24 HOUR ORGAN MARATHON
NOON JULY 15TH - NOON JULY 16TH 2008

 

At Noon on Tuesday July 15th, Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor will launch the St Edmund's 24 Hour Organ Marathon in aid of the Church Hall Roofing Fund.

PLEASE CONSIDER SPONSORING ME - if you are tax-payer in this country and your donation is eligible for Gift Aid, we would prefer you to download a sponsorship form, print it off and return it by post with your cheque. However, it may be simpler for you to donate with a credit or debit card through PayPal by clicking on the link below. Remember that if you donate £5 or more you can make a request (by clicking here) and choose a preferred time of performance and dedication if you wish. These will be featured in the souvenir brochure, which will be sent out by email as a Word document a few days before the Marathon to all donors who have made a request. Please note that I cannot guarantee to honour all requests, especially items that are too obscure or too difficult to learn in time! If this is the case I will endeavor to inform you.

The main event will be "Toccata!" - an organ recital on the Tuesday evening at 7.30pm with three toccatas, featuring music by Bach, Elgar, Franck, Barber and Gigout, as well as a complete performance of Widor's 5th Symphony (which concludes with the famous Toccata). Tickets for the recital cost £10 (to include post-recital light refreshments) or £5 (recital only).

On the Tuesday afternoon there will be an Elgar Hour and a Children's Experience, where I shall be demonstrating how the organ works with a chance to have a go!

The remaining time will be divided into one- or two-hour themed segments, although people will be able to pay (minimum donation £5) to request specific pieces at preferred times.

Click on the "Marathon Man" link below to go to my blog for the latest news. You can also email me for further details. On the day I shall have my laptop at the console where you will be able to send me last minute requests and messages of encouragement by text (07500702220) or email. I also plan to have a live webcam available on this site for the duration of the marathon. A souvenir booklet will be available from the church from Sunday July 13th which will cost £1 and will include full timetable and playlists as well as detailed programme notes for the recital.

There will generally be fifteen minute breaks at a quarter to the hour, except immediately before and after the recital where they will be more substantial.



RUNNING ORDER AND REPERTOIRE LIST - THIS IS INCOMPLETE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT A PARTICULAR PIECE WILL ACTUALLY BE PLAYED UNLESS IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. PLEASE NOTE THAT WORKS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING PERFORMED MORE THAN ONCE (Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, Elgar's Chansons and Widor's Fifth Symphony, including the Toccata) CANNOT BE REQUESTED

1200 J.S.BACH - PRELUDES, TOCCATAS AND FUGUES
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
• Eight Short Preludes and Fugues (BWV 553-560)
• Prelude and Fugue in F Minor (BWV 534)
• Fugue in E Flat Major (“St Anne”) (BWV 552)
• Prelude and Fugue in E Minor
• Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major
• Fantasia and Fugue in G Major
• Prelude and Fugue in E Minor
• Fantasia in C Minor
• Prelude and Fugue in A Major
• Prelude and Fugue in C Major
• Allabreve in D Major (BWV 589)
• Canzona in D Minor (BWV 588)
• Fugue in D Minor (“Giant”)
• Prelude in G Major
• Fugue in G Minor

1400 AN ELGAR HOUR
1 Prelude and Part 1 Finale (“The Dream of Gerontius”)
2 Chanson de Matin
3 Adagio (Cello Concerto)
4 Chanson de Nuit
5 Nimrod (Enigma Variations)
6 Sonata No 1 in G Major – First Movement

1500 MUSIC FROM SCANDANAVIA
• Greig - Music from Peer Gynt (Hall of the Mountain King, Morning, Anitra’s Dance, Death of Ase, Solveig’s Song)
• Sibelius – Finlandia
• Buxtehude – Preludes & Fugues in D, D Min & F# Min
• Buxtehude – Selected Chorale Preludes

1600 CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCE

1700 HANDEL'S "MESSIAH"

1930 TOCCATA! - AN ORGAN RECITAL
1 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (J.S.Bach)
2 Chanson de Nuit & Chanson de Matin (E.Elgar)
3 Choral No 3 in A Minor (C.Franck)
4 Adagio for Strings (Barber)
5 Toccata (E.Gigout)
6 Symphonie No 5 (C.Widor)

2200 MUSIC FROM FRANCE
• Lefevre-Wely – Sortie in E Flat
• Guilmant – Grand Choer in D
• Boellmann – Suite Gothique & Final (2nd Suite)
• Saint-Saens – Adagio (Symphony No 3)
• Faure - Pavane
• Franck - Chorals 1 & 2
• Franck - Six Short Organ Pieces
• Couperin - Mass for the Parishes
• Charpentier - Prelude on a Te Deum
• Mulet - Carillon Sortie
• Vierne - Carillon
• Langlais - Interlude

0000 MIDNIGHT MEDITATION ON ORGAN AND PIANO
• Debussy – Clair de Lune
• Lemare – Andantino
• Faure – Apres un Reve
• Cosma – Promenade Sentimentale
• Caccini – Ave Maria
• Albinoni – Adagio in G Minor
• Peeters - Aria & Abdijvrede
• Canteloube - Bailero
• Ketelby – Sanctuary of the Heart
• Pachelbel - Canon in D
• A Beatles Medley
• Vierne - From "24 Pieces"
• Ravel - Pavane
• Darke - Meditation on "Brother James Air"
• Paradis - Sicilienne
• Whitlock - Salix

0200 ANNIVERSARY HOUR
• Vaughan Williams (1929-2008) – Intrada
• Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) – Welsh Hymn Preludes & Greensleeves
• Puccini (1858-1924) – Nessun Dorma
• Messiaen (1908-1992) – Music from L’Ascension
• MacDowell (1861-1908) – To a Wild Rose

0300 MUSIC FROM GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
• Karg-Elert - "Now Thank We" & "Praise the Lord"
• Haydn - Eight Pieces for Musical Clocks
• Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• Hindemith - 2nd Sonata
• Brahms - "Es Ist Ein Ros" & "O Welt Ich Muss"
• Wagner - "Lohengrin" overture
• Pachelbel - Chaconne in D Minor
] • Schumann - Fugue on BACH
• Schubert - Unfinished Symphony (2nd Move.)
• Schubert - Ave Maria
• Mendelssohn - Sonatas 3 & 4
• Mendelssohn - O For the Wings of a Dove
• Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto (2nd Move.)

0400 MUSIC FOR THE CHURCH YEAR
• Advent music
• Christmas music
• Epiphany music by Peeters
• Lent & Passiontide music by Brahms and Parry
• Easter music
• Ascension & Pentecost music

0500 MUSIC FROM ITALY
• Caccini – Ave Maria
• Corelli – Christmas Concerto
• Pergolesi – Stabat Mater
• Vivaldi - Four Seasons

0600 J.S.BACH - CHORALE PRELUDES AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
• Orgelbuchlein - "Nun Komm", "Gottes Sohn", "Gelobet Seist", "Der Tag", "Vom Himmel Hoch", "Jesu Meine Freude", "O Mensch Bewein", "Christ Lag", "Heut Triumphiret", "Komm Gott", Liebster Jesu"
• Concerto in A Minor
• Bist Du Bei Mir
• O Holy Saviour
• Aus Der Tiefe
• In Dulci Jubilo
• Wachet Auf
• Ach Bleib
• Dies Sind
• First Movement of Trio sonata Nos. 1,2 & 5
• Sheep May Safely Graze
• Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
• My Heart Ever Faithful

0800 MUSIC FROM GREAT BRITAIN
• Stanford – Postlude in D Minor
• Handel – Water Music
• Handel - March (Scipio)
• Bridge - Six Organ Pieces (1-4)
• Walton - Crown Imperial
• Whitlock - Duetto, Allegretto & Folk Tune
• Ferguson - Movements from "Peterhouse Chapel Windows Suite"
• Smart - Festive March in D
• Howells - Rhapsody No 1
• Howells - Psalm Prelude Set 1, No 1
• Howells - Movements from "Six Pieces"
• Boyce - Two Voluntaries
• Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
• Handel - La Rejouissance
• Festing - Largo, Allegro, Aria & 2 Variations
• Lubbock - Pastorale
• Armstrong Gibbs - Six Sketches (Bk 1)
• Britten - Prelude & Fugue on a theme of Vittoria
• Handel - Selected movements from the Organ Concertos
• Prizeman - Songs of Praise
• Handel - Largo (Xerxes)
• Greene - Voluntary in C Minor
• Trumpet Tunes by Purcell, Clarke and Stanley

1000 A MUSICAL MISCELLANY
Music by Mushel (Toccata), Rachmaninov (Vocalise), Schmidt (Prelude), Mussorsky (Promenade) and Scriabin (Andante) Concluding with a second performance of Widor’s Fifth Symphony



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