The organ music of Ronald Watson
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Twelve miniatures on Buckland - very easy |
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Styled ‘for amusement only’ these include an easy pedal part |
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Suite for Mrs Thing - very easy |
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Definitely for replica watches uk the reluctant organist this suite consists of five very swiss replica watches straightforward, approachable and playable pieces: Trumpet March, Song, Jig, Rag and Toccatina rolex replica |
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Mrs Thing's Christmas Stocking - easy |
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Five pieces on well known Christmas carols includes Cradle Song written for the baptism of Lorenzo Reckling Cabrera |
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Mrs Thing's Easter Egg - easy |
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Five pieces suitable for use from Palm Sunday to Easter Day |
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Mrs Thing puts her feet up - easy |
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Five pieces for manuals only but in which pedals could be used if so desired |
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At Your Service - easy |
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Five preludes on well known hymn tunes incorporating an easy pedal part |
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Variations on the St Anthony Chorale – not too difficult |
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For one hand and one foot. Written for a friend who lost the use of his left hand and has limited use of his right leg |
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Happy birthday Herr Bach - if you can play the Bach you can play this |
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A combination of Bach Schübler Prelude ‘Wachet Auf’ and ‘Happy Birthday to you’ this piece has sold in large numbers and has been recorded by June Nixon and Rupert Gough amongst others. The simplest registration |
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Wedding day - Grade 4/5 |
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Recorded by June Nixon this short piece is in G major with a central section in E flat major. Easy registration |
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The Piper - Grade 4/5 |
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Recorded by June Nixon this easy piece is in G major and features a drone effect produced by wedging two notes over which the simple melody is subjected to variations. At one stage the pedals take the melody. Registration changes need careful planning |
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Suite: Saint Wilfrid - Grade 4/6 |
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Recorded by June Nixon this suite contains 5 movements each of which is quite short but could stand alone. 1. Intrada in D major 2. Musette in G major 3.Trumpet Tune in F major (published separately) 4. Celtic Song in D major and 5 Toccatina in D major. The Toccatina marks the transition into slightly more demanding fingering and pedalling technique |
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In the Mode (for manuals only) - Grade 4/5 |
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A set of six pieces, one in each of the modes |
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Elegy in Memoriam Herbert Howells - Grade 5 |
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Recorded by June Nixon this gently moving piece is in B minor/major. It could be regarded as a chorale improvisation on the tune Michael. The pedal part is easy as is the registration |
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Toccata - Grade 5/6 |
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Recorded by Kevin Bowyer and declared to be one of his favourite pieces he describes it in The IAO Millennium Handbook as ‘chasing the key of E flat and grasping it at the end with both hands. A heart warming little piece’. It has had several airings in Norwich Cathedral and in King’s at the hands of Anne Page. Some agile fingering and pedalling are required and the registration is very easy to manage |
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Promenade - Grade 5/6 |
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Recorded by June Nixon this is a more substantial piece in C minor. The main theme is in 4/4 whereas the central contrasting section contains slightly more offbeat rhythms. There are no daunting technical demands and changes in registration can be easily managed |
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Colours - Grade 6 |
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Recorded by June Nixon, a more extended piece which explores changing textures. Whilst the pedalling is quite easy nimble fingering is required and subtle changes in registration are required fairly frequently |
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Dances - Grade 6 |
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Recorded by Pilar Cabrera this is basically a Rondo in which the main Jig theme frames an off beat Minuet and Saraband. Nimble but straight forward fingering and pedalling required and changes in registration for the various sections can be managed easily |
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Pastorale - Grade 6/7 |
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This piece is a typical Pastorale - starting and ending quietly with a stormier middle section. The pedalling is very easy and the manuals part is never harder than Grade 5. It lasts just over 3 minutes |
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Suite for Leeds - Grade 4/7 |
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This suite was a prize winner in the Leeds International Competition in 1990 and consists of four movements. 1.Dithyramb 2. Minuet à Trois (which has been recorded by June Nixon and Pilar Cabrera) 3. Scherzetto and 4. Toccata. The Toccata in the French style is definitely more difficult technically than the other movements containing, as Dr. Francis Jackson put it ‘some tight corners!’ |
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Three Handel hymn tune preludes - Grade 5/7 |
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Recorded by June Nixon the theme tunes are Maccabeus (Chorale), Solomon (Meditation) and Gopsal (Prelude, Fugue and Carillon) |
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Suite 'Four a Penny' - Grade 5/8 |
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Commissioned by Martin Penny this suite is made up of four movements. The opening Sinfonia is not at all difficult, the Tarantella is moderately difficult, Humori Contrastante is quite easy but the final movement is the one which will stretch you! |
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Badinage - Grade 6 |
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A light hearted piece in G major with modulations to E flat and to B major, at most a little tricky in places but very manageable with a bit of concentration |
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Jubiläum - Grade 7 |
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Commissioned by Francis Jackson and recorded by June Nixon this piece has enjoyed several performances by leading recitalists not least Dr. Jackson himself whose performance in a York Minster recital is available on CD. It was performed in St. Paul’s at the hands of Dr. Gillian Ward Russell who declared it to be ‘not as difficult as one first imagined’, and more recently by Pilar Cabrera in Bruges Cathedral. The piece is in 5 in a bar and is predominantly festive but with a reflective and hypnotic middle section |
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Ostinati - Grade 7 |
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This piece contains several sections in which there is a distinct ostinato, sometimes in the pedals. Registration changes need to be carefully planned. The piece begins and ends quietly |
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Introduction Passacaglia & Fugue - Grade 8 |
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Recorded by June Nixon this piece follows the usual format except that the theme is not always in ¾. This piece received its first performance at Walsingham at the hands of Michael Fleming who has included it in several recitals since |
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Fanfara Gioiosa - Grade 8 |
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Dedicated to June Nixon this quite demanding festive piece includes allusions to Waltzing Matilda. A good opportunity to let them hear the Tuba! |
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Concert piece - Grade 8+ |
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Recorded by Paul Derrett, commissioned by David Dunnett and first performed by him in Norwich Cathedral this is a jaunty piece which is great fun to play and to listen to |
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Excursion - Grade 8+ |
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Commissioned by Gillian Ward Russell the piece is in three distinct sections, the central section being te easiest and most reflective. |
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Duet |
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Transcriptions
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Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
(Grieg) - Grade 7 |
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Meditation on East Acklam - Grade
5 |
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Sonatina - Grade
8+ |
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Rievaulx - the story of an Abbey -
Grade 8+ |
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