Wednesday 20th July 2016
12.30 Lunchtime Concert Jonathan Melling, organ Director of Music All Hallows by the Tower London EC |
Sponsors: 2016 Season Sponsor: Patricia Morgan Optician Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society 
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Programme
Gaston Bélier (1863-1938)
Toccata pour Grand Orgue en ré mineur (1912)
Michael Christian Festing (1705-1752)
Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations (arr Thalben-Ball)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (from Leipzig Chorales, No 4/18)
Fugue in G major, à la Gigue, BWV 577
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Arietta (1898)
Impromptu No 1, Op 78 (1911)
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
from Five Short Pieces (1929)
I Allegretto
IV Scherzo
Caleb E Jarvis (1903-1980)
A Welsh Lullaby based on the folk-song Suo Gân (Lullaby)
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
from Symphonie pour orgue Nr 4 en fa mineur, Op 13 (1872)
3 Andante cantabile
6 Finale
Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
Jonathan Melling
Jonathan Melling was born in Wigan, Lancashire. After holding church appointments in the area he eventually studied in London with Gordon Phillips during which time he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Whilst still a student Jonathan was Director of Music at the church of The Annunciation, Marble Arch, and afterwards at St Michael’s, Barnes. Subsequently he became assistant organist of Wimborne Minster in Dorset.
At the invitation of the then Director, Dr W S Lloyd Webber, Jonathan served on the professorial staff of the London College of Music where he taught a range of theoretical work and became an examiner. Later he was responsible for the teaching of organ at the College.
Jonathan has given recitals in many churches throughout England and in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. Internationally, he has performed in Germany, Belgium, Singapore and the USA. In the Summer of 2008 he undertook a tour of North America playing recitals in Boston, Reno (Nevada) and San Mateo near San Francisco. More recently he has played at the cathedral in Ieper, Belgium and in southern Germany.
Now concentrating on performing, Jonathan is Organist and Director of Music at the church of All Hallows by the Tower in the City of London where, in addition to the weekly Sunday Eucharist, he is responsible for the music at many livery company and commemorative services. He also gives weekly Thursday lunchtime recitals at the church.
At the invitation of the then Director, Dr W S Lloyd Webber, Jonathan served on the professorial staff of the London College of Music where he taught a range of theoretical work and became an examiner. Later he was responsible for the teaching of organ at the College.
Jonathan has given recitals in many churches throughout England and in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. Internationally, he has performed in Germany, Belgium, Singapore and the USA. In the Summer of 2008 he undertook a tour of North America playing recitals in Boston, Reno (Nevada) and San Mateo near San Francisco. More recently he has played at the cathedral in Ieper, Belgium and in southern Germany.
Now concentrating on performing, Jonathan is Organist and Director of Music at the church of All Hallows by the Tower in the City of London where, in addition to the weekly Sunday Eucharist, he is responsible for the music at many livery company and commemorative services. He also gives weekly Thursday lunchtime recitals at the church.
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The Christ Church organ was built by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1970 with 16 stops, using some pipes from previous organs plus some neo-baroque sounds typical of the 1960's and '70's (Chimney Flute and Fifteenth on open-foot voicing, like the Royal Festival Hall organ). In 1995, HNB moved some loud stops from the Great to a new double case in the nave, 6 stops were added, and the tone was refined. In summer 2015 the nave organ was re-voiced to produce a more robust tone. |
The Hill Norman & Beard organ at Christ Church (United Reformed), Leatherhead
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Concert at Home:
Here are some links to online recordings of works that feature in Jonathan Melling's' concert:
Here are some links to online recordings of works that feature in Jonathan Melling's' concert:
Jonathan opens his concert with the spectacular Toccata in D minor by Gaston Bélier.
In this recording at the Franciscan Priory Church of Saint Anthony, Casale Monferrato, Italy,
the organist is Massimo Gabba:
In this recording at the Franciscan Priory Church of Saint Anthony, Casale Monferrato, Italy,
the organist is Massimo Gabba:
For Michael Christian Festing's Andante, Allegro, Air and Two Variations I have chosen a performance by Evert Groen,
at the 1992 Gebruder Oberlinger/Windesheim organ of St Bartholomäus, Biblis (near Darmstadt, Germany).
You will find full registration information on Deutsche Wikipedia.
at the 1992 Gebruder Oberlinger/Windesheim organ of St Bartholomäus, Biblis (near Darmstadt, Germany).
You will find full registration information on Deutsche Wikipedia.
If you like to follow the score, then click on the left for a performance of Bach's NWV 654, Schmücke dich.
Should you prefer to watch and listen to Ton Koopman playing the work then choose link on the right.
Should you prefer to watch and listen to Ton Koopman playing the work then choose link on the right.
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Our performance of Bach's jolly Gigue Fugue, BWV 577, comes from the Augustanakerk, Amsterdam.
The 1966 Van Vulpen Organ is played by Matthias Havinga:
The 1966 Van Vulpen Organ is played by Matthias Havinga:
Next we hear the 2-manual Father Willis organ in St Barnabas, Beckenham, Kent, which was installed in 1886.
With the first of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Three Impromptus, the organist is Alan John Philips:
With the first of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Three Impromptus, the organist is Alan John Philips:
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The Story: This 1869 organ was removed from the decommissioned
Trinity Methodist Church, Burton-on-Trent, to be reinstalled and restored in St Afra's Church, which is part of the Papal Institute of St Philip-Neri, in Berlin. Click below for more about the organ and the Institute & Church |
Provost Gerald Goesche, at the Hill organ from Trinity Methodist Church, Burton-on-Trent, now installed in St Afra's Church, Berlin
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Jonathan Melling closes today's recital with two movements from Widor's 4th Organ Symphony in F minor.
Here, at the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll in Metz Cathedral, is Dragan Trajer, with the Andante Cantabile:
Here, at the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll in Metz Cathedral, is Dragan Trajer, with the Andante Cantabile:
And finally, here is the Finale of Widor's Organ Symphony, played by Eric Fan on the Austrian-built organ in
Shenzhen Concert Hall - the only pipe organ in the entire city of 10 million people.
The Chinese are warming to the sounds of public pipe organs.
Shenzhen Concert Hall - the only pipe organ in the entire city of 10 million people.
The Chinese are warming to the sounds of public pipe organs.
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