Description
Robert Crowley performs a powerful selection of 20th-century organ works at Canterbury Cathedral on the 1886 Henry Willis organ, rebuilt by N P Mander in 1978.
The programme features Alan Ridout’s masterpiece The Seven Last Words and the premiere of Humphrey Clucas’ ambitious Symphony for Organ, alongside rarely heard contributions from Peter Wishart and Humphrey Searle.
Track Listing:
Reredos - Alan Ridout
Paean - Alan Ridout
St. Thomas Honour We: Prelude - Alan Ridout
Epithalamium - Alan Ridout
The Seven Last Words
I. "Father, Forgive Them: For They Know Not What They Do" - Alan Ridout
Ii. "Woman, Behold Thy Son...Behold Thy Mother" - Alan Ridout
Iii. "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" - Alan Ridout
Iv. "Verily I Say Unto Thee: Today Shalt Thou Be With Me In Paradise" - Alan Ridout
V. "I Thirst" - Alan Ridout
Vi. "It Is Finished" - Alan Ridout
Vii. "Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit" - Alan Ridout
Psalm Prelude - Humphrey Clucas
Symphony For Organ: I. Allegro - Humphrey Clucas
Symphony For Organ - Ii. Scherzo - Humphrey Clucas
Symphony For Organ - Iii. Variations - Humphrey Clucas
Pastorale And Fughetta - I. Pastorale - Peter Wishart
Pastorale And Fughetta - Ii. Fughetta - Peter Wishart
Cyprus Dances, Op. 76 - Humphrey Searle