A live recording from a concert in Berlin, with the Royal Holloway Founder's Choir, in June 2014. Sorry about the loud action noise from the console, the microphone was placed directly next to the organ.

Graham Fitkin - Wedding

Recorded live at Bradford Cathedral (electronic organ) Organ Recital on Wednesday 29th October 2014. Howells' majestic and triumphant 'Paean', written in 1940 from his book; Six Pieces for Organ, written to show the anxiety and turmoil of WW1. 

Paean (from Six Pieces for Organ), Herbert Howells

A live recording of James Kealey (Senior Organ Scholar, Royal Holloway, University of London) playing JS Bach's monumental Toccata and Fugue in D minor on a newly installed Swedish Organ at St. Paul's Church, Egham Hythe. The organ is designed for music like Bach. This was performed as part of a mini-festival at Royal Holloway, 'Bachfest'.

Often called the Dorian because it's lack of key signature, the Toccata and Fugue is heavily marked by Bach, especially manual changes in the Toccata. Mono thematic in its nature, there is a constant motif that occurs throughout the Toccata with running semi-quavers at all times.

The Fugue, in complete contrast is very stately, with a strict contrapuntal style with a heavy use of syncopation, with a constant flurry of quavers at all times, often in the middle parts.

Apologies for the cypher at the end of the Toccata, it thankfully resolved itself quickly at the beginning of the fugue!

Recorded by Rupert Gough, at St. Paul's, Egham Hythe on Friday 20th February 2015. 

Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Dorian) BWW 538 - JS Bach

Played by James Kealey (Senior Organ Scholar, University of London)

Taken from a live broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 on 16th October 2014. Alain's 'Duexième Fantaisie' played by James Kealey at Royal Holloway University of London.

Alain’s Deuxième Fantaisie was composed in 1936, in the middle of his ‘creative period’, where his most popular works were written. His broader musical palette was attributed to learning with Dupré. Deuxième Fantaisie was based on a structural scheme that Dupré taught his students; the ‘Theme Libre’, which is sonata allegro with a truncated recapitulation. Although a seven minute piece, the fantaisie is based on two succinct themes. The work draws on Alain’s fascination of timbre. 