In this novel programme, Simon Nieminski uncovers many gems spanning several eras of organ literature, and lends them his imaginative interpretation. This recording also exhibits the superb tonal qualities in today's Wicks organs under guidance of Wicks tonal director, William Hamner.

Overture: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)—Otto Nicolai (1810-49) tr. Edwin Evans

Introduction to Act III of The Tempest—Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) tr. Sir Edward Bairstow

Othello Suite—Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) tr. Herbert P. Ellingford
     Dance

     Children's Intermezzo

     Funeral March

     The Willow Song

     Military March

Greensleeves (from Sir John in Love)—Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) tr. Stanley Roper

Movements from The Tempest—Matthew Locke (1621-77) tr. Simon Nieminski
     Act I Curtain Tune
     Dance of Winds (Gavott)
     Dance of Fantastick Spirits (The Fantastick & Corant)
     The Fourthe Act Tune (A Martial Jigge)

The Montagues and the Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet)—Sergei Prokofiev (1892-1953) tr. Roberto Bertero

Three Pieces from Richard III—Sir William Walton (1902-83)
     March
     Elegy

     Scherzetto

Scherzo (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)—Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) tr. Gordon Balch Nevin

Overture: King Lear—Hector Berlioz (1803-69) tr. Edwin Evans