Toccata - Percy Whitlock

Happy #ToccataTuesday! Something English for today featuring our fabulous Tuba stop!

[@AndrewRance-y3c]

Wonderful! I am completely in awe of your skill!

[@jonb4020]

I thought it was played with verve and consummate skill, and I enjoyed listening to it! Thank you.

[@gilesgilbertscott]

Thank you from a UK Whitlock fan - brilliant. This is in my view one of the best toccatas outside the French school.

[@CarinaSturdy]

I heard it at an AGO convention a few years ago and loved it. I learned the entire suite for a recital, but hadn't recorded any of it before!

[@jeffreyhoward879]

Love it when the ghost of Whitlock appears screen left around the 3' 20" mark!

[@grahamtwist]

I love the organ music of Percy Whitlock and this Toccata from his Plymouth Suite of 1937 is a real favourite (though I could never master playing it as wonderfully as you, Carina). I have commented before about your Church's dry acoustic which makes a good performance of this Toccata even more challenging. But not for you with your flawless technique. Every note is crystal clear, rhythmic and the tempo is perfect. It is a tour de force and you are the organist to fully deliver. Tuesdays do not come soon enough!

[@timharvey6174]

Impressive - well done.

[@nicholasmattera6802]

Wow! That was thrilling! i’m very much looking forward to meeting you at the Richmond POE+ in a couple days. I am very much a newbie, at 63, and I will never be able to play like that but I sure love watching others do it!

[@peterbrand7131]

Excellent performance of this brilliant piece.

[@prosperousmarc5518]

Beautiful I love the way you play!

[@organo3112]

Very well played. I recall doing this for my Grade 8 organ exam. It certainly presents some challenges in organ management. The tuba on the Organ I played was available on both Choir and Great so I was able to make use of that flexibility. Fortunately I had a page turner.

[@delfink333]

Very well done!

[@polorgan]

Wonderful excellent all a perfection great conjugation Art and Beauty, .- congratulations, .- greetings from Mexico.

[@ColinHarvey78]

Nicely played!

[@tony1961chl]

Ésta joven ama lo que hace ,por eso sus ejecuciones son perfectas y bellas ,gracias

[@Yellowring11]

I almost forgot it was Toccata Tuesday!

[@CarinaSturdy]

That would have been terrible!