Recital in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Tim Rishton
2 November, 2003

Organ in St Giles' Church, Edinburgh

Programme

DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Prelude in D major
EGIL HOVLAND
Lux aeterna
Chorale prelude on Kjærlighet er lysets kilde
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Passacaglia in c minor
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Chorale preludes op. 122:
  • Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
  • Herzlich tut mich verlangen
  • Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
CALIMERIO SOARES
Six preludes on Brazilian folksongs:
Set II (UK premiere):
  • A Moda da Carranquinha
  • Terezinha de Jesus
  • Atirei o pau no gato
  • Na Bahia tem ...
  • Fui passá na ponte
Set I:
  • Sambalelê
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concerto in A minor
Allegro - Adagio - Allegro

SPECIFICATION

of the Organ in St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
built by Rieger Orgelbau, Austria (1992)
Great (Manual II)
  1. Bourdon 16'
  2. Principal 8'
  3. Stopped Diapason 8'
  4. Harmonic Flute 8'
  5. Octave 4'
  6. Nachthorn 4'
  7. Quint 2 2/3'
  8. Superoctave 2'
  9. Mixture VI 2'
  10. Mixture IV 1 1/3'
  11. Cornet V 8'
  12. Trumpet 16'
  13. Trumpet 8'
  14. Trumpet 4'
  15. Tremulant
Positive (Manual I)
  1. Gedackt 8'
  2. Salicional 8'
  3. Principal 4'
  4. Chimney Flute 4'
  5. Octave 2'
  6. Recorder 2'
  7. Sesquialtera II 2 2/3'
  8. Larigot 1 1/3'
  9. Mixture IV 1'
  10. Rankett 16'
  11. Cromorne 8'
  12. Tremulant
Swell (expressive) (Manual III)
  1. Bourdon 16' 44.
  2. Diapason 8'
  3. Souffle 8'
  4. Flûte à cheminée 8'
  5. Gambe 8'
  6. Voix Céleste 8'
  7. Prestant 4'
  8. Flûte pointue 4'
  9. Nazard 2 2/3'
  10. Quarte de Nazard 2'
  11. Tierce 1 3/5'
  12. Sifflet 1'
  13. Plein Jeu VI-VIII 2 2/3'
  14. Basson 16'
  15. Trompette 8'
  16. Hautbois 8'
  17. Voix humaine 8'
  18. Clairon 4'
  19. Glocken
  20. Tremulant
Pedal
  1. Untersatz 32'
  2. Principal 16'
  3. Open Wood 16'
  4. Sub Bass 16'
  5. Octave 8'
  6. Gedackt 8'
  7. Choral Bass 4'
  8. Flute 4'
  9. Mixture V 2 2/3'
  10. Bombarde 32'
  11. Bombarde 16'
  12. Fagotto 16'
  13. Posaune 8'
  14. Clarion 4'
  15. Glocken
Compass: manuals C - a''' (58 notes) pedals C - f' (30 notes)
Couplers: III/I, I/II, III/II, I/P, III/P
Combinations: 12 generals, 6 individuals per division on 16 memory levels
Sequencers - General Crescendo - Tutti - General cancel
The Glocken consist of a chromatic ring of 37 Whitechapel bells situated at the top of the central 32' pedal tower, and encompassing c - c''' (Swell) and C - f' (pedals)
"Astoundingly good ... a world-class organist""
Romsdals Budstikke

Since his acclaimed City of London debut at age 18, Dr Tim Rishton has enjoyed a distinguished international career as concert organist, broadcaster, author and lecturer, also holding posts at Norwegian and British universities.

He studied with Susi Jeans and at the universities of Reading (winning all organ-playing prizes), Manchester and Wales, where he took a doctorate in 18th-century music and later lectured.

Although best known for the German Baroque repertoire, his performances have ranged from Poulenc's organ concerto and 18th-century British concertos to Bach's complete organ works, and from Franz Schmidt at the Royal College of Organists to Scandinavian music at the Nordlands Festival. This year he is playing in Italy (Rome, Venice, and Turin), Norway, Germany (Berlin, Magdeburg Cathedral, Bogenburg Festival), the UK and France. Forthcoming tours include Spain, Australia and the USA. In February he is returning to Edinburgh to play at the Reid Concert Hall, and later in the year he will be giving a master class at Aberdeen University and a recital on the new organ at Aberdeen Cathedral.

He has given lectures and master classes (several of them broadcast) in Norwegian, English and Welsh at many universities. He has made regular radio and television broadcasts, on the Norwegian channel NRK, as well as on HTV, S4C and BBC - most recently BBC1's televised Christmas service.

He has made a number of solo recordings, as well as recordings with Aled Jones, Simon Roberts and others. He is currently recording a CD of Italian Baroque music, a double CD of Bach's Art of Fugue, and preparing a CD of Norwegian organ music, including two major works especially written for the occasion.

As well as published organ music and many articles in scholarly journals and in The Revised New Grove and the German music encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Tim has written a number of books, one of which (on liturgical organ playing) has been translated from Norwegian into various languages. His latest book, on British church music, is due out at the end of this year.