Town Hall Treasures
Pipedreams 2015-10-15
Summary:
The tradition of grand pipe organs in civic halls seems to have been an English invention, one carried on successfully throughout the Empire and still maintained — and emulated — today.
Program playlist:
W.T. BEST: Variations on God Save the Queen –Robert Ampt(1890 Hill/Sydney Town Hall, Australia) Move 3148.
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI (trans. Goss-Custard): Romance sans paroles, Op. 77, no. 3 –David Drury (1890 Hill/Sydney Town Hall, Australia) ABC Classics 432 527–2.
HENRY SMART: Festive March in D. WILLIAM FAULKES:Cantilene Pastorale –Kemp English (1930 Hill, Norman & Beard/Dunedin Town Hall, New Zealand) Manu Plus 5009.
EDWARD BAIRSTOW: Blessed city, heavenly Salem –Musica Sacra; Viva Voce; The Graduate Choir, NZ/Terence Maskell, conductor; Indra Hughes (2010 Klais/Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand) Atoll 117.
PHILIP PLAISTED: Grand March . G. F. HANDEL: Minuet, frBerenice –Thomas Heywood (1872 Hill-2000 Schantz/Melbourne Town Hall, Australia) Pro Organo 7257.
KALEVI KIVINIEMI: Waltzing Matilda Suite –Kalevi Kiviniemi(1872 Hill-2000 Schantz/Melbourne Town Hall) Fuga 9196.