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Canon in B minor (Schumann) in 1973 on the Organ lost in 1985 fire at St Mary's Church, Penzance
· 16.03.2023 · 21:00:18 ··· Donnerstag ⭐ 0 🎬 0
📺 The Lighthouse
The magnificent pipe organ you are hearing, was tragically destroyed by a fire on 23rd March 1985 at St. Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall. Most of the instrument dated from 1769, its sound was revered by organists. Originally built for the former St. Mary's Chapel, it was rebuilt by Crabb of Exeter in the new church in 1835 where S.S. Wesley, then organist of Exeter Cathedral, played at the first service and appointed the first organist. Later improvements and extensions were made by J.W. Walker of London, Heard of Truro, Hele and Co of Plymouth, culminating in its full restoration by Lance Foy of Truro in 1981.
A series of Organ Recitals and Concerts had been recorded in summer 1973, the only known recordings of the organ. This track was not heard again until tape restoration began in 2023, so that the historic organ's unique voice can sound out once more. The recording was played in the church (through a Hauptwerk organ) on 22nd March 2023, 38 years after the fire.
The visiting musicians were student organists, choral scholars and singers who kindly gave their consent for their performances to be used in recordings for public sale in aid of St. Mary's.
'Canon in B minor' (Robert Schumann) was performed on 10th August 1973 by Robin Jackson who has for this restoration in 2023, contributed the following notes:
"It may be a surprise to many but Robert Schumann had studied the organ during his younger days. He wrote in 1850: “Lose no opportunity of practising on the organ, there is no other instrument that takes a swifter revenge on anything unclear or sloppy in composition or playing.”
Clara Schumann’s diary entry for 24th April 1845 reads: “We received on loan a pedalboard for beneath the piano, which has given us much pleasure. Its primary purpose was to enable us to practise our organ playing, but Robert soon discovered a further interest in this instrument.” The pedal-piano, now something of rarity was popular for a time in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The instrument featured a pedal board as found on the organ so that the player could play bass notes with the feet. Having a serious interest in Baroque counterpoint and the organ works of J.S. Bach, Schumann became very interested in this invention.
Schumann composed two sets of short pieces for pedal piano: Opus 56, Six Studies in Canonic Form from which the Canon in B Minor is part, and Opus 58, Four sketches. Opus 60, the six fugues on B.A.C.H. could also be played on the pedal piano.
I came across the Canon in B minor following Nicolas Kynaston’s 1970 recording of it on the organ of the Royal Albert Hall."
More 1973 recordings are on playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWChdc-_Apx1e7n0jpmhxDSLvOnpxXznH
More information in records E00010 and N11238 at the National Pipe Organ Register https://www.npor.org.uk/
Photo of the old organ by permission of Morrab Library - website: https://morrablibrary.org.uk/
1906 photo of the Church courtesy of St. Mary's - website: https://penleecluster.org.uk/about-us/st-marys-penzance/
Tape Restoration AMDG 2023: In memory of all involved in 1973 & 1985 who are no longer with us. R.I.P.
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Thank you for listening to the lost organ of St. Mary's.
If you enjoyed this please consider donating to DEC charities: https://www.dec.org.uk/
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