfully launched.” The Organ - Spring 2012
Details of the Church and Organ can be found at
www.bloomsbury.org.uk
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In the 1930s I was told my father's choir often had a problem singing verse 10 of Psalm 147, which often ended up as "neither delighteth he in Annie Mann's legs", the name of one of the sopranos. In her later years my mother would always come to evensong if we were singing Annie Mann's legs.
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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH235 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON WC2H 8EPSATURDAY 25TH MAY AT 4:00PMJOHN SCOTT WHITELEY(ORGANIST EMERITUS - YORK MINSTER)MAX REGER (1873-1916)Introduction and Passacaglia in D Minor (op. posth.)BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)Voluntary on Tallis's Lamentation (c1940)J.S. BACH (1685-1750)Wir ChristenleutBWV deest(We Christian people have joy now)Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes SohnBWV Anh 55(Trinity 18 - Christ the only Son of God)Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534JOSEPH JONGEN (1873-1953)Divertimento(2nd movt of Symphonie Concertante Op 81,Arranged: John Scott Whiteley)Chant de May. Op 53 No 2PIERRE COCHEREAU (1924-1984)Symphonie en Improvisation(Notre-Dame, December 1963)Transcribed: John Scott Whiteley1. Grave; vivo e agitato2. Scherzo3. Lento4. FinalAdmission Free - Collection - BuffetJohn Scott Whiteley is Organist Emeritus of York Minster, having worked at that great cathedral from 1975 until 2010 when he retired from the Minster in order to pursue his freelance career. During the past ten years he has become well-known for his performances on BBC2 and BBC4 television of the complete organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach.21st-Century Bachwas a joint commission by BBC2 and BBC4 and began in 2001. The series continues and is planned to run for several more years, after which time some eighty programmes will have covered Bach's entire output for organ. The series was described by the British daily national newspaper,The Daily Telegraph,as "a triumph both nationally and musically.Having studied at the Royal College of Music with Ralph Downes and W.S. Lloyd Webber, and with Flor Peeters in Malines and Fernando Germani in Siena, John Scott Whiteley won first prize in the1976 National Organ Competition of Great Britain. He then performed at the Royal Festival Hall, for the UK Annual Conference of the Incorporated Association of Organists, and at festivals throughout Europe. The most recent of these have included the 2005 International Organ Festival in St. Albans, the 2006 Musicometa Festival in Rome, and the 2008 Bach Festivals in Skiernewice, Poland, and Camaiore, Italy. From 1985 John toured the USA annually and for twenty years he was represented by the well-known agency, Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. His exclusive representative is now Paul Vaughan Artists (PVA Management).John now has twenty-four solo CD recordings to his credit, and a further twenty-two as accompanist. These have been recorded by EMI, Guild, Regent, Priory, Amphion, Boreas and York Ambisonics. His CD, Great Romantic Organ Music, appeared for eight years in thePenguin Good CD Guideas one of the best recorded organ recitals, and several other CDs have won awards, notably a Critic's Choice Award fromThe Gramophone. This award-winning recording, The Complete Organ Music of Joseph Jongen, formed the basis of some recent programmes made for the American Public Radio Network'sPipedreamsseries.Pipedreamstransmitted a complete programme of his playing in 1999, and further material has been recorded for transmission in 2011/12.DVDs of the first two series of21st-Century Bachwere released in April 2006, and Signum has issued Series 3. A DVD of the organ of York Minster was released in 2008 by Priory.John Scott Whiteley has researched and published books about the music of both Bach and the Belgian composer, Joseph Jongen. He has contributed articles on Bach toThe Organ Yearbook,and on Jongen toThe New Grove: Dictionary of Music and Musicians.In 2003 he was principal lecturer and recitalist at the Colloque Joseph Jongen organised by the Conservatoire of Brussels. He has also transcribed, published and re-recorded the famousSymphonie improviséerecorded by Pierre Cochereau at Notre-Dame in 1963.Composition continues to occupy him more frequently, and he has now completed some eighteen works for organ and seventeen church compositions. The former include his recentPassacagliaand five pieces inspired by theFive Sisters Windowsin York Minster. His church music includesFive Cathedral Motetsand the large-scale anthem;At the round earth's imagined corners.A number of his compositions have been broadcast on BBC Radio Three and in 2010 he recorded a CD of his own organ works played on the organ of York Minster.Between 2000 and 2008, John Scott Whiteley was Director of the Girl Choristers of York Minster, with whom he recorded a CD of the music of Lassus in 2008. He has taught the organ at the Universities of Hull and Huddersfield, and, as a visiting tutor, at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has often been an adjudicator for organ competitions, and he is an examiner for the ABRSM and for the Royal College of Organists, having been a member of the council of the RCO for over ten years.J
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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EPAn Organ Recital byGary Sieling(Bromley Parish Church)Saturday, April 27th at 4:00pmJS Bach (1685-1750)Chorale-Partita 'Christ, der du bist der helle Tag (BWV 766)Johannes Brahms (1833-1887)Chorale Prelude: 'Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen'Edward MacDowell (1869-1908)To a Wild RoseLouis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)Suite du deuxième ton:Plein jeu, Duo, Trio, Basse de cromorne,Flûtes, Récit de Nazard, Caprice sur les grands JeuxJohn Stanley (1713-1786)Voluntary in GBenjamin Britten (1913-1976)Prelude and Fugue on a theme of VittoriaGary Sieling (b.1952)Toccata and Fugue on a theme of Enrico ManciniGary Sielingwas born in Bedfordshire and educated at Dunstable Grammar School. He read for his BMus degree at the University of London, Goldsmiths’ College and while a student played for the debut of the London Cantata Choir with whom he is still associated. He studied organ with Peter Moorse, Nicholas Danby at the Royal College of Music, Dr Peter le Huray at St Catherine’s College Cambridge, and Jane Parker-Smith. He was awarded FRCO in 1981 and MA in Performance from Anglia Ruskin University in 1997, studying organ with Nicholas Kynaston at Caius College Cambridge.Gary was organist of Dunstable Priory and then Assistant Master of Music at Peterborough Cathedral. During his time there he was Conductor of the Peterborough Philharmonic Society, Director of the St Peter’s Singers, and Founder and Associate Conductor of the City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. He also taught organ and piano at Oundle and Stamford Schools. He played for the Cathedral Choir on two tours of America in addition to regular TV and radio broadcasts and recordings.Gary is now Director of Music at Bromley Parish Church (). He also directs the chamber choir ‘FineChants’ and works as a freelance organist, harpsichordist, conductor, adjudicator, and examiner for the Royal College of Organists. He spent the summers of 2009 and2011as the MusicAdjudicator to the Sri Lanka Performing Arts Festival.His recent CD recordings include one for Priory Records from Chelmsford Cathedral featuring the major organ works of Stanley Vann, sometime organist of Peterborough Cathedral, and the ‘Kenneth Leighton Memorial Album’ which Gary compiled and published. Gary has also recently recorded a CD of harpsichord and organ music at Bromley Parish Church.Organ concert venues in this country include St Paul’s, Canterbury and Westminster Cathedrals, King’s College Cambridge and Westminster Abbey. He has made ten international concert tours visiting Denmark, Germany, Italy and USA.Gary likes to relax by travelling and exploring old churches.Admission Free - Collection - Buffet
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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP
Saturday 23rd March at 4:00pm
CARL JACKSON
(H.M. Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace)
Programme:
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 686
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV 622
ALAN RIDOUT (1934-1996)
The Seven Last Words:
I ‘Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do'.
II ‘Woman, behold thy son......Behold thy mother’.
III ‘My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?’
IV ‘Verily I say unto thee: Today shalt thou be with me in paradise'.
V ‘I thirst’.
VI ‘It is finished’.
VII ‘Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit’.
JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940)
Deux Fantaisies
Postlude pour l’Office de Complies
JEAN LANGLAIS (1907-1991)
Incantation pour un jour Saint
ADMISSION FREE - COLLECTION - BUFFET
CARL JACKSON was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Malcolm Hill
and Alan Harverson. He also held organ scholarships at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace,
and at Downing College, Cambridge where he was a pupil of Peter Hurford.
After teacher-training at Goldsmiths’ College (University of London), he taught at Hinchingbrooke
School, Huntingdon and at Whitgift School, Croydon before spending nine years at St Paul's Girls'
School as Senior Music Teacher and subsequently as Organist. In 1998, he was appointed
Director of Music at Kingston Grammar School, a position he held for twelve years before taking
on the role of Master of Music Scholars from September 2010 to March 2012. Carl was Organist
of Croydon Minster from 1986-1990, Sub-Organist of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace,
from 1990-1993, and Assistant Director of Music at St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square from
1993-1996. In October 1996, he returned again to the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court on his
appointment there as Director of Music. He has broadcast with the chapel choir on radio and
television - notably in the Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 2010, and conducted them in performances
with Sir Cliff Richard, José Carreras and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.
As an accompanist he has worked with Sir Willard White, and with the Elysian Singers of London
with whom he appears on their CD of the music of James MacMillan (Signum Records). Distinctions
include Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music and Honorary Fellowship of the Guild of
Church Musicians. He was appointed MVO in the 2012 New Year Honours list.
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PLEASE NOTE LATER STARTING TIME to allow those attending the London Organ Day to follow-on afterwards
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP
Saturday 23rd February at 6:30 pm
JANE WATTS
(INTERNATIONAL CONCERT ORGANIST)
SIMON PRESTON (1938-) ALLELUYAS
WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER (1942-1982) ARIETTA
DUDLEY BUCK (1839-1909) CONCERT VARIATIONS ON 'THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER'
WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER (1914-1982) CANTILENA
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (1837-1911) - SONATA V (COMPLETE)
1. Allegro appasionato
2. Adagio con molt' espressione
3. Scherzando: Allegro
4. Recitativo
5. Choral et Fugue: Allegro
ADMISSION FREE - COLLECTION - BUFFET
"I cannot remember when I last enjoyed organ-playing, either recorded or live, as much. The star of the show is Jane Watts, who boasts that rare combination of a secure technique, intelligent musicianship and an ability to communicate genuine enjoyment and enthusiasm for the music." - Gramophone
“Seldom do you hear an instrumentalist so confident and capable as Jane Watts: she demonstrated total self-possession, in addition to ample musical knowledge” - so wrote the reviewer in New York - The Sun of her recital in Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City. Miss Watts will return to the USA in July.
The internationally-acclaimed Welsh organist enjoys a career that has taken her all over the world. She has given recitals in Europe, Hong Kong, Barbados, Australia and New Zealand, and made numerous appearances in festivals and concerts throughout the United Kingdom: additionally she has been both a soloist in, and a jury member of, the prestigious St Albans International Organ Festival. In July 2011 she gave the opening recital of the first International Organ Series to be presented in the Frits-Philips Concert Hall in Eindhoven, Holland.
Jane Watts has recorded exclusively with Priory Records since 1988. “From the first few bars, you can tell why Jane Watts’ performances have gathered such superlatives” began the review in Gramophone magazine of her recording made on the organ of the Ulster Hall, Belfast. Other recordings, including those from Westminster Abbey, Chartres Cathedral, Sydney Town Hall and Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand have been equally well received, as has a CD of Handel Organ Concerti, and of world premiere recordings of the two Organ Concerti of Richard Popplewell, both these CDs being under the direction of Sir David Willcocks. A recital recorded in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney will be issued next year.
Jane Watts has also made numerous recital recordings for BBC Radio 3 in Britain, France and Germany, and broadcast on radio in America, Australia and New Zealand. She was organist of The Bach Choir under Sir David Willcocks and David Hill from 1991 until 2010, her departure resulting from the latter’s requirement that the postholder act also as Assistant Conductor. In addition to appearing as a soloist with the Choir throughout the world, she also featured in its recordings: during its visit to the 10th Al Bustan Festival in Beirut, she undertook the formidable organ part in the world premiere of Naji Hakim’s Gloria.
Amongst the orchestras with which Jane Watts has appeared as soloist are the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductors with whom she has appeared as soloist include Matthias Bamert, Richard Hickox, John Mauceri (with whom she made her debut at the BBC Proms), Sir Roger Norrington, Tadaaki Otaka, Howard Shelley, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Sir David Willcocks.
Details of the organ on the NPOR at:
www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue
LONDON
WC2H 8EP
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For those who have not yet read through the programme, perhaps I should point out that John Mander, our host, will himself will be presenting an illustrated talk "An Organ Builder's Experiences" and this would be a great opportunity to show him our support.
John
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Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP
Toccata and Fugue Plus
Saturday 26th January from 1:00 pm
A Music in Bloomsbury and Organists Online Joint Event
The theme of this year's Bloomsbury Organ Day on January 26th is Toccata and Fugue Plus. Three
half-hour recitals will be given by Douglas Tang (Organ Scholar, King's College, Cambridge), Charles
Andrews (Associate DOM, All Saints, Margaret Street) and students from the RCO / St Giles School.
Presentations will also be given by Philip Norman, Gary Cole (Regent Records) and John Pike Mander.
During the day there will be ongoing refreshments, displays of relevant material and sales of CDs,
books and organ music. Margaret Phillips will conclude the day with a celebrity recital. The afternoon
events are all free but with a voluntary collection and there is a charge of £5 for the special buffet
and £5 for the celebrity recital. Full information here: http://www.organistsonline.org/toccata
DISPLAYS
There will be displays by various organ-related organisations and the opportunity to purchase magazines, books, CDs, etc.
REFRESHMENTS
Ongoing during the afternoon. A bookable Special Buffet is available at 5:00pm
COST
For the afternoon recitals and displays - free (with a voluntary collection)
Special Buffet - £5
Concluding Margaret Phillips recital - £5
Please let Philip Luke know - philipluke@waitrose.com or phone 01953 688393 if you would like to book a buffet meal in advance or for any other information.
For information on how to get to the church, details about the organ and the church http://www.bloomsbury.org.uk
RCO/St Giles Students - 1:00pm
Kevin Wai
Prelude in E major BWV 566 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Anne Cheng
Cantabile - J.H. Knecht (1752-1817)
Aine Kennedy
Lobe den Herrn - Otto Dienel (1839-1905)
Kate Shaw
Tierce en Taille - Louis Marchand (1669-1732)
Mylene Shoreman
Prelude and Fugue in C Major BWV 547 - JS Bach (1685-1750)
PRESENTATION
Philip Norman - Development of the Toccata and Fugue Form - 1:30pm
RECITAL
Douglas Tang (Organ Scholar, King's College, Cambridge) - 2:30pm
Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 546 - JS Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata (World Première) - Bernard Heyes
Sonata Eroica - Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
PRESENTATION
Gary Cole - Regent Records and the Margaret Phillips Bach Series -3:00pm
RECITAL
Charles Andrews (Assistant Director of Music, All Saints, Margaret Street) - 4:00pm
Prelude and Fugue in E flat Op99, 3 - C-C Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Suite for Organ Op 5:
Prelude - Sicilienne - Toccata - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
PRESENTATION
John Pike Mander - Some Organ Building Experiences - 4:30pm
CELEBRITY RECITAL
Margaret Phillips (Concert Organist and RCM Professor) - 6.00pm
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV 564 - J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
Variations on Mijn God, waar zal ik henengaan - Klaas Bolt (1927–1990)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor Op. 98 - Edwin Lemare (1865–1934)
Six Bagatelles - Brian Chapple (born 1945)
Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur Ave Maris Stella - Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
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Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8EP
Saturday 24th November at 4:00pm
ORGAN RECITAL
By
Peter Wright
(Southwark Cathedral)
Dankpsalm Max Reger (1873-1916)
Prelude and Fugue in A (BWV 536) J S Bach (1685-1750)
Andante con moto in E flat Alexandre Boëly (1785-1858)
Scherzo in A flat Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Grande pièce symphonique César Franck (1822-1890)
Free Admission - Collection - Special Christmas Buffet
Peter Wright was born in Hertfordshire. He was educated at Highgate School and then spent two years as Organ Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music, studying with Richard Popplewell (Organ) and Angus Morrison (Piano) and gaining various prizes and diplomas. In 1973 he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as Organ Scholar where he continued his organ studies with Dame Gillian Weir and with Flor Peeters in Belgium.
Following this Peter Wright became Sub-Organist at Guildford Cathedral and, since 1989, has been Organist and Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral. Under his direction the Choir has recorded many CDs and undertaken three tours to the USA and several to the continent. They have sung at the PROMS, broadcast regularly on television and radio and, last December took part in John Rutter’s annual Christmas Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Peter is much in demand as an organ recitalist and choral conductor, both here and abroad, and enjoys a wide and varied repertoire. In addition he plays regularly with the country’s leading orchestras, both solo and continuo. He has travelled widely in Europe, Japan, South Africa, USA, Bermuda, Australia and New Zealand. In 2000 he performed the complete organ works of J S Bach at Southwark and has recently given recitals in Paris (at Notre-Dame and La Trinité), Germany and the Netherlands. A new solo CD of French and Belgian organ music, recorded at Southwark for REGENT RECORDS was released in July 2010.
In May 2011 Peter Wright was awarded the prestigious FRSCM, in recognition of his work at Southwark and for church music in general, and he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians. Now a Vice-President of the Royal College of Organists, Peter Wright became a member of the Council in 1990 and was Chief Examiner from 1997 before becoming President (2005-2008).
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Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, Lomdon WC2H 8EP
Saturday 27th October at 4 pm
Free Admission - Collection - Buffet
RICHARD WALKER (Shrewsbury)
Programme
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877-1933)
Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott, Op 65 No 47
An Wasserflüssen Babylon, Op 65 No12
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, Op 65 No 13
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
Two Duos from Clavierübung:
No 1 in E minor, BWV 802
No 3 in G major, BWV 804
JOSEF JONGEN (1873-1953)
Sonata Eroica
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877-1933)
The Mirrored Moon ( from Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance), Op 96 No 6
Valse Mignonne, Op 142 No 3
EDWIN LEMARE (1866-1934)
Toccata di Concerto
Richard Walker is Assistant Director of Music at St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury,
where he accompanies most of the major services, organises the 45 weekly
Friday lunch-hour concerts each year and gives recitals, including the complete
organ works of J.S.Bach in 2010 - a series that he plans to repeat in 2014. He
has given recitals all over the UK, and also in Germany and the USA; forthcoming
appearances include Great Malvern Priory and Blackburn Cathedral.
Richard studied organ with David Willcocks, gaining both ARCO and FRCO diplomas
in the same year, and both with prizes. His career has been largely in teaching, first
at The Edinburgh Academy, and then as Director of Music successively at Daniel
Stewart’s and Melville College Edinburgh (1975 – 80), The Leys School Cambridge
(1980 – 85), and Harrow School (1985 – 2005). He was also Assistant Organist at
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral Edinburgh and subsequently Organist at St John’s,
Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Apart from his organ playing, Richard is active as a conductor - currently conducting
the Phoenix Singers of Shrewsbury - and as a double bass player in the Shrewsbury
and Ludlow Orchestras.
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The Organ Club @ Bloomsbury Baptist
Recital by talented Student Members
at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
Saturday 20th October at 4pm
To be followed by a buffet reception.
ADMISSION FREE with retiring collection for the buffet.
The Organ Club Student Organisation (OCSO) has been founded to create
events and opportunities exclusively tailored for club student members.
The launch of the organisation will be celebrated by a recital featuring
8 of the young members with the programme as follows:
Daniel Marx
Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 545 - J.S. Bach
The Black Princes March – Bell
Jonathan Allsopp
3rd Rhapsody – H Howells
Dance of the Gargoyles – Bell
Graham Thorpe
Prelude Fugue and Chaconne - Buxtehude
Nicholas Manoukas
Theme and Variations - Andrieson
Alec Jones
Symphonic Passion (1st movement) - Dupre
Alexander Hamilton
Veni Creator – movements, de Grigny
Saraband - Bell
Henry Metcalf
TBA
James Leitch
Dorian Chorale - Bell
Toccata - Gigout
A special feature of the recital is the first performance of four pieces by Douglas Bell
written especially for Organ Club Members "The Organ Club Collection".
Published by Animus, copies will be available at a price of £3.50 for the collection.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue
LONDON
WC2 8EP
Tube: Tottenham Court Road, Holborn or Covent Garden
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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8EP
SATURDAY 29th SEPTEMBER at 4:00 pm
An Organ Concert
by
STEPHEN HICKS
Røros Kirk, Norway
JOHN BULL (1562-1628)
A Fancy (Cosyn Virginal Book)
God save the King (Ut, Sol, Fa,Mi)
CéSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
Fantasia in A
FRANZ SCHMIDT (1874-1939)
Toccata in C
Weihnachtspastorale
MARCEL DUPRé (1886-1971)
Final (From 7 Pieces)
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
Christum wir sollen loben schon
In Dulci Jubilo
Prelude and Fugue in D major
LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937)
Feux Follets
J. REUBKE (1834-1858)
Sonata on the 94th Psalm
ADMISSION FREE - COLLECTION - BUFFET
One is in the presence of a superb organist and musician....an artist in possession of real maturity. Nadia Boulanger
An excellent organist with a brilliant and accurate technique and a fine musical interpretation. Marcel Dupré
I have the greatest admiration for him, for his musicianship and artistry as well as a human being. Yehudi Menuhin[/indent]
Remarkable gifts.......I have not heard such playing since the days of G.D. Cunningham....He has a valuable contribution to make. Sir Thomas ArmstrongStephen Hickswas born in Surrey in 1949. His early training was as a pianist at Trinity College of Music, London, where at the age of 15 he passed the Licentiateship diploma, won the Billy Mayerl Scholarship and was invited to make his debut playing the Schumann Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten. His first organ lessons were with Dr. Harry Gabb and already at 17 he became the youngest person to obtain the Fellowship diploma of the College in organ-playing. His playing was heard by Yehudi Menuhin and Nadia Boulanger who invited him to study with her in Paris and at the American Conservatoire in Fontainebleau for four years without charge. With scholarships from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the British Government he remained in Paris for several years where his teachers included such legendary names as Marcel Dupre,(organ) Andre Marchal, (organ) Casadesus, (piano) and Puyana (harpsichord). Whilst still a student in Paris he was invited by Pierre Cochereau to play his first recital at Notre Dame Cathedral and also made his debut as soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de l`O.R.T.F. He also took post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Music with Ralph Downes (organ), and in that year became the youngest organ soloist at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. At the end of this period, Nadia Boulanger wrote; `It gives me great pleasure to state the magnificent success which has closed the period of studies of Stephen Hicks. His talent is outstanding and he starts his career with all the elements of exceptional achievement.` Since then he has toured giving numerous concerts throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Monaco, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and USA. He has played at the most prestigious cathedrals, churches, concert halls and at such festivals as the City of London, Oxford, Windsor, Harrogate, Paris, Brussels, Bruges, Ghent; Kristiansand, Bergen, Trondheim Olavsdagene, Krakow etc,etc. His extensive repertoire encompasses every school of organ music and organ playing, and to each he brings an acute sense of style and scholarship along with a highly acclaimed virtuoso technique. His performances of Bach, Cesar Franck and Marcel Dupre have been especially praised. Since 1983 he has lived in Norway where he is organist at the `Bergstadens Ziir` in Røros.A first class player and thoroughly deserving of the tributes paid to him by Menuhin and Dupré. THE GRAMOPHONE EnglandStephen Hicks in the complete 'Nativite' of Messiaen. This ex-pupil of Nadia Boulanger doesn't hide his preference for the classics and romantics, nevertheless revealed himself to be a magisterial interpreter of Messiaen. As before, (we heard him for the first time last year) he was absolutely dazzling. Stephen Hicks is a great interpreter, very subtle in his understanding of the composer's thought. A complete master of his technique, he knows also how to measure his effects. One cannot wish for more than to achieve the sort of success he enjoyed with his audience. (translation) LA DERNIER HEUREThe organamalgamates two redundant Binns instruments: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford and St Augustine's Tonge Moor, Bolton.A small amount of non-Binns pipework has been retained.The imaginative scheme has been carried out by B.C. Shepherd and Sons in collaboration with J.H. Males.Details of the organ on the NPOR at:Bloomsbury Baptist Church -
I am a non-playing organ nut, well near enough, I can play the odd hymn reasonably well if needed, but not much more.
I took my Sri Lankan friend (I think he is one of the very few, possibly only, Sri Lankan Tamil organ nuts around) to the Sunday afternoon concert, as part of a celebration for a new job he has obtained. We both enjoyed the concert, possibly helped by the atmosphere in the hall which was amazing during CC's concert. The dynamic range he produced from the organ, from full organ to the very softest stops, cannot have been broadcast fully, and the applause at the end of the concert was amazing. We were then treated to a jazzy encore which raised another round of applause.
I have sat through too many organ concerts and recitals longing for the end, but this was certainly not one of them. I have a theory that some recitals are for other players, and some for listeners. Sunday's concert was definitely a listeners' concert.
John
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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCHORGAN CONCERTCATHY LAMB(Joint Director of Music Lichfield Cathedral)SATURDAY 28thJULY at 4:00pmToccata – Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)Folk tune from ‘5 short pieces’ – Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Pavana lachrymae – John Dowland (1563-1626)transc. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621)Toccata, Chorale and Fugue – Francis Jackson (1917- )Cantilene – Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)Sonata II in C minor, Op. 65 Grave-Adagio: Allegro maestoso e vivace: Fuga - Allegretto moderato – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)Sortie in Bb – Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869)FREE ADMISSION - COLLECTION - BUFFETBloomsbury Baptist Church235 Shaftesbury AvenueLONDONWC2H 8EPFor more information phone: 020 7240 0544 orCathy Lambis the joint Director of Music at Lichfield Cathedral, alongside her husband, Benjamin Lamb. Part of her role includes Directing and organizing the Cathedral’s exciting outreach project entitled ‘MusicShare’, which has been part of the government’s “Sing Up” initiative. This project involves taking the Lichfield Cathedral Choristers and the Lichfield Cathedral Girl Choristers-designate out into local schools to share their music-making. Each term then culminates in large joint concerts in Lichfield Cathedral. In addition to this role Cathy directs the Lichfield Cathedral School Girl Choristers-designate – a specialist, scholarship-based choir for girls at the school. She also founded the Lichfield Cathedral Young Voices in December 2007 – the Cathedral’s Saturday morning choir for 8-13 year olds in the area. Cathy’s former roles have included working with the Cathedral Choirs of Salisbury and Wells and the founding of a girls’ choir at Christchurch Priory in Dorset. She also ran the Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus. She studied Music at Cambridge where she was Organ Scholar at Sidney Sussex College – a role which involved directing and running the choir. Cathy is increasingly in demand as an animateur, teacher and director for education-based projects for organizations such as the Royal School of Church Music and Oundle for organists. Though most of Cathy's current work is as conductor, motivator and director she has not forgotten her roots as an organist and continues to play regularly for Cathedral services and at many of the major venues across the UK.The organamalgamates two redundant Binns instruments: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford and St Augustine's Tonge Moor, Bolton.A small amount of non-Binns pipework has been retained.The imaginative scheme has been carried out by B.C. Shepherd and Sons in collaboration with J.H. Males.Details of the organ on the NPOR at:
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BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
235 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2
ORGAN CONCERT
JEAN-BAPTISTE DUPONT
Bordeaux Cathedral and St Sernin, Toulouse
SATURDAY 30th JUNE at 4:pm
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537
FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Consolation No 4
Prelude and Fugue on BACH
MAX REGER (1873-1916)
Pastorale Op 59 No 2
Toccata Op59 No 5
Benedictus Op59 No 9
Te Deum Op 59 No 12
Free Improvisation on given themes
Free Admission - Retiring Collection - Buffet
Born in 1979, Jean-Baptiste Dupont began his musical studies at the piano. He
discovered the organ later, at the age of 12 and began organ studies at the
Institute of Sacred Music of Toulouse. He graduated with distinction from the
organ departement at the Conservatoire in Toulouse. As one of the top alumni
of the Conservatoire, he was awarded the Francis Vidal prize by the city of
Toulouse in 2006 and subsequently continued his studies at the Centre d’Etudes
Supérieures de Musique et Danse in Toulouse. Jean-Baptiste Dupont’s organ,
improvisation, harpsichord and piano teachers included Michel Bouvard, Louis
Robilliard, Philippe Lefebvre, Jan Willem Jansen and Thérèse Dussaut.
He was finalist in several organ competitions, both in interpretation and
improvisation. He won the 3rd prize in “Xavier Darasse” international competition
(Toulouse, France) in October 2008; 2nd prize + audience prize in "Mikael
Tariverdiev" competition in Kaliningrad, Russia, 2009; and the 1st prize
(improvisation) in St Albans international competition in July 2009.
Jean-Baptiste Dupont has a broad repertoire ranging from the renaissance
to the present day, much of it from the 19th and 20th century. Continuing in
the traditions of César Franck, Jean-Baptiste Dupont has been hailed as one
of the greatest young improvisers on the organ. He is also a composer.
Passionate about the art of organ building, and about organ archaeology, he
has worked with consultants on many organ restoration projects. He also
worked with organ-builders to perfect his knowledge of this instrument. He
inventoried the organs in Midi-Pyrenees Region (South-West of France).
He has contributed to several books about organ builders from the 19th
century in Midi-Pyrenees.
Jean- Baptise Dupont was appointed organist of Bordeaux Cathedral in April 2012
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The late Sir George Thalben Ball comes to mind as a knighted organist.
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London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
OPENING CONCERT
SATURDAY 12th MAY at 4:00pm
Free Admission - Retiring Collection
BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
CHRISTIAN WILSON - ORGAN (St Paulʼs, Knightsbridge)
Thomas Hyde
(1978 - ) - Suite on Plainchant Themes
(World Premiere)
i) Improvisation on 'Puer natus'
ii) 'Lucis Creator'
iii) 'Easter Alleluyas'
Alan Ridout
(1934-1996) - Jacob and the Angel
Roger Steptoe
(1953 -) - Sonatine III for organ (UK Premiere)
Naji Hakim
(1955 -) - Pange Lingua -
i) Pange Lingua
ii) Nobis datus
iii) In supremae nocte coenae
iv) Verbum caro
v) Tantum ergo
vi) Genitori, genitoque
Praised for his 'wonderful technique…with clear-sighted intelligence' (Journal
of the British Music Society) and 'incredibly imaginative accompaniment,'
(BBC Radio 3) Christian Wilson has been hailed one of the leading organists and
accompanists of his generation. He has performed as a soloist throughout
Europe, USA and Australia and has appeared regularly on BBC radio and
other European stations.
Following a year as Sub-Organist at Perth Cathedral (Western Australia),
Christian took up the Organ Scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford where his
teachers included David Sanger, Marie-Claire Alain and John Wellingham.
He also completed a second degree – the MPhil in Performance and
Musicology – researching English pre-Reformation performance practice
with the organ, and winning several prizes.
In 2006 Christian was awarded the Nicholas Danby Scholarship and a
Wingate Scholarship for study abroad and completed the two-year solo
postgraduate course at the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart in 2008 where
he studied with Jon Laukvik and Ludger Lohmann and was awarded the
highest possible results. Since this time he has pursued a freelance career at
the organ, piano and harpsichord.
Plans for 2012 include a recording of the complete (solo and chamber) organ
works of York Bowen, and performances of Francis Pott’s epic organ
symphony, ‘Christus’ in Germany (including the Magdeburg Festival). His
latest CD, of English Music for Viola and Piano (with violist Sarah-Jane
Bradley) will be released by Naxos in the late Spring.
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Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue,
LONDON
WC2H 8EP
Saturday 28th APRIL at 4:00pm
Organ Recital
by
RONNY KRIPPNER
C. V. Stanford Fantasia and Toccata in D Minor op. 57
F. Couperin From the Organ Mass for the Convent
1. Premier Kyrie: Plein Jeu
2. 5th Couplet Kyrie: Dialogue
3. Glorificamus Te: Duo
4. Agnus Dei: Cromhorne en taille
5. Dona Nobis Pacem: Dialogue
G. F. Handel Organ Concert No. 2 in B Flat Major
1. A Tempo Ordinario
2. Allegro
3. Adagio e staccato
4. Allegro ma non presto
C. Franck Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
R. Krippner Prelude, Adagio and Fugue (improvised)
on a given Hymn Tune
Bavarian-born RONNY KRIPPNER is in the unique position of having been formed in both the German and British choral traditions. He studied organ playing and improvisation with Prof. Franz-Josef Stoiber at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Regensburg while at the same time working as Assistant Choirmaster of the Regensburger Domspatzen” (“Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows”), Regensburg Cathedral's famous boys' choir. After graduating, Ronny went to Exeter University to take his master's degree (M.A.) in “English Cathedral Music” whilst singing in the Cathedral Choir as a Choral Scholar.
Building on these twin musical foundations, Ronny went on to take up various posts. In 2005 he became Organ Scholar at Bristol Cathedral, Organist at Clifton College and a member of staff at Bristol Grammar school, combining his expertise in organ playing with a gift for choral direction. After a period working at Newport Cathedral, Wales, Ronny moved to London where he is now Organist and Teacher of Music at King's College School, Wimbledon. Playing the organ for the various school services, accompanying and assisting in training the Chamber Choir, teaching academic music lessons as well as all the school's organ students are the various aspects of Ronny's position at this traditional day school for boys. In addition to his school activities, Ronny is Assistant Director of Music at the celebrated 'Handel church', St George's, Hanover Square (London), with its professional choir and annual Handel Festival.
Being fascinated from an early age by organ improvisation, Ronny has made this a specialism, for which he has won many accolades. He took part in several master classes on that subject, having studied with Olivier Latry, Naji Hakim, Anders Bondeman, Jos van der Kooy, Hans Haselböck, Loïc Mallié, David Briggs and Daniel Roth. Finalist in the prestigious Organ Improvisation Competition in St Albans in 2009, he won two Prizes in the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Biarritz in the same year.
Ronny has recorded several CDs with organ and choir music on German record labels and has frequently been heard performing on television and radio, both in Germany and the UK. He has given organ recitals in Germany, Holland, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States and Mexico. In February 2008, Ronny became a Fellow of The Royal College of Organists.
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Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, LONDON WC2H 8EP
Saturday 31st March at 4:00pm
Organ Recital
by
MO WAH CHAN
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
with
Professor DAVID GRAHAM
Farm Street Church, London
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Nun danket alle Gott - March Triomphale Op 65, No 59
Harmonies du Soir (Trois impressions for organ) Op 72 No1
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Sicilienne
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548 (The 'Wedge')
Anonymous
Three Short Pieces for Four hands:
Minuetto
Sonata a quatre mains
Sonatine
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Double Fantasia pour Deux Organistes:
Allegro
Final
Admission free, retiring collection, buffet.
For more information phone: 020 7240 0544 or www.bloomsbury.org.uk
The organ amalgamates two redundant Binns instruments: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford and St Augustine's Tonge Moor, Bolton. A small amount of non-Binns pipework has been retained.The imaginative scheme has been carried out by B.C. Shepherd and Sons in collaboration with J.H. Males.
Details of the organ on the NPOR at:
www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257
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If you have several in reserve it could be a reservoir of organists, or I suppose of organ builders.
John
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At the church, where I sing in the choir, we have printed service sheets with the hymns included, by a Christian copyright agreement. At the Christmas Carol Service we were handed the service sheet which had a good number of the words in Once in Royal David's City changed. I and several of the choir near me at least sang Mrs Alexander's words. I should add that about 20 years ago I played the organ for one of Mrs Alexander's great ...... great nephews, a person I had a great respect for. I could never sing the wrong words to one of her hymns.
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The programmes for the recitals are as follows:-
Mo Wah Chan - French Music
Pièce Héroïque César Franck (1833 - 1890)
Andante Cantabile C-M Widor (Symphony 4) (1844 - 1937)
Fantasia in Eb Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Carillon de Westminster Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
This recital is sponsored by the family of the late Rev. Seth Stephens
Jonathan Hope - English Music
Sonata in G Major (Mvt. 1) Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Elegiac Romance John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
Concert Rondo Alfred Hollins (1865 - 1942)
Tim Wakerell - German Music
The Soul of the Lake - S Karg-Elert (Seven Pastels from (1877 - 1933) Lake Constance - Op. 96)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Max Reger (Kleine Choralvorspiele - Op. 135a) (1873 - 1916)
Fantasia on the Choral - Max Reger 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (Op. 52, No. 2)
This recital is sponsored by The Karg-Elert Archive
Gerard Brooks
Siegfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
- Toccata - Jerusalem, du hochgebaute stadt (Jerusalem, Thou High Built City)
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Wake, awake, for night is flying)
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
- Marche du Veilleur de Nuit (The Nightwatchman’s March)
Alexandre-Charles Fessy (1804-56)
- Offertoire
Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly (1785-1858)
- Fantaisie & Fugue in Bb
- Judex Crederis
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
- Rhapsodie sur des Noëls
Charles-Marie Widor
- from Symphonie no. 5
- - ii) Allegro cantabile
- - iii) Andantino quasi allegretto
- from Symphonie no.6
- - v) Finale
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Specification of the organ of
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Great
Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Flauto Traverso 8
Dolce 8
Principal 4
Harmonic Flute 4
Octave Quint 2 2/3
Fifteenth 2
Mixture 4rks (15, 19, 22, 26)
Double trumpet 16
Trumpet 8
Clarion 4
Swell - Great
Choir - Great
Swell
Tremulant
Geigen Principal 8
Lieblich Gedact 8
Viol d’ Orchestre 8
Voix Celeste 8
Geigen Principal 4
Lieblich Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Mixture 3rks (15, 19, 22)
Bassoon 16
Horn 8
Clarion 4
Oboe 8
Vox humana 8
Swell Octave
Swell Sub-Octave
Swell Unison Off
Choir (enclosed)
Tremulant
Salicional 8
Gedact 8
Principal 4
Wald Flute 4
Piccolo 2
Larigot 1 1/3
Flageolet 1
Sesquialtera 2rks (12, 17)
Sharp Mixture 3rks (22, 26, 29)
Clarinet 8
Unenclosed
Trompette 8
Tuba 8
Swell - Choir
Choir Octave
Choir Sub-Octave
Choir Unison Off
Pedal
Sub Bass 32
Open Diapason 16
Bourdon 16
Dulciana 16
Principal 8
Bass Flute 8
Fifteenth 4
Octave Flute 4
Twenty Second 2
Sackbut 32
Trombone 16
Bassoon 16 (Swell)
Trumpet 8 (Great)
Clarinet 4 (Choir)
Swell - Pedal
Great - Pedal
Choir - Pedal
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