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April 9th, 2010

HAVPCD363 – Byrd to Blow


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HAVPCD363 - Byrd to Blow The English Baroque Organ
Disk Title Byrd to Blow
The English Baroque Organ
Soloists Robin Walker – Organ
Location St Giles-in-the-Fields Church, London
Date Recorded 21-23 July 2009
Audio Tracks 17

The opening pieces, by William Byrd, are performed on what would have been the full extent of the available stops of a large organ of the period. The opening Fancy is performed on a solo Open Diapason, the main foundation stop on the large organ. The opening section has a choral quality, with voices introduced one at a time. The second section opens with fanfare-like chords, and gradually lines break away and become more flamboyant, building to a grand final cadence. For Salvator Mundi the hymn melody is heard in long notes between two embellished lines, and for the final grand Fantasia the full scale of the large organ is employed. The largest of the three

Trk. Duration Track Title Composer
1 05:32 A Fancy William Byrd 1543 – 1623
2 02:25 Salvator Mundi William Byrd 1543 – 1623
3 06:10 Fantasia William Byrd 1543 – 1623
4 04:43 Fantasia on a Fugue of Sweelinck John Bull 1563 – 1628
5 02:09 Voluntary John Bull 1563 – 1628
6 07:10 In Nomine John Bull 1563 – 1628
7 02:05 Preludium Orlando Gibbons 1583 – 1625
8 01:04 A Fancy Orlando Gibbons 1583 – 1625
9 05:52 A ffancy for Double Orgaine Orlando Gibbons 1583 – 1625
10 03:52 A Fantasy Thomas Tomkins 1572 – 1656
11 01:49 Verse Thomas Tomkins 1572 – 1656
12 01:49 Voluntary in G Z. 720 Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
13 01:33 Verse in C Z. 714 Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
14 06:23 Voluntary for Double Organ Z.714 Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
15 11:19 Ground John Blow 1649 – 1708
16 05:07 Cornet Voluntary in G John Blow 1649 – 1708
17 03:28 Voluntary in A John Blow 1649 – 1708

Robin Walker enjoys a busy and varied musical career as performer, conductor, teacher and church musician. He studied organ at the Royal Academy of Music in London, graduating with honours and DipRAM, the Academy’s Gold Medal. He has held positions at Hinde Street Methodist Church, St Giles-in-the-Fields, H.M. Chapel Royal within the Tower of London, St Mary’s Hampstead, St Mark’s Florence, and is currently Organist of La Badia Fiorentina (Florence Abbey), where he plays the 1558 Zeffirini organ. Whilst serving at St Giles he began the project to restore the historic organ.

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