This week we explore the organ and choral music of two British masters, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Bairstow.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Prelude in C
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Evening Song
Sheetmusic: PDF
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Organist: Callum Alger
Album: Maestoso Regent – REGCD572
Organ: IV/53 JW Walker St. Matthew’s Church, Northampton, England
Title: Two Preludes on Welsh Folk Songs
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Organist: Thomas Murray
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective Vol 14 JAV – JAV124
Organ: IV/197 EM Skinner Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Scherzo
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Organist: Adam Pajan
Album: Romantic Resonance Raven – OAR-149
Organ: IV/76 Kegg Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Canton, Ohio, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Organist: Jeffrey Makinson, Lincoln Cathedral Choir
Album: A Year At Lincoln Regent – REGCD532
Organ: IV/68 Willis/Harris Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England
Title: Rhosymedre from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Organist: Stephen Tharp
Album: Organ Classics From Saint Patrick Cathedral
Organ: V/150 Kilgen Cathedral of St. Patrick, New York City, New York, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Sonata in E-flat – II. Allegro giocoso
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Organist: Ann Elise Smoot
Album: Great Organbuilders of America A Retrospective, Vol 10 JAV – JAV-119
Organ: IV/52 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Meditation
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Organist: Katelyn Emerson
Album: Inspirations Pro Organo – CD 7288
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Organ: III/82 Andover Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Title: Sing ye to the Lord
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Organist: Carleton Etherington, Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum of Dean Close Preparatory School
Album: A Year at Tewkesbury Regent – REGCD474
Organ: IV/83 Jones Tewkesbury Abbey (Milton Organ), Gloucestershire, England
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Organist: James Lancelot
Album: The Archbishops Fanfare Priory – PRCD 346
Organ: IV/98 Willis/Harrison and Harrison Durham Cathedral, Durham, England
Sheetmusic: PDF
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Title: O how amiable are thy dwellings
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Organist: Mark Swinton, Choirs of St. Mary’s Collegiate Church
Album: Gaudeamus Omnes Regent – REGCD461
Organ: IV/84 Nicohlson St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick, England
Title: Elegy
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Organist: Francis Jackson
Album: Bairstow – Complete organ works
Organ: IV/103 JW Walker York Minster, York, England
Sheetmusic: PDF