Recital Programme

  • The English 18th Century School
  • Trumpet Voluntary in D William Boyce (1711 – 1779)
  • Voluntary No 9 in F major John Bennett (1735 – 1784)
  • The 18th Century Northern European School
  • “Schubler Chorales”
    Wo soll ich fliehen
    Ach bleib bei uns J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
  • Praeludium in g Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 – 1697)
  • Music for the Mass
  • Fantasie Louis Couperin (1626 – 1661)
  • Tierce en taille Nicolas Lebegue (1631 – 1702)
  • Elevation from Pieces in different styles Alexandre Guilmant (1837 – 1911)
  • Communion Cesar Franck (1822 – 1890)
  • Romantic Organ Music
  • Ave Maria d’ Arcadelt Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
  • Chorale Prelude “Ein Feste Burg” Max Reger (1873 – 1916)

About the Great Witley Organ

The organ, which consists of 3 manual keyboards and pedals for the feet to play, was built by Nicholsons of Worcester in 1859/1860 to a specification by Sir Frederick Ouseley, the Founder of St Michael's College, Tenbury. The case came from the Duke of Chandos's palace at Cannons and would have been known to Handel. The Great Organ pipes, containing the most important and bolder sounds, reside immediately above the player’s seat, with the choir organ behind this. The Choir organ pipes are enclosed in a box with shutters and by means of a pedal lever can be opened or closed for louder of softer effects. The Swell Organ is placed behind this, whose pipes are also enclosed. The organ is entirely tracker action and all manuals can be coupled together by means of pedal levers. The organ is maintained by Trevor Tipple of Worcester.