Organ Fireworks! with Christopher Herrick


British virtuoso Chrisopher Herrick plays fiery organ works of all periods and nationalities on magnificent organs located all over the world, from an Aeolian-Skinner in New York to huge organs in Iceland, Finland, Paris, England, and many more.
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Organ Fireworks II

Christopher Herrick plays the 1871-72 Henry Willis/1924-33 Harrison & Harrison organ at Royal Albert Hall.

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D
BOURGEOIS: Serenade
BONNET: Elfes LEMARE: Concert Fantasia Scherzo LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie, Bolero WEAVER: Passacaglia GUILMANT: Fantaisie sur Deux Melodies Anglaises LANGLAIS: Incantation pour un jour saint

CDA66258$17.98
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Organ Fireworks III

Christopher Herrick plays the Van Den Heuvel organ in St. Eustache, Paris.

LEMARE: Marche Héroïque in D; Concert Fantasy ‘’Hanover’’
BOSSI: Scherzo in g; Pièce Héroïque in d
BATISTE: Offertoire in d
DUPRÉ: Cortège et Litanie
JOLIVET: Hymne à l’Univers
DUBOIS: Grand Choeur in B-flat
LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Marche in F major
SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Giocoso

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Organ Fireworks IV

Christopher Herrick plays the Aeolian-Skinner of 225 ranks compleled in 1971 at St. Bartholomew’s, New York, said to be the last major work of Aeolian-Skinner.

JOHNSON: Trumpet Tune in A
LEMARE: Toccata di Concerto
BUCK: Concert Variations on ‘’The Star-Spangled Banner’’
GUILMANT: "See the conquering hero!"
WHITLOCK: Paean
LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in E flat
BOURGEOIS: Variations on a theme of Herbert Howells
VIERNE: Divertissement
BATISTE: Grand Offertoire in D
SHOSTAKOVICH: Passacaglia
BONNET: Etude de Concert
WIDOR: Allegro, Sym. VI

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Organ Fireworks V

Christopher Herrick plays the 4-81 Virtanen (1980) in Finland’s Turku Cathedral.

SIBELIUS: Finlandia
ALAIN: Litanies
LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Marche in c
NIELSEN: Commotio ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4
LINDBERG: Alla Sarabanda & Finale from Sonata in g
MULET: Carillon-Sortie
MOZART: Fantasia in f
SLØGEDAL: Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune

CDA66676$17.98
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Organ Fireworks Vol. IX

The ninth volume of this popular series by Christopher Herrick is played on the organ in Berne Cathedral, Switzerland. The organ with origins in 1726 was rebuilt many times and recently the Kuhn firm of Switzerland supplied a new 71-stop instrument, though in the 18th-century case.

CDA67228$17.98
Organ Fireworks X

Christopher Herrick plays the 2002 Létourneau op. 50 of 4m, 126 ranks, 96 stops at the Concert Hall of the Winspear Centre in Edmonton, Canada, home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

MULET: Tu es petra
DAVID JOHNSON: Trumpet Tune in G
TAKLE: Blues-Toccata
JOHN BEHNKE: Siyahamba “We are marching in the light of God”
RUTTER: Variations on O Filii et Filiae
DURUFLÉ: Toccata from Suite, op. 5
BONNET: Matin Provençal from Poems of Autumn
IAIN FARRINGTON: Celebration and Stride Dance from Fiesta!
MEYERBEER: The Anabaptists’ Choral from Le Prophète LISZT: Ad nos

CDA-67458$17.98