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Ben Bloor Organist
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2010
Welcome to my channel! Here you can find videos of classical organ repertoire both mainstream and uncommon. These take the form of edited videos and footage from live recitals. This is also the home of Chiff Chat, a catch-all term for video essays and podcasts. Hope you enjoy!
Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) - Ben Bloor
Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Ben Bloor on the 64 stop 1898 Henry (Father) Wills organ of Lincoln Cathedral in a live recital on Monday 16th September 2024, as part of the Grand Organ Festival Series 'Our World - God's Creation'.
0:00 - Toccata
8:52 - Fugue
The Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) is one of Bach’s longest organ compositions. Not much is known about the piece, but the one thing most scholars can agree on is that the two pieces were probably written separately at different times. Nevertheless, the fantasia-like writing of the toccata makes an agreeable contrast with the more sober (but still impressive) double fugue which follows.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Makinson for the invitation to play at Lincoln Cathedral, and James Newton for the audio files.
Ben Bloor is Organist at the London Oratory Church and School Organist at Westminster School.
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0:00 - Toccata
8:52 - Fugue
The Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) is one of Bach’s longest organ compositions. Not much is known about the piece, but the one thing most scholars can agree on is that the two pieces were probably written separately at different times. Nevertheless, the fantasia-like writing of the toccata makes an agreeable contrast with the more sober (but still impressive) double fugue which follows.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Makinson for the invitation to play at Lincoln Cathedral, and James Newton for the audio files.
Ben Bloor is Organist at the London Oratory Church and School Organist at Westminster School.
Tipjar - tpjr.us/chiffchat
Twitter - Ben Bloor: benjybloor
Facebook - Ben Bloor Organist: benbloororganist
Tiktok - @bloorganist: www.tiktok.com/@bloorganist
Website - www.benbloor.com/
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มุมมอง 32114 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
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Maurice Duruflé - Méditation - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 484วันที่ผ่านมา
Méditation by Maurice Duruflé performed by Ben Bloor on the 45 stop 1954 Downes/Walker organ of the London Oratory Church on Thursday 8th August 2024. Published posthumously, this Meditation for organ uses as its main theme the melody from Duruflé's own Agnus Dei from his 'Messe cum jubilo'. The ideas are extended and include interludes on sustained stationary string chords with flute-y melodie...
Marcel Dupré - Souvenir (Op. 65 bis) - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 333วันที่ผ่านมา
Souvenir (Op. 65 bis) by Marcel Dupré performed by Ben Bloor on the 45 stop 1954 Downes/Walker organ of the London Oratory Church on Thursday 8th August 2024. Published 25 years after the composer's death, this uncharacteristically simple composition was Dupré's last work, fittingly for the instrument he loved and composed for the most. It was written for his friend Hélène Jon. Ben Bloor is Org...
George Thalben-Ball - Elegy - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 45514 วันที่ผ่านมา
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Edward Bairstow - Evening Song - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 38014 วันที่ผ่านมา
Evening Song by Sir Edward Bairstow performed by Ben Bloor on the 57 stop 1866 Henry Speechly organ of the St Lawrence's Church, Alton, Hampshire in a live recital on Tuesday 9th July 2024. A Yorkshireman through and through, Bairstow was born in Huddersfield, and held organist posts at both Leeds Parish Church (now Leeds Minster) and York Minster, where he was Master of Music for 33 years. 'Ev...
Herbert Howells - Preludio 'Sine Nomine' - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 39021 วันที่ผ่านมา
Preludio 'Sine Nomine', No. 1 from Six Pieces for Organ by Herbert Howells performed by Ben Bloor on the 45 stop 1954 Downes/Walker organ of the London Oratory Church on Thursday 8th August 2024. The Six Pieces for Organ by Howells were dedicated to Herbert Sumsion, organist of Gloucester Cathedral and were written in the early 1940s, in the midst of the Second World War. The music of the prelu...
Percy Whitlock - Fanfare (Four Extemporisations) - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 61521 วันที่ผ่านมา
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Carlmann Kolb - Praeludium tertium - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 354หลายเดือนก่อน
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C.V. Stanford - Postlude in D minor - Ben Bloor
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Charles Villiers Stanford - Fantasia and Toccata in D minor - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 957หลายเดือนก่อน
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Robert Schumann - Adagio (Canon No. 6 in B major) - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 865หลายเดือนก่อน
Adagio (Canon No. 6 in B major, Op. 56) by Robert Schumann performed by Ben Bloor on the 45 stop 1954 Downes/Walker organ of the London Oratory Church on Thursday 8th August 2024. This B major etude is the last in a set of six canonic studies which Schumann originally wrote for the pedal piano in 1845. The unbroken canon at the octave is hard to hear, but despite the restrictions of the form, S...
Rued Langgaard - Fantasia patetica - Ben Bloor
มุมมอง 508หลายเดือนก่อน
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Alexandre Guilmant - Adagio (Organ Sonata No. 3) - Ben Bloor
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Adagio from Organ Sonata No. 3 by Alexandre Guilmant performed by Ben Bloor on the 45 stop 1954 Downes/Walker organ of the London Oratory Church on Thursday 8th August 2024. Guilmant was a highly prolific composer for the organ, producing eight symphonies and countless free-style pieces. A well-respected pedagogue, he was essential in bringing the music of pre-1750 France to the masses via his ...
Robert Cundick - Divertimento - Ben Bloor
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Robert Cundick - Divertimento - Ben Bloor
Louis Vierne - Lied (24 Pièces en style libre) - Ben Bloor
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Louis Vierne - Lied (24 Pièces en style libre) - Ben Bloor
Dieterich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E minor (BuxWV 142) - Ben Bloor
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Dieterich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E minor (BuxWV 142) - Ben Bloor
Johann Ludwig Krebs - Fantasia sopra 'Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele' - Ben Bloor
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Johann Ludwig Krebs - Fantasia sopra 'Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele' - Ben Bloor
Jehan Alain - Variations sur 'Lucis Creator' - Ben Bloor
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Jehan Alain - Variations sur 'Lucis Creator' - Ben Bloor
J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod - Ave Maria - Ben Bloor
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J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod - Ave Maria - Ben Bloor
William Mathias - Antiphonies - Ben Bloor
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William Mathias - Antiphonies - Ben Bloor
Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Ben Bloor
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Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Ben Bloor
Samuel Wesley - Air and Gavotte - Ben Bloor
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Samuel Wesley - Air and Gavotte - Ben Bloor
J.S. Bach - Air on the G string - Ben Bloor
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J.S. Bach - Air on the G string - Ben Bloor
George Frideric Handel - Largo (from Xerxes) - Ben Bloor
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George Frideric Handel - Largo (from Xerxes) - Ben Bloor
John Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary - Ben Bloor
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John Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary - Ben Bloor
George Frideric Handel - Air (from Water Music) - Ben Bloor
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George Frideric Handel - Air (from Water Music) - Ben Bloor
J.S. Bach - Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot (BWV 679) - Ben Bloor
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J.S. Bach - Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot (BWV 679) - Ben Bloor
Henry Purcell - Trumpet Tune - Ben Bloor
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Henry Purcell - Trumpet Tune - Ben Bloor
George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Ben Bloor
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George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Ben Bloor