DREAM ORGANS
JULIAN RHODES' IMAGINARY ORGANS

 

This handsome, rather boxy church of dark grey stone has an air of early-Victorian formality despite the light interior with its vividly painted ceiling.

My scheme is essentially modern, with an unforced, rich tutti and a generous number of full-length unisons. Choir provides a foil to Great, while Swell is more pungent and reedy. The whole organ contains chromatic contrasts between tonal lights and darks.

GREAT
    16       Gemshorn
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Chamois            conical
     8       Harmonic Flute
     4       Octave
     2       Superoctave
    III      Furniture  19.22.26
     8       Trumpet
 
CHOIR 
     8       Dolce Diapason
     8       Bourdon            wood
     8       Gamba
     8       Gamba Celeste      GG
     4       Gemshorn
     2       Flageolet
    III      Accord  12.19.22
     8       Cor Anglais
 
SWELL
     8       Horn Diapason      wood
     8       Rohr Flute
     8       Dulciana
     4       Koppel Flute
    III      Cornet  12.15.17
    16       Double Hautboy
     8       Krum Horn
 
PEDAL
    32       Fauxbourdon        ex.
    16       Open Bass          wood
    16       Gemshorn           Great
    16       Bourdon
     8       Principal
     8       Tenor Flute        open wood
     4       Goat Horn          conical
    16       Posaune
 
(1994)

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