Par JAMES JAMES. **Trinity College London selected piece (Organ 2011-2012): Verse (Tomkins)/ Recueil / Orgue

James Vivian is currently Director of Music at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle having previously served as Director of Music at the Temple Church in London. He was educated at King's College Cambridge where he was the Dr AH Mann Organ Student and studied the organ with Colin Walsh David Sanger and Marie-Louise Langlais. He is active as a recitalist and conductor and has performed concerts in Brazil the US Japan South Africa and throughout Europe. He has recorded with labels such as Signum EMI Decca SonyBMG and Hyperion.

James Whitbourn's Apollo tells the story of the first manned flight to the Moon (the year before the first lunar landing). A wealth of imaginative textures depicts such dramatic events as countdown, ignition, and the first sight of earthrise, leading to a fantasia on an ancient Greek melody, and a final triumphant Paean.

Eleven pieces for solo Organ from the 19th to the 21st century. Selected and edited by Martin Neary. 'An imaginative kaleidoscope of attractive pieces. There is much to enjoy in this wide-ranging collection.' - John Scott LVO Organist and Director of Music Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue New York 'A valuable collection for organists. The fact that it is published in aid of such an important cause makes it all the more appealing.' - James O'Donnell Organist & Master of the Choristers Westminster Abbey Visiting Professor of Organ Royal Academy of Music 'Containing stimulating music for professional and amateur alike thisbeautifully produced volume is one of the highest quality and useful Organ albums to have been released in years. You should buy a copy - you won't regret it.' - Jonathan Vaughn (Choir & Organ - March/April 2011) Produced in association with the Organists Charitable Trust with the support of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust this is a collection of 11 pieces for solo organ (ABRSM Grade 6-7). Featuring previously-unpublished works by Howells and Rutter and new works by Philip Moore and three 'rising stars' David Bednall Iain Farrington and Thomas Hewitt Jones. Selected and edited by Martin Neary.  

Fast Cycles for Organ is a piece composed by Nico Muhly which appears on organist James McVinnie's album 'Cycles'. The song was commissioned by McVinnie and dates from 2009. A difficult piece it showcases both the talents of Muhly as composer and the organist who plays it. Fast Cycles draws from Muhly's cyclical composition style and has been called an 'obsessively driven toccata'. As the piece drives on the hypnotic qualities of the upper notes of the Organ contrast with the stark and foreboding pedal tones. The dynamics of the piece result in passages of soft beauty andexplosive ferocity climaxing in a closing salvo that is to be played 'as fast as possible'. An exciting piece Fast Cycles will no doubt show off the virtuosity of the organist who performs it. 

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. He spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster but was also employed as a composer a many different Royal Courts. However his skill as an organist and composer for Organ is what gained him the reputation he enjoyed during his lifetime.This is perhaps epitomised by his Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542) often referred to as the Great Fantasia and Fugue. It has been edited by Sir Frederick Bridge and James Higgs.

Miscellaneous organ works including Fugue in G (Gigue) and Pastorale in F. Edited by Sir Frederick Bridge and James Higgs.

Nico Muhly's O Antiphon Preludes for Organ.First performed by James McVinnie during a Meditation for Christmas at Westminster Abbey on 19 December 2010.Duration: 25 minutes

David Bednall's Fanfare-Processional for Organ. Composed 2010. 'A work that reflects a constant revivific­ation of tradition - most notably in the expected treatment of D major tonality (not fully resolved at the end) - this brilliantly effective piece successfully combines the essence of a church procession with elation: the tempo is relatively (but only relatively) slow the musical expression being of a positive character making a modem recessional as if preparing to leave the church before breathing in fresh open air in the concluding section. Bednall's work is extremely well written technically; it would make an exciting effecton any uplifting occasion.' - James Palmer

A compilation of the most requested tunes for the Wedding ceremony all presented in this fabulous book. These classics have been arranged for Organ by James D. Kimball.

Great' Prelude and Fugue in A minor (543) 'Great' Prelude and Fugue in B minor (544) 'Great' Prelude and Fugue in C minor (546) Prelude and Fugue in C major (531) Prelude and Fugue in G major (550). Edited by Sir Frederick Bridge and James Higgs.