Fanfare | Alec Wyton

Fanfare
Alec Wyton (1921 - 2007)
“to G. Donald Harrison who created the State Trumpet”
The Hazel Wright Organ | Christ (Crystal) Cathedral
V/300 | Fratelli Ruffatti (1982 / 2022)
David Ball | Cathedral Organist and Head of Music Ministry
Kevin Cartwright | Organ Curator
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[@PaulFey]

10/10 Penguins! Amazing!! 🐧

[@DJDevvin]

Why did you say penguins? lol! Duh!!! I know why because of the penguin keychain. And what does the name say on the penguin? I thought it said Julian when I zoomed in but it didn’t.

[@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944]

I was an acolyte at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in NYC when Alec Wyton was organist and choirmaster, so I heard this Fanfare many times. He composed it for the ceremonial Entrance of the Bishop of New York through the Great Bronze Doors of the cathedral. The State Trumpets were located about 70 feet above the doors and about 500 feet away from the rest of the organ. He timed the music so that the State Trumpet would go off just as the bishop was crossing the threshold. This was tricky since the organist was unable to see what was going on from his perch in the loft where the console is located, but somehow he managed to time it exactly every time.

[@riversnelsonorgan]

Love this! hearing this organ in person is on my bucket list for sure!

[@DandyDon1]

My friend and associate worked on that organ several times in it's life, from it's beginning and most recently for the Ruffatti Brothers.

[@RolandBlack-jc9gt]

Fantastic. My 9year old Grandson is a great fan of yours and Hazel. He hopes to meet you both someday. 👏 👏 👏

[@stevenbetancourt5480]

What great fun!

[@BenEmberley]

I wanna hear this played on the Organ of Liverpool Cathedral using the Tuba Magna and Trompette Militaire

[@SeattleBoatdog]

Yay for you

[@a55b47]

Awesome sound -- in fact, so awesome that it overwhelms your recording device mics. Great music, though; the very first organ record I bought, back in the early 1960's, was Alec Wyton's performance of his composition on the organ at St. John the Divine in NYC -- featuring the Harrison State Trumpet.

[@scronx]

Well played. He wrote another fanfare in a more lively "national geographic" vein.

[@hosannahorn]

Where can I find this piece

[@shiningarmor2838]

Which trumpets were we hearing in this recording?

[@samschaeffer8236]

Very nice performance, but too bad about the sound quality.

[@johnbender1603]

Ugh! This Rufatti is as bad as their organ in St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco.

[@steelman86]

Jealous much????? I thought as much!!