Episode 53 – February 5, 2017

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We start our second year with the organs of Henry Willis, the foremost organ builder of Victorian England.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
Playlist
Title: Scherzo (Dix pieces, no. 8)
Composer: Eugčne Gigout
Organist: Andrew Lucas
Album: Organ Showpieces from Saint Paul Cathedral – Naxos 8.550955
Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

Title: Larghetto in F-sharp minor
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Organist: Melville Cook
Album: EMI Great Cathedral Organ Series, Vol 2 – Amphion PHI CD 161
Organ: 1892 IV/76 Willis/Harrison and harrison, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England

Title: Rhapsody no. 3 in C-sharp minor
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Gillian Weir
Album: The Grand Organ of The Royal Albert Hall – Priory PRCD 859
Organ: 1871 IV/78 Willis/Mander, Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Title: Voluntary in G minor op. 6 no. 9
Composer: Samuel Wesley
Organist: John Kitchen
Album: Organs in Glasgow – Delphian DCD 34032
Organ: 1866 II/16 Willis/Andrew Watt & Son, St. Margaret’s, Knightswood, Scotland

Title: Folk Tune from Five Short Pieces
Composer: Percy Whitlock
Organist: Christopher Herrick
Album: Organ Dreams 3 – Hyperion CDA67317
Organ: 1887 IV/45 Willis, Truro Cathedral, Truro, England

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Title: Trois pieces – Scherzando
Composer: Gabriel Pierné
Organist: Ian Tracey
Album: Bombarde! French Organ Classics – Chandos CHAN 9716
Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Title: Choral no. 3 in A minor
Composer: César Franck
Organist: Andrew Lucas
Album: Organ Showpieces from Saint Paul Cathedral – Naxos 8.550955
Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

Title: Sinfonia to Cantata No 29
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Ian Tracey
Album: Liverpool Encores – Mirabilis MRCD901
Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England