by Maurice Vinden
From The Concert Hall, Broadcasting House
Debussy wrote nothing original for the organ, but it is being increasingly realised that his peculiar tone-colour and the very shape and movement of his music can be interpreted on the organ with a great measure of truth, especially on the modern organ with its wealth of subtle registration.
Edwin Lemare's organ recitals at St. Margaret's, Westminster, used to be quite a feature of musical life before the War, and he has since repeated his triumphs in America. Besides being an exceptionally brilliant player, a gifted improvisor, and a prolific composer of organ music, he has added to the repertory a number of transcriptions of orchestral works, in which practice he was one of the earliest in the field.