Guest Cynic Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Excelent, thanks for these and keep them coming. As requested: In no particular order: There's the Heiller Tanz Toccata - some very odd rhythms, but it's unmistakably Viennese. It'll take a while to learn! Toccata a La Gigue by Orlando Mansfield is good, though out of print. I am currently learning Three Dances by Ian Hare, published by Animus. No.1 'Spanish Dance' is a real winner. Frescobaldi's Aria detta Balletto comes highly recommended The same volume (Spielbuch fur Kleinorgel, Peters) has an ? anonymous Partita on La Follia (? sp.) Do you have any Edward German? There are plenty of pastiche dance movements there. There's the Warlock Capriol Suite of course, there are various versions around including one for organ by Andrew Teague [my own version, unpublished, is based on the piano reduction]. Weird and wonderful: Alain Trois Dances Pavane and Galliard - Philip Cranmer OUP (though possibly now out of print) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazman Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Tango on Psalm 103 - Fredrik Sixten. A lovely little gem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Powell Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Has anyone mentioned Ian Farrington at all? You could always try his Fiesta! Suite for organ. http://www.iainfarrington.com/Fiesta%20page.html Great fun, but very tricky............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyorgan Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 The Farrington is very tricky, not just a bit tricky, even the slower movements! The only two people I've heard bring it of well are the composer and Christopher Herrick. HG, where did you get the Tango piece from, do you have a copy? Cynic, thanks for your list. I have the Lemare/German volume that has some dances in, not bad fillers on the right instrument! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thanks for the Tango post HG - Fredrik Sixten's website is here and I have ordered a few pieces - nice stuff!! A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 HG, where did you get the Tango piece from, do you have a copy? See above! A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazman Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 HG, where did you get the Tango piece from, do you have a copy? AJJ has beaten me to it! Thanks for the Tango post HG - Fredrik Sixten's website is here and I have ordered a few pieces - nice stuff!! A You're welcome! He's written lots of gorgeous, inventive and worthwhile music. I hope you enjoy it, and I warmly commend his music to other organists on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyorgan Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sorry to 'resurrect' this thread, thanks to all who gave me food for thought before Christmas (my wife and the bank balance are not thanking you, however!) Can anyone throw any light on where I can get any of the Ridout compositions from; the Nativity Dances, the Resurrection Dances, and the Dance Suite (or even how I can get hold of the artist on the Lammas CD, as he is no longer at the school named on the website). Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sorry to 'resurrect' this thread, thanks to all who gave me food for thought before Christmas (my wife and the bank balance are not thanking you, however!) Can anyone throw any light on where I can get any of the Ridout compositions from; the Nativity Dances, the Resurrection Dances, and the Dance Suite (or even how I can get hold of the artist on the Lammas CD, as he is no longer at the school named on the website). Many thanks You could try Lance Andrews via Lammas Records - they are now in York I think - he might be able to help. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Sorry to 'resurrect' this thread, thanks to all who gave me food for thought before Christmas (my wife and the bank balance are not thanking you, however!) Can anyone throw any light on where I can get any of the Ridout compositions from; the Nativity Dances, the Resurrection Dances, and the Dance Suite (or even how I can get hold of the artist on the Lammas CD, as he is no longer at the school named on the website). Many thanks I spent many a fruitless year trying to track down the "Resurrection Dances" (my only clue being a tip-off from David Rogers in sunny Doncaster that for some reason or other the work had once been published as "Two Organ Pieces!") before finally obtaining an authorised reprint from The Music Vault. I think they might have been a division of Warner/Chappell Music... Might be worth dropping them a line: The Music Vault - Warner/Chappell Music Ltd, Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8BS If I may add: the "Resurrection Dances" are, for want of a better word, "hard." Well, certainly the third one takes quite some doing! You're not going to survive unscathed if you're not prepared to do some serious taking-apart-and-putting-back-together-slowly kind of practice..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 for some reason or other the work had once been published as "Two Organ Pieces!" The Resurrection Dances were one "piece", and Processions the other (Chappell, 1974). Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyorgan Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 I hope to report some luck on these as I have put various feelers out with some positive responses so far. Thanks msw for your report on the difficulty level of the RD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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