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Centenary Plus
Robert Ampt Plays the Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ
Sydney city organist, Robert Ampt plays the spectacular Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ in a program of music spanning over one hundred years of organ music at the Sydney Town Hall.
Includes 'Bach's Air on a G String' and 'Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor'; Handel's 'Overture on the Occasional Oratorio', Koehne's 'To His Servant Bach', 'God Grants a Final Glimpse'; Dubois' 'Marcietta' and 'March Triomphale', Best's 'Variations on "God Save the Queen"' and Ampt's 'Concert Étude on a "Pub with no Beer"'. Press quotes:
“A magnificent record of a magnificent organ.”
— Victorian Organ Journal “10 out of 10 to Robert Ampt: and 12 out of 10 to the Sydney organ. Buy this compact disc. I'll wager you'll not be disappointed!”— Pro Musica, NZ “If your taste is for things grand ...”— Bruce Steele, Organo Pleno Audio preview:
Concert Etude download Track Listing:
Overture to the Occasional Oratorio (George Frederic Handel (arr. Charles W. Pearce))
"Air on the G string" (arr. Guilmant) BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (Johann Sebastian Bach) To His Servant Bach, God Grants A Final Glimpse: The Morning Star (Graeme Koehne) Concert Etude (Robert Ampt) Marcietta (Theodore Dubois) Marche Triomphale (Theodore Dubois) Introduction, Variations and Finale on "God Save the Queen" (W.T. Best) Catalogue Number: MD3148
Price: AU$26.00
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Robert Ampt is the Sydney City Organist and Organist/Choirmaster of Sydney’s German Lutheran Church. An active recitalist and teacher, he composes and arranges music for the organ, has written two children’s introductions to the organ, and has written an extensive history of the Sydney Town Hall organ.
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