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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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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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We have recorded two videos with Francis Rumsey playing Henry Purcell’s Dance for the Fairies and Bourée from Amphitryon on the Regent Classic Chamber Organ. Henry Purcell – One of the greatest English composers Henry Purcell is considered by many to be one of England’s best composer of the Baroque era. He was born in 1659 (died in 1695)…
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Michael Powell and Francis Rumsey recorded these two well-known arias from Handel’s Messiah to demonstrate the Regent Classic chamber organ in an accompaniment role. On the chamber organ you’ll hear either the eight-foot stopped diapason alone, or that and the four-foot flute together. Organ Accompaniment for two Arias from Handel’s Messiah Handel wrote Messiah to…
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