"Feux Follets" from Louis Vierne's "24 Pièces de Fantaisie." Performed by Samuel Giddy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (April 13, 2016).

Vierne – "Feux Follets" - 7:05:2016 4.51 Pm

J.S. Bach's epic "St Anne" Prelude in E-Flat Major, recorded at the Sydney Conservatorium in October 2016.

J.S. Bach – Prelude in E-Flat BWV 552

Franz Schmidt's fiendish Toccata in C Major, performed by Samuel Giddy in Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, in July 2016.

Franz Schmidt – Toccata in C Major

"Veni Creator Spiritus" by Eugenio Maria Fagiani (b. 1972), performed at the Sydney Conservatorium by Samuel Giddy (2017).

Eugenio Maria Fagiani – Veni Creator Spiritus

"Nun freut euch, ihr Christen" ("Now rejoice, you Christians") is the first of six quirky and extremely demanding chorale etudes by French organist and composer Thierry Escaich (b. 1965). This recording is from a live performance by Samuel Giddy at the Sydney Conservatorium, May 2019.

Thierry Escaich – Nun freut euch, ihr Christen

"If you have a flybuys card, please scan at any time."

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An Wasserflüssen Babylon ("By the Rivers of Babylon") BWV 653 from J.S. Bach's 18 Leipzig Chorale Preludes. Performed in 2018 on a Hauptwerk virtual organ using the Johann-Andreas Silbermann organ from Arlesheim, Switzerland.

(Artwork: "On the Rivers of Babylon," Saul Raskin)

J.S. Bach – An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653

Olivier Messiaen – Transports de joie d'une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne ("Outbursts of joy of a soul before the glory of Christ, which is its own glory"), from L'Ascension. 

Performed in April 2018, on a Hauptwerk Virtual Organ, using the Caen Cavaille-Coll sample set.

Olivier Messiaen – Transports de joie (L'Ascension)

Sydney-based organist. From 2016 to 2019 Samuel studied organ performance with Philip Swanton at Sydney Conservatorium, graduating with First Class Honours. Since 2019 he has also served as Senior Organ Scholar at St Andrew's Cathedral. Samuel was the winner of the Sydney Organ Competition in 2018, and a finalist in the 2019 Gottfried Silbermann Organ Competition in Freiberg, Germany.

Samuel Giddy

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