{"id":3034,"date":"2016-06-08T09:04:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T08:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2016-06-09T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T07:37:59","slug":"pull-out-all-the-stops-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=3034","title":{"rendered":"Pull Out All the Stops 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Royal Festival Hall, London\u00a0 6 June 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Margaret-Phillips.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3035\" alt=\"Margaret Phillips\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Margaret-Phillips.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Phillips<\/strong> closed the 2015\/16 season of the RFH organ series with a magnificent programme spanning 250 years, beginning with Nicolas de Grigny\u2019s Suite on <i>Veni Creator <\/i>where reeds were often to the fore. <i>Fantasia in G (Piece d\u2019Orgue)<\/i> is a lovely example of JS Bach\u2019s ability to surprise \u2013 the contrasts between the light and playful opening and the relentless driving passage which longs to be resolved at the end were given full effect in this performance.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining pieces were all from three giants of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century organ repertoire.\u00a0 The first half was closed with effective symmetry as Durufle\u2019s <i>Prelude, Adagio et Choral vare sur le theme du Veni Creator <\/i>\u00a0took us back to the source material of the opening work.<\/p>\n<p>In a description of the evening\u2019s concert we were promised an \u201cexploration of the organ\u2019s nethermost regions\u201d! This was certainly the case throughout the concert with a wide range of registration from the quietest strings, and burbling flutes through to fiery reeds and full chorus. It was particularly noticeable in the hugely entertaining <i>18 variations <\/i>by Jean Guillou. As an introduction to an exciting world of timbre, texture and rhythm this piece is highly recommended. The horizontal layout of the pipework in the hall also added an extra spatial dimension to this music.<br \/>\nAlthough Dupre\u2019s <i>Prelude &amp; Fugue in G minor<\/i> is in some ways written in more conventional fashion it is nevertheless an interesting and technically demanding work.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the evening Margaret&#8217;s ease with, and thorough knowledge of this particular instrument and repertoire was evident. This was again demonstrated with a beautifully understated performance of a gently rhythmic and spacious\u00a0encore,\u00a0<em>Shalom<\/em>, by Toon Hagen (organist in Zwolle) &#8211; a lovely contrast to the dramatic ending of the Fugue\u00a0to send us on our way<\/p>\n<p>Over five concerts an impressive variety of music has been presented in wonderful performances by some fine musicians on this most remarkable organ. The 2016\/17 series of \u201cPull out all the stops\u201d begins on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> October with Jane Parker-Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Festival Hall, London\u00a0 6 June 2016 Margaret Phillips closed the 2015\/16 season of the RFH organ series with a magnificent programme spanning 250 years, beginning with Nicolas de Grigny\u2019s Suite on Veni Creator where reeds were often to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=3034\">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":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034"}],"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=3034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3040,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034\/revisions\/3040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}