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A Stirling Job! (DVD - PAL)
Thomas Heywood plays Scotland’s largest organ
The 1939 Rushworth & Dreaper Grand Organ
The Church of the Holy Rude • Stirling
Scotland
The largest pipe organ in Scotland springs to life in this spectacular presentation showing why the critics say Thomas Heywood is the ‘acknowledged master’.
Enjoy symphonic grandeur, operatic showstoppers including Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture and a banquet of rarely-recorded beautiful original organ works by concert organ greats Alfred Hollins and William Wolstenholme.
As well as watching the ‘superhuman’ brilliance of Thomas Heywood’s mastery over hundreds of keys and thousands of organ pipes, enjoy lavish views showing the endless variety of pipework and the complex inner workings of the largest and most valuable musical instrument in Scotland. Not to mention the magnificent and historic building in which this landmark instrument is housed.
Perfect repertoire on the perfect instrument!
Program highlights include:
Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Finale from Dvořák’s 'New World' Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95
Tchaikovsky’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Verdi’s Grand March from Aïda
And much more!
Special Features include:
Full 5.1 Surround Sound
Complete Grand Organ Specification
Repertoire Selection
PAL format
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Full Program:
Richard Wagner, transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare
Overture to The Flying Dutchman
William Wolstenholme
Le Carillon, Op. 23 No. 4
Alfred Hollins
Concert Overture in C minor
Tchaikovsky, trans. Edwin H. Lemare
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4
Alfred Hollins
Grand Chœur No. 1 in G minor
William Wolstenholme
Allegretto in E-flat, Op. 17 No. 2
Giuseppe Verdi, trans. Edwin H. Lemare
Grand March from Aïda
Alfred Hollins
Spring Song
William Wolstenholme
Finale in B-flat, Op. 11 No. 2
Alfred Hollins
Maytime – Gavotte
Dvořák, trans. Edwin H. Lemare
Finale – Allegro con fuoco from
Symphony No. 9 in E minor – 'From the New World', Op. 95
Percy Fletcher
Festival Toccata
