Since 1845 Willis has been one of the most sought-after builders of exceptional pipe organs. Though no longer managed by the Willis family, the company is busy with new commissions, restorations, and rebuilds. Today we’ll listen to organs built by that firm.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Epiphanie
Composer: Gaston Litaize
Organist: David Leigh
Album: A Year at St. Patricks – Regent REGCD504
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Organ: 1902 IV/72 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
Title: Colimacon
Composer: Tarik O’Regan
Organist: Paul Derrett
Album: Benchmarks Vol 12 Reading – Benchmarks Records 806812CD
Organ: 1882 IV/41 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, The Town Hall, Reading, England
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Title: Meditation in B-flat
Composer: Frederick Scotson Clark
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: Victorian Virtuosity – Pro Organo CD 7258
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Organ: 1873 IV/66 Willis, St. Michael’s Church, Tenbury Wells, England
Title: Soliloquy
Composer: David Conte
Organist: Jonathan Dimmock
Album: The British Organ – Sounds of an Empire – Raven OAR-917
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Organ: 1871 III/31 Willis/Tostareds, Örgryte New Church, Göteborg, Sweden
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Title: The Revd Mustard his Installation Prelude
Composer: Nico Muhly
Organist: Timothy Parsons
Album: Timothy Parsons Plays The Organ Of Exeter Cathedral – Regent REGCD523
Organ: 1891 IV/72 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, England
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Title: Mystique, No 2 from Trois nouvelles pièces Op. 87
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: David Hill
Album: Widor: Fifth Symphony – Hyperion CDA66181
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Organ: 1932 IV/75 Willis, Westminster Cathedral, London, England
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Title: Toccata in D major
Composer: Marcel Lanquetuit
Organist: Gillian Weir
Album: The Grand Organ of The Royal Albert Hall – Priory PRCD 859
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Organ: 1871 IV/177 Willis/Mander, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Title: Communion Meditation On Picardy – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: James Warren
Album: All Through the Night – Hymn Improvisations – Regent REGCD128
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Organ: 1877 IV/68 Willis, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England
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Title: Chanson de Matin, op. 15 no. 2
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Sir Edward Meets Father Willis – Pro Organo SACD 7199
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Organ: 1897 IV/66 Willis, St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Title: In The News
Composer: Tony Harrison
Organist: Carol Williams
Album: Music from Blenheim Palace – OS OS243
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Organ: 1892 IV/56 Willis, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England
Title: Fugue in E-flat major – St. Anne (BWV 552b)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Andrew Senn
Album: A Most Glorious Noise – Senn Music AMGNCD01
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Organ: 1887 IV/45 Willis, Truro Cathedral, Truro, England
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Title: Little Organ Book in Memory of Sir Hubert Parry – XII
Composer: Henry Ley
Organist: James Lancelot
Album: The Complete Organ Works of Sir Hubert Parry – Priory 682AB
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Organ: 1970 IV/98 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Durham Cathedral, Durham, England