Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

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Album Summary

Performers

• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Phillip McCann (Cornet)
• Sellers Engineering Band
• Michael Austin (Organ)
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Roderick Elms (Organ)
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Simon Lindley (Organ)
• Malcolm Hicks (Organ)
• Ian Robertson (Organ)
• James Oxley (Tenor)
• Paula Bott (Soprano)
• Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Peter Pettinger (Piano)
• Yuri Torchinsky (Violin)
• Huddersfield Society
• Francis Jackson (Organ)
• Piet Kee (Organ)
• Richard Marlow (Organ)
• Gillian Weir (Organ)
• Ulster Orchestra

Conductors

• Bamert, Matthias
• del Mar, Norman
• Gibson, Alexander, Sir
• Gibson, Robert
• Handley, Vernon
• Hickox, Richard
• Newsome, Roy
• Robinson, Christopher
• Shepherd, Adrian
• Spicer, Paul
• Standage, Simon
• Thomas, Ronald [Violin]
• Tortelier, Yan Pascal
• Williams, Glyn
• Williams, J. Glyn

Ensembles

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• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Besses o' th' Barn Band
• Bournemouth Sinfonietta
• Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble)
• Collegium Musicum 90
• Collegium Musicum 90 Choir
• Finzi Singers
• Leeds Parish Church Boys' Choir
• London Symphony Chorus
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Sellers Engineering Band
• Ulster Orchestra
• Worcester Cathedral Choir

Composers

• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• John Goss (Composer) (1800 - 1880)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924)
• John Stanley (18th cent. Composer) (1712 - 1786)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• Hugh S. Roberton (1874 - 1952)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ).

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air

• Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Conductor: Ronald Thomas
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major :: Canon

• Performer: The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Conductor: Roy Newsome
• Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3) :: 2nd movement, Largo

• Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1

• Performers: Phillip McCann (Cornet); Sellers Engineering Band
• Conductor: Roy Newsome
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1877

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Canon

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Handel, George Frideric : Solomon :: Elsa's procession to the cathedral

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Conductor: Adrian Shepherd
• Ensemble: Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble)
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Purcell, Henry : Work(s) :: [Unspecified] Trumpet Tune

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Handel, George Frideric : Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 :: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

• Conductor: Simon Standage
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Notes: Composition written: 1746.
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1746

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348 :: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"

• Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Alexander Gibson
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Clarke, Jeremiah : Prince of Denmark's March

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Conductor: Alexander Gibson
• Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1697.
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1697

Parry, Charles Hubert : I was glad

• Performers: Roderick Elms (Organ); London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1902

Finzi, Gerald : Anthems (3), Op. 27

• Conductor: Paul Spicer
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Performers: Phillip McCann (Cornet); Simon Lindley (Organ)
• Conductor: Roy Newsome
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Roberton, Hugh S. : The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) (on "Crimond")

• Performers: Phillip McCann (Cornet); Malcolm Hicks (Organ)
• Conductor: Glyn Williams
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performers: Phillip McCann (Cornet); Malcolm Hicks (Organ); Ian Robertson (Organ)
• Conductor: Paul Spicer
• Ensemble: Finzi Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: Malcolm Hicks (Organ); Phillip McCann (Cornet)
• Conductor: J. Williams
• Ensemble: Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : English Hymnal

• Performers: Phillip McCann (Cornet); Simon Lindley (Organ)
• Conductor: Christopher Robinson
• Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1905

Goss, John : Hymn

• Conductor: Roy Newsome
• Ensemble: Besses o' th' Barn Band
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Ireland, John : Greater love hath no man

• Performers: James Oxley (Tenor); Paula Bott (Soprano); London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Worcester Cathedral Choir
• Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1912

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348 :: Air

• Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Alexander Gibson
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897) : Suite Gothique, Op. 25 :: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"

• Performer: Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1895

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 :: 2nd movement

• Conductor: Simon Standage
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Elgar, Edward : Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2

• Conductor: Norman del Mar
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879-1899

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Laudate Dominum :: 3rd movement, Prière à Notre Dame

• Performers: Simon Lindley (Organ); Phillip McCann (Cornet)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1780

Elgar, Edward : Salut d'amour

• Performers: Nigel Kennedy (Violin); Steven Isserlis (Cello); Peter Pettinger (Piano)
• Conductor: Roy Newsome
• Ensemble: Leeds Parish Church Boys' Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Torchinsky (Violin)
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Suite - no 2, Air

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Conductor: Robert Gibson
• Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

• Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Huddersfield Society
• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1865

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Wedding March

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924) : Toccata for organ no 3 in G major

• Performer: Francis Jackson (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mendelssohn, Felix : Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65 :: no 59, Nun danket alle Gott "Marche triomphale"

• Performer: Piet Kee (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 12/21/1844

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Performer: Francis Jackson (Organ)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Widor, Charles-Marie : Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op. 42/1 :: no 5 in D major "Trumpet"

• Performer: Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Karg-Elert, Sigfrid : Chorale Improvisations (66) for Organ, Op. 65

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1908-1910

Stanley, John : Voluntary for organ in D major, Op. 6/5 :: 5th movement, Toccata

• Performer: Richard Marlow (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" :: Hallelujah!

• Performers: Gillian Weir (Organ); Ulster Orchestra
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90 Choir
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1886