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Carlo Curley review
A large and enthusiastic audience of music-lovers was treated to a gourmet feast of music at St Edmund's on June 23rd from not one, but two terrific organists.
The first one hardly needs an introduction; Carlo Curley is world famous, and his performance showed just why he has acquired such a huge following, and been invited to play for Royalty and the President of the USA. And the second organist needs even less introduction, for she is our own Susan Auty, whose brilliant duet with Carlo was one of the highlights of a memorable evening. It was a virtuoso performance made all the more remarkable when the concert's organiser Brian Sampford revealed that a misunderstanding had led to both organists learning the same half of the piece - and that Susan had volunteered to learn the other half on the afternoon of the concert itself!
Just how taxing a job this would have been was made clear through Carlo Curley's "Whistle-Stop Tour of the Organ", an introduction to the range and inner workings of this complex King of Instruments. Armed with a little bit of inside knowledge, the audience was able to appreciate all the more the wonderful programme of music that Carlo had chosen, including works by Bach, Handel, Dvorįk and many others.
The concert raised just over £2000, to be split between Water Aid and church funds - a terrific effort to mark St Edmund's Centenary Year.
Rick Vanes
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