The theme of the new 5:4 mixtape is one i’ve been wanting to explore for a long while: the organ. It’s an instrument with which i’ve had a pretty infatuated relationship since my teenage years, both as a listener and as a very occasional practitioner (organ was my second study alongside composition during my first degree, and for a few years i co-directed a church choir). People tend to have a certain idea of what they think organ music is like. People tend to be wrong. i hope this mixtape will go some way to illuminate what the organ is capable of, what it can be, when wielded with real imagination. As always, the mix consists of personal favourites, encompassing a pretty wide range of approaches to the instrument. i’ve structured the mix in four sections, each lasting roughly half an hour. Read more
Mixtape #38 : Organ
Tags: Bjørn Andor Drage, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charlemagne Palestine, Charles Tournemire, David Briggs, Eduard Khagagortyan, Edwin Lemare, Gustav Mahler, György Ligeti, Jakob Ullmann, John Zorn, Judith Bingham, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Louis Vierne, Marcel Dupré, Naji Hakim, Olivier Messiaen, Peteris Vasks, Petr Eben, Simon Johnson, Stefan Fraunberger, Thomas Adès
