Samuel Wesley
Samuel Wesley wrote organ music that still sits naturally on historic instruments: an Air for the Organ, a Fantasy, and a Duet for four hands that holds its place beside Handel and Mozart in recital programmes.
The Air and Fantasy appear in programmes built around older church organs, where their clear lines and modest scale suit the instruments rather than overwhelm them. The Duet for Organ belongs to the four-hand literature, written for two players at one console and shaped for real ensemble rather than display. Across these pieces the writing is direct, practical, and made for the organ’s own voice.
Compositions by Samuel Wesley appear on
Bolero: Music for Organ 4 Hands
Douglas Lawrence and Elizabeth Anderson play organ four hands on the Melbourne Concert Hall’s French-style Casavant. Bolero gathers favourites and rarities arranged or written for two players at one console.
Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 2
Christopher Dearnley and John Stiller play seven historic Lutheran church organs of South Australia’s Barossa Valley in the second volume of this survey.
Organ of the Antipodes
Organists Rhys Boak and Ryoko Mori mark the centenary of a landmark Australian instrument: the 1906 George Fincham & Son organ at Malvern Presbyterian Church.