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Bach’s organ sonatas, often known as “trio sonatas”, are challenging exercises for the organist. Each of the parts, like the instruments in a trio, is usually independent of the others, the hands often working in counterpoint or dialogue, the pedals mostly acting like a basso continuo, but sometimes taking a more active role in the…
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Edward Elgar’s “Imperial March” was originally written to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, scored for full orchestra. It was first performed by massed bands at the Crystal Palace, and then at a royal garden party, a state concert, and at the Albert Hall by the Royal Artillery Band. At the time…
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Mendelssohn’s oratorio Paulus (based on the life and conversion of St Paul) was popular in its day, and still regularly sung in Germany. In England these days it’s less commonly performed, but we may know a few choruses such as ‘How lovely are the messengers’, for example. Mendelssohn’s Overture to St Paul The overture is…
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We’re excited to have Jonathan Kingston perform in this Regent Classic Organs evening concert. The recital will be streamed on YouTube and Facebook on Friday 12 February 2021 @7.30pm (GMT) and will consist of a varied and uplifting programme. Please note the new time for the concert. Jonathan will be playing on not just one…
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In 2015 Regent Classic rebuilt the organ at St Mary’s, Witney, a tale that you can read about in a separate story. The bespoke organ now has three manuals and an enlarged specification, with a separate choir division in the chancel. Francis Rumsey, the organist at St Mary’s, and a consultant to Regent Classic, shares…
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Performed at Selby Abbey by Dr Joseph Nolan When Dr Joseph Nolan recorded tracks at Selby Abbey on a Regent Classic instrument, for our 2017 DVD, he included J.S. Bach’s masterly Partita on the chorale “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig”. Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig: Set of variations on German hymn The piece (BWV 768) is a…
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Almost two year’s ago we were preparing a couple of custom built organs for shipment to customers 12000 miles away in New Zealand. Specialist crates were made for the two organs travelling. These crates with specialist foam packing were almost works of art in themselves (see image below). The larger of the instruments were going…
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Almost exactly 2 years ago now our team were in Wellington Cathedral to install a 4 manual Regent Classic Organ after the fine pipe organ there had been destroyed some years earlier by an earthquake. Clearly as this is 12,000 miles from home it is not an organ we can just pop into from time…
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