Salisbury Meditation John Challenger

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 1 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air (Arr. for Organ) 04:56
• 2 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 (Arr. for Organ) 03:55
• Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934):
• 3 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 (Arr. for Organ) 03:47
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751):
• 4 Adagio for Strings & Organ in G Minor (Arr. for Organ) 07:12
• Johann Sebastian Bach:
• 5 Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 (Arr. for Organ) 05:23
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759):
• 6 Berenice, HWV 38: Minuet 03:00
• Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824):
• 7 Sicilienne 03:32
• George Frideric Handel:
• 8 Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air 02:21
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 191):
• 9 Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Organ) 03:11
• Sir Edward Elgar:
• 10 Salut d'Amour, Op. 12 (Arr. for Organ) 03:07
• 11 Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 (Arr. for Organ) 04:40
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958):
• 12 Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes: II. Rhosymedre 04:49
• Edward MacDowell (186 - 1908):
• 13 Ten Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1. To A Wild Rose (Arr. for Organ) 02:06
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847):
• 14 Sonata in A Major, Op. 56 No. 3: II. Andante tranquillo 02:34
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
• 15 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen 03:05
• Léon Böellmann (1862 - 1897):
• 16 Suite Gothique, Op. 25: III. Prière à Notre-Dame 05:02
• Total Runtime 01:02:40

Info zu Salisbury Meditation

Young organist John Challenger in his debut solo recording presents a selection of virtuoso transcriptions for organ of some of the best-loved orchestral works of Elgar, played on the organ of Salisbury Cathedral.

The orchestral originals are given a new guise as idiomatic organ solos, bought to life through the glorious tone colours of the Father Willis organ in Salisbury Cathedral – regarded as one of the finest romantic organs in the world, and ideal for the realisation of these transcriptions.

In addition to existing transcriptions by distinguished Edwardian organists contemporary with Elgar – Alfred Redhead, George C Martin, Herbert Brewer, C H Trevor, and Harvey Grace - the disc includes new arrangements of Elgar works by Tom Winpenny and John Challenger himself.

John Challenger has been Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral since September 2012. He received his musical education as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral under Dr Roy Massey and Geraint Bowen, and as an Organ Scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, under Andrew Nethsingha. At St John’s College, he accompanied the choir for services, broadcasts, international tours, and appeared as the organist on four critically-acclaimed recordings under the Chandos label. He has studied the organ with David Briggs, Jeremy Filsell, Mark Williams, and the late David Sanger, and he obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists in 2008.

John Challenger, organ

John Challenger
has been Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral since September 2012, where he accompanies the Cathedral's liturgy on the great Father Willis Organ. He received his musical education as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral under Dr Roy Massey and Geraint Bowen, and as an Organ Scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and St John’s College, Cambridge; at St John’s, under the directorship of Andrew Nethsingha, he played the organ for services, concerts, recordings, broadcasts, tours, and four critically-acclaimed recordings on the Chandos label. He studied the organ with David Briggs, Jeremy Filsell, Mark Williams, and the late David Sanger, and obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists in 2008. In addition to his duties at the Cathedral, John is active as an organ teacher and recitalist. Between January and March 2017, John acted as Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, during the sabbatical of the College's full-time Director of Music, Andrew Nethsingha. During this time, the world-famous choir undertook numerous high-profile engagements, including a BBC Radio 3 live broadcast of Choral Evensong on Ash Wednesday.

In April 2015, John’s début solo organ CD, ‘Elgar from Salisbury’, was released under the Regent label, and features transcriptions of Elgar’s orchestral and instrumental works on the Father Willis Organ, including John’s own transcription of Elgar’s Prelude to ‘The Kingdom’. The recording was awarded five stars by Choir & Organ Magazine, and received enthusiastic reviews in the American Record Review, Hi-Fi Plus, Church Music Quarterly, and on Classic FM. Roger Judd, writing for FCM’s Cathedral Music wrote that ‘it would be difficult to imagine a more auspicious début CD’, whilst Andrew Fletcher wrote for Organists’ Review: ‘there is nothing I can say that can begin to convey the technical brilliance, artistry, musicality and seemingly effortless organ management of John Challenger. If you love the Salisbury organ (and who wouldn’t?) and adore Elgar (and who doesn’t?), here is a match made in heaven. Flawless! Phenomenal!’ His second solo CD, of the major organ works of César Franck, was released this summer.

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