Armley, St Batholomew’s
Armley, St Batholomew’s
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Andreas Willscher: Organ Symphonies 19 & 20 Available to purchase from Divine Art. Catalogue no: DDA 25162 |
Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe
Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe
Harrison & Harrison 1912, 1974/89, 2010
Recorded since the 2010 restoration:
Redcliffe Experience – performed by Jonathan Hope
Music by Brahms, Saint-Saĕns, Cox, Rachmaninov, Vierne, McDowall, Hollins, Elgar
2020, WILLOWHAYNE RECORDS
‘A superb disc’, Cathedral Music 2020
Tchaikovsky at the Organ
Jonathan Vaughn
Click HERE to purchase from Regent Records
2013, REGCD494
Organ music by Malcolm Williamson
Tom Winpenny
Symphony – Vision of Christ-Phoenix – Fons Amoris – The Lion of Suffolk –
Fantasy on “O Paradise” – Offertoire
2014, Toccata Classics: TOCC 0246 Available to purchase from Amazon (click here)
Earlier recordings:
Grande Organ Duets
Colin Andrews & Janette Fishell
Music by : Camille Saint-Saens; Tchaikovsky; Glière; Holst; Ferko; Leighton
1995: Zig Zag ZZA FO1.
Available on CD from Colin Andrews, The Old Rectory, 406 East Fourth Street, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. Telephone/fax 001 252 752 6293.
The Glories of Howells and Parry
Colin Andrews
Zig Zag ZZC A02 .
Available on CD from Colin Andrews, The Old Rectory, 406 East Fourth Street, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. Telephone/fax 001 252 752 6293.
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Romantic Contemporary Masterworks
Colin Andrews
Music by: Liszt & Taggart
Zig Zag ZZC A04.
Available on CD from Colin Andrews, The Old Rectory, 406 East Fourth Street, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. Telephone/fax 001 252 752 6293.
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Organ Imperial
Carlo Curley
Music by: Elgar; Parry; Wesley; Cocker; Whitlock; Lemare; Vaughan-Williams
Decca/Argo 433 450-2 . Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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A Late Twentieth Century Edwardian Bach Recital
Kevin Bowyer:
PRCD 267 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Chestertown, Maryland, Emmanuel Church
Chestertown, Maryland, Emmanuel Church
Harrison & Harrison 1993
A Versatile Organ in Maryland
James Lancelot
Clérambault; Couperin; Sweelinck; Buxtehude; Gabrieli; Bach/Vivaldi; Mendelssohn; Guy Bovet; Frank Bridge; Pietro Yon; Wesley
1996: Priory PRCD 640 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Cirencester Parish Church
Cirencester Parish Church
Harrison & Harrison 2009: IV/63
Great European Organs No.81
Anthony Hammond
Priory Records PRCD1041 Available for purchase (click HERE)
Cullercoats, St George’s Church
Cullercoats, St George’s Church
Lewis Organ, 1885
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1987
Great European Organs No.85
Daniel Cook
Alan Gray, Stainer, Gordon Phillips, Alcock, Alec Rowley, York Bowen, Milner and a substantial Sonata by Charles Lloyd.
2014: PRCD1083. Available to buy from Priory records (click here)
Paul Ritchie
Bruhns; Karg-Elert; Langlais; Stanford; Leighton
1997:
Available on CD from Paul Ritchie, 5 Windermere Drive, Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE12 6TW
Gateshead, St George’s Church
Gateshead, St George’s Church
Willis Organ 1901
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 2003
Maestoso: David Ratnanayagam plays the organ of St George’s Church, Gateshead
by David Ratnanayagam and Johannes Brahms
Audio CD available to purchase from Amazon (Click here)
Francis Jackson: The Father Willis Organ
Vierne; J S Bach; Nardini; Statham; Jackson; Mozart; Guilmant; Sowerby
Amphion PHI CD 194
Harrogate, St Wilfrid’s
Harrogate, St Wilfrid’s
The Harrogate Harrison
David Halls
Available to buy from Priory Records PRCD 1114 (click here)
Hendersonville, St James’s Church, North Carolina
St James’s Church, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Harrison & Harrison 1999
Centennial Flourishes
Marilyn Keiser
Jacob, Howells, Harris, Bach, Mark Jones, Duruflé, Handel, Locklair, Powell, Vierne
Available on CD from St James’s Church, 766 North Main Street, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28792, or from Harrison & Harrison
London, All Saints’ Margaret Street
London, All Saints’ Margaret Street
Harrison & Harrison 1911/57
Sounds Contemporary
Robert Crowley
Music by Ridout; Clucas; Rose
Lammas Lamm 103D 1999. Available as an MP3 download from Amazon (click here)
London, The Temple Church
London, The Temple Church
Harrison & Harrison 1924/54, 2013
Recorded since the 2013 restoration:
DVDs
Louis Vierne: The Complete Organ Symphonies
1 x DVD plus 3 x CDs
Played by Roger Sayer
‘A masterly account of this repertoire’ – Organists’ Review, 2021
Available to purchase from Fugue State Films (Click Here)
CDs
Roger Sayer: The Grand Organ of Temple Church
Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Max Reger and Julius Reubke
2018
[Orchid Classics: ORC100090] Available to buy from Amazon (Click Here).
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The Complete Organ Sonatas of Josef Rheinberger –
Roger Sayer plays The Organ of The Temple Church, London (6 CD set)
2018
Priory Records: PRCD 1165 (Click Here to order)
Organ Sonata in C Minor
Greg Morris: Whitlock,
Whitlock; Alain; Dupré; Franck
2014: Signum SIGCD 379 Available to purchase from Amazon (click here)The Complete Organ Sonatas of Josef Rheinberger (6 CD set)
Organist: Roger Sayer
PRCD1165 – Click HERE to purchase from Priory Records
Earlier Recordings:
Passacaglias from the Temple Church
James Vivian:
Healey Willan; Dietrich Buxtehude; Kenneth Leighton; André Raison; Johann Sebastian Bach; Dmitir Shostakovitch; Walter Alcock
2005: JAV Recordings . Available as MP3 download from Amazon (click here)
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The Temple Church Legacy
Ian le Grice
Stanley; Darke; Thalben-Ball; Wood; Walford Davies; Howells; Parry
1996: PRCD 569 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Organ Dreams I
Christopher Herrick:
Walford Davies; Spark; Batiste; Webber; Langlais; Franck; Spicer; Beethoven; Thalben-Ball; Elgar; Alkan
1998: Hyperion CDA67060. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Enigma Variations & Organ Sonata I
Keith John:
Elgar Sonata in G, Op 28; Enigma Variations Op 36 (transcription for organ by Keith John
2002: Hyperion CDA67363. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
London,Westminster Central Hall
London, Westminster Central Hall
Hill organ, 1912. Restored by Harrison & Harrison, 2011
Popular Organ Favourites
Gerard Brooks:
Priory Records PRCD1123. Available to buy from Gerard Brooks Official Site (Click here)
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Great European Organs No 90
Gerard Brooks:
Music by Hollins, Ireland, Parry, Stanford, Coleridge-Taylor, Meale, Lloyd Webber
2014: Priory PRCD 1099
Available to purchase from Amazon (click here)
Upper Norwood, St John’s Church
Upper Norwood, St John’s Church
Lewis Organ, 1882 – 1912
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1999
Great European Organs No. 57
David Briggs:
Faulkes; Macpherson; Harris; Stanford; Parry; Brewer; Bridge; Mendelssohn
1999: PRCD 680. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Simonburn, Northumberland
Simonburn, Northumberland
Walker Organ, c1890/1903
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1991
Organ in the hills with Henry Wallace
Bach; Sweelinck; Fischer; Froberger; Mendelssohn; Reger; Rheinberger; Franck, Dubois
Available to purchase from Divine Art Records
Vero Beach, Florida, Trinity Church
Vero Beach, Florida, Trinity Church
Harrison & Harrison, 1997
Treasure Coast Pipes
David Hill:
Gowers; Buxtehude; Stanley; Howells; Bach; Peeters; Mushel; Rawsthorne; Vierne; Lefébure-Wély
1998: Pro Organo CD 7035
Windsor Castle, St George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle, St George’s Chapel
Harrison & Harrison 1965
L’Orgue Symphonique: French Organ Works from Windsor Castle
Louis Vierne: Symphonie No 2
Jean Roger-Ducasse: Pastorale
Maurice Duruflé: Suite, Op. 5
Artists: Richard Pinel
Product Code: RES10160
To purchase click HERE
Organ Music for the Christmas Season
Roger Judd
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
.The complete works for organ
Sir William Harris;
Timothy Byram Wigfield plays the organ of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
2015: REGCD288 Regent Records
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A Windsor Collection – Organ Music from St George’s Chapel Windsor
Timothy Byram Wigfield
2004: Regent Records
To purchase from Amazon click HERE
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The Seven Organ Pieces opus 145
Roger Judd
Max Reger;
October 1996: The Herald Label HAVPCD 203
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Roger Judd
J S Bach, Schumann; Brahms; Mendelssohn; Whitlock; Brewer; W H Harris; Hollins; Boëllman; Vierne; Lefébure-Wély; Widor
1996: The Herald Label HAVPCD 204
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John Porter
Sidney Campbell; Harris; Bach; Walond; Jongen
PRCD 007
Coventry Cathedral
Coventry Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1962
DVDs
The Grand Organ of Coventry Cathedral
Kerry Beaumont: music by Lemmens; Holst; Mendelssohn; Bach; Beethoven; Handel; Messiaen; Gower; Boëllmann; Brewer; Walton; Walford Davies; Duruflé: Cholley: Contains DVD, Blu-ray and CD
Priory Records: PRDVD13 (available to purchase HERE)
Click HERE for a taster of the new Priory DVD of the Coventry Cathedral Organ.
CDs
Rachel Mahon: Canadian Organ Music on the Organ of Coventry Cathedral
Released 2020
Canadian organ music, including Healey Willan’s Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue
“A spectacular début…. Mahon plays with presence and muscularity to match her fireproof virtuosity…. Tremendous stuff.” Choir & Organ, 2020
Golden Jubilee
Kerry Beaumont plays modern organ music
Herald HAVPCD377
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50 Years of the Coventry Harrison Organs
Kerry Beaumont:
Music by Mulet, Alain, Peeters, Reubke, Franck and Dupré
Prelude PRCD2554
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Toccatas from Coventry
David Poulter:
Bach; Clarke; Handel; Langlais; Lefébure-Wély; Whitlock; Karg-Elert; Fletcher; Messiaen; Rawsthorne; Widor
1998: Lammas LAMM097D
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
Elgar and Howells
PRC 151
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Great European Organs No. 25
Graham Barber:
Karg-Elert; Francis Jackson; Leo Sowerby
PRCD 373
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Duruflé: The Complete Organ Music
David M Patrick
Vierne: Trois Improvisations
ASV CD DCA 9933
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Organ Classics
Wayne Marshall
Widor; Dupré Saint-Saens; Mulet; Gigout; Hollins; Bach; Vierne; Verdi; Schmidt
HMV 7 67840 2 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
How Brightly Shines The Morning Star
James Warren
Pachelbel; Gilbert Martin; Dale Wood; Peeters; Duruflé Reger; Frank Speller; Willan; Whitlock.
Regent REGCD164. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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English Cathedral Series, Vol 11
Rupert Jeffcoat –
Music by Holst, Bairstow, Hovland, Williamson and others
Regent REGCD199. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Dublin, St Patrick’s Cathedral
Dublin, St Patrick’s Cathedral
Willis Organ, 1902 Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1994
Marcel Dupré: Organ Works Vol. 4
Ben van Oosten
MDG 316 0954-2
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Victorian Organ Sonatas, Vol 3
Rupert Gough
Percy C. Buck:
B0009B0GPO
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
1905, 1935, 1970, IV/98
DVDs
James Lancelot plays music covering four centuries (2014)
including Sweelinck, J.S.Bach, Stanley, Rheinberger, Franck, Hakim.
PRDVD 12. Available from Priory Records
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James Lancelot: Elgar Sonata for organ. Opus 28
DVD
Available to buy from Durham Cathedral Choir Association (click here)
or from St Chad’s College, Durham (email: chads.support@durham.ac.uk )
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Sir Edward Bairstow: The Complete Organ Works
Organist: Daniel Cook
Priory PRCD 1248
To purchase from Priory records click HERE
‘Cook squeezes out every colour from the organ, which sounds magnificent in that wonderful space. This is a fine CD: it should be on everybody’s shelves!’ Organists’ Review, 2023
“Daniel Cook gives committed performances and enjoys exploring the wide variety of colours that Durham’s mighty H&H organ can produce… Superbly played.’ Church Music Quarterly, 2023
The Complete Organ Works of Sir William Harris
Organist: Daniel Cook
To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
PRCD 1187 (2 CDs)
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“Harrison & Harrison’s ‘flagship’ cathedral organ is … a perfect vehicle for this music.” Choir & Organ, 2020
‘An ideal instrument and ideal playing make this recording irresistible’, Organists’ Review 2020
J.S. Bach from Durham
Organist: James Lancelot
This was James Lancelot’s farewell CD from Durham Cathedral where he was Master of the Choristers and Organist for 32 years until his retirement in 2017
PRCD1179. To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
JS Bach, The Orgelbüchlein
Organist: James Lancelot
PRCD1139. To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: The complete organ works
Volume 2
Organist: Daniel Cook.
PRCD1106. To purchase from Priory Records (click HERE)
Tom Bell: Masters of the Monarchs’ Music (2013)
Music by Bliss, Elgar and Williamson
Regent, REGCD 409.
Available to buy from Amazon (click HERE)
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Great European Organs
Mendelssohn; Reger; Howells; Alain; Martin; Mathias; Langlais
Organist: James Lancelot
PRCD 228 To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
Mendelssohn – The Complete Organ Sonatas
Organist: James Lancelot
PRCD1071 To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
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The Archbishop’s Fanfare
Jackson; Vaughan Williams; Harris; Parry; Bossi; Hindemith; Vierne; Messiaen; Alain; Langlais
Organist: James Lancelot
PRCD 346 To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
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Organ Symphonies of Louis Vierne Volume 3
Vierne Symphony No. 5; also music by Alain
Organist James Lancelot
PRCD 590 TT. 1999
Available to buy from Priory Records (click HERE)
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Melody and Medley
Bach; Tomkins; Haydn; Franck; Dubois; Jongen; Schumann; Eben; Whitlock;Gárdonyi; Elgar; Boëllmann; Tchaikovsky; Leighton
Organists – James Lancelot, Keith Wright, Daniel Hyde:
PRCD 746
Available to buy from Priory Records (click here)
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Complete Organ Works of Parry
James Lancelot
PRCD 682 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Edinburgh, St Mary’s Cathedral
Edinburgh, St Mary’s Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1931/59, 1979/95
The Complete Organ Works of Kenneth Leighton
Organist – Dennis Townhill
PRCD 326
Box set available to buy from Priory Records (click HERE)
Great Cathedral Anthems Vol VIII
Peter Backhouse
Harwood; Byrd; Taverner; Gibbons; Lotti; Stanford; Ley; Brahms; Howells; Walton
February 1996, PRCD 557
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Organ of St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh
Timothy Byram-Wigfield
Herald HAVPCD 169
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Sounds of Francis Jackson
Simon Nieminski
Lammas Label, LAMM127
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Pro Organo 7199
Simon Nieminski
Sir Edward meets Father Willis
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Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1908, 1975, 2000
Images
Anna Lapwood
Works by Boulanger, Briggs, Frances-Hoad, Gowers and Park; transcriptions of works by Debussy, Messiaen and Ravel
Signum Classics, SIGCD688
‘Impeccably crafted programme.’ Choir & Organ, December 2021
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
English Romantics
Tobias Frans:
Works by Mendelssohn, Whitlock, Howells, Lemare, Humperdink, Bartholdy
Rondeau, ROP 6078
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Paul Trepte
Reger, Karg-Elert and Liszt
Regent Records, REG CD 174
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Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1933, 1965, 2014
DVDs
The Grand Organ of Exeter Cathedral
Organist Andrew Millington
DVD & CD
PRDVD7
Available at Priory Records (click HERE
CDs
English Cathedral Series, Volume 20
Played by Timothy Parsons
Music by Mendelssohn, Locke, S.S.Wesley, Vierne, Blatchly, Elgar, Muhly, Brahms, Messiaen, Duruflé
Regent REGCD 523
‘Highly satisfying and well-executed programme.’ Choir & Organ, April 2020
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Organ Imperial
Paul Morgan:
Walton; Locke; Purcell; Wesley; Howells; Elgar; Brewer; Bullock; Ireland; Mathias; Willan
PRCD 431 (Cassette PRC 431)
Available to buy on cd from Amazon (click here)
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral
Willis Organ
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1996
Organ Party Volume 1
Kevin Bowyer
Click HERE to purchase from Amazon
Click HERE to purchase from Priory Records: PRCD1085
Hereford Cathedral
Hereford Cathedral
Willis Organ
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1978
Rhapsodies & Elegies: English Romantic Organ Music
Organist Damin Spritzer : Music by Norman Gilbert, Healey Willan, Alec Rowley, John Ireland, Harold Darke, Ernest Bullock, Harvey Grace and Edward Elgar
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Hereford Experience
Douglas Tang : Music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Louis Marchand, Johann Sebastian Bach, Nicolaus Bruhns, Felix Mendelssohn, Herbert Howells and Percy Whitlock
Willowhayne Records: WHR044 Available to buy (click here)
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The Organ Works of Guy Weitz
Paul Derrett
PRCD 410
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
The Organ Works of Herbert Howells Volume 2
Graham Barber
PRCD 524
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Complete Organ Works of Percy Whitlock Volume 2
Graham Barber
PRCD 525 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Robert Gower
Transcriptions of Walton and Finzi
PRCD 591 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Cathedral Contrasts
Nigel Ogden
Smark; Dvorak; Lang; Strauss; Lefebure-Wely; Franck; Elgar
OS242
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Malcolm Archer
Organ Favourites
Bach; Purcell; Harris; Sibelius; Yon; Bossi; Elgar; Lang; Dubois; Thalben-Ball; Widor
Mayhew KMCD 1002
Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral
Hill Organ 1884/1908
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 2000
Great European Organs No.87
Martyn Rawles: (2014)
Over 79 minutes of beautiful organ music featuring works from Elgar, Parry, and Delius. Available to purchase from Lichfield Cathedral shop (click here)
Piping Blues
Philip Scriven: (2013)
Recital of organ pieces inspired by blues & jazz
REGCD 304
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
The English Cathedral Series Volume III
Andrew Lumsden:
Elgar; Jongen; Bridge; Bourgeois; Thalben-Ball; Ridout; Walton
REG CD 161
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
The Complete Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel, Final Volume
Adrian Partington
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral
Willis Organ 1898
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1960, 1998
DVDs
The Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral
Organist – Colin Walsh
PRDVD4
To purchase from Priory Records click HERE
CDs
European Organ Music
Colin Walsh plays the organ of Lincoln Cathedral.
Music by Franck (Prélude, Fugue et Variation), Bossi (Entrée Pontificale), Duruflé, Langlais and Mulet
“ A rewarding, immensely satisfying disc” (Choir & Organ)
Priory Records PRCD 1223: to buy (Click HERE)
J.S Bach from Lincoln
Colin Walsh plays the organ of Lincoln Cathedral
Priory Records PRCD 1203: to buy (Click HERE)
Includes the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Messiaen – La Nativite du Seigneur
Colin Walsh plays live on the
Organ of Lincoln Cathedral
Priory Records PRCD 1194 (Click HERE)
The Organ of Lincoln Cathedral
Widor; Organ Symphony No. 5; Organ Symphony No. 6
Organist Colin Walsh
GMCD 7305
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English Organ Music
Colin Walsh:
Jacob; Alcock; Howells; Macpherson; Harris; Bennet; Bliss; Parry; Stanford
PRCD 379
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Organ Works
Colin Walsh:
Dupré Langlais; Vierne; Litaize; Messiaen; Ropartz
GMCD 7278
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Popular Organ Music Series Volume 1
Colin Walsh:
Bach; Bach arr.; Dupré Buxtehude; Böhm Lefébure-Wély Widor; Yon; Brahms; Vierne; Franck; Dubois; Elgar
PRCD 477 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Great European Organs No. 15
Colin Walsh:
Gigout; Franck; Guilmant; Saint-Saeuml;ns; Widor
PRCD 281
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Minster Cantoris
Colin Walsh:
1898!
CRCD 6033 – Limited Edition
Vierne Triptyque Op 58; 24 pieces en Style Libre Op 31
Colin Walsh:
CRCD 6034
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Vierne Symphonies Nos 2 & 3
Colin Walsh:
CRCD 446
Two Willis Organs
Colin Walsh:
Tournemire, trans.; Duruflé Vierne; Langlais; Franck; Boély.
PRCD 648
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Elegy
Chris Hughes:
Thalben-Ball; Clarke; Albioni; Bach; Elgar; Vaughan-Williams; Howells; Handel; Walford Davies; Saint-Saens; Guilmant.
Cantoris CRCD 6034
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Franck Organ Works
Colin Walsh:
Trois Chorales; Cantabile & Pièce Héroїque (Trois Pièces); Pastorale Final in B flat major (Six Pièces).
GUILD GMCD 7324 TT79:50
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Organ Favourites from Lincoln Cathedral
Philip Marshall:
Elgar; Thalben-Ball; Chopin; Hollins; Ireland; Clarke; Walford Davies; Mendelssohn; Wagner; Handel; Whitlock.
Cantoris CRCD 2806
Moonlighting
Nigel Ogden:
Lennon/McCartney; Mancini; Sousa; Fetras; Lehar; Wood; Rodgers; Foster.
Cantoris CRCD 6057
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J.S.Bach from Lincoln (2022)
Colin Walsh
The second CD with this title (see also PRCD 1203) includes the Toccata and Fugue in F
Priory Records PRCD 1241: to buy (Click HERE)
London, Southwark Cathedral
London, Southwark Cathedral
Lewis Organ, 1897
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1986/91
English Cathedral Series. Vol 16
Peter Wright:
Music by Demessieux, Lemmens, Peeters, Jongen and others
Regent REGCD335
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Great European Organs No. 35
Peter Wright:
Barié; Dupré
PRCD 406
London, Westminster Abbey
London, Westminster Abbey
Harrison & Harrison 1937, 1982/87
DVDs
The Grand Organ of Westminster Abbey
Music by Purcell, Parry, Widor, Prokofiev, Vierne, Howells, Walton and others
Daniel Cook plays the organ of Westminster Abbey
Priory PRDVD 15 (Blu-Ray + DVD + CD (Click HERE)
CDs
A Grand Chorus
Andrew Lumsden (organ of Westminster Abbey)
Catalogue No: GMCD7815
Click HERE to purchase
The Complete Organ Wor
ks, Volume 5 (Final Volume)
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Daniel Cook plays the organ of Westminster Abbey
PRCD 1174 – Priory Records (click here)
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The Complete Organ Works – Volume 4
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Daniel Cook – The Organ of Westminster Abbey
PRCD 1161 – Priory Records (click here)
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Abbey Spectacular! – Daniel Cook plays the organ of Westminster Abbey
PRCD 1175 – Priory Records (click here)
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The Organ of Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney plays works by Elgar (2011)
SIGCD089 –
Available to buy from Signum Classics (click here)
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A Grand Chorus
Andrew Lumsden:
Guilmant, Purcell, Bridge, Parry, Preston, Howells, Elgar, Vierne
1990: Guild GRCD 7025
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Great European Organs No. 7
Jane Watts:
Guilmant; Karg-Elert; Dupré
PRCD 237
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Widor Symphony No. 5, Vierne Carillon De Westminster
Simon Preston:
Deutsche Grammophon 413 438-2
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Elgar Organ Music
Christoper Herrick:
Elgar; Wesley; Lemare.
Meridian CDE 84085
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World of The Organ
Simon Preston:
Widor; Bach; Mozart; Walton; Clarke; Handel; Purcell; Elgar; Vierne; Wagner; Guilmant; Schumann; Karg-Elert
Decca 430 091-2
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Organ Fireworks
Christopher Herrick:
Bonnet; Guilmant; Whitlock; Brewer; Monnikendam; Johnson; Widor; Preston; Hoyland
Hyperion CDA 66121 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
London, Westminster Cathedral
London, Westminster Cathedral
Willis Organ, 1922-32
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1984/96
Fernando Germani, Historic HMV recordings, 1947 and 1949
1996: Amphion PHI CD 141: Click here to see how to order
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The Organ of Westminster Cathedral
Robert Quinney plays Brahms, Wagner & Dupré
SIGCD089
Available to buy from Signum Classics (click here)
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Louis Vierne Organ Symphonies Volume 4
Iain Simcock
PRCD 425
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Christmas Passion Symphony for Organ
Iain Simcock
Francis Pott:
PRCD 390
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David Hill
Liszt and Willan
1996: PRCD 011
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Great Organ Favourites
James O’Donnell:
Bach; Handel; Clarke; Saint-Saens; Widor; Peeters; Brahms; Mulet; Boellmann; Tchaikovsky; Vierne.
ETCDD 165
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Organ Spectacular I
David Hill:
Bach; Franck; Meyerbeer; Guilmant; Saint-Saens; Brahms; Liszt; Vierne.
IMP Carlton PCD 2002
Available from Amazon (click here)
Melbourne, St Paul’s Cathedral
Melbourne, St Paul’s Cathedral
Lewis Organ, 1891
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1989-90
All the Stops – The David Drury Collection.
Third CD of a box set. Includes music by Reger (Fantasia on Wachet auf), Jongen and Jackson; also improvisations
The other two CDs in this set feature the Hill organ of Sydney Town Hall
“Some first-rate performances by Australia’s pre-eminent organist on the country’s finest organs” (Choir & Organ)
ABC Classics 481 8202. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Grand Music for Great Occasions
June Nixon:
Farnam; Elgar; Ross; Proulx; Karg-Elert; Alcock; Joulain, Fleury; Vann; Smart; Floyd; Willan; Saint-Martin
Walsingham Classics WAL 8002-2
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral
Hill Organ, 1868/94
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1981
From the Ground up : David Hill
‘A glorious exploration of the Passacaglia across the eras from David HIll, gloriously performed (and recorded) on the resplendent-sounding organ of Peterborough Cathedral.’ Gramophone November 2020
Regent Records: REGCD539
By CD or download from HERE
Peterborough Cathedral: Steven Grahl
Music by Stanford, Franck, Jongen, Debussy and others
The first recording after the change of pitch in 2016
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The English Cathedral Series Vol. XIX
David Humphreys
REGCD459 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Complete Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel Volume 1
Adrian Partington
PRCD 501 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Complete Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel Volume 2
Adrian Partington
PRCD 522 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Get Organised!
Wayne Marshell
1996: Virgin Classics 72435 6170322
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral
Lewis Organ, 1878
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1926/63
Kaleidoscope
Andrew Bryden
Music by Walton; Franck (Choral No. 1); Karg-Elert; Jackson; Whitlock; Jongen (Sonata Errica); Alain; Vierne
Cantoris CRCD 6038 1998 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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The English Cathedral Series. Vol 12Andrew Bryden
Music by Hollins, Darke, Harris and others
Regent REGCD224 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Organ Classics from Ripon Cathedral
Kerry Beaumont
Music by Walton; Purcell; Stanley; Bach (Toccara & Fugue in D minor); Elgar; Pachelbel; Widor (Toccata); Langlais; Karg-Elert; Vierne (Carillon de Westminster, Final from Symphony No. 1)
Cantoris CRCD 6029 1999 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Organ Dreams 2
Christopher Herrick
Music by Dubois; Bridge; Elgar; Howells; Schumann; Barber; Liszt; Wesley.
1999: Hyperion CDA67146 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Supernova 2
Joseph Nolan
Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm; Holst Movements from The Planets; Duruflé Sicilienne, Toccata from Suite Op 5.
Herald HAVPCD 274. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Great European Organs No. 66
Graham Barber
Alcock; Stanford; Baristow; Lemare; Rootham; Farrar
Priory PRCD 769 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
St Albans Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1962, 2009
Complete Works of Gerald Hendrie, Volume 1
Tom Winpenny
Toccata Classics, TOCC 0684
2023
Francis Grier: Music For Organ
Tom Winpenny
Willowhayne Records: WHR051 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Louis Vierne Organ Symphonies Volume 1
Colin Walsh
PRCD 236 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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J S Bach Organ Mass
Peter Dyke
LAMM 092D Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Great European Organs No. 72
Herman Jordaan
Temmingh; Litaize; van Klaveren; van den Horst; Rowley; Hailstork
PRCD863 2008 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
St Davids Cathedral
St Davids Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 2000
Exultemus
Simon Pearce plays a recital of all Welsh music on the organ of St. Davids Cathedral, Wales. Many of the pieces receive their first performances on CD.
Priory Records: PRCD1222 (Click HERE to buy)
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Great European Organs No. 91
Daniel Cook:
Music by Tomkins, Mendelssohn, Walford Davies, Harris, Villette, Mathias, Jenkins, Litaize, etc.
2014: Priory PRCD 1102 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Complete Organ Works of Herbert Sumsion, Volume 2
Daniel Cook:
2012: Priory PRCD 1093 Available to purchase from Amazon (click here)
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The Organ of St Davids Cathedral
Timothy Noon
Bach; Alain; Tomkins; Mendelssohn; Howells; Mulet; Whelan
York /Ambisonic. York CD173
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 2010
Carnival
Francesca Massey
Works by Eben (Sunday Music), Roger-Ducasse (Pastorale), Hewitt-Jones (Carnival), Heiller (Tanz-Toccata) and Wammes (Vallée des Danses)
Priory PRCD 1247 (2023)
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
‘The exciting syncopations, jazzy harmonies and cascades of notes make this an exciting disc… allowing the magnificent organ of St Edmundsbury Cathedral to shine and Francesca Massey to revel in the multitude of timbres and registrations’. Church Music Quarterly, 2023
English Cathedral Series Vol.17
James Thomas and David Humphreys:
Music by Stanford, Bridge, Darke, Howells, Cocker, Widor, Messiaen, Roger-Ducasse and Elgar
Regent REGCD383. Available to buy from Regent Records (click here)
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral
The Father Willis Organ, 1877
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1978/93, 2020
DVDs
Salisbury Cathedral
David Halls
DVD & CD
Works by J.S. Bach, Vierne, Hollins, Alcock, Peeters, Halls and others
2012: Priory PRDVD8. Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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CDs
Organ Prom
A selection of popular classics, played by John Challenger
Recorded in 2020 immediately after the organ’s restoration
Obtainable from the Cathedral at https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/organ-prom
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Recordings made before the 2020 restoration
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César Franck – Organ Works
Played by John Challenger. The last recording before the 2019-20 restoration of the Father Willis organ.
Available to buy from Amazon (Here)
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J.S.Bach from Salisbury – David Halls plays the organ of Salisbury Cathedral
Available from Priory Records: PRCD1197 (click HERE)
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Elgar from Salisbury: John Challenger plays the organ of Salisbury Cathedral
Available to purchase from Regent Records: REGCD463
(click HERE)
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The Complete Organ Works of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford – Volume 1
Daniel Cook:
2012: Priory Records PRCD1095 (available to buy from Priory Records (click here)
Great European Organs No. 23
Graham Barber:
Parry; Jackson; Karg-Elert
PRCD 314 MP3 Download available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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The Wonderful Willis
David Halls plays music by Widor; Bach; Vierne; Eric Coates; Elgar; Willan
VIF VRCD 013
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Major Organ Works of William Lloyd Webber
Jane Watts
PRCD 616 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Two Willis Organs
Colin Walsh
Tournemire, trans.; Duruflé Vierne; Langlais; Franck; Boély.
PRCD 648 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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In Praise of Father Willis
Kevin Bowyer
Bliss; Rachmaninov; Saint-Saens; Wagner; Alcock; Debussy; Rheinberger; Prokofiev.
REG CD 121 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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The Willis Organ
Michael Murray:
Jackson; Cook; Vierne; Duruflé Schumann; Brahms; Mendelssohn; Bridge; Dupré.
Telearc CD-80255 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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The Salisbury Sound
David Halls:
Elgar; Howells; Delius; Dupré Gardner; Bach; Widor; Jackson; Whitlock.
Griffin GCCD 4038 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1910, 1974/95
Organ Majestic
Rupert Gough:
Susato; Bach; Purcell; Verdi; Vierne; Messiaen; Jongen; Ronald Watson; Dave Brubeck
PRCD 595 Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral
Harrison & Harrison 1938, 1988
Timothy Byram-Wigfield
Vaughan Williams & Walton
1991: CD Argo (Decca) 436 120-2
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Timothy Byram-Wigfield
Brahms/Lemare; Bach; Mendelssohn; Roger-Ducasse; Mathias; Peeters; Gowers
1990: Priory PRCD 329.
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Organ Spectacular
Martin Souter:
Mendelssohn; Verdi; Rossini; Elgar; Grieg; Handel; Wagner; Sibelius; Dvorak; Guilmant; Vierne
1994: ISIS CD009
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Organ Spectacular Volume 2.
David Hill:
Walton; Bach; Franck; Saint-Saëns; Mendelssohn; Dupré; Whitlock; Debussy; Fricker
I.M.P. PCD 945
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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Organ Duets including Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre
David Hill and Stephen Farr
1997: HERALD HAVPCD 199
Available from amazon (click here)
The Organ Music of 
Herbert Howells Volume Three
Adrian Partington :
Partita; Prelude: De Profundis; Dalby’s Fancy; Dalby’s Toccata; Intrada; Flourish for a Bidding; St Louis comes to Clifton; Siciliano for a High Cermoney; Two Slow Airs; Epilogue from the Hovingham Sketches.
1999: Priory PRCD 547
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Classic Power
Carol Williams:
Bach; Strauss; Widor; Clarke; Boellmann; Holst; Mendelssohn; Walton; Gigout; Joplin; Elgar; Vierne.
Melcot Music MCPS MCT CD 011
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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English Cathedral, Volume IV Winchester
David Hill:
Elgar; Bairstow; Karg-Elert; Wagner
REG CD 163
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
Bristol Beacon
Bristol Beacon
Harrison & Harrison 1956
Colston Hall Organ Classics
Malcolm Archer
Faulkes; Mascagni; Wagner; Salomé; Pierné; Rickman; Best; Strauss; Holtzman
PRCD 305
Dundee, Caird Hall
Dundee, Caird Hall
Harrison & Harrison 1923, 1991
The Complete Organ Works of Frank Bridge and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Christopher Nickol
PRCD 537
Click here to purchase from Priory Records
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Gordon Stewart plays the Caird Hall organ
Gordon Stewart
Available from City Square Box Office 01382 43 49 40.
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Timothy Byram-Wigfield
Alfred Hollins
Available from City Square Box Office 01382 43 49 40
2006: Delphian DCD 3404
Edinburgh Usher Hall
Edinburgh Usher Hall
Norman & Beard Organ, 1914
Restored by Harrison & Harrison, 2003
John Kitchen plays British Light Music
Composers: Gilbert & Sullivan
Delphian Records DCD34212
(Available to buy from Amazon HERE)
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John Kitchen: Vol 2
Composers: McDowall, Hughes, Widor, Bach, Myers etc
DELPHIAN DCD 34132 (buy from Amazon HERE)
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John Kitchen: Vol 1
Hollins Triumphal March; Elgar Larghetto (Serenade for Strings); Nimrod; Handel March (Deidamia); Minuet (Alcina); March Rinaldo; ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ (Rinaldo); March (Scipio); Bach Praeludium pro Organo pleno; Fuga a 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno; Liszt Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen; Atkinson A little Liturgical Suite based on Scottish folk melodies; Holst Jupiter theme from The Planets; Walton Popular Song (Façade); Coronation March; Orb and Sceptre.
DELPHIAN DCD 34022 TT78:08 (buy from Amazon HERE)
Nottingham, Albert Hall
Nottingham, Albert Hall
Binns Organ, 1909
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 1993
Com
plete Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel Volume 3
Adrian Partington
PRCD 548
Click here to purchase from Priory Records
The Symphonic Organ Volume 2
Adrian Partington:
Elgar; Tchaikovsky; Walton; Wagner
PRCD 479
London, Royal Festival Hall
London, The Royal Festival Hall
Harrison & Harrison 1954
Poulenc & Saint-Saëns organ works
Poulenc Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
James O’Donnell organ
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(To purchase click HERE)
The Vision of Judgement And Symphony No 5
Peter Racine Fricker
( live première performance )
BBC recording issued on LYRITA REAM.1124 in 2016
(To purchase from Amazon click HERE)
Messiaen – Les Corps Glorieux
DECCA ELOQUENCE 481 0793 ( two disc set )
recorded in 1966 and issued for the first time in 2014
Gillian Weir– On Stage at The Royal Festival Hall, London
(Bach,Dandrieu,Ives,Reger,Grison,Dupré,Bovet)
PRIORY RECORDS PRCD 866 (click here to purchase)
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Dame Gillian Weir
Francis Poulenc Organ Concerto
1998: Virgin Classics (EMI) 5 45067 2
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Nicolas Kynaston: Saint-Saëns
Cypreès et Lauriers; Le Carnaval des Animaux; Symphony No 3
Carlton 303660012
Stockholm City Hall
Stockholm City Hall
Hymne à l’univers
Mattias Wager plays the great Walcker organ of 1925 (V/135), reconstructed by Harrison & Harrison. French organ music of the 1930s.
SACD 23002
Cambridge, King’s College
DVDs
Cambridge, King’s College
A documentary film about the restoration of the H&H organ, and filmed performances by eight former organ scholars.
A Legend Reborn: The Voice of King’s
2x DVD plus 2x CD Boxed Set, featuring an extensive documentary film about the restoration of the 1934 Harrison and Harrison organ of King’s College, Cambridge. It was filmed over more than a year at all stages of the restoration, and is presented and narrated by David Briggs,
In addition to the documentary, the boxed set includes filmed performances, also duplicated over the two CDs, by organ scholars past and present. David Briggs improvises, and Robert Quinney, Ashley Grote, Tom Winpenny, Richard Gowers, Henry Websdale and Donal McCann play a wide range of music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger, Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Howells, Murrill, Vierne, Dupré, Alain, Messiaen and Bingham.
The Grand Organ of King’s College Cambridge
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
PRDVD3
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CDs
Duruflé: The Complete Organ Works
Organist: Thomas Trotter
KGS 0053
“A sublime CD of [Duruflé’s] complete published organ works, played on the great Harrison & Harrison organ in the chapel, sounding fabulous after its 2016 restoration.” Daily Telegraph, 2021
Click HERE to purchase from King’s College
Messiaen: La Nativité Du Seigneur
Organist – Richard Gowers
2018
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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The King of Instruments: A Voice Reborn (A recording to mark the restoration of the organ in 2016 )
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
To purchase click HERE
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Recordings made before the 2016 restoration:
Music of Sir Edward Elgar / Organ of King’s College, Cambridge
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
PRCD6010
Click HERE to purchase from Priory Records
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Christmas Organ Music from King’s College, Cambridge
Organist – Daniel Hyde
Priory Records PRCD 884 (Click HERE to purchase)
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Franz Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
Franz Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über den choral Ad nos, ad salutarem undam, S. 259 Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata No 6 in D Minor (Op 65, No 6) Julius Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor
CD to purchase from the Shop at King’s (click here)
Great European Organs No. 1
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
Reger; Mendelssohn; Mozart; Karg-Elert; Hindemith; Liszt
PRCD 185 (Cassette available PRC 185)
Available from Amazon (click here)
The Organ Works of Herbert Howells Volume 1
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
PRCD 480
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
British Organ Music from King’s
Organist – Stephen Cleobury
Parry; Alcock; Mathias; Britten; Leighton
PRCD 005
Available to purchase from Amazon (click here)
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Music for Trumpet and Organ
Stephen Cleobury & Crispin Steele Perkins:
Mathias; Boyce; Steel; Gounod; Telemann
PRCD 189
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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The Organs of Cambridge – Volume 3
Organist -David Goode
Simon Preston; Dupré; Franck; Vierne
OXCD-60
Available to buy from Amazon (click here)
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French Showpieces from King’s
Organist – David Goode:
Dupré Widor; d’Indy; Nibelle; Vierne; Langlais; Duruflé.
Mayhew KMCD 1021
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Elgar Complete Works For Organ
Organist – John Butt:
Sonata No 1 in G; Vesper Voluntaries; Cantique in C major; Loughborough Memorial Chime; Sonata No 2.
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907291
Cheltenham College
Cheltenham College
Parallels
Organist: Alexander Ffinch
Works by Elgar, Holst, Coldplay, Florence Price, Dan Locklair.
Divine Art, DDA21112
‘The Cheltenham College organ sounds on fine form in this clever compilation of both transcriptions and original organ works.’ Choir & Organ, 2024
Available for purchase HERE
Transformations
Organist: Alexander Ffinch
Composers: Franz Liszt, Jonathan Dove, Joseph Jongen
Divine Art
Glasgow University Memorial Chapel
Glasgow University Memorial Chapel
Willis Organ
Restored by Harrison & Harrison 2005
Olivier Messiaen – Works for Organ
Organist Kevin Bowyer
PRCD1142
Available to purchase from Priory Records (Click HERE)
Organ Party – Volume 3
Organist Kevin Bowyer
PRCD1171
Available to purchase from Priory Records (Click HERE)
Organ Works of Marco Lo Muscio
Organist -Kevin Bowyer
PRCD 1170
Available to buy from Priory Records (Click Here)
Glasgow Toccata – Major Organ Works of Alan Gibbs
Organist Kevin Bowyer
PRCD1141
Available to buy from Priory Records (click Here)
Places and Stories
Organist – Kevin Bowyer
PRCD 892 2008
Available to buy from Priory Records (click here)
Glenalmond College Chapel
Glenalmond College Chapel
Harrison & Harrison 2007
Naji Hakim
Plays The Organ of Glenalmond College
Langlais; de Grigny; Hakim; Franck; Boëllmann
SIG CD 2008
2021
Evensong at York Minster
York Minster – The Grand Organ Returns
Voicing the Grand Organ at York Minster
https://www.facebook.com/YorkMinsterOfficial/videos/494679068192537
2020
Alexandria, VA, USA Christ Church
York Minster – final stages of front pipes installation
Final stages of pipes being installed (Click Here) Canterbury Cathedral Evensong
Organist Jamie Rogers puts the new organ through its paces during the closing voluntary of last Sunday’s broadcast of Evensong.
Healey Willan, Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue (the voluntary begins just after 27 minutes into the video) Click link below to watch
York installation 2020
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For more videos please go to our YouTube channel
Pedal Ophicleide being voiced in the workshop
Pedal 32ft, 16ft, 8ft & 4ft Ophicleide unit (voiced on 25” wind pressure) undergoing voicing in the workshop.
This stop in its original 1931 form was available at 16ft, 8ft and 4ft pitches. Mr Arthur always lamented that space was not available to extend it down to 32ft.
Later tonal work saw the 4ft extension removed, and the 16ft and 8ft portions were re-tongued and revoiced on a mere 6” pressure. At this time the harmonic length resonators were replaced with true length resonators.
The current rebuild and reconfiguration has found space to complete the family, and alongside re-tonguing and revoicing back on the original 25” pressure, the 4ft extension and harmonic trebles have been reinstated. This stop is note for note equal power to the Tuba Mirabilis, also on 25” pressure.
A nice bit of history sees the former tongues and shallots the the Ely Cathedral 32ft Pedal reed (which were kept in a box in the voicing room) being used to complete the York 32ft extension.
As with all stops like this, when fitted up in the workshop for voicing, the soundboards which the pipes stand on are winded via long flexible trunks and there is no concussion bellows. This results in the wind supply being much more lively than it will be once installed into the Minster.
Allowance must also be made for the sound quality as recorded on an iPhone, which is no substitute for hearing it in person.
York Minster cabling
York Minster has many miles of cabling
York Minster – Voicing the Tuba
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https://www.facebook.com/776902979057096/videos/660341644714649/
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https://www.facebook.com/776902979057096/videos/2949610528431811/
Walk round Canterbury Cathedral with Andy Scott
https://www.facebook.com/776902979057096/videos/226720415386039/
2019
The Voice of King’s: A legend reborn
Trailer for Fugue State Films DVD about the restoration of the organ at King’s College, Cambridge.
Available at https://fuguestatefilms.co.uk/
York Minster – Case pipe update
Case Pipes restoration update (click Here)
York Minster – ‘Pepper Pot’ reeds
York Minster
Andrew Fiddes voicing the Swell Double Trumpet Walker ‘Pepper Pot’ reeds.
Salisbury Cathedral – Timelapse video
Salisbury Cathedral
Timelapse video of the Re installation. Video courtesy of Salisbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral – Nov 2019
Canterbury Cathedral
The new organ is now installed and needs to acclimatise before the final voicing in January. Click on the image below to see the video
York Minster Aug 2019
York Minster
Robert Sharpe catch up visit.
Director of Music, Robert Sharpe visited H&H this week to catch up with progress in the workshop. (Click image to view)
After asking how hard it was what Nigel was doing, Robert was duly handed a beater to have a go for himself.
Here he is with our Metalshop Foreman, Nigel rounding out a tip section of BBBB from the new 32ft Double Ophicleide.
This stop will be the ninth and largest scale 32ft reed Nigel has made to date – 323mm Ø at CCCC.
York Minster May 2019
York Minster
Giving the case pipes back their voice.
Whilst working on the case pipes, Andy has made a few videos of the different processes in the voicing room to make one pipe speak again.
These pipes are of the Great 16ft Double Open Diapason which make up part of the west front.
Notes 1-6 are in the west towers, 7-12 in the north screen pit, 13-21 in the centre of the west front, with the remainder inside the case on the soundboard.
To view the videos click HERE to go to our YouTube channel.
Canterbury Cathedral
18th Feb 2019
The first session of site voicing is now finished and the organ is now silent until voicing resumes after the installation of the south side.
In the meantime, as you still have a long time to wait to hear it, for those not fortunate to have heard it in the flesh during the work over the past five weeks, here is a very brief musical tour of things so far to whet your appetite.
Wind pressures:
Choir 3 ½”
Transept Great 5”
Solo 6”
Solo HP 20”
Pedal Open Woods 6”
(We have deliberately omitted including the Open Woods in this demo, as a compressed iPhone video recording does not capture them.)
4th Feb 2019
Voicing of the north triforium organ is now well underway.
Meanwhile in Durham the south triforium organ and console are being built.
Here is a guided tour of the installation so far.
2018
St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
9th Nov – Another week gone – listen through to the end and enjoy the sound with a nod to Remembrance Sunday
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4th Nov – Two short videos with Andy Scott talking about pitch and work done in Durham
2nd video (Click Here to view)
1st Video (Click Here to view)
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2nd Nov – Cathedral organist, David Heah, gets to hear the fruits of our labour as completion for Advent gets ever closer.
Videos courtesy of Adelaide Cathedral
St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
The following videos are courtesy of St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
- 2nd Dec – First Chords (Click Here to view)
- 2nd Dec – St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide – Oh Praise ye the Lord (Click Here to view )
- 2nd Dec – St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide -Recessional organ voluntary: Louis Vierne – Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54 No. 6 (Click HERE to view)
- 2nd Dec – Praise the Lord – St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide . (Click HERE to view)
- 1st Dec – The final day before the FIRST CHORDS – St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide (Click Here to see the video)
- 14th Nov – Andrew Reid puts the organ through its paces Click here to view
- 14th Nov – Now that’s some Bass with vibe Click Here to view
- 9th Nov – Another week gone – listen through to the end and enjoy the sound with a nod to Remembrance Sunday Click Here to view
- 4th Nov – Two short videos with Andy Scott talking about pitch and work done in Durham
2nd video (Click Here to view)
1st Video (Click Here to view)
- 2nd Nov – Cathedral organist, David Heah, gets to hear the fruits of our labour as completion for Advent gets ever closer.
- Video 2 – Kelvin talking about what’s happening on the top level (Click Here to view)
- Video 1 – Kelvin Kent speaks to the Dean of Adelaide Cathedral in the first of a series of video posts by the Cathedral as the organ is reinstalled. Click Here to see video
Canterbury Cathedral – New organ pipes at Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
New Organ pipes at Canterbury Cathedral. Click HERE to see video
Canterbury Cathedral – Voicing the Canterbury Corno di Bassetto
Andrew Fiddes voicing the Canterbury Corno di Bassetto Click HERE
Canterbury Cathedral – Voicing the Solo Flûte Harmonique 8ft
Canterbury Cathedral
Andrew Fiddes Voicing the Solo Flûte Harmonique 8ft Click HERE
Canterbury Cathedral – Voicing (covering node holes)
Canterbury Cathedral
Demonstration of the 8ft Solo Flûte Harmonique pipes, covering and uncovering the node holes. Click HERE
Canterbury Cathedral-Removing the organ pipes
Removing the organ pipes at Canterbury Cathedral. Click HERE
Canterbury Cathedral Solo 8ft French Horn being voiced
May 2018
Watch Andrew Scott, Head Voicer, as he is voicing the Solo 8ft French Horn. 20” wind pressure.
This pattern of French Horn is the same as the likes of those found in the Solo Organs of Durham Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Temple Church, Colston Hall, Bristol and King’s College, Cambridge. Click HERE to view video
Our laser machine cutting pipe shades for Adelaide Cathedral
Apr 2018
Video of the laser machine hard at work cutting out the pipe shades for the new case at Adelaide Cathedral. Click HERE to view video
Farewell to the Organ at Canterbury Cathedral
Farewell to the Organ at Canterbury Cathedral
Dr David Flood, Organist and Master of the Choristers, plays one last tune on the organ he performed with for the past 39 years. Click HERE to see the video.
Benoni, St Dunstan’s Cathedral, the Positiv Sesquialtera being voiced
Apr 2018
Watch Andrew Fiddes voicing the Benoni Positiv Sesquialtera. Click here to view
Canterbury Cathedral, Solo 8ft Ophicleide being voiced
April 2018
Watch Head Voicer Andy Scott, voicing the Solo 8ft Ophicleide, Wind pressure 20” (508mm)
Adelaide, St Peter’s Cathedral, Andy Scott voicing 32ft Reed
April 2018
It is difficult to record such things on a mobile device and there is, of course, no comparison to hearing it in the flesh and in the cathedral, but here is a sound clip of work in progress.
The unsteady start to each note is caused by a small single-rise reservoir, a long flexible wind trunk and there being no form of concussion.
Bottom C was also too tall to stand directly on the chest and had to be conveyed to its position standing on the floor.
Canterbury Cathedral – Voicing Transept Great
Feb 2018
C25 of the Transept Great being set up for voicing
The Transept Great division is designed to translate and support the south triforium Great Organ into the eastern end of the cathedral. The new pipework has been scaled, fabricated and voiced to speak the same musical language to compliment and work with the Father Willis Great Organ chorus situated further west.
Click HERE to view Transept Great 8ft Open Diapason (c13 upwards)
Click HERE to view Transept Great 16ft Bourdon (c25 upwards)
St George’s, Windsor
January 2018
In addition to regular monthly tuning and maintenance visits, occasionally the Chapel organ needs some additional housekeeping work to keep it in good order.
Over the next three days, Andrew Scott (Head Voicer) and Jake Holmes (London tuner) from organ builders, Harrison & Harrison Ltd of Durham, are taking advantage of the quieter time in the Chapel during the Castle closure and are working inside the organ on the Swell reed stops.
The work entails removing each reed pipe to reset slipped tongues, tighten wedges and replace dropped loads.
After checking each pipe of the five Swell reed stops (305 pipes) they will be tuned and regulated.
St George’s Chapel remains open for services. (Click HERE to view)
2017
Restoration Time Lapse video of King’s
Restoration Time Lapse video of King’s
Click HERE to see a Restoration Time Lapse video of King’s College organ shared from the ‘Choir of King’s College, Cambridge’ Facebook Page
Kelvinside, St Bride’s Episcopal Church
Frogner Kirke – Andy Scott voicing the Contra Basun 32ft
Jun 2017
32ft Contra Basun
The unsteady start to each note is due to a combination of a very small reservoir, long flexible wind hose, and no concussion.
When they get to Frogner there it will have a good size reservoir, wooden wind trunk and a wind stabilising concussion.
Frogner Kirke – Pedal mixture
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey 2017
Sub Organist, Daniel Cook tries out the new Swell 4ft Harmonic Flute.
More Videos
Videos
- Video – Lincoln Cathedral – Click Here to follow the story of the Cathedral’s Father Willis Organ Restoration by H&H
- Video – St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide – Preparations have been underway ahead of our team travelling to St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide to begin the organ project. (Click Here)
- Video – Lincoln Cathedral, Heritage Skills Festival – Kelvin Kent, Pipemaker at H&H showing off his work and craft.
(Click Here) - Video – Andy Scott voicing the Frogner Kirke Pedal mixture (Click Here)
- Video – Andy Scott voicing the Frogner Kirke Pedal Basun 32ft (Click Here)
- Video – Frogner Kirke Pedal 16ft Basun (Bottom C has a window in the boot allowing a video of the starting and stopping of the note to be taken) Click HERE to view
- Restoration Timelapse Video of King’s College Cambridge – Click HERE to view a sneak peek of the upcoming video.
- Peterborough Pipewatch – Click here to see the full playlist
2016-2014
Colchester Moot Hall ‘Work in Progress’
Work in Progress
Colchester Moot Hall (20th January 2015)
Colchester Moot Hall Organ ‘Work in Progress’ (click HERE to see the video)
Peterborough Cathedral ‘Pipewatch’
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral ‘Pipewatch’
A new video has been released on YouTube showing Andy Scott, Head Voicer and Ian Bruce, Team Leader, explaining what H&H have been doing behind the scenes at Peterborough Cathedral
This is the third installment in a series of short videos by Peterborough Cathedral following the story of re-pitching the Cathedral’s 5286-pipe Hill organ from Old Philharmonic to Standard concert pitch. (Click Here to watch the video)
For previous installments see below.
The work on the organ re-pitch began by H&H in July 2015
Peterborough Cathedral Pipewatch no 1
This is the first* in a series of videos following the story of Peterborough Cathedral’s 5286-pipe Hill organ being changed from Old Philharmonic to Standard concert pitch. This complex work began in July 2015 and its completion will be celebrated at an Organ Festival in June 2017.
Peterborough Cathedral Pipewatch no 2
This the second in a series of videos following the story of re-pitching Peterborough Cathedral’s organ from Old Philharmonic to Standard pitch. This episode looks at the meticulous work involved in capturing the organ’s original sound before a single pipe was removed. It was work that involved the creation of a specially designed robot.
Peterborough Cathedral Pipewatch No 3
The Head Voicer from Harrison and Harrison organ builders explains what he and his colleagues have been doing behind the scenes at Peterborough Cathedral – other than lowering 16 foot pipes to the ground for removal to their workshop in Durham. This is the third in our series of short videos following the story of re-pitching Peterborough Cathedral’s 5286-pipe Hill organ from Old Philharmonic to Standard concert pitch
Peterborough Cathedral Pipewatch No 4
The fourth in our series of short videos following the progress of work on the Cathedral organ is now out. This one follows the pipes to Harrison and Harrison’s workshop in Durham and talks to the craftsmen involved.
Peterborough Cathedral Pipewatch No 5
This is the fifth in our series of six videos following the story of re-pitching Peterborough Cathedral’s 5286 -pipe organ. This intricate work is very nearly complete. In this episode the final rank of pipes is fitted and a new tuba mirabilis stop is added.
Peterborough Cathedral Pipewatch No 6
Finally the organ re-pitch is completed and all the pipes have been returned. Director of Music Steven Grahl, Cathedral choristers and members of the congregation tell us how they like the sound of the organ in its new form.
H&H were filmed on a visit
2013-2011
Blackheath, All Saints’
Colchester Moot Hall
Colchester, Moot Hall
The Moot Hall, Colchester organ restoration. Inside the organ builders workshop
The Moot Hall, Colchester – Work in progress (20th January 2015)
Annfield Plain Junior School document Royal Festival Hall restoration
Royal Festival Hall, London – Annfield Plain Junior School in County Durham and Telferscot Primary in Lambeth documented the whole restoration process of the organ.
H&H in 1950 Documentary
Royal Festival Hall, London – A short documentary of H&H in 1950 at their old workshop in Hawthorn Terrace, working on the Royal Festival Hall Organ
London Organ Day 23rd Feb 2013
Andrew Scott is Head Voicer at Harrison and Harrison, builders of the organ at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The video shows an extract from his presentation at the London Organ Day, 23rd February 2013 which was focused on the history of the organ built in 1954 and now undergoing restoration after the recent refurbishment of the hall itself.Click HERE to see the video
BBC London News about RFH restoration
It will take two years, £2.3m and a team of experts to restore the Royal Festival Hall organ to its former glory.
When it was built in 1954 the organ was the biggest in the country. The project to clean its 7,000 pipes is now well underway.
RFH Central section re-installed
In August 2012 the 1,100 pipes of the Royal Festival Hall Organ’s Central section were put back in place. In Sept, three key members of H&H were filmed on a visit
(click here to see the video)
Time Lapse of RFH reinstallation
In March 2012 a camera was set up at the Royal Festival Hall to take a time lapse recording of the reinstallation
(click here to see the video)
RFH restoration lottery fund
In September 2011 the Royal Festival Hall launched a £2.3 million project to return the Hall’s magnificent 7,866-pipe organ to its former glory. Thanks to the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, they have £1.3 million to raise
(click here for the video)
London, Temple Church
London, Temple Church
Temple Church, London – This series of pictures documents the 2011-13 refurbishment of this famous H&H instrument and is accompanied by James Vivian on the organ. (Click here to see the video)
Royal Festival Hall, London
Royal Festival Hall, London (January 2012) – The framework of the Royal Festival Hall Organ’s Central section was reinstalled. (Click here to see the video)
Royal Festival Hall, London (March 2012) – A camera was set up at the Royal Festival Hall to take a time lapse recording of the reinstallation. (Click here to see the video)
Royal Festival Hall, London (September 2012) – The 1,100 pipes of the Royal Festival Hall Organ’s Central section were put back in place. In Sept, three key members of H&H were filmed on a visit. (Click here to see the video)