Description
The Elusive English Organ / By Daniel Moult / Kimberly Marshall, John Mander, Dominic Gwynn / A Documentary Film and Recording featuring Daniel Mault / Fugue State Films / 2010 DVD+CD
Total Runtime: 152 Minutes
Region 0 NTSC PAL
Made in Europe
UPC 0793573611703
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- Product Dimensions : 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.63 inches; 3.52 Ounces
- Item model number : FSF-DVD-002
- Media Format : NTSC, PAL, CD+DVD, DDD
- Run time : 50 minutes
- Studio : Fugue State Films
- Number of discs : 2
This set includes: 50-minute DVD & 72-minute CD.
The DVD is Region Free and both PAL and NTSC compatible.
Six old English-built organs are played by Daniel Moult and Kimberly Marshall. John Mander, Dominic Gwynn, and Kimberly Marshall discuss early English organ music.
Moult and producer Will Fraser visit places where older English organs survive in England and in northern France where Robert Dallam and his son, Thomas Dallam, built organs existing since 1653 and 1680.
The precious and large organ from 1680 or 1693 at Adlington Hall, attributed to Bernard Smith and played by Handel (E. Power Biggs recorded Handel concertos here), is visited and John Mander discusses it.
The most recent organ is the 3m Bishop & Son organ from 1829. As an aid to the English organist who could not play the Pedals, a manual keyboard is provided upon which a musician could play the Pedal division. Its demonstration is worth the price of this set.
On the CD, Daniel Moult plays:
in Lanvellec
1653 Robert Dallam
William Byrd (1540?-1623): Fantasia in a from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
In Ploujean
1680 Thomas Dallam de la Tour
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656): A Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times
at Addlington Hall
ca. 1680 Builder Unknown
John Blow (1649-1708): Voluntary in A
Matthew Locke (ca. 1621-1677): Voluntary in a from Melothesia
Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Voluntary in GVoluntary in D Minor for Double Organ
At Great Packington
1749 Thos. Parker
Handel (1685-1759): Concerto Op. 4/2 arr. Walsh
Fuga II from 6 Fugues or Voluntaries
Fugue in A
at St. Boltoph, Aldgate
1704 Renatus Harris
John Worgan (1724-1790): Piece No. 7 in d
John Stanley (1712-1786): Voluntaries, Op. 5 Nos. 7, 8
at St. James, Bermondsey
1829 Bishop & Son
Wm Russell (1777-1813): Largo fr Voluntary 2 (12 Voluntaries, 1812)
Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): Nos. 8, 9, 10 from 12 Short Pieces, 1815