VERSES AND VOLUNTARIES

The 1723 Abraham Jordan Organ of St George’s, Southall

William Whitehead, Organ

From the Restoration period:

1 [Verse] in D major – John Blow (2:33)

2 Verse in G minor – Anonymous (1:53)

3 Voluntary in D minor [For the Cornet Stop] – Blow (5:53)

Trumpet Voluntary in D – Anonymous (Blow and Purcell) (3:31)

4 [Grave] (1:05) 5 [Moderato] (2:26)

6 Voluntary in G, Z720 – Henry Purcell (4:16)

7 Voluntary in D minor, Z718 – Purcell (4:04)

8 Fugue in F – Philip Hart (3:49)

From the Georgian period:

Overture to Phoebe – Maurice Greene, transcribed by William Whitehead (9:26)

9 [Grave] (3:03) 10 Allegro (4:09) 11 Moderato (2:14)

12 Voluntary IV in G minor – Thomas Roseingrave (2:26)

13 Voluntary VIII in G minor – Roseingrave (1:47)

14 Fugue I in F minor – Roseingrave (4:11)

15 Allegro (3rd movement from Concerto No 1 in C) – Thomas Arne (2:59)

[Trumpet] Voluntary IV in D, Op 2 – William Walond (7:52)

16 Grave (2:45) 17 Moderato (5:07)

Voluntary in C – John Christopher Pepusch (13:43)

18 Largo (2:27) 19 Flute (1:31)

20 Slow – Diapasons (1:22) 21 Sexquealter (1:21)

22 The Twelfth (1:25) 23 Slow – Diapasons (0:48)

24 Trumpet (1:47) 25 [Full Organ] (3:03)

The first recording of the historic 1723 Abraham Jordan organ in St George’s Church, Southall, completely restored to its original specification by Mander Organs in 2009.

One of only a handful of instruments surviving from this period in the UK, this delightful early eighteenth-century organ has a surprising wealth of colour and characteristic sonorities, including one of the world’s earliest examples of a ‘swelling organ’.

Critically-acclaimed organist, William Whitehead, presents a broad survey of Restoration and Georgian English organ music appropriate to the restored instrument, and includes many works new to the catalogue.

First-prize winner at the Odense International Organ Competition, Denmark, in 2004, William Whitehead has established a reputation for engaging and inspiring playing. ‘…Whitehead’s compelling playing represents advocacy of a high order.’ BBC Music magazine, June 2005

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