In London Town
British Organ Music on the Dobson Organ of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue
Benjamin Sheen (organ)
Sheen takes the title of his recording from Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture, the centrepiece of his programme and a work played here (in an arrangement by the organist’s father) with musicianly flair....
In London Town
British Organ Music on the Dobson Organ of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue
Benjamin Sheen (organ)
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Sheen takes the title of his recording from Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture, the centrepiece of his programme and a work played here (in an arrangement by the organist’s father) with musicianly flair....
About
CRD is releasing a single disc of British Organ Music on the Dobson Organ of Saint Thomas Church, Fifith Avenue, New York City, played by noted concert organist Benjamin Sheen. This collection contains a swath of organ music from composers such as William Walton, John Ireland, Thomas Tallis and including World Premiere recordings of an arrangement of an Elgar piece ‘In London Town’ by Benjamin’s father, Graham Sheen, as well as a World Premiere recording on Larcrimae by Andrew Carter, written in the memory of John Scott.
Contents and tracklist
- Arr. for organ by Tom Winpenny
- Benjamin Sheen
Ireland:
A Downland Suite: II. Elegy. Lento espressivo (Arr. for organ by Alec Rowley)
Work length4:58
- Arr. for organ by Alec Rowley
- Benjamin Sheen
Work length17:06
This work is only available as an album download.
- Arr. for organ by Graham Sheen
- Benjamin Sheen
Work length13:59
This work is only available as an album download.
- Arr. for organ by Denis Stevens
- Benjamin Sheen
- Arr. for organ by George Martin
- Benjamin Sheen
Awards and reviews
November 2022
Sheen takes the title of his recording from Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture, the centrepiece of his programme and a work played here (in an arrangement by the organist’s father) with musicianly flair. Both the music and this performance exploit all the possibilities of the magnificent Dobson organ at St Thomas Church, Fif th Avenue in New York, completed as recently as 2018.
