Listen & tracks
2 of 38 tracks have a preview · 20 works · 67:47
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1 Gaudeamus Igitur Traditional 6:54
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2 Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2:04
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3 Trumpet Voluntary Jeremiah Clarke 3:11
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4 Greensleeves Traditional 2:52
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5 Overture in B minor, BWV 1067 Johann Sebastian Bach Badinerie 1:41
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6 Londonderry Air Traditional 4:10
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7 Rustic Landscape John Pozdro 2:56
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8 Water Music George Frideric Handel Hornpipe 3:39
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9 Romance d'Espagna Antonio Cano 3:01
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10 'Gigue' Fugue, BWV 577 Johann Sebastian Bach 3:17
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11 Variations on a French Noel Traditional 2:44
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12 Was I not a Flower in the Meadows? Traditional 1:54
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13 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach 2:54
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14 Sinfonia from Cantata 29 Johann Sebastian Bach 4:28
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15 Cantique de Noël Adolphe Adam 3:02
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16 Provatakya Traditional 2:23
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17 Greek Shepherdess Traditional 2:50
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18 Organ Concerto in F George Frideric Handel Allegro 3:57
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19 Resonet in Laudibus Traditional 2:01
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20 Carillon de Westminster Louis Vierne 7:49
The War Memorial carillon and the Great Hall organ are vital to the more than fifty graduations held each year at Sydney University. Graduands and guests are greeted by the age-old sound of the carillon; inside the Great Hall the lighter tones of the organ give way to the full instrument as the Academic Procession enters and later retires. Afterwards, in the famous quadrangle, the bells cascade down, with Gaudeamus Igitur always heard first. This recording gathers music performed on those occasions.
The opening and closing works, arranged for this project, combine both instruments. They were recorded separately and mixed in the studio: the organ was taped first, then played back while the carillonist added her parts. Traffic noise was largely removed by modern processing, though birdsong remains.
A nine-minute video documents the sessions:
Reviews
an amazing technical achievement ... significant, imaginative and appealing ... Move Records is to be commended on such a worthwhile endeavour.
splendid sounds ... consistently pleasing ... superbly recorded
The presentation of the CD, as is usual with Move recordings, is impeccable ... If this is your thing, and the programme appeals, go for it.
first rate performances throughout ... most successfully recorded ... a fascinating bonus MPEG video
a unique performance
an excellent production ... a collection for all tastes ... Put this disc in your CD player, turn up the volume and go out into the garden to appreciate the effect of the bells as they are meant to be heard.
a distinctive and musically spectacular combination ... assured playing that is consistently musical and expressive ... a new and appealing listening experience for any music lover. The sound is warm and clear.
good contrasts ... nice to hear some rare or little-known pieces ... an appealing sound ... intriguing
Artists
Jill Forrest
carillon
Carilloneur Jill Forrest teaches carillon students at the University of Sydney and supervises a roster of Honorary Carillonists who play the War Memorial Carillon for formal recitals, graduation ceremonies and a range of other events. She is also an organist and church musician, and is currently President of the Carillon Society of Australia.
Amy Johansen
organ
Amy Johansen is the Sydney University Organist and an Honorary Carillonist at the University. Although her repertoire spans all periods, it was her first CD, The Embrace of Fire, devoted to the organ music of Naji Hakim, that first brought her international acclaim.
Robert Ampt
composer
Robert Ampt is the Sydney City Organist and Organist/Choirmaster of Sydney's German Lutheran Church. An active recitalist, teacher and composer for the organ, he has written children's introductions to the instrument and an extensive history of the Sydney Town Hall organ.
Johann Sebastian Bach
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.
George Frideric Handel
composer
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born Baroque composer who settled in London and became a naturalised British subject. He is celebrated for his operas, English oratorios, organ concertos and orchestral works.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He wrote over 600 works, many of them pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music, and remains among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Louis Vierne
composer
Louis Vierne’s organ music balances elegant form with romantically rich harmony: six symphonies, fantasy pieces crowned by the Carillon de Westminster, and liturgical scores written for the great French instruments.
Adolphe Adam
composer
Adolphe Adam (1803–1856) was a French composer of operas and ballets. He is remembered above all for Giselle, Le corsaire, and the Christmas carol O Holy Night.
Antonio Cano
composer
Jeremiah Clarke
composer
Todd Fair
composer
Wolfram Gehring
composer
Albert Gerken
composer
John Gordon
composer
John Gordon is a composer and arranger for carillon, writing original pieces and settings of traditional melodies for the instrument.
Leen 't Hart
composer
Leen 't Hart is a carillon arranger whose work appears on recordings of Australian carillon repertoire.
Hans Hielscher
composer
Roy Hamlin Johnson
composer
Raymond Keldermans
composer
Raymond Keldermans is an arranger of music for carillon, contributing traditional-melody medleys to the recorded repertoire of the instrument.
Thomas Murray
composer
Osborne Harold Peasgood
composer
John Pozdro
composer
Percival Price
composer
Sally Slade Warner
composer
Sally Slade Warner (1932–2009) was an American carillonneur, composer and arranger whose hymn settings and folk-song transcriptions became part of the standard carillon repertoire.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Jill Forrest · carillon · all except tracks 3, 5, 8, 10, 14 and 18
- Amy Johansen · organ · tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 18 and 20
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
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Editing Engineer
Alessandro Servadei
Thomas Grubb
Vaughan McAlley
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Great Hall, University of Sydney
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Credit
Martin Wright
Paul Wright
Simon Fieldhouse
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