Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Bryn Calfaria Rhosymedre Hyfrdol/ Répertoire / Orgue

This album is by the three time Emmy Award winning composer Patrick Williams. His name may not be the most recognizable but many of his works are. Ranging from television shows such as 'The Streets of San Francisco' and 'Lou Grant' to his Pulitzer Prize nominated composition 'An American Concerto'.

The fourth in a series of works for Organ students the Fourth Easy Album for the Organ contains excerpts and movements of works arranged for the student Organist by Patrick Williams.The pieces are in the keys of G F D D minor and B flat and the composers are Adams J C Bach Battishill Croft Handel Hopkins Walther and Samuel Wesley.

First Easy Album For The Organ arranged by Patrick Williams including fifteen easy compositions by different composers including Handel and Bach.

Arranged here for Organ the Centenary Collection celebrates the life and works of the British organist and composer William Lloyd Webber. Born in 1914 by the age of 14 Lloyd Webber had already become awell-known Organ recitalist giving frequent performances at many important churches and cathedrals throughout Great Britain. He won an Organ scholarship to Mercer's School later winning a further scholarship to the Royal Collegeof Music where he studied composition with Ralph Vaughan Williams and gained his FRCO diploma at nineteen. Parallel to his activities as an organist Lloyd Webber began to compose and from 1945 to the mid-1950s he wrotemusic in many different forms: Vocal and instrumental Choral and Organ Chamber and Orchestral. Some of his best known works include the oratorio 'St. Francis of Assisi' the Orchestral tone poem 'Aurora' the Sonatinas for Violaand Piano and Flute and Piano and numerous songs Organ pieces and Choral works. Showcasing Lloyd Webber as a composer who was true to himself and who fully embraced his signature style the music in the CentenaryCollection is romantic melodious and – above all – heartfelt.

Par BOYCE WILLIAM. William Boyce’s March, from The King’s Birthday Ode (1769), has been transcribed for Solo Organ by Alastair Mitchell./ Répertoire / Orgue

Par MATHIAS WILLIAM. Processional bustles with cheerful positivity throughout, its rondo-like structure clarified by the memorability of its abundant melodies. The harmony is modal to begin with, but moves from this deliberately archaic sound to more piquant and modern colours, building to a triumphant conclusion. / Classique / Répertoire / Orgue

Paperback-An arrangement for Organ of this William Walton's Crown Imperial first performed at the coronation of King George VI.

The Sonata in A Minor is in classic three movement form moderato con moto adagio espressivo and maestoso.Twentieth century English composer conductor chorister and Organist William H Harris was Organist at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and was conductor for the coronations of Queen Elizabeth II and her father King George VI. His work was performed at the Three Choirs Festival and the Proms though he was best known as a choir trainer.

Throughout his musical career Sir William Henry Harris (1883-1973)was engaged as Organist of New College Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Oxford and St. George’s Windsor.