John Furse Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I listened with much pleasure to Ben Bloor’s Voluntary at the end of this week’s Choral Evensong, from New College, Oxford: Buxtehude’s episodic Praeludium and Fugue(s) in G minor (BuxWV 149). I know this piece well- and was once fortunate to be able to play it in Buxtehude’s church at Helsingør. Registration and ornament (his, that is) were exemplary; with its pedalling, it was a very ‘northern European’ performance. Congrats to him. This organ does this kind of repertoire so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Kemp Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I listened a few days ago via iPlayer from Wednesday's live broadcast. I too thought the Buxtehude was absolutely superb with wonderful style and musical projection. A pleasant change from the boring and unstylistic performance of the Bach motet by the choir. Ben Bloor is clearly a player we shall be hearing much more of in the coming years. Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjf1967 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Glad you enjoyed it. I have the great pleasure of being Ben's teacher (his teacher before Oxford - Tom Corfield, I think - had done a marvellous job), and I will pass on your compliments to Ben when I see him next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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