From the Ground Up: Organ Passacaglias from Peterborough Cathedral
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Label: Regent Records
Cat No: REGCD539
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 25th September 2020
Contents
Works
Introduction and PassacagliaPrelude and Passacaglia for organ
Ground, MB26
Resurgam
Reverie on the hymn tune 'University'
Carillon
Postlude on a Ground
Passacaglia in B minor
Chorale Prelude on a Melody by Gibbons
Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue, op.149
Artists
David Hill (organ)About
The passacaglia deserves great celebration. From humble beginnings in 17th-century Spain it developed into an extended instrumental work with variations over a repeating ostinato, or ground bass, which itself can be varied, and became a form which has inspired composers to write some of their most powerful music.
This recording features passacaglias for solo organ composed by English (or English-born) composers from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, Walter Alcock, John E West, Healey Willan, and a new work – Prelude and Passacaglia – by Richard Blackford especially composed for this recording. These large-scale pieces are interspersed with a selection of smaller works by several of these composers, together with a delightful piece based on a ground bass by Orlando Gibbons.
The recording demonstrates the full tonal range of the Peterborough Cathedral organ, and in particular the commanding new Tuba Mirabilis which is heard right at the start of the programme.
Renowned for his fine musicianship, David Hill is widely respected as both a choral and orchestral conductor. His musical career included being Director of Music of Westminster Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral, and St John’s College Cambridge. More recently his talent has been recognised by his appointments as Musical Director of The Bach Choir, Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society, Associate Guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum. He was Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers from September 2007 to September 2017 and is a former Music Director of Southern Sinfonia. In March 2018, he was honoured with the prestigious Royal College of Organists medal, in recognition of distinguished achievement in choral conducting and organ playing, and he was awarded the MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours.
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