Inaugural recital on the restored McEwan Hall organ

Date: 
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Time: 
7.30 pm
Season/No: 
2014-2015

A major restoration of the magnificent McEwan Hall organ has recently been undertaken by the local firm of Forth Pipe Organs, and tonight's concert celebrates the instrument's inauguration in its restored form.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

John Kitchen - organ

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Edinburgh Fanfare ... Francis Jackson (b. 1917)

Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552 ('St Anne') ... Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Grand choeur in D, op. 18 ... Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)

Two hymn tune preludes ... Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
  Rockingham
  Toccata on Hanover (from 'Six Fantasies on hymn tunes' op. 72)

Church bells beyond the stars ... Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)

Three movements from Symphony no. 5 in F minor, op. 42 ... Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
  Allegro
  Adagio
  Toccata

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Instrument / Organ Specification: 
McEwan Hall organ

Performance Type:

Programme: 
8-page white A4 folded (with teal print header)
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by John Kitchen

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Admission free

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
Reid School of Music
Notes: 

Article by John Kitchen on the history of the McEwan Hall Organ with a full specification of the newly restored instrument.
Photograph of the organ in the hall in 1897.
(1897 Robert Hope-Jones, 1953 Henry Willis III, 1980 Rushworth & Dreaper, 2014 Forth Pipe Organs)