Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: V - Finale - Noel Rawsthorne [Johannus LiVE III AGO]

Описание: At the time of his death, Noel Rawsthorne left two Choral Fantasies, the first dedicated to Ian Tracey, and the second to Gordon Stewart, which, until now, have remained unpublished.

The First Chorale Fantasia, of which this is the finale, was dedicated 'To Ian Tracey on the occasion of his 25th Anniversary Recital as Organist of Liverpool Cathedral' and was premiered at the 79th Anniversary Recital and heard again at his memorial recital in October 2019. The music takes the form of five variations on the Lutheran chorale, harmonised by J S Bach and used in his Cantata 140 of the same name. The fanfare motif employed in this movement nostalgically quotes from his Liverpool Service commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Liverpool Cathedral in 1992.

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A complete performance of the whole Fantasia can be heard here:    • Chorale Fantasie "Wachet auf, ruft uns die...  

This recording was made on a Johannus Live III AGO organ, using the sample of the fine Hill organ in the church of the Holy Name, opposite the University of Manchester on Oxford Road, Manchester. The sample sets can be heard from four positions: console, front of the church, centre of the church, rear of the church. This recording uses the rear of the church position, affording the most generous recording of the wonderful acoustic in this fine building. The registrations are, unsurprisingly, written for the Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral. Whilst the instruction for Tubas 8' & 4' was accomplished by way of an octave coupler, the instruction for Tubas 8', 8', & 4' was somewhat trickier, notwithstanding brief consideration being given to dubbing on the Tuba from another sample! In the end, the second Tuba remained on the score, rather than the recording!

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