Green & Pleasant Land, Vol. 4 Kevin Bowyer

• Edmondstoune Duncan (1866 - 1920): March of the Rosicrucians:
• 1 Duncan: March of the Rosicrucians 05:52
• Alan Gray (1855 - 1935): Short Piece for Organ in D Major:
• 2 Gray: Short Piece for Organ in D Major 02:24
• Cyril Jenkins (1889 - 1978): Pastoral Scene:
• 3 Jenkins: Pastoral Scene 05:34
• Edmondstoune Duncan: Maestoso moderato for Organ:
• 4 Duncan: Maestoso moderato for Organ 05:31
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Kk. 446:
• 5 Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Kk. 446 04:47
• Ernest Halsey (1876 - 1939): Caprice for Organ:
• 6 Halsey: Caprice for Organ 04:01
• Sandiford Turner (1869 - 1928): Grazioso in C Major:
• 7 Turner: Grazioso in C Major 03:50
• Purcell James Mansfield (1889 - 1968): Grand choeur nuptiale, Op. 150:
• 8 Mansfield: Grand choeur nuptiale, Op. 150 04:51
• Townshend Driffield (1851 - 1925): Cavatina in D Major, Op. 29:
• 9 Driffield: Cavatina in D Major, Op. 29 03:20
• Clement Charlton Palmer (1871 - 1944): Memories:
• 10 Palmer: Memories 02:57
• Edward E. Harper (b. 1946): Ballade in C Minor:
• 11 Harper: Ballade in C Minor 05:03
• Alan Gray: Andante sostenuto in A Minor:
• 12 Gray: Andante sostenuto in A Minor 02:35
• Albert Robbins (b. 1958): Meditation:
• 13 Robbins: Meditation 03:46
• Maurice Gordon Burgess (1884 - 1964): Festal Postlude:
• 14 Burgess: Festal Postlude 04:49
• Edmondstoune Duncan: Berceuse:
• 15 Duncan: Berceuse 03:43
• Arthur Marchant (1850 - 1921): Andante con express in D Major:
• 16 Marchant: Andante con express in D Major 03:01
• Maurice Gordon Burgess: Postlude in G Minor, Op. 7:
• 17 Burgess: Postlude in G Minor, Op. 7 03:34
• Horace Watling (1880 - 1959): Pastorale:
• 18 Watling: Pastorale 02:24
• Clement Charlton Palmer: Finale for Organ in D Major:
• 19 Palmer: Finale for Organ in D Major 05:03
• Total Runtime 01:17:05

Info for Green & Pleasant Land, Vol. 4

Priory continues its series of organ music from Charles Vincent's periodical "The Organ Loft" which ran to 120 issues between 1900 and 1915. Most of the pieces were written by up and coming British composers of the day, many of whom were killed in action during the first world war. This is a charming and valuable addition to the organ catalogue and played by the masterful Kevin Bowyer on the Willis Organ at Glasgow University Memorial Chapel.

Kevin Bowyer, organ

Kevin Bowyer
was born in Southend-on-Sea (East Anglia) in 1961. He studied with Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, David Sanger, Virginia Black and Paul Steinitz. Fame came to the musician following wins at five international organ competitions. In 1987 after the world premiere of Kaikhosru Sorabji’s two-hour solo Symphony for Organ (1924) – a work considered “impossible to perform” ever since its publication in 1925 – Bowyer had established a strong reputation as a brilliant performer of contemporary music and music of extreme technical complexity. In 2010 he performed another work by Sorabji for the first time – Second Symphony for Organ (1929–1932). The premiere took place in Glasgow and Amsterdam and the concerts lasted almost nine hours. He recently completed a critical edition of Sorabji’s complete organ works, a thousand-page project that occupied him almost full time for six years (2008–2014).

At home the musician frequently performs at the most prestigious concert halls and appears at festivals, performing both recitals and together with orchestras. Tours have brought him acclaim in Europe, North America, Australia and Japan.

The organist has released a great number of recordings, many of which have won various awards. These include many landmark recordings of contemporary music as well as the complete organ music of Bach (on twenty-nine CDs) and music by Alkan, Brahms, Schumann, Reubke, Hindemith, Schoenberg, Messiaen and Alain. Jonathan Wearn, writing in MusicWeb International, described Bowyer as “one of the world’s hardiest and most formidable virtuosos” and Gramophone magazine described him as “unique”.

Kevin Bowyer lectures and gives masterclasses. He is staff organist of the University of Glasgow.

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