The organ of St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield (Essex) played by Anne Page.Page.
William Walond (c1725-1770) Voluntary IV (in D)
Slow [Diapasons] - OD, SD.
Allegro moderato [Each Strain the first time on the Cornet, the Second on the Flute] - SD, Flute, Cornet. Cornet subtracted and added by assistant.
As the Cornet is a treble stop on this one-manual instrument, it can be accompanied by the Stopped Diapason and Flute in the lower range of the keyboard, which run throughout the compass so can also be used on their own for the repeats.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
Further details and more recordings of this organ can be found on the NPOR using this link:
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.
Boules over Bardfield - The Movie
Great Bardfield Boules Championship Final - September 2011
Vine Eno Gastro Pub, Great Bardfield, UK - Sept 2016
Visit to Uncle Howard's former pub, The Vine, now The Vine Eno Gastro Pub. Wonderful atmosphere, great food and expert drink pairings.
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The organ of St Katherine's, Little Bardfield (Essex) played by Anne Page.
John Stanley (1712/13-1786) Concerto V (in A)
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Largo - Tutti on Small OD, SD, Pr 4, 12th, 15th. Soli -12th, -15th.
Allegro - Tutti on Small OD, SD, Pr 4, 15th. Soli -15th.
Andante - Tutti on SD, Keraulophon. Soli -Keraulophon.
Allegro - Tutti on SD, Pr 4, 15th. Soli -Pr 4.
Allegro Moderato - First part on SD. Variation + Gemshorn 4.
This is a keyboard arrangement made in the 18th century of Stanley's concertos Op.2 for strings. Stop indications are not given but indications for the orchestral Tutti and Soli are. Here the changes are effected by hand or with the help of an assistant.
The organ's case and perhaps one of its diapason ranks are from the Renatus Harris instrument built for Jesus College, Cambridge in 1680. Its interior is thought to be from the 19th century with work by Gray and Miller, but it retains a strong sense of continuity with the sound world of the 18th century. Its chorus stops are brilliant and the trumpet (to GG) has plenty of 'clang'. There are softer sonorities from the 1840s: a Keraulophon (heard in the 3rd movement of the Stanley concerto) and a Gemshorn (heard in the 5th movement of the same work).
The organ has been fully restored since this recording was made.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.
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The organ of St Mary, Pakenham (Suffolk) played by Anne Page
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) arr. John Charles Nightingale (1790-1833) Mass Voluntary no.3
Movements from Haydn's 2nd Mass have been put together to make a three-movement Voluntary suitable for use in the Anglican service. The first movement is from the Sanctus, the middle movement (Andante) the Benedictus and the closing Allegro from the Credo.
Adagio [RH Swell. LH Choir Organ 2 Diapasons and Dulciana] alternating with [Full Organ without Trumpet.] - SD Bass, Dulc. alternating with Full (all stops). Final section (marked Swell RH, Choir LH) on 8 and 4 foot stops. The three composition pedals are used for the stop changes.
Andante quasi Allegretto [Swell both hands. Pedal] alternating with RH on [Cremona Choir] - Swell = Clara, SD Bass, Dulc. Choir = SD Bass, Dulc.
Allegro [Full organ] - OD, SD Bass, Pr4, 15th.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
Further details and more recordings of this organ can be found on the NPOR using this link:
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.
The organ of St Helen's Bishopgate, Norwich played by Anne Page.
Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Voluntary Op.6 no.2
Delicacy and beauty of tone are the defining qualities of this instrument, which lacks reeds but possesses a variety of lovely 8 foot flue stops. In keeping with early 19th century practice there is a small pedal division permanently coupled to the Great, and a short compass Swell, most of the stops beginning from Tenor G. This piece by Wesley is written for exactly this range of notes.
Original stop indications are given in brackets.
Larghetto (Swell RH, Diapason Bass. Diapasons) - Sw: Clarabella, Swell Bass both hands for sections marked Swell. Gt: SD.
Allegro Moderato (Great Organ Full. Swell Treble, Diap. Bass.) - Gt: all stops. Sw: Clara, Pr4 RH. Gt: SD, Flute LH.
Larghetto (Swell RH, Diap. Bass.) - Each half 1st time on Gt: SD, OD no.2.
2nd time on Sw: Swell Bass, Clara, Viol.
Allegro Moderato (Great Organ) - Gt: OD, SD, Pr4, 15th.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
Further details and more recordings of this organ can be found on the NPOR using this link:
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.
The organ of St Agnes, Cawston (Norfolk) played by Anne Page.
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Overture to Radamisto
OD, Pr4, 12th, 15th, Sesquialtera.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
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When this recording was made the organ had one playable manual and was situated in the chancel of this fine Norfolk church. The organ has since been moved to one of the transepts and restored with two manuals and pedals.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
Further details and more recordings of this organ can be found on the NPOR using this link:
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.
KERRIE ANGELL Gemma Poston BLACK VELVET Saffron Street Band
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The fabulous organ of St Nicholas Church, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex
Recorded on a cold, wet Easter Saturday.
The organ of St Mary and All Saints, Sculthorpe (Norfolk) played by Anne Page.
William Walond (c1725-1770) Voluntary IX (in E flat major).
Adagio not too slow [Diapasons or full Organ] - OD, SD.
Allegro - OD, SD, Pr4, Sesqu.
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Two organs made by Snetzler in 1756 for two different patrons found their way to the Norfolk churches of Hillington and Sculthorpe in the mid-19th century. This project has recorded both, and while neither instrument can claim to be in absolutely original condition they have not undergone substantial alteration. Sculthorpe is home to the smaller of the two, a single manual organ with long compass (GG), the whole being enclosed in a swell box. There are five small levers for the feet to hold down the lowest keys on the manual. The stop labelled Sesquialtera has lost its third-sounding rank and is now a quint mixture. Hillington retains its Sesquialtera, which can be heard on that recording. It is also unusual not to find a Fifteenth as part of the chorus, so it may be that the Sculthorpe organ has lost this stop at some point.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.
The organ of St Nicholas, Ingrave (Essex) played by Anne Page.
Jonas Blewitt (c.1740/60-1805) Voluntary XI
In the style of a concerto with ritornello in unison octaves and RH passages marked for the Swell, in imitation of trumpets. In the middle of the piece the writing becomes more keyboard-like with chords and Alberti bass LH or semiquaver figuration in RH.
Allegro Moderato [Full Organ]
Gt: OD, SD, Oct4, 15th + Sw: all stops.
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The church was built in 1734 by Robert James, Lord Petre for his estate workers and the organ given to the church in 1948 by his successor, the 17th Lord Petre. The organ was until that time in the family residence and is in almost original 1856 condition. William Hill was one of the first builders to establish the type of organ which by this date had become the norm - the lowest note of the keyboard is C, just as it is today, replacing the former 'long compass' which extended to GG or FF. There is a pedalboard which also begins at C and has more than two octaves of notes, rather than the earlier provision of shorter compass pedalboards which simply pulled down the manual keys. The organ still has features which relate it to earlier practice, perhaps for reasons of space or economy as it was intended for a private domestic setting rather than a church. The pedal 16 foot extends only for the lowest 13 notes rather than the whole range of the pedalboard, and the Swell's lowest note is tenor c, one octave shorter than the Great.
Musically, the organ can sound well in music of later 18th century style, with clear and fast-speaking stops (pieces by Blewitt and Marsh). The variety and contrast available from six stops at 8 foot, three under expression, make the organ suitable for arrangements in the more orchestral style of the 19th century (arrangements by Novello). His scoring for keyboard varies its texture from thick chordal writing with pedal at 16 foot pitch to more transparent lines, and changes in dynamic anticipate that stop changes or change of manual occur. Novello was organist of the Portuguese Embassy chapel and arranged many sacred works from the Catholic tradition, also appropriate to this organ which for most of its life belonged to an old Catholic family.
Part of the Historic Organ Sound Archive by BIOS - the British Institute of Organ Studies.
This project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund recorded programmes of music on 44 historic organs in East Anglia for a permanent online archive accessible through the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). On YouTube you will find one recording from each venue with a link back to the NPOR. You can also find out more about the organs and the music recorded from the Sound Archives section of the NPOR.
These audio files are intended for private enjoyment, study and research. They are not intended to be copied and made available to another person, nor are they to be given public performance or broadcast and nor are they to be reproduced for personal gain.