{"id":7161,"date":"2023-08-01T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2023-08-01T10:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:24:00","slug":"hastings-all-saints-organ-series-daniel-cook-31st-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=7161","title":{"rendered":"HASTINGS ALL SAINTS ORGAN SERIES &#8211; DANIEL COOK 31ST JULY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-variant-caps: normal;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielcookorganist.com\/uploads\/7\/7\/5\/1\/7751936\/1712933_orig.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-variant-caps: normal;\">Following last week\u2019s concert by Durham Cathedral\u2019s sub-organist, this time it was the turn of the cathedral\u2019s Master of the Choristers and Organist, Daniel Cook, who has performed in this series on a number of previous occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The varied programme followed a geographical structure beginning in Germany and moving through England to France. Handel\u2019s <em>Overture to the Occasional Oratorio<\/em> got the evening off to a rousing start (with its own contrasting bridge to the concluding march). Bach\u2019s gentle but complex <em>chorale prelude: Dies sind heil\u2019gen zehn Gebot&#8217;<\/em> followed before the technically demanding Mendelssohn <em>Sonata No 6 in D minor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three pieces by late 19th\/early 20th Century English composers followed \u2013 Francis Jackson\u2019s <em>Praeludium<\/em> and <em>Allegretto grazioso<\/em> by Frank Bridge, with William Harris\u2019 <em>Flourish for an Occasion<\/em> bringing the first half to a rousing conclusion. A variety of registrations were employed allowing some of the wonderful Willis solo stops to be in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>French music filled the second half. A very inventive <em>Fantaisie in D flat<\/em> by Saint-Saens showed a great amount of dexterity from the organist, as did the concluding work, a new-to-me (and harmonically pleasing) <em>Toccata<\/em> by Marcel Lanquetuit, in similar style to the well-known Widor and others! There were also two examples of the more experimental early twentieth Century style by Langlais (<em>Hymne d\u2019actions de grace \u2013 Te Deum<\/em>) and Alain\u2019s impressionistic <em>Le Jardin Suspendu<\/em>. A strange inclusion was a repeat (from just last week) of Franck\u2019s <em>Cantabile<\/em> which once again featured some lovely lower register solo reeds.<\/p>\n<p>This was an evening of great contrasts and expert handling of the Willis from a performer who knows this music and these instruments very well. A good mixture of styles and mostly lesser known but accessible repertoire. We look forward to more!<\/p>\n<p>Next week\u2019s concert is by Robert Quinney from New College, Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week\u2019s concert by Durham Cathedral\u2019s sub-organist, this time it was the turn of the cathedral\u2019s Master of the Choristers and Organist, Daniel Cook, who has performed in this series on a number of previous occasions. The varied programme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=7161\">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":[4,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161"}],"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=7161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7166,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions\/7166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}