Organ Recital "in progress" - "Praeludium pastorale super gamut descendens" (Stainer)

Andrew's online organ recital “in progress” continues!

Praeludium pastorale super gamut descendens by John Stainer, played by Andrew Adair on the Salisbury Cathedral Hauptwerk sample set by Milan Digital Audio.

The Victorian composer and organist Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) was hugely popular during his lifetime. He was Organist of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and subsequently Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University. Stainer’s Praeludium pastorale super gamut descendens is just as the title describes: a pastoral melody accompanied by a descending scale in the pedals

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Easter II - 19 April 2020

We offer you a Said Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter.

After the excitement of Holy Week, we are taking a bit of a Sabbath rest, and keeping the Second Sunday of Easter with a quiet Said Mass.

You can find us HERE. (The link will be active on Sunday, 19 April!)

If you would like to join us, you can find the leaflet HERE.

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Organ Recital "in progress" - "Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna" (Oskar Lindberg)

Andrew's online organ recital “in progress” continues

Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna by Oskar Lindberg, played by Andrew Adair on the Salisbury Cathedral Hauptwerk sample set by Milan Digital Audio.

The Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna, by Swedish composer, organist, and professor Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887-1955), is a setting of a folk song which was traditionally sung by women tending cattle and sheep in the mountains during the summer pasture. The tune is well-known in the region where Lindberg was born.

Melisa Leyland 4/14/20 Melisa Leyland 4/14/20

Organ Recital "in progress" - "Festival" (Healey Willan) (Copy)

The seventh part of Andrew's online organ recital is here, with a little more Easter!

Festival by Healey Willan, played by Andrew Adair on the Salisbury Cathedral Hauptwerk sample set by Milan Digital Audio.

Healey Willan’s (1880-1968) Festival is a fine example of how the composer often improvised at the conclusion of Solemn Mass at the Church of St Mary Magdalene.