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PIPING BLUES
Jazz and blues inspired works for organ
Lichfield Cathedral Organ
Philip Scriven

‘The colourful Overture to Bernstein's Candide gets this hugely entertaining recital of jazz and blues-inspires organ pieces off to a rousing start.Throughout, Philip Scriven plays with obvious and gleeful relish for the polystylistic pirouetting of the Zsolt Gárdonyi’s Mozart Changes, the cascading free-fall that is Peter Planyavsky’s Toccata alla Rumba, Mons Leidvin Takle’s raucously high-spirited Blues-Toccata and the startling originality of Iain Farrington’s seven-part Fiesta!’ For contrast, there's a beautiful set of Three Blues Chorale Preludes and a captivating take on the traditional irish melody Slane (more familiarly known as Be Thou My Vision),, and much else to delight and please.'

Candide Overture Leonard Bernstein, arr Philip Scriven (4:53)

Three Blues Chorale Preludes:
Go Do Mo (Go down Moses) Spiritual/Jürgen Rehberg (4:04)
Lobe den Herren  German 1665/Johannes Matthias Michel (1:21)
Die ganze Welt hast du uns überlassen Hans Rudolf Siemoneit/Hans-Martin Kiefer (3:44)

Blues-Toccata Mons Leidvin Takle (3:56)

Aria on a Chaconne  Joel Martinson (4:17)

Mouvement  Jean Berveiller (2:36)

Sarasota (from Trois Préludes Hambourgeois) Guy Bovet (7:28)

Toccata alla Rumba Peter Planyavsky (4:41)

Mozart Changes Zsolt Gárdonyi (4:32)

Be thou my vision Traditional Irish melody/Zsolt Gárdonyi (2:59)

Fiesta! Iain Farrington (19:38)
I   Celebration (2:04) 
II  Conversations (2:21)
III Stride Dance (2:03) 
IV Song (2:59) 
V  Fast Dance (2:56)
VI  Nocturne (4:24) 
VII Finale (2:51)

Total Playing time: 64:07