The following exordia ad missam (tr. preludes to the mass) are short pieces that I recorded during the lockdown of 2020–21 for use by a local church at the start of its Sunday services, then being live-streamed online. For some of my other lockdown recordings got to: J. S. Bach’s ‘Orgelbüchlein’ : my lockdown recordings.
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) ‘Inprovisation‘ (Trois Improvisations. 1911–12)
Maude Campbell-Jansen (1888-1954)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) Meditation (1928).
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) ‘Melody’ (Three Short Pieces. 1898).
Jeanne Demessieux (1921–68)
Andrew Pink performs (2020) ‘Rorate caeli‘ (Twelve Choral-Preludes on Gregorian Themes. Op. 8. 1947) .
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Andrew Pink performs (2020) ‘Alma redemptoris mater‘ (Eight Short Preludes on Gregorian Themes. Op 45. 1958).
William Faulkes (1863–1933)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) ‘Idylle in D-flat major’ (William Faulkes: Compositions for the Organ. 1902)
Harvey Grace (1874–1944)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) ‘Cradle Song’ (Ten Compositions for the Organ. 1922)
Kate Loder (1825–1904)
Andrew Pink performs (2020) ‘Voluntary in B-flat‘ (Six Easy Voluntaries. Second set. 1891). ” … for the most part fresh and genial in character […] somewhat suggestive of Spohr in the numerous chromatic progressions.” (Musical Times. Vol. 32, No. 579 (May 1, 1891), p. 297).
Jean Langlais (1907–91)
Andrew Pink performs (2020) ‘Interlude’ (Three Characteristic Pieces, 1957).
Olivier Messiaen (1908–92)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) Le Banquet Céleste (1928)
Henri Mulet (1878–1967)
Andrew Pink performs (2020) ‘Noel’ (Esquisses Byzantines, 1920).
Flor Peeters (1903–86)
Andrew Pink performs (2020) ‘Fantasie Inviolata‘ (Four Improvisations on Gregorian Melodies. Op.6/iv, 1946).
Florence Price (1887–1953)
Andrew Pink performs (2021) Adoration (1951)
Alec Rowley (1892–1958).
Andrew PInk performs (2021) ‘Picardy‘ (A Book of Hymn Tune Voluntaries [by various]. 1950)
Noel Rawsthorne (1929–2019)
Andrew Pink performs:(2020) ‘Interlude in C‘ (Adagio Collection, 1999) by .
Hermann Schroeder (1904–84).
Andrew PInk performs (2021) ‘Allegretto‘ (Kleine Präludien und Intermezzi. Op. 9. 1932)
Techincal notes
– Temperament: Equal; pitch A=440
– Organ: Viscount Sonus 60
– Microphone: Zoom Q2N-4K
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