{"id":1613,"date":"2014-03-12T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2014-03-12T09:47:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T09:47:46","slug":"1066-choir-organ-at-st-laurence-catsfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=1613","title":{"rendered":"1066 Choir &#038;Organ at St Laurence, Catsfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1614 alignright\" alt=\"St Laur Cats (6)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-6-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-6.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">11 March 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The organ in St Laurence, Catsfield, is the only remaining Sweetland in East Sussex, having been the gift of Annie Lady Brassey in 1883. It is currently in good condition even if very heavy in action and response. We were fortunate to have five organists available to play for us, giving a wide range of music and approaches to registration.<\/p>\n<p>The churches own organist, Bob, spoke briefly about the instrument before playing some Bach for us, in a romantic style. Rowena Kempner brought us an eclectic selection ranging from John Ireland\u2019s gentle <i>Sursum Corda<\/i> highlighting the organ\u2019s string tones, to variations on <i>Hey Jude<\/i> and concluding with a rousing Edwardian March.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Page opened with a short, bright piece by Michael Higgins before the familiar <i>Tambourin<\/i> by Gossec, with its light clear tones. A Chorale Prelude by Francis Jackson returned us to warmly familiar and mellow English registration. By contrast, Latour\u2019s variations on <i>Rule Britannia<\/i> opened up the throttle on the pedal to fine effect, before he concluded with an <i>Epilogue <\/i>by William Lloyd Webber, whose centenary fell yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This should have brought us to refreshments, but before then the choir sang three short items for us, concluding with <i>Surely, he has born our griefs<\/i> from <i>Messiah.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1615 aligncenter\" alt=\"St Laur Cats (16)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-16-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-16-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/St-Laur-Cats-16-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a veritable feast \u2013 no simple coffee and biscuits here \u2013 Alan Constable played a range of familiar favourites for us, including <i>Finlandia, Danny Boy<\/i> and <i>Bless this house. <\/i>Julius Weeks brought the evening to a close with a Chorale Prelude by Kirnberger, the sublime <i>Andante cantabile <\/i>from Widor\u2019s 5<sup>th<\/sup> Symphony and a brief but uplifting <i>Postlude<\/i> by Healey Willan.<\/p>\n<p>There was still enough food for doggy-bags to be supplied at the end!<\/p>\n<p>We are very grateful to the members of St Laurence, Catsfield, for making us so welcome.<\/p>\n<p>The next meeting will be the book launch celebrations on Saturday 26 April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 11 March 2014 The organ in St Laurence, Catsfield, is the only remaining Sweetland in East Sussex, having been the gift of Annie Lady Brassey in 1883. 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