Sound Extracts From the Rieger Organ

Curated organ extracts from the Christchurch Town Hall Rieger Organ by Organ Curator Martin Setchell for your listening pleasure!

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Sound Extracts

The sound extracts below come from various CDs that were recorded in the organ's short 13-year-old life and all of them were recorded by organ curator Martin Setchell. Although the Bonbons for Organ series and Let the Pealing Organ Blow are no longer available in stores, they can be bought as single track downloads from many sources on the internet, such as iTunes, and Amplifier, or even second-hand.

Great Australasian Organ Series Vol 7

The Rieger Organ of Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand

A Priory Records Digital Recording
(Priory 1031) Recorded in Christchurch Town Hall 29-31 January 2010. Total Playing Time (75:49)

Short extracts from Great Australasian Organs VII:

Premiere Symphonie in E flat major Op.20

by - Macquaire

Celebratio

by - Karl Jenkins

Toccata in F

by - Jules Grison

Festive Trumpet Tune - David German; Overture to the Occasional Oratorio - G.F.Handel; Premiere Symphonie in E flat maj Op.20 - Lazare-Auguste Maquaire; Celebratio - Karl Jenkins; Litanies - Jehan Alain; Suite Carmelite - Jean Françaix; O salutaris hostia (from the Mass in G minor) Camille Saint-Saëns; Bolero de Concert - Louis Lefébure-Wély; Fuga sopra un Soggetto - Stefano Bertuletti; Ronde française Op. 37 Léon Boellmann; Toccata in F - Jules Grison

Pink & White

Three short extracts from "Pink and White", ACD 605, of New Zealand organ works from 1944 to 2005, recorded on the Christchurch Town Hall by Martin Setchell (released in March 2005).

Short extracts from Pink and White

Pink and White

by - Anthony Ritchie

Toccata from Pokarekare Ana Suite

by - Martin Setchell

Tui, Korimako and Kokako

by - Jack Body

Anthony Ritchie - Pink and White; David Farquhar - From Heaven I Come (with song and dance) variation on Von Himmel hoch; Douglas Lilburn - Prelude and Fugue in G minor (Antipodes); John Ritchie - Let the pealing organ blow!; Douglas Mews - Prelude and Fugue; Jack Body - Tui, Korimako and Kokako (for organ and birdsong); Tecwyn Evans - Gerauschvoll; Martin Setchell - Pokarekare Ana Suite

Bonbons for Organ 2

Successor to the popular Bonbons for Organ, this Bonbons for Organ 2 CD was recorded on the Christchurch Town Hall by Martin Setchell, and released on April 26, 2003, by Atoll ACD 603 - out of print

Short extracts from Bonbons for Organ 2

Finlandia

by - Sibelius

Kiwi Fireworks - Introduction & Finale

by - Spicer

New Zealand National Anthem, Woods; Kiwi Fireworks, Spicer; Concerto no. 1 in G major, Bach; Toccata in F, Grison; Mohrentanz, Susato; A Trumpet Gigue, Setchell; Sabre Dance, Khachaturian; Gymnopédie no 1, Satie; March, the Liberty Bell, Sousa; Popular Song, Walton; Toccata in E minor, Callaerts; Elephant, Saint-Saens; Cats, Langlais; Finlandia, Sibelius; Humoresque Yon; Sortie in Bb major, Lefébure-Wély.

Bonbons for Organ

Bonbons for Organ was recorded on the Christchurch Town Hall by Martin Setchell, and released December, 2000. Atoll ACD 600 ~ out of print

Short extracts from Bonbons for Organ

Flight of the Bumblebee

by - Rimsky Korsakov

Berceuse

by - Faure

Toccata in d minor, Albert Renaud; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Elvira Madigan, Mozart; Nola, Arndt; Fiat Lux, Dubois; Trumpet Tune, Setchell; Scherzo, Setchell; Toccata on Joy to the World; Happy Birthday, Herr Bach; Alles was du Bist, Nalle; Washington Post March; Berceuse, Fauré; Sicilienne, Fauré; Grand March from Aida, Verdi; Cuckoo, Daquin; The Swan, Saint-Saens; Fugue on the Pink Panther, Bovet; Flight of the Bumblebee, Rimsky-Korsakov; Rondeau, Mouret; Rigaudon, Campra; Funeral March of a Marionette, Gounod; Hamburger Totentanz, Bovet.

Let the Pealing Organ Blow

Let the Pealing Organ Blow was the first CD recorded on the Rieger in the Christchurch Town Hall (1997) . Organ curator Martin Setchell was the organist, and it was produced by Ode Records (MANU 1539). It is out of print.

Toccata in C BWV 564 - Bach

by - J.S.Bach

Cavatina from the Deer Hunter

by - Myers

Toccata in F - Widor; Air (Suite No. 3) - Bach; Badinerie (Suite No. 2) - Bach; Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke; Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV 564 - Bach; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky; Coronation March - Meyerbeer; Largo (New World Symphony) - Dvorak; Will o' the Wisp - Nevin; Choral No. 3 in A minor - Franck; Cavatina (the Deer Hunter) - Myers; The Entertainer - Joplin; Sortie in Eb - Lefébure-Wély