Audio – Sowne of Organe

Glasgow: Evangelical Church, Cathedral Square

Forster & Andrews, 1887 — organ surveyed September 2021

Audio recordings

Allegretto grazioso (First Book of Organ Pieces, H.56) – Frank Bridge
Steven McIntyre
Initial Registration Sw: Salicional, Voix Celeste. Gt: 4′ Harmonic Flute (8vb).
Changes Later Sw coupled to Ch to 2′, Sw increased to Cornopean, diminuendo to first registration.

Allegro marziale e ben marcato (First Book of Organ Pieces, H.56) – Frank Bridge
Steven McIntyre
Initial Registration Full Great, coupled to pedals.
Changes RH solo on Gt diapason against Sw foundations. Crescendo Gt (to Fifteenth) before coupling full Swell (including Cornopean). Diminuendo using Gt combination pistons, hand-registered on the swell. Gt Hohl Flute removed by end of diminuendo and box shut (leaving only Sw strings). Full Gt coupled to full Sw. Last few bars (unison coda) add Sw/Gt Super Octave coupler.

Menuetto-Impromptu (Miniature Suite for Organ) – John Ireland
Andrew Forbes
Initial Registration Sw: Stopped Diapason, Gemshorn, Harmonic Piccolo. Gt: Hohl Flute, Harmonic Flute. Ch: Gedact, Flauto Traverso. Ped: Bourdon. Ch/Ped, Gt/Ped as appropriate.
Changes B Section: Sw Open Diapason, Oboe. +Sw/Gt

Prelude & Fugue in B major, Op.99 No.2 – Camille Saint-Saëns
Andrew Forbes
Prelude: Sw: Salicional, Voix Celestes, Stopped Diapason. Gt: Gamba, Hohl Flute. Ch: Gedact. Ped: Bourdon, Violoncello. Sw/Gt, Sw/Ped.
Sw/Ch and Gt/Ped added for middle section, then removed. Final phrase: Ch Gedact replaced by Flauto Traverso.
Fugue: Sw: principals 8 and 4, Oboe. Gt: all 8’ flues. Pedal: full. Sw/Gt, Sw/Ped, Gt/Ped.
Adding: Gt Principal 4’ on after first Sw/Gt dialogue passage; Gt Double 16’ after broken chord section; Gt Trumpet on final RH scalic passage; Gt Fifteenth before final pedal solo; Sw Mixture and Cornopean at end of pedal solo.

Nicht schnell und sehr markiert [C minor] (4 Skizzen für den Pedalflügel) – Robert Schumann
Chris Bragg
Initial Registration Sw: Open, Stopped Diapasons, Gemshorn. Gt: Open Diapason, Hohl Flute, 4′ Harmonic Flute. Sw/Gt.
Changes Gt 4′ Principal added at conclusion of A section.

Nicht schnell und sehr markiert [C major] (4 Skizzen für den Pedalflügel) – Robert Schumann
Chris Bragg
Initial Registration Sw: to mixture. Gt: chorus 16′ to 2′. Sw/Gt
Changes Add Gt Trumpet. B section: Ch 8′ and 4′ flutes. LH solo Gt Hohl Flute, Gamba, 4′ Harmonic Flute; Sw Open, Stopped, Oboe coupled.

Lebhaft (4 Skizzen für den Pedalflügel) – Robert Schumann
Chris Bragg
Initial Registration Sw: to Cornopean (no Mixture). Gt: 8′ to 2′ and Trumpet. Sw/Gt.
Changes B section: Sw Open and Stopped Diapasons. LH interjections Gt Hohl Flute, Harmonic Flute with Sw coupled.

Allegretto (4 Skizzen für den Pedalflügel) – Robert Schumann
Chris Bragg
Initial Registration Sw: Stopped Diapason, Salicional. Ch: Gedact and Dulciana. Sw/Ch.
Changes Gt Hohl Flute, Harmonic Flute, Sw/G. +Gamba. Return to initial registration.