The 1876 USA Centennial Organ
St Joseph’s Cathedral
Buffalo - New York, USA
What a performance and what an organ!
There could be no more suitable instrument for a ‘Grand Organ GALA!’ than the 1876 USA Centennial Organ.
Renowned organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood puts this ’GALA’ instrument through its paces in this massive programme of classical and romantic masterworks – and Heywood’s own ‘Humoresque for a Pedal Trombone’ ushers in a new era of Concert Organ spectacle!
Programme highlights include:
Beethoven’s ’Egmont’ Overture
Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Brahms’ Hungarian Dances
Bach’s mighty Fantasia and Fugue in G minor
And much more!
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Full Programme:
Alfred Hollins Concert Overture in C major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, transcribed by Thomas Heywood Serenade – Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
William Thomas Best Concert Fantasia on a Welsh March – ‘Gorhoffedd Gwyr Harlech’ [Men of Harlech]
Johannes Brahms, trans. Edwin H. Lemare Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Felix-Alexandre Guilmant Caprice in B flat major, Op. 20 No. 3
Thomas Heywood Humoresque for a Pedal Trombone, Op. 28
Johannes Brahms, trans. Edwin H. Lemare Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor
Ludwig van Beethoven, trans. Thomas Heywood Overture from the Music to Goethe’s Tragedy of ‘Egmont’, Op. 84
John Stafford Smith, trans. Thomas Heywood National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner”