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Peter Christie
United Kingdom
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This channel is principally a source of online music - organ voluntaries and hymns - for St John The Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland, initially developed during the Covid-19 restrictions. The music published here is generally played on the following Sunday at St John's on the 1878 Mirrlees pipe organ.
I have a particular interest in the lesser known corners of the organ repertoire.
For practical reasons, the recordings are usually made using my home organ, a Viscount FV-350 Physis digital, and occasionally on my home Leech chamber (pipe) organ.
I have a particular interest in the lesser known corners of the organ repertoire.
For practical reasons, the recordings are usually made using my home organ, a Viscount FV-350 Physis digital, and occasionally on my home Leech chamber (pipe) organ.
Vorspiel und Fuge for organ [WAB 126/2 & 125] - Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer Anton Bruckner was born in 1824 on 4th September; this year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth. Well known in his day for his organ playing and sacred music, he is now recognised as one of the great and pivotal symphonic masters, with his eleven massive, architectural symphonies being subject to much scathing criticism when first performed.
The forthright Vorspiel or ‘Prelude’ in d minor [WAB126/2] was written in 1847, the year before Bruckner was appointed organist at the Augustinian Monastery in Sankt Florian, where he had been a choirboy at the age of 13 (and occasional organist).
He began composing seriously in 1861, the year the Fuge [WAB125] was written (apparently intended as an examination piece). It begins in serious mood, reinforced by the descending scales of the principal theme, but with some sunlight in the central section; building steadily throughout, the piece ends in a somewhat apocalyptic vein.
An intensely private and self-critical man, Bruckner’s bouts of depression doubtless coloured much of his works’ emotional heft. When Bruckner died, he had specified that he wanted to be buried beneath his favourite organ, the 1770 Krismann instrument in the Sankt Florian monastery.
Images: The composer’s manuscripts for the Vorspiel and the Fuge; various external and internal photos of the monastery, including the 1770 ‘Bruckner Organ’ at the west end and the 1691 pair of Choir Organs originally by Remmer; Bruckner’s memorial stone; his sarcophagus in the crypt underneath the organ, in front of the monastery's ossuary; and a stained glass window in Linz Cathedral showing Beethoven and Bruckner side by side.
Played by Peter Christie on his Viscount Envoy FV-350 digital home organ as part of the online music programme for St John's Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.
The forthright Vorspiel or ‘Prelude’ in d minor [WAB126/2] was written in 1847, the year before Bruckner was appointed organist at the Augustinian Monastery in Sankt Florian, where he had been a choirboy at the age of 13 (and occasional organist).
He began composing seriously in 1861, the year the Fuge [WAB125] was written (apparently intended as an examination piece). It begins in serious mood, reinforced by the descending scales of the principal theme, but with some sunlight in the central section; building steadily throughout, the piece ends in a somewhat apocalyptic vein.
An intensely private and self-critical man, Bruckner’s bouts of depression doubtless coloured much of his works’ emotional heft. When Bruckner died, he had specified that he wanted to be buried beneath his favourite organ, the 1770 Krismann instrument in the Sankt Florian monastery.
Images: The composer’s manuscripts for the Vorspiel and the Fuge; various external and internal photos of the monastery, including the 1770 ‘Bruckner Organ’ at the west end and the 1691 pair of Choir Organs originally by Remmer; Bruckner’s memorial stone; his sarcophagus in the crypt underneath the organ, in front of the monastery's ossuary; and a stained glass window in Linz Cathedral showing Beethoven and Bruckner side by side.
Played by Peter Christie on his Viscount Envoy FV-350 digital home organ as part of the online music programme for St John's Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.
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Prelude on ‘St Stephen’ - Healey Willan; Photos of St Stephen's Church Greenock 1871-1971
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This gentle meditation on the hymn tune ‘St Stephen’ was published by Healey Willan in 1960 as one of ’36 Short Preludes and Postludes on Well-known Hymn Tunes’ Volume III. As part of the service of thanksgiving for the daughter churches of St John’s Greenock in August 2024, the hymn tune was sung to Ps 24, ‘How lovely is thy dwelling-place’. I have taken the liberty of expanding the piece by i...
HYMN: How lovely is thy dwelling-place [St Stephen / Newington]
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A metrical setting of Psalm 84, as published in The Scottish Psalter of 1929, sung to ‘St Stephen’, published in 1789 by Northamptonshire-born cleric William Jones. This tune was also known in Scotland as ‘Newington’ (named after a district in Edinburgh) to distinguish it from some others also called 'St Stephen'. IMAGES: St Stephen’s Scottish Episcopal Church Greenock, originally a mission chu...
Chorale Prelude on 'Exsultet Orbis' - Malcolm Hill; Historic photos of St John's Episcopal Greenock
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The Chorale Prelude on Exsultet Orbis Gaudiis, by English composer, academic, conductor and organist Malcolm Hill (1944-2021) is based on the plainsong melody ‘Exsultet Orbis Gaudiis’, the vesper hymn for the Feast of St John the Evangelist. The composer indicated that this and its companion choral piece ‘Exiit Sermo’ were composed in 1951 - making him 6 or 7 years old at the time... This quiet...
HYMN: Here O my Lord, I see thee face to face [St Agnes / Langran]
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WORDS: Written in 1855 by Church of Scotland Minister Horatius Bonar, born in Edinburgh: the hymn was commissioned for use at Communion services by his elder brother, Dr John James Bonar, Minister of St. Andrew's Free Church, Greenock MUSIC: ‘St Agnes’ (also known as Langran), composed in 1862 by London organist James Langran; by far the best-known of his 50 hymn tunes. Images: the High Altar a...
Adoro te devote - Everett Titcomb
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Taken from the set ‘Two Communions on Traditional Melodies (1943), comprising quiet meditations on the plainsong melodies for ‘Ave Verum Corpus’ and ‘Adoro Te Devote’. Adoro Te Devote is a medieval hymn by St Thomas Aquinas, perhaps originally intended for private devotion. It survives as a more modern hymn, 'Thee we adore, thou hidden Saviour, thee'. The first, fifth and sixth verses translate...
Festive Finale for organ - Phil Lehenbauer; stained glass of Westburn Church, Greenock
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A rhythmic, joyful piece written in 2019 by American organist-composer Phil Lehenbauer. Phil was born in 1960 and educated at Ohio State University; he serves as organist at Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Phil's sheet music is available at www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/category/arrangeme/449/phil-lehenbauer/ Images: the stained glass of Westburn Church in Greenoc...
Meditative Mantra for organ - Phil Lehenbauer; stained glass of Finnart St Paul's Greenock
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A gentle, meditative piece from 2021 by American organist-composer and trombonist Phil Lehenbauer; born in 1960 and educated at Ohio State University, Phil serves as organist at Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Phil's sheet music is available at www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/category/arrangeme/449/phil-lehenbauer/ Images: The fine windows of Finnart St Paul’s Green...
Variation on 'Melita'' - Mark Rippe; stained glass window from St Columba's Church Largs [1]
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A deeply contemplative piece by American composer Mark Rippe (2021) which effectively combines the hymn tune ‘Melita’ (Eternal Father, strong to save) with the Evening Prayer by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1893). The maritime theme closely echoes the Gospel stories of Christ walking on water and calming the storm. Images: the fine stained glass of the north transept gallery of St Col...
HYMN: Lord of life, we come to you [Eriskay Love Lilt]
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Words: Written by Catherine Walker (1958- ), a music teacher, organist and Roman Catholic theologian. Tune: the Eriskay Love Lilt, a traditional Scottish folk tune Images: Isle of Eriskay Played by Peter Christie on his Viscount Envoy FV-350 digital home organ as part of the online music programme for St John's Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.
Prelude & Fugue on ‘Nun danket alle Gott’ for organ - Percy Fletcher
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Percy Fletcher (1879-1932) was a British composer and organist, best known for his brass and military band music (much of it still played) but also wrote choral, orchestral, instrumental and organ music;. Largely self-taught, he became a noted and successful musical director at various London theatres. This piece, published in 1911, is based on the hymn tune we sing to ‘Now thank we all our God...
Choralvorspiel 'Nun danket alle Gott' - JH Knecht; Stained glass from Toward Church, Dunoon
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Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817) was a German composer, organist and teacher who spent most of his life in Biberach in the south. His compositions include vocal, operatic, orchestral, instrumental and organ works; as might be expected from a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, his style is firmly in the Classical era tradition. His charming and good-natured Choral Prelude on ‘Nun danket alle Go...
HYMN: Ye gates, lift up your heads on high [St George's West]
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WORDS: Psalm 24 verses 7-10, a metrical version published in the Scottish Psalter of 1929 MUSIC: 'St George’s Edinburgh' by Andrew Thomson (1779-1831), a Sanquhar-born Church of Scotland cleric who was ultimately Minister at St George’s Church in Edinburgh; his only well-known tune. Images: St George’s Church Edinburgh, 1829; the organ and Thomson’s pulpit prior to closure of the church in 1961...
In memoriam Derek Fry, organist emeritus St John's Episcopal Church Greenock: Locus iste (Bruckner)
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In memory of Derek Fry FRCO (1946-2024), for almost 50 years a loved and admired organist and choirmaster of St John's Scottish Episcopal Church Greenock. A prominent and influential figure in music within Inverclyde and beyond, his work at St John's, St Columba's Kilmalcolm School and elsewhere continues to resonate and bear fruit. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. A favourite anthe...
O Lux Beata Trinitas (2024) - Phillip Cooke; Stained glass from St John's Church Largs
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The second of ‘Two recessionals on Plainchant Themes for Organ’, published by Phillip Cooke in 2024, is based on the plainsong melody for the 4th century hymn ‘O Lux Beata Trinitas’, attributed to St Ambrose. The plainsong melody is played first, then Cooke’s four-section piece may be thought to describe the Father appearing out of the darkness, the Son in a lyrical and gentle episode, the myst...
Sunset over Galilee, for organ - Roland Diggle
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Sunset over Galilee, for organ - Roland Diggle
Traumlied (A dream song) for organ - Roland Diggle
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Traumlied (A dream song) for organ - Roland Diggle
Postlude on 'St Gertrude' [Onward Christian Soldiers] - Roland Diggle
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Postlude on 'St Gertrude' [Onward Christian Soldiers] - Roland Diggle
Tantum Ergo (for organ) - César Franck / Louis Vierne; Furnishings of St John's Episcopal Greenock
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Tantum Ergo (for organ) - César Franck / Louis Vierne; Furnishings of St John's Episcopal Greenock
Two Preludes on 'Nicaea' for organ - Healey Willan / Eric Thiman
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Two Preludes on 'Nicaea' for organ - Healey Willan / Eric Thiman
HYMN: Two hundred years! - a church centenary hymn by Roger Tabor [Woodlands]
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HYMN: Two hundred years! - a church centenary hymn by Roger Tabor [Woodlands]
HYMN: Christ triumphant, ever reigning [Guiting Power]
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HYMN: Christ triumphant, ever reigning [Guiting Power]
Sonnet for organ - Alec Rowley: Stained glass from Dunoon High Kirk
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Sonnet for organ - Alec Rowley: Stained glass from Dunoon High Kirk
Choral Prelude: Easter Alleluia - Alec Rowley: Furnishings from Hyndland Parish Church Glasgow
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Choral Prelude: Easter Alleluia - Alec Rowley: Furnishings from Hyndland Parish Church Glasgow
A Priory Prayer - Phil Lehenbauer: Stained glass of Kilbirnie Auld Kirk
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A Priory Prayer - Phil Lehenbauer: Stained glass of Kilbirnie Auld Kirk
Communion for Organ ‘Ave Verum’ (Everett Titcomb)
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Communion for Organ ‘Ave Verum’ (Everett Titcomb)
Reflection on 'Rockingham' - Robin Erskine
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Reflection on 'Rockingham' - Robin Erskine
Chorale Prelude on ‘Valet will ich dir geben’ BWV 735 - JS Bach
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Chorale Prelude on ‘Valet will ich dir geben’ BWV 735 - JS Bach
Meditation on 'Love Unknown' - Francis Jackson
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Meditation on 'Love Unknown' - Francis Jackson
Fantasia Upon the Hymn Tune ‘Intercessor’ - Charles Villiers Stanford
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Fantasia Upon the Hymn Tune ‘Intercessor’ - Charles Villiers Stanford
Those windows are truly beautiful! I’m glad my music could help set the mood for viewing them. 🙏🎶🙏
This is great! I’m very honored! 😊🎶😊
I was over the past 3 days cast down and dejected, seeing my many failures, shortcomings and sins,and as a result my soul refused to be comforted in me. God then by His Spirit led me miraculously to hear this hymn and as I sang it, streams of tears ran down my face. I then felt Gods wonderful, unchanging and eternal love embrace me. My God so lovingly restored me. This is a most beautiful psalm set to a most beautiful tune.
This is a new melody for me, but I absolutely love it! Thank you for playing it! 🙏🎶🙏
Joyful,
This is beautiful, both musically and visually. I pray that this lovely stained glass can find a new home! 🙏
Lovely, almost hypnotic.
So beautiful
❤ Thank you for sharing this, Peter. I remember when this was recorded and I have a copy of this CD on my music rack. Derek was an extraordinary musician, the best organist I ever worked with. One of the things I enjoyed especially was his incredibly sensitive way of accompanying the psalms sung to Anglican chants. The way he would illustrate Psalm 46 (always sung on Remembrance Sunday as well as at other times) was particularly memorable, and as I read the words of that Psalm again, I can hear his pedal notes resonating through verses 2 and 3. His music was a gift, and I felt really blessed to have served 12 years at St John's during a time which was musically very rich mostly because of Derek's musicianship, and because of his generosity of spirit in enabling a team of organists and choristers to work so well together. Thank you for remembering him in this musical tribute, and thank you for the way that you continue this tradition of excellent music in St John's.
Very moving thank you x
The music is beautiful and the pictures stunning.
Don't know the originals but your arrangements are beautiful.
Not the finest sounding instrument!! Give me a real pipe organ!
Absolutely - but for health reasons I have to do my recording at home. I’d much rather it was pipes. Maybe I should just call it a day meantime.
@@peterchristieI addressed members of the Hymn Society of GB & Ireland recently illustrating how the tune CAMBERWELL can be used continuously without pause or any break in the playover so easing the problems for singers when pauses and rallentandos disrupt the rhythmic flow of most hymns. My singers usually start bang on with me without having to think about it too much.
❤❤❤Wow! I don't know this hymn fully yet, but I will. I was so overjoyed with gladness that I wanted to cry. I couldn't help but sing it again and again. Thank you for sharing such a lovely hymn. All you guys and gals did such a fabulous job. Thank you again and God bless you. Penny D. ❤❤❤
thank you for the video. do you know where can i get the organ accompaniment pdf for this song with this arrangement?
It’s still in copyright. It’s in the Church of Scotland hymnal 4th edition (CH4). Other versions are available at hymnary.org
Beautiful music and a lovely church. Sad to know it's closed. It's history must live on.
Lovely music and a beautiful church
I’m playing this soon as well! Lovely playing, Peter! 🎶🙏🎶
Love this hymn.
My favourite hymn.
Covers all the emotions and what a joyous conclusion.
I love your work on this channel. I'm doing a singalong video right now of the tenor part to "Star of the East" from The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book. I'm tracking my vocal over your audio. Nice product. Sounds good. I'll use your stuff more and give credit to your music and channel. - Dean Crabb
Wonderful so uplifting I'm in AnE chest infection pneumonia, just what needed to hear today
Sorry to hear that Mary, hope you’re better very soon x
I know Charles Tournemire isn't to everyone's taste, but I think he was a genius. One of these days I am going to sit down with Thomas Traherne and try and pair some of their work, which I know isn't what either intended, but they both remind me so much of the other one. Thank you Peter for sharing with us more of Tournemire's ethereal music x
Thanks Kirstin, sounds an interesting project. I’m particularly fond of this set of his pieces.
'Jan Struther' was of course Joyce Anstruther, alias 'J.Anstruther', using a version of her maiden name as a pseudonym. I had no idea she had written other hymns! Thank you.
A lovely piece, thank you! 1935 to 2003 - an astonishing achievement! The window from the C of S church is surprising: Presbyterians with a window depicting Mary as Queen of heaven?
Beautiful
Fantastic, Peter! I didn't know this arrangement, so will look out a copy online :) Good wishes to you and the good folks of St John's for a blessed Advent and a very merry ChristMass.
Oxford Book for Christmas & Advent Vol 1 - quite a few of these on my channel! sheetorganmusic.co.uk/product/oxford-hymn-settings-for-organists-advent-and-christmas/?Google%20Shopping&AP%20Feed&gclid=Cj0KCQiAsvWrBhC0ARIsAO4E6f90Fm8FnDhJ6Vd_CyONMNbbv1VHqVTWRm9hKUtpnY_NuyMvbVjWNgEaAo9FEALw_wcB Happy Christmas to you and yours too
I play lots of Dale Wood’s arrangements, as they’re always so well-crafted and lovely. Beautifully played, Peter! 🙏🎶🙏
Do you have a playing of Suite 4, "Thanksgiving?" Our late church organist, who studied under Virgil Fox, played it. What an active, stirring, bold piece! It would be wonderful to hear it again, but I can't find it anywhere on UA-cam.
I don’t know it, but I’ll have a look to see if I can find a copy!
Very touching...bravo....¡
This is definitely NOT Cuddesdon! (But whatever it is, it is rather stylishly played!)
I much prefer Cuddeston to Camberwell, but this one’s for the folk that like the latter…. And thanks!
@@peterchristie No problem, Peter, just letting you know that it definitely isn't the tune listed on the title page! Beautiful playing, anyhow!
@@jamesreed7671 ah! My bad!!
A beautiful and great recording! Very well played! I like it very much! Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Germany! 👍
Thank you! Greetings from Scotland!
Mijn bijzondere dank: u hebt dat goed gespeeld , knap geregistreerd op het orgel en de beelden van de video zijn onheilspellend en dat past - helaas - bij de mens die zich in toenemende mate vergrijpt aan de medemens en aan de natuur.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Jacques - and thank you also for this deep music with its (justifiably) raw emotions.
A masterpiece indeed and all in only 6 minutes.
Fascinating. The key changes really pull you in.
Thank you for posting this calming atmospheric piece, which is an antidote to the commercial aspects of 'Halloween', as I write ! I came across this a few years ago in my coll. of ' The Village Organist' volumes, playing it with ( hopefully) good effect one Easter morning. Certainly, I shall revive it next year, if I am spared, at the appropriate time.
I think it’s a lovely thing, a nice alternative to the more high-voltage Easter music!
Another translation is "Dearest Jesus, we are here. " Both are lovely.
Beautifully played! I love playing these as well.
This will always be on my top ten list of favorite hymns! Thanks for playing it!
My favorite! Lovely. Even playing Bach's harmonization first!
Best hymn in my life
geoffrey grifgith in philadelphia usa formerly of all saints anglican church choirs in st peter in the 1960 ties this is one of my favorite hymns i sing it every day and when i hear it at other services i am so very hapoy amen
Beautifully played, Peter! Lovely. 🎶🙏🎶
Thanks for the music and the paintings. They are a good match!
A great recording! I like it very much! Thanks for uploading!!
Joseph Addison not only wrote his beautiful hymn but also the play Cato which influenced the founding fathers of America to think about the possibility of our becoming a republic. The better known founders could be heard quoting the play. Example: "Give me liberty or give me death" [Patrick Henry] was lifted right out of the play. Addison wrote this hymn in response to God' having saved him from a terrible ship wreck.
Lovely music, perfect photo
Lovely!
Really enjoyable. Masterful playing.