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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[1890 Hill at Sydney Town Hall]
1890 Hill at Sydney Town Hall

An Australian Adventure

…a sampler of some of the sounds you’ll enjoy when participating in the upcoming PIPEDREAMS Group Tour ‘down under’.

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

GERALD BALES: Petite SuiteGordon Atkinson (1964 Fincham & Son/St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne). LOUIS VIERNE: Communion, Op. 8 –Gordon Atkinson (1898 Fincham/St. Mary, Star-of-the-Sea, Melbourne). ROBERT SCHUMANN: BACH Fugue No. 2, fr Op. 60 –Gordon Atkinson (1999 Rieger/Scots’ Presbyterian Church, Melbourne) Move 3333

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (trans. Heywood): Trumpet Concert in E-flat (mvts. 2 & 3)Thomas Heywood (1929 Hill, Norman & Beard-2001 Schantz/Melbourne Town Hall) Pro Organo 7141

LUIGI CHERUBINI: Sonata for Mechanical Organ –Robert Ampt (1890 Hill, Town Hall, Sydney) Priory 6012

MENDELSSOHN: Andante tranquillo, fr Sonata in A, Op. 65, no. 3 (1890 Hill/Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church, Annandale). JOHANNES BRAHMS: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Opus 122, no. 11 (1890 Davidson/St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood). J.S. BACH: Fugue in b, BWV 544 –Michael Dudman (1891 Hill/Christ Church, St. Lawrence) Walsingham 8023

ROBERT AMPT: Waltzing Matilda Variations (duet for four feet) –Robert Ampt & Amy Johansen (1979 Sharp/Sydney Opera House) Move 3170

Hour 2

HERBERT MURRILL: CarillonPeter Hurford (1979 Sharp/Sydney Opera House Concert Hall) London 425 013

BACH: 2 Chorale-preludes (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 711; Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’,BWV 679) –Peter Hurford (1965 Sharp/Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga) London 421 341

ANN CARR-BOYD: The Bells of Sydney HarbourDavid Kinsela (1979 Sharp/Sydney Opera House) Southern Cross 1022

DAVID DRURY: Improvisation on a Theme of Peter Sculthorpe –David Drury (1890 Hill/Town Hall, Sydney) ABC Classics 438 881

RAYMOND HANSON: SonataDavid Rumsey (1890 Hill/Town Hall, Sydney) ABC Classics 442 365

STANLEY VANN: 2 Pieces (Elegy; A Fancy for Tuba) –June Nixon (1891 Lewis/St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Melbourne) Walsingham 8002

DAVID DRURY: Improvisation –David Drury (1891 Lewis/St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne) ABC Classics 454 173

BARRIE CABENA: Paean on Lasst uns erfreuen, fr Sonata da ChiesaGordon Atkinson (Melbourne Town Hall) Move 3333

Check us out online for more details about this upcoming tour October 30-November 13, 2017 (including a special day in Los Angeles), and plan to register and join us.

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