BAROQUE Composer and Organist, He Spent Most of His Working Life As Organist at St Peter and St Paul, Weimar
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Anthony Pope Trumpet Dominic Perissinotto Trinity College Organ Transcriptions BAROQUE composer and organist, he spent most of his working life as organist at St Peter and St Paul, Weimar. His passion for music theory and history led him to compile what was to become the first major music dictionary in German. According to Walther’s autobiography he also composed 92 vocal works, 119 keyboard works and 78 arrangements, including 14 concerti by other composers. This Walther concerto, while having the usual fast — slow — fast organization, finishes the first section unusually on a transitional chord leading to the slow movement, instead of resolving as a movement on its own. Despite being one of the most prolific composers of his time, writing around 500 concertos including 350 for solo The remainder were transcribed for solo instruments, Antonio Vivaldi’s only organ by renowned organists of their day. contribution to the trumpet concerto Johann Friedrich Fasch was known best repertoire is the notable double trumpet as a composer of operas, church cantatas Concerto in C. The Concerto in B flat and festive music for court, including 96 likely written for oboe or violin is here ranscription has formed an integral overtures and 61 concertos. Having very transcribed for modern trumpet. The part of musical development little formal education in composition, he result is a solo part that has greater Tacross the centuries. Composers developed a musical language reflecting lyricism with a wider melodic and and performers have gained an intimate the move from the late Baroque to the dynamic range. knowledge of compositional style Classical style. This three-movement Bach arranged a number of Vivaldi’s from transcriptions, while adding to concerto begins with a florid Allegro, instrumental compositions for solo organ. the collection of music available for followed by a relatively short Largo and a One fine example, the D minor Concerto, performance on their instrument. stately Allegro. Unusually, all movements is an early work originally written for two Transcriptions Baroque presents eight are in D major, instead of the more violins, violoncello, string orchestra and works that take you on a journey common modulation to a related key for basso continuo. Formally, the structure through the art of the concerto in the the central movement. reflects the sonata da chiesa (slow — Baroque period. Four of these pieces Johann Gottfried Walther’s legacy fast—slow—fast) of the Baroque period, are performed on trumpet with the to music extends far beyond his rather than the newer three-movement orchestral part arranged for the organ. compositions. A highly respected form seen in the previous Vivaldi dynamic contrast with the strings. Georg Phillipp Telemann’s Concerto concerto. The legendary French organist, Marcel in D major is in a five-movement plan The Concerto in D major by Giuseppe Dupré, transcribed all George Frideric that can easily be reduced to three by Torelli is typical of his later style. The Handel’s concertos for performance consolidating the Grave—Adagio—Grave outer fast movements are simple in on organ alone, capturing the contrast into one movement. The Grave sections harmony, restricted by the use of natural between the orchestral and solo sections effectively link the faster movements trumpet in D whose melodic range was by clever use of registration. The B flat with the more lyrical aria, originally limited to arpeggios lower in the register major Concerto, Op 4 No 6, written for conceived as a duet for oboes. Utilising and stepwise motion only available in either organ or harp, is perhaps his most multi-track recording techniques, both the upper register. In the central three well known. Exhibiting the charm and oboe parts are performed by Anthony sections, Adagio – Presto – Adagio, the balance characteristic of Handel’s style, Pope. trumpet is silent enabling Torelli to the outer movements are quite brisk Prince Johann Ernst, a pupil of explore more adventurous harmony and while the largo is more reflective. Walther, died at the age of nineteen. His style, while not having the sophistication of his teacher, reflects the florid nature of late Baroque music. His Organ Concerto in C Major only survives through Bach’s transcriptions — one being a three movement version for harpsichord (BWV 984), the other a single movement arranged for solo organ (BWV 595). Although it is impossible to tell which of Bach’s transcriptions remain more faithful to the missing original, his organ arrangement (as played here) is an expanded form to create a more balanced work. Perissinotto in 1996 at the Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival, Victoria. Since then they have performed regularly throughout Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and Italy. Dominic Perissinotto ominic Perissinotto is one of Australia’s most prolific performers, Dwidely sought after as a soloist and accompanist. In promoting his passion for the pipe organ not only as a church instrument, but also as a concert and ensemble instrument, Dominic has worked with a number of musicians throughout Australia and Europe. Dominic’s “Pipe Organ Plus — Five Anthony Pope Sundays in Fremantle” series showcases awarded a Fellowship by the Winston one of Western Australia’s most nthony’s desire to play the trumpet Churchill Memorial Trust to assist with impressive pipe organs in the Basilica further studies at the Royal College of began at age ten as a cornet player of St Patrick, Fremantle, where he is with the Daylesford Brass Band. Music in London, commencing in 1991. A Organist and Director of Music. For these During his time in London Dominic was This marked the beginning of a swift rise concerts he is joined by a number of through the ranks to become Associate appointed to the post of Organ Scholar at Australia’s leading musicians exploring Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral Principal Trumpet of Orchestra Victoria in a wide variety of music from Mediaeval 1992, a position he still holds. in London. He gave regular recitals at times through to specially commissioned St Paul’s and Westminster Cathedrals, A graduate of the Victorian College works by Australian composers including of the Arts with a Diploma of Arts in Westminster Abbey, Oxford Town Hall, Brenton Broadstock and David Pye. To and toured Belgium, Italy and England, Music, he has won numerous trumpet this extent, Dominic has received a and cornet competitions throughout returning regularly to perform in grant in 2001 from the Music Fund of the festivals. Australia. Concerti he has performed with Australia Council to commission a new orchestra include those by Arutunian, work for organ and sampler, and again in ● Tomasi, Shostakovich, Haydn and 2003 from ArtsWA in association with the Hummel. Anthony teaches brass at a Lotteries Commission for solo pipe organ number of educational institutions around Anthony and Dominic released their first work, both by David Pye. compact disc Perspectives in December Melbourne. A graduate of the University of Anthony began working with Dominic 2000. Transcriptions Baroque is their Melbourne, Victoria, Dominic was second release. Graphics Inari Kiuru Trinity College organ Booklet layout Move Records Producers Anthony Pope University of Melbourne – Kenneth Jones and Associates – Bray, Ireland 1997 Dominic Perissinotto Patricia Shaw Great Solo Generals Recording engineer Martin Wright Double Diapason 16 Open Flute 8 8 Thumb Pistons duplicated Editing Vaughan McAlley Open Diapason 8 8 Toe Pistons Gamba 8 Recording 26, 27 August 2002 Rohr Flute 8 Wide Octave 4 5 Advance Pistons and 13, 14 February Octave 4 Super Octave 2 2 Reverse Pistons 2003 at Trinity Coppel Flute 4 Nachthorn 2 College, University Fifteenth 2 Tierce 1 3/5 All manual couplers Mixture IV Cromorne 8 duplicated by Thumb of Melbourne, Trumpet 8 Solo Trumpet 8 Pistons (Reversible) Victoria Swell to Great Great/Solo Tremulant Swell to Great, Great Solo to Great to Pedal — Toe Pistons Our thanks to the Dean of Trinity College Pedal (Reversible) for use of the Chapel and the organ. Swell Sub Bass 32 Salicional 8 Open Wood 16 Digital Display P 2003 Move Records, Melbourne Stopped Diapason 8 Sub Bass 16 16 Memory Levels of the Voix Celeste 8 Octave 8 Departmental Pistons. See Move Records’ website for full Principal 4 Bass Flute 8 96 Memory Levels of the details of other releases, complete track Wald Flute 4 Trombone 16 General Pistons. listings, artist and composer profiles, and Octavin 2 Great to Pedal Memory Levels may be audio samples Mixture III-IV Swell to Pedal scrolled up and down using Double Trumpet 16 the arrow buttons. Solo to Pedal move.com.au Cornopean 8 Solo Octave to Pedal Advance Thumb and Toe Oboe 8 Pistons advance through Swell Tremulant Departments the General Pistons 1 to 8, Swell – 6 Thumb Pistons Level after level. Great – 6 Thumb Pistons Reverse Thumb and Toe Solo – 6 Thumb Pistons Pistons do the opposite. Ped – 6 Toe Pistons Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) after Antonio Vivaldi CONCERTO IN D MINOR, BWV 596 q0 (without tempo indication) 1’06” qa Grave 0’28” qs Fuga 3’47” qd Largo e spiccato 2’46” qf (without tempo indication) 3’39” Transcriptions Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709) BAROQUE CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR TRUMPET Anthony Pope, trumpet qg Allegro 2’10” Dominic Perissinotto qh Adagio 1’43” Trinity College organ qj Presto 0’27” Melbourne qk Adagio 0’35” ql Allegro 1’52” Marcel Dupré (1886–1971) Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758) after George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR TRUMPET CONCERTO No 6 IN B FLAT MAJOR 1 Allegro 2’24” w0 (without tempo indication) 4’13” 2 Largo 1’31” wa Larghetto 4’04” 3 Allegro 3’27” ws Allegro Moderato 2’03” Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748) Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681–1767) after Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709) CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR TRUMPET CONCERTO IN A MINOR wd (Allegro) 3’34” 4 Vivace 2’46” wf Grave 0’47” 5 Adagio 2’33” wg Aria 3’39” 6 Allegro 3’47” wh (Grave) 0’36” wj (Vivace) 2’56” Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) CONCERTO IN B FLAT MAJOR FOR Johann Sebastian Bach TRUMPET after Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen – 7 Allegro 4’09” Weimar (1697–1715) 8 Largo 2’00” CONCERTO IN C MAJOR, BWV 595 9 Allegro 2’46” wk (without tempo indication) 4’11”.