BIS Great Cathedral Organ Series: St Edmundsbury Cathedral

A selection of Christmas Organ Music recorded on the remarkable Harrison & Harrison organ of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, expertly played by the Cathedral's Assistant Director of Music Richard Cook.

The following programme has been carefully chosen by Richard to best show off the organ and to include a balanced selection of music, The improvisation comes from the end of an Organ Demonstration which Richard gave for BIS.

• JS Bach - In Dulci Jubilo BWV 729
• JS Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543
• William Lloyd-Webber - Six interludes on Christmas Carols
• The Holly and the Ivy
• Whence is thy goodly fragrance?
• Noel Nouvelet
• Good King Wenceslas
• Coventry Carol
• God rest you merry gentlemen
• Brahms - Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
• Joseph Jongen - Sonata Eroica

Whereas YouTube compresses the audio in all of its videos, the audio here is lossless and you'll hear the Cathedral Organ sounding absolutely incredible!