Looking at the music to be played before the Jubilee service in St Paul's on Tuesday, the name Debussy jumped out rather. Mendelssohn was obviously an honorary Brit, Handel we know about, Beethoven holds the flag for universal brotherhood &c. &c., and of course as we have learnt over on the AA thread, Saint Saens has a ceremonial toe-hold in Blighty having composed his Marche du Couronnement, Op.117 for the Coronation of Edward VII...
But Debussy?
Music before the Service
Simon Hogan, Organ Scholar, plays
Toccata and Fugue (The Wanderer) … … … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
Organ Sonata in E flat … … … … … … … … Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Rhosymedre … … … … … … … … … Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Adagio in E from Three Pieces for Organ … … … … Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
The Band of the Welsh Guards plays
Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo (1711) George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Ave ver um corpus (Op. 1, No 2) … … … … … … … Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre from
Gellert Leider (Op. 48, No 4) … … … … … Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Let us rejoice … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Anon
arr. Philip Sparke (b.1951)
Wachet auf from St Paul (Op. 36) … … … … … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Rêverie (1890)… … … … … … … … … … … Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Timothy Wakerell, Sub-Organist, plays
Toccata and Fugue in F (BWV 540) … … Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantaisie in E flat (1857) … … … … … … Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Overture to St Paul (Op. 36) … … … … … … … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
arr. W. T. Best (1826-97)
Chorale Prelude on ‘Dundee’ … … … … … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
One would have thought something dreamy for brass could have been found among British composers.
Not complaining - nothing wrong with Debussy - just interested in the choice for this occasion.
But Debussy?
Music before the Service
Simon Hogan, Organ Scholar, plays
Toccata and Fugue (The Wanderer) … … … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
Organ Sonata in E flat … … … … … … … … Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Rhosymedre … … … … … … … … … Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Adagio in E from Three Pieces for Organ … … … … Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
The Band of the Welsh Guards plays
Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo (1711) George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Ave ver um corpus (Op. 1, No 2) … … … … … … … Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre from
Gellert Leider (Op. 48, No 4) … … … … … Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Let us rejoice … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Anon
arr. Philip Sparke (b.1951)
Wachet auf from St Paul (Op. 36) … … … … … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Rêverie (1890)… … … … … … … … … … … Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Timothy Wakerell, Sub-Organist, plays
Toccata and Fugue in F (BWV 540) … … Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantaisie in E flat (1857) … … … … … … Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Overture to St Paul (Op. 36) … … … … … … … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
arr. W. T. Best (1826-97)
Chorale Prelude on ‘Dundee’ … … … … … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
One would have thought something dreamy for brass could have been found among British composers.
Not complaining - nothing wrong with Debussy - just interested in the choice for this occasion.
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