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The Living Tradition (CD)
Thomas Heywood
Grand Concert Organ
Melbourne Town Hall
Victoria • Australia
This landmark 10th Anniversary recording on the largest musical instrument in the southern hemisphere is a must-have.
Following the record-breaking release of Thomas Heywood’s premiere recording on the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ – ‘Who Needs An Orchestra!’ in 2001, The Living Tradition features a stunning program highlighting the magnificent history of the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organs.
Program highlights include:
Saint-Saëns’ Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
Wagner’s Pilgrim Chorus from Tannhäuser
Sibelius’ Finlandia
Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette
Handel’s Hornpipe from the Water Music
Widor’s Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5
And much more!
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Full Program:
Philip Plaisted, transcribed by Thomas Heywood
Grand March [For the Opening of the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ, 1872]
Richard Wagner, trans. Franz Liszt
Pilgrim Chorus from Tannhäuser
Camille Saint-Saëns, trans. Heywood
Bacchanale - Air de Ballet from Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Jean Sibelius, trans. Fricker
Finlandia, Op. 26 No. 7
Norman Cocker
Tuba Tune
George Frideric Handel
Minuet from the Opera Berenice
Léon Boëllmann
Suite Gothique, Op. 25
Introduction-Choral - Menuet gothique - Priere à Notre Dame - Toccata
Sir Edward Elgar
Allegro maestoso (1st mvt) from Sonata for Organ, Op. 28
George Frideric Handel
Hornpipe from the Water Music Suite No. 2 in D, HWV 349
Charles-Marie Widor
Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1
Charles Gounod, trans. W.T. Best
Funeral March of a Marionette
