🎵 ORGAN RECITAL from CIRENCESTER PARISH CHURCH

I am very pleased to bring you an Organ Recital on the very colourful and diverse Henry Willis / Harrison & Harrison organ of Cirencester Parish Church.
This 4-manual organ has 63 speaking stops and is located in one of the largest parish churches in the UK which happily means it has a wonderful acoustic.
I do believe that this is one of the most versatile and successful church organs in the UK. Which church organs do you think are the best?
00:00 Bach Toccata and Fugue in F BWV 540
16:55 Bridge - Adagio in E major
24:17 Cocker Tuba Tune
29:38 Guilmant - Pastorale (Organ Sonata No. 1)
36:40 Guilmant - Final (Organ Sonata No. 1)
Just wait until you hear this Tuba!!
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[@bobbyhendley3084]

I do hope the parishioners fully appreciate their many profound blessings.

[@magesterium2485]

Cirencenster parish Church is known by some as the cathedral of the Cotswolds. The Willis /Harrison 4 manual rebuild organ is indeed magnificent. As so beautifully played by Richard.

[@aBachwardsfellow]

0:00 J.S. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in F Major BWV 540 16:55 Frank Bridge, Adagio in E Major 24:17 Norman Cocker, Tuba Tune 29:37 Alexandre Guilmant, Organ Sonata No.1, Op.42 in D Minor - Pastorale 36:40 Alexandre Guilmant, Organ Sonata No.1, Op.42 in D Minor - Finale

[@avinashgrubb4552]

What a brilliant concert! Congratulations and thank you! Loved the Tuba Tune and the Bach in particular! ☺️ PS: Nice socks 😎

[@keithdavies6316]

Wow Richard you've blown my breath away with tonight's organ recital it seems like a huge parish church with such a fine 4 Manuel organ the size of the Church is equal to a Cathedral

[@cathybridges7325]

A stunning recital in every way! The Bach was incredible. I was in awe of the footwork. 👏👏👏

[@lawrenceelliott350]

Astonishingly equal pacing on the pedal solos. Good work, Richard.

[@abraham.j]

Magnificent 4 manual organ ❤️❤️

[@jerrymartin79]

Bravo, Richard!! This was truly stunning. What an exciting organ. I LOVE the Tuba! You really put it through its paces, and what an exciting program too! Superb!😊

[@drmarcushead9036]

That is a massive rebuild by H&H. It was a 3 manual organ that couldn’t get its sound past the screen previously and had to make do with a 16’ ophecleide as its only pedal reed. Also the console was under the painted pipes, and, I’m sure there was a separate choir division above where you are sitting. Sounds so much better now. Thank you and wonderful 540!

[@dennistalbot9659]

Richard, what a splendid organ recital you gave from Cirencester on Saturday. I loved the Bach especially but it is wrong of me to single out a programme item from the whole wonderful evening. Superb playing on a beautiful instrument. So very well played. Thank you indeed. Not to forget the VC Sunday Again thank you Dennis Talbot

[@chrissierawsthorne]

My favourite parish church and parish church organ.💜 Loved the Tuba.

[@martym61]

Sorry I missed seeing this when it premiered. Watched the replay. Beautiful concert.

[@lawrenceelliott350]

I LOVE watching those stop knobs fly out. Something I miss with your current organ. Wow the keyboard ornamentation at the end of the first pedal solo was GREAT!

[@johnrobinson1132]

Very fine performance! Thank you!

[@mattleach958]

Is the Willis / H&H organ of Cirencester really maybe "the best in the UK"? I'm just not sure. I know this guy named Richard McVeigh, and we're building a brand new organ that will indeed have a rather wide range... ;-) See you all at BiS-VC-NC soon.

[@richard1342]

What an acoustic!!! And brilliant playing of a seriously challenging FRCO piece of Bach to open with.

[@janemazzola4454]

Magnificant recital! Mesmerizing to watch your performance of this great music.

[@tonycross5801]

Great playing, organ and music. So uplifting. Thanks to all concerned.

[@ebibs7480]

Thank you Richard, and Cirencester Parish Church, for a wonderful recital.

[@flybdavis25404]

You would make Peter Hurford playing BWV 540. Heck you’d make Bach himself proud the way you played one of his many works. God has certainly given you a LOT of talent.

[@danielmkubacki]

COOL!

[@cilabanfi3335]

Wonderful sound

[@TurtleFL]

Ahh, the Fugue in F Major BWV 540. I was just on Facebook talking about the Great Tribulations and there was that riff the Swedish metal band Tribulation borrowed for "Strange Gateways Beckon."

[@yapproger]

Very Much enjoyed Richard, stunning footwork! I hope the feet weren’t sore after! The Abbey is a grand place! ( smoothsilk )

[@starcott1]

Simply brilliant. A masterful performance from a master of this complex instrument. Some instruments require more brain cells to be activated and this is definitely one of them.

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful recital Richard! Bach sounds awesome on this organ🎶

[@davidhamilton1981]

This was just wonderful. Thank you, Richard!

[@Goodchappy]

Very well done. I'd like to hear this organ and the H&H of St. Mary's Redcliffe Bristol played at the same time.

[@caroline.balfour]

That would be quite the cacophony 😊

[@Goodchappy]

@@caroline.balfour A Polyphonic Cacophony!

[@jonathanhunt7799]

I see you added the orchestral trumpet at 26.35 in the Cocker, very effective. Thanks for a great recital with some of my all time favourites.

[@jmlloyd40]

Bravo! Really enjoyed your recital. Thank you!!

[@christophersparkhall]

I recently unearthed a long forgotten cassette tape recording of my playing the Bridge Adagio on the Gloucester Cathedral organ for my GCSE Music performance (1992, pre the Briggs Frenchification and no 32'!). A great piece of music, and I enjoyed hearing you play it on Cirencester. I learnt to play on the organ in Minchinhampton, just down the road from Cirencester. That is well worth a visit to play next time you are in that area, although these days it is sorely in need of major restoration work.

[@drmarcushead9036]

Is the Minch organ a 3 manual where the pedal board stops at top F with a big piece of wood where the G would be? Very useful playing the Widor Toccata for my GCSE music as didn't need to look for the F at all

[@christophersparkhall]

@@drmarcushead9036 yes, it is one note short! I always found the Widor quite the workout at Minchinhampton. The tracker action was heavy, and coupling even just the Swell was pushing the limit of what the muscles could do!

[@mattbod]

I don’t know this organ but it aounds lovely. My candidate is still St Mary Redcliffe though.

[@Goodchappy]

I'm with you there

[@karlberlin5422]

Amazing,brilliante.

[@tracygriffith9041]

The organ sounds great the pipes are very pretty

[@tracygriffith9041]

I enjoyed it Richard well done

[@contraposaune]

You'd be most welcome to visit All Saints', Cheltenham, if you wish, Richard. We are fortunate to have a fine Hill of 1887. It isn't quite as nice as Cirencester but I'm sure you'd enjoy it nonetheless!

[@brucewilliams8714]

I've just finished listening to the Tuba piece (which I don't know), and couldn't help thinking what I'd do with that wonderful sound for the first hymn on Easter Day. Further comments elsewhere.

[@VoxAngelica8]

Magnificent job!

[@socialite1283]

Lovely choice - BWV-540. I describe it as a trip up a mountain with a number of rest breaks on the way up, and then back down again. The toccata going through the cycle cycle of 5ths to get just about as far from the home key as possible and then resolving within the last 2 bars. This Toccata is at its best when played with a definite 3/4 cum 9/8 pulse and not as much staccato as is commonly applied to Bach's work. The double fugue is a real masterpiece of separately introducing and developing two themes, then and weaving the two themes together and developing the two together. I don't believe there is a better more musical, more exciting, more dramatic example of a toccata and double fugue than BWV-540.

[@bengunn99]

I wish I understood the technical side more I will try to follow your explanation. Subconsciously my ears tells me this peice is something special. It has always been one of my favourites.

[@stefanocorti1970]

where can I find the complete stoplist of this outstanding instrument? Tks!

[@cromorno8749]

Beautiful, but what about St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol?

[@andrewgreenwood8554]

Very good. In return for this wonderful music here is an organist joke. Question: How do you end up with £1 million by pursuing a career a a church organist? Answer: By starting your career with £2 million. 😊

[@bobbyhendley3084]

Well that’s certainly the truth.

[@Tyley61]

A great instrument - but how does it compare with the amazing Harrison and Harrison organ in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol?

[@inspector11111]

We are in England so play F. W. organs. Any C.-Cs. in U. K.?

[@gasorg]

From a fellow organist, what page turning software/app do you use?

[@caroline.balfour]

Hi George, it’s called ForScore, Richard made a video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXLGmKdshpuVebs

[@gasorg]

@@caroline.balfour Thank you!

[@stthomasmore4811]

I'm very interested in the equipment you used to record.

[@beautyinsound]

Same as before - 2 TLM170s and 4 KM184s. The TLMs were in the nave and I had a pair of 184s on each of the 2 organ cases. Cameras are GH5s.

[@christianbruns4425]

Habe mahl eine Frage Könntest du die vieos auch auf Deusch Machen Ich kan leider kein Englisch LG Christian

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

Beauty? I don't think so! Come and play real organs in France.