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Christopher Herrick
Organ Fireworks
Some people just enjoy a challenge. On our next Pipedreams program, we visit with one such challenged individual, a former organist at Westminster Abbey who’s now a full-time recitalist. Just to say he’d done it, Christopher Herrick went and recorded and performed in concert the complete works of Bach. But that was just a beginning. He’s scoured the world in search of interesting instruments and we’ll hear him play wide-ranging repertoire on organs from around the world. There’s no doubt HE sets off Organ Fireworks.
It’s not just concert sparklers, but the whole range of musical opportunity explored by a recitalist and recording artist who has travelled the world to find just the right sound for his successful Hyperion recordings. From London’s Temple Church to the Town Hall of Wellington, New Zealand, you’ll be delighted by Christopher Herrick’s Organ Fireworks, this week on Pipedreams.
Program Broadcast dates:
- October 1, 2001
Music played in the program
WHITLOCK: Fanfare, from Four Extemporizations. HOVLAND: Toccata, Now thank we all –Christopher Herrick (1984 Harrison/Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66121
LITAIZE: Variations sur un Noël angevin –Christoph Herrick (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Hyperion CD-66917
DAQUIN: Noël sur les jeux d’Anches sans tremblant (No. 1) –Christopher Herrick (1739 Parizot; 1992 Dupont/L’Eglise Saint-Remy de Dieppe, France) Hyperion CD-66816
BACH: Vivace (1st movement), from Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, S. 530 –Christopher Herrick (1989 Metzler/Stadtkirche St. Nikolaus, Bremgarten, Switzerland) Hyperion CD-66390
BACH: Chorale-prelude, O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, S. 656 –Christopher Herrick (1982 Metzler/Jesuit Church, Lucerne, Switzerland) Hyperion CD-67071/2
BACH: Suite in G (Chorale-prelude, Wie schön leuchtet, S. 764; Pedal-Exercitium, S. 598; Chaconne, from Concerto in G, S. 571) –Christopher Herrick (1975 Metzler/Saint Michael’s Church, Kaisten, Switzerland) Hyperion CD-67139
WALFORD-DAVIES: Solemn Melody. SPICER: Dreams of Derry –Christopher Herrick (1954 Harrison/The Temple Church, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-67060
SPICER: Kiwi Fireworks (excerpts) –Christopher Herrick (1906 Norman & Beard/Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand) Hyperion CD-66778
ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39 –Christopher Herrick (1871 Willis; 1924-1933 Harrison & Harrison; 2004 Mander/Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66258
Filler–EDMUNDSON: Toccata Vom Himmel hoch (Reykjavik; see above)
Christopher Herrick has recorded, and performed in concert, the complete works of Bach. Find out more about his numerous compact discs on the Hyperion Records homepage . Concerning recitals, contact his management, Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, at 860-560-7800 .