John Robinson, and English composer, was born in 1682 and died in 1762. John Hawkins, in his book A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, wrote that Robinson had a florid style of playing the organ, which was popular with audiences; it was "calculated to display the agility of his fingers in allegro movements" rather than displaying "the full and noble harmony" of the organ.
He left a few organ compositions; among them two-part Voluntaries which are the most common, where the Voluntary in A minor is displayed here - except played on a reed organ.
This style of music is normally not what I try to play, and it is a little out of my comfort zone - but it was very different from my usual and it was enjoyable to learn. It is probably more suited for a pipe organ with baroque voices, but I like to be different :)
This organ was made by W. Bell & Co in the year of 1892 in Guelph, Ontario Canada, and it was completely rebuilt and restored from 2021 to 2022.
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