Howells and more British Flashcards
What are the some of the (non-psalm) organ works of Herbert Howells?
Organ Sonata no 1 in c minor, op. 1
Three Rhapsodies, op. 17
Sonata, no 2
Six Pieces (contains Master Tallis)
Siciliano for a High Ceremony
Partita
Epilogue
Prelude De Profundis
What are some of the organ works of Herbert Whitten Sumsion?
Air, Berceuse and Procession
Allegretto
Canzona
Ceremonial March
Elegy
Four Preludes on Well-known carols
Prelude on Dundee
Sarabande and Interlude
What is Benjamin Britten’s sole organ work and some details around it?
Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria (1946)
-Founded on theme by Vittoria in his four-voice motet Ecce Sacerdos Magnus (1585). Prelude written for procession of greeting of bishop for St. Matthew’s church at its patronal festival, fugue was intended as a postlude after communion.
What are Herbert Howell’s psalm-based organ works?
Three Psalm-Preludes, set one, op. 32
-Psalm 34, v. 6
-Psalm 37, v. 11
-Psalm 23, v. 4
Three Psalm-Preludes, set two
-Psalm 130, v. 1
-Psalm 139, v. 11
-Psalm 33, v. 3
Where/when was Kenneth Leighton born/die?
1929-1988, born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, died in Edinburgh
What are some of the organ works of Kenneth Leighton?
Prelude, Scherzo, and Passacaglia, op. 41
Elegy
Fanfare
Paean
Choral Prelude on Rockingham
Ode
Missa de Gloria: Dublin Festival Mass
What did Kenneth Leighton write for organ and other instruments?
Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani
What are some of William James Mathias organ works?
Postlude
Processional
Chorale
Toccata Giocosa, op. 36, no. 2
Jubilate, op. 67, no. 2
Recessional, op. 96
Carillon
Fanfare
What has William James Mathias written for organ and other instruments?
Organ Concerto, op 91
-Commissioned by the BBC. Based on the concept of the fourteen Stations of the Cross followed by an extended “Et Resurrexit” finale. Material from 14-note idea heard in pedal and from Bach’s “Canon dopppio sopri’il soggetto”
