Description
Instruments: Organ, Manuals
Now here’s a new idea: instead of asking our composers to work their improvisatory magic on hymn tunes we allocated the main theme of some of the world’s favourite classical melodies. The result is a really pleasing new genre which we think will find favour with organists.
All the pieces are written for those with a moderate technique and there are two versions – with or without pedals.
Contents
The themes on which our composers have based their improvisations are:Adagio from Clarinet Concerto (Mozart) – Rosalie Bonighton
Adagio from Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven) – Betty Roe
Adagio from Violin Concerto in G minor (Bruch) – Andrew Fletcher
Air on the G string (Bach) – Richard Lloyd
Andante from Piano Concerto No 21 (Mozart) – Richard Lloyd
Autumn from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) – Malcolm McKelvey
Ave verum (Mozart) – Stanley Vann
Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) – Malcolm McKelvey
Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda (Ponchielli) – Martin Setchell
First movement from Symphony No 40 (Mozart) – Robert Jones
First movement of Pastoral Symphony (Beethoven) – Andrew Fletcher
Fourth movement from The Trout (Schubert) – John Marsh
Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) – Adrian Vernon Fish
Hornpipe from Water Music (Handel) – Andrew Wright
Jerusalem (Parry) – John Marsh
Largo (Handel) – Martin Setchell
Largo from New World Symphony (Dvorák) – Andrew Wright
Lullaby (Brahms) – Robert Jones
March from William Tell Overture (Rossini) – Rosalie Bonighton
Non più andrai from The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) – Andrew Wright
Panis angelicus (Franck) – Stanley Vann
Romanze from Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) – Norman Warren
Rondo from Horn Concerto No 5 (Mozart) – Richard Lloyd
Soldier’s Chorus from Faust (Gounod) – John Marsh
Spring from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) – Norman Warren
Theme from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) – Norman Warren
Toreador’s Song from Carmen (Bizet) – Betty Roe
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) – Adrian Vernon Fish
Adagio from Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven) – Betty Roe
Adagio from Violin Concerto in G minor (Bruch) – Andrew Fletcher
Air on the G string (Bach) – Richard Lloyd
Andante from Piano Concerto No 21 (Mozart) – Richard Lloyd
Autumn from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) – Malcolm McKelvey
Ave verum (Mozart) – Stanley Vann
Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) – Malcolm McKelvey
Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda (Ponchielli) – Martin Setchell
First movement from Symphony No 40 (Mozart) – Robert Jones
First movement of Pastoral Symphony (Beethoven) – Andrew Fletcher
Fourth movement from The Trout (Schubert) – John Marsh
Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) – Adrian Vernon Fish
Hornpipe from Water Music (Handel) – Andrew Wright
Jerusalem (Parry) – John Marsh
Largo (Handel) – Martin Setchell
Largo from New World Symphony (Dvorák) – Andrew Wright
Lullaby (Brahms) – Robert Jones
March from William Tell Overture (Rossini) – Rosalie Bonighton
Non più andrai from The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) – Andrew Wright
Panis angelicus (Franck) – Stanley Vann
Romanze from Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) – Norman Warren
Rondo from Horn Concerto No 5 (Mozart) – Richard Lloyd
Soldier’s Chorus from Faust (Gounod) – John Marsh
Spring from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) – Norman Warren
Theme from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) – Norman Warren
Toreador’s Song from Carmen (Bizet) – Betty Roe
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) – Adrian Vernon Fish
