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At Sunrise (Rare piece)

John Arthur Meale (1880-1932) was born in Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, England, Dec. 18th, 1880, and died in Hendon, Dec. 9th, 1932.
(on the sheet it says: to my friend Gatty Sellars)

Have to say that I try always new registrations - so I’m using new stops combinations here too. Always getting new kind of sounds with Organteq, don’t always have to sound as a ”normal” church organ.  Endless possibilities.

I really hope more people could buy this fantastic instrument. I read that Studio Bundle users have a nice discount offer on Organteq right now.

https://youtu.be/fz1NP5H_dV4

John Arthur Meale was Musical Director at the Central Hall, Westminster from its opening in 1912 until his death in 1932, giving some six hundred Wednesday recitals and many Saturday Popular Concerts. A noted exponent of the "orchestral" school or organ playing, an FRCO and a recitalist much in demand all over the country he came to Doncaster on several occasions after the First World War and played among other things his own "tone pictures" The Mighty Andes, Fountain Melody, In Peril on the Sea, the Introduction, Variations and Fugue on The Vicar of Bray, the pedal study "The Magic Harp, At Sunrise, Impressions sur la Belgique, A Night at Sea and March Patrol. Other organ solos by him included Sunny, The Storm, composed as a feature for a church bazaar at Selby, Twilight, Canto Religioso and A Summer Idyll (1917); his output included also anthems and many songs. He prepared the specification for the organ in Hull City Hall and for many others.

"At Sunrise" was published by W. Paxton & Co. Ltd. in 1921. It is dedicated: "To my friend, Gatty Sellars.”
                                 and
Gatty Sellars (1887-1938) was Organist at the Queen's Hall in London. During his career he was described as “the world’s greatest descriptive organist.” He played on radio and in films, and was filmed playing his "At the Temple Gates," at Central Hall, Westminster, which you can see on youtube and which I played too

Sellars  from about 1,30 - 3,00
    https://youtu.be/GJxhIVdCX98

Me, Stig 

  https://youtu.be/QHbz4hZikCM


All the best, everyone

Stig

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Re: At Sunrise (Organteq 2)

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:

At Sunrise (Rare piece)

John Arthur Meale (1880-1932) was born in Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, England, Dec. 18th, 1880, and died in Hendon, Dec. 9th, 1932.
(on the sheet it says: to my friend Gatty Sellars)

Have to say that I try always new registrations - so I’m using new stops combinations here too. Always getting new kind of sounds with Organteq, don’t always have to sound as a ”normal” church organ.  Endless possibilities.

I really hope more people could buy this fantastic instrument. I read that Studio Bundle users have a nice discount offer on Organteq right now.

https://youtu.be/fz1NP5H_dV4

John Arthur Meale was Musical Director at the Central Hall, Westminster from its opening in 1912 until his death in 1932, giving some six hundred Wednesday recitals and many Saturday Popular Concerts. A noted exponent of the "orchestral" school or organ playing, an FRCO and a recitalist much in demand all over the country he came to Doncaster on several occasions after the First World War and played among other things his own "tone pictures" The Mighty Andes, Fountain Melody, In Peril on the Sea, the Introduction, Variations and Fugue on The Vicar of Bray, the pedal study "The Magic Harp, At Sunrise, Impressions sur la Belgique, A Night at Sea and March Patrol. Other organ solos by him included Sunny, The Storm, composed as a feature for a church bazaar at Selby, Twilight, Canto Religioso and A Summer Idyll (1917); his output included also anthems and many songs. He prepared the specification for the organ in Hull City Hall and for many others.

"At Sunrise" was published by W. Paxton & Co. Ltd. in 1921. It is dedicated: "To my friend, Gatty Sellars.”
                                 and
Gatty Sellars (1887-1938) was Organist at the Queen's Hall in London. During his career he was described as “the world’s greatest descriptive organist.” He played on radio and in films, and was filmed playing his "At the Temple Gates," at Central Hall, Westminster, which you can see on youtube and which I played too

Sellars  from about 1,30 - 3,00
    https://youtu.be/GJxhIVdCX98

Me, Stig 

  https://youtu.be/QHbz4hZikCM


All the best, everyone

Stig

Wow, two interesting pieces indeed, I didn't know these authors nor Arthur Meale nor Gatty Sellars. But I confess that my knowledge of the music of the last twentieth century is rather incomplete. The first is more timid and pastoral at least rhythmically. The second is bolder harmonically and monolithic. I really enjoyed them. Thanks for sharing them.
Carmelo