{"id":2612,"date":"2015-11-01T15:37:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T15:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2015-11-01T15:40:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T15:40:39","slug":"stephen-page-in-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2612","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Page in Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Emmanuel Centre Battle, 31 October 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S-Page-Battle-Oct-15-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2614\" alt=\"S Page Battle Oct 15 (7)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S-Page-Battle-Oct-15-7.jpg\" width=\"1729\" height=\"1296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S-Page-Battle-Oct-15-7.jpg 1729w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S-Page-Battle-Oct-15-7-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S-Page-Battle-Oct-15-7-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S-Page-Battle-Oct-15-7-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1729px) 100vw, 1729px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephen gave the last recital in the old Methodist Church and has now given this first organ recital in the new Emmanuel Centre, though the organ is the same and he opened with the final work heard in the old church \u2013 Karg-Elert\u2019s <i>Choral Improvisation on Nun danket.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>If the organ is not quite up to the rigours of late romantic music it certainly has enough scope to provide some very beautiful sounds, particularly in more reflective works. In the first half Martin Howe\u2019s <i>Elegy<\/i> and two choral preludes by Michael Corah were particularly effective. The three pieces by Bach also demonstrated the strengths of the organ in a bright reading of <i>Wir glauben all\u2019an einen Gott<\/i> and a briskly cheerful <i>Badinerie.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The second half brought a more relaxed feel with Saint-Saens\u2019 <i>Danse Macabre<\/i> setting a proper mood for Halloween before the softer tones of Howells\u2019 <i>Preludio sine nomine. <\/i>A lengthy tribute to John Williams allowed us to spot the tunes from a wide range of popular block-busters, with Harry Potter sneaking in between the super-heroes. The final piece was a splendid coming together of the popular and the classical with Lefebure-Wely\u2019s <i>Sortie in E flat.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The large audience responded with enthusiasm and looked forward to further events in this new but already highly valued venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Centre Battle, 31 October 2015 Stephen gave the last recital in the old Methodist Church and has now given this first organ recital in the new Emmanuel Centre, though the organ is the same and he opened with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2612\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions\/2615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}