Under Hamelin Hill

chamber organ (1-3 players)

Year

1992

Duration

00:08:00

Category

Organ

Commission

Commissioned by Charles Armstrong and The Gentlemen of St John's

Programme notes

Based on the story of the Pied Piper, Under Hamelin Hill is an exuberant invention for chamber organ: the Preambulum a right-hand moto perpetuo over punchy, teasing rhythms for the left hand; the Fuga a surprise as two further players, drawn by the piping, come on to join the first players; the Arietta a long, descending sigh over mysterious rumbles.

Availability

Score on special sale from the Hire Library

Scores and publication

Upcoming performances

21 February 2027 — Rudolfinum (Prague, Czech Republic) (17:30) — Czech Republic — Composer

Previous performances

23 August 2015 — Syddansk Musikkonservatorium og Skuespillerskole (Odense, Denmark) — Denmark — Composer
23 April 2015 — Cultural and Information Centre (Zagreb, Croatia) — Croatia — Composer
22 July 2006 — No Venue (Cordes-sur-Ciel, Midi-Pyrénées , France) — France — Composer
22 June 2001 — No Venue (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
11 February 2001 — King's College (Cambridge, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
27 July 2000 — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
3 April 1998 — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
29 July 1992 — Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral (Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer

Recordings

Catch; Darknesse Visible; Five Eliot Landscapes; Life Story; Still Sorrowing; Traced Overhead; Under Hamelin Hill — 2001 — EMI Classics
Life Story — 1997 — EMI Debut (7243 5 69699 2 6)