Conductor, Sir DAN GODFREY
Relayed from The Pavilion, Bournemouth (Soloist, QUENTIN MACLEAN> )(First Performance)
In the words of the composer, Quentin Maclean , he has in this Organ Concerto purposely refrained from indulging in any startling harmonic innovations of ultra-modern order, and has deliberately aimed at producing a work that will be pleasing and acceptable to the general British concert public. The concerto is in one continuous movement, and apart from original subject matter it makes use of the plainsong themes ' Te Deum Laudamus ' and ' Ite Missa Est.' The concerto is inscribed ' in respect and admiration ' to Mr. John Compton , the builder of the organ in the Pavilion at Bournemouth, on which Mr. Maclean will perform this afternoon, and the inclusion of the two plainsong themes is in part a tribute to this master organ-builder's magnum opus at Downside Abbey.
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