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John Kitchen plays British Light Music on the organ of the Usher Hall
DCD34212 (Delphian Records Ltd, CD)
DDD
24-bit stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 69'52"
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 12
© 2018 Delphian Records Ltd
Country of recording: UK
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of John Kitchen plays British Light Music on the organ of the Usher Hall published on 23 April 2019
Listen: Michael Thomson: Whirly-Granny (track 9, 0:02-0:59)
John Kitchen, organ
Arthur Sullivan, adapted and arranged by John Kitchen:
1 Overture (The Pirates of Penzance)
2 The sun whose rays (The Mikado)
Michael Thomson:
3 On the Square
4 Parc de Paris
5 Salute to Busby Berkeley
Arthur Sullivan, adapted and arranged by John Kitchen:
6 Oh, is there not one maiden breast? (The Pirates of Penzance)
7 Overture (The Yeomen of the Guard)
Michael Thomson:
8 The Bard's Ceremonial
9 Whirly-Granny
10 A Bouquet of Roses
11 Tullich to Inverey: Scots March
Arthur Sullivan, arranged by Edward C Bairstow:
12 Introduction to Act III (The Tempest)
Arthur Sullivan, adapted and arranged by John Kitchen:
13 Gavotte (The Gondoliers)
14 Cachucha (The Gondoliers)
Recorded 16-17 January 2018 on the Norman and Beard 1914 organ at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
First recordings, except for track 12