Henry Purcell: Two Trumpet Tunes from King Arthur, z 628 Trumpet Tune from The Indian Queen, z 630
Andre? Camp: Rigaudon from Idomeie
Kenneth Leighton: Et resurrexit (Theme, Fantasy and Fugue), Op. 49
Alfred Hollins: Concert Overture in C major
Charles-Marie Widor: Marcia from Symphony No. 3, Op. 69
Theodore Salomei: Grand Choeur in G, Op. 68 No. 2
Alexandre Guilmant: Marche religieuse - 'March on a Theme of Handel', Op. 15 No. 2
George Frideric Handel: Overture and March from Ode for St Cecilia's Day, hwv 76
Delphian stalwart John Kitchen has now served for thirteen years as Edinburgh City Organist and twenty-seven years as University Organist. In the latter capacity he has played for no fewer than 400 graduation ceremonies. The formidable Hope-Jones/Willis instrument in the University of Edinburgh’s purpose-built graduation hall is as eccentric as it is eye-catching, and following its recent refurbishment, Kitchen has recorded this conspectus of the music he might play during or after one of those numerous ceremonies. From an anonymous student song popular in the eighteenth century to a serious and substantial work by the University’s former Reid Professor of Music Kenneth Leighton, Kitchen’s programme exudes pomp and grandeur on one of the UK’s biggest instruments in one of the UK’s biggest acoustics.
