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Programme June 15,1991 4.30PM
Glebe Society Birthday Party
Music from:
Gigout, Louis Vierne, Gordon Young, José Lidon
St. Scholastica's Chapel,
Convent of the Good Samaritan
2 Avenue Road, Glebe Point
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1. Scherzo
from Dix Pièces per Orgue ou Piano-Pedalier
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Eugene Gigout 1844-1925
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2. (a) Gospel Man
(b) Catch the Spirit
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Choir of St Scholastica's
Director- Emily Furey
Accompanist - Kate Segerstrom
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3. (a) Berceuse
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Louis Vieme (1870-1937)
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(b) Toccata
Praeludium
folk Tune
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Gordon Young 1919-
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(c) Sonata for Trompetta real
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José Lidon (1752-1825)
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(d) Baroque Suite
- Plein Jeu
- Marche Petite
- Aria
- Toccata
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Gordon Young
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4. (a) (1) Salve Regina Gregorian Chant
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(il) Ave Maria
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Parsons 16th Century
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(b) (1) Salvator Mundi
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Thomas Tallis ?1505 -1585
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(il) Haec Dies
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William Byrd ?1545-1623
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(c) (i) Tota Pulchra Es
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Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
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(ii) O Quam Gloriosum
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Tomas Luis de Victoria 1 1548-1611
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Choir of Christ Church St. Laurence, Sydney
Director - Neil McEwan
Organist - David Drury
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The
Composers:
Gigout
studied with Saint-Saëns at the Neidermeyer School in Paris where he became
professor, later becoming professor of organ at the Conservatoire. He
was organist at Saint-Augustin, traveled and performed extensively, and
composed prolifically. very much in a scholarly and austere style.
Vierne
Appointed organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in 1900, Vierne died at
its console during his 1,750th recital. His music is melodically imaginative,
elegant, full of harmonic detail and reflects a profound musician. He
was archpriest of the French romantic symponic school. This gentle piece
is dedicated to his daughter Collette. Young
was born in Kansas and studied with Joseph Bonnet, the organist of St
Eustache in Paris. A prolific organ and choral composer, his music is
essentially 'popular' drawing on tunes 'in the air' for thematic material.
Lidon
was organist of the Chapel Royal in Madrid and the piece Is written for
the most powerful horizontal stop on the Spanish organ.The Baroque suite
was written for the American virtuoso organist Virgil Fox.
The
Baroque suite was written for the American virtuoso organist Virgil Fox.
It is arguably Young's best work and is useful in demonstrating
the full range of the effects of the organ. Often recorded, a fascinating
version is available on the 1857 instrument in the Oude Kerk in Delft
played by Feike Asma.
The Organ
The organ in the chapel of the Convent of the Good
Samaritan, St. Scholastica's, Glebe, was designed by Revd. Fr. Stephen
Moreno. O.S.B., new Norcia, W.A. who ordered the pipes, stops etc. and
came personally to see it. Hill. llorman and Beard were the builders.
Dom Moreno had completed his musical studies in Germany under Walter Braunfels,
a former student of Brahms and Bruckner, The Glebe Society is Indebted
to the Sisters of the Convent who have graciously allowed the use of the
Chapel for the concert.
The organ specifications:-
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Violin diapason 8
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Open 1 8
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Bourdon 16
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Leiblich gedackt 8
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Open II 8
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Dulciana 16
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Echo gamba 8
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Clarabel flute 8
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Bass flute 8
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Voix celeste 8
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Dulciana 8
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Gt to pedal
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Principal 4
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Principal 4
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Sw to pedal
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Oboe 8
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Wald flute 4
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Sub
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Mixture II
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Oct
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Sw to gt
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Trem
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