The Merton Organ
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Label: Delphian
Cat No: DCD34142
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 7th April 2014
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV22 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe'Pieces (4), op.19
Dialogue sur les Mixtures
Andante and Variations in D major
Livre du Saint-Sacrament
Artists
Benjamin Nicholas (organ)Works
Cantata BWV22 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe'Pieces (4), op.19
Dialogue sur les Mixtures
Andante and Variations in D major
Livre du Saint-Sacrament
Artists
Benjamin Nicholas (organ)About
In a golden age of organ-building, Merton College’s new Dobson instrument stands out as exceptional. It is only the third American-built organ sent to the UK since the Second World War, a bold commissioning choice which Benjamin Nicholas (Reed Rubin Organist and Director of Music in Merton’s recently established choral foundation) and his colleagues made after considering three factors.
The College required an instrument that could sympathetically accompany its daily choral services – with sufficient flexibility to accommodate the works of many eras – and that honoured the Chapel’s ancient architecture. The instrument also had to be equipped to perform a large part of the solo repertoire, and it is the success of this third aim that Benjamin Nicholas sought to demonstrate when putting together the programme for the instrument’s first outing on disc.
From the pre-pedalboard sophistication of native Stanley, to the mesmerising hues of Messiaen – and encompassing snapshots from the instrument’s vast literature in between – no inquisitive listener will feel short-changed by the gluttony of textures and colours on display here.
In his debut appearance on disc as a soloist, Benjamin Nicholas combines flair and intelligence as he presents the stunning instrument he helped mastermind.
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