George Thalben-Ball: Tune In E For Organ

The Tune in E is Thalben-Ball闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 own invention. In the Style of John Stanley almost certainly refers to the many works Stanley wrote for Organ that start with a slow, short introduction followed by a Trumpet voluntary, as in Tune in E.John Stanley was a contemporary of Handel闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋, who often came to the Temple Church to hear him play. Stanley directed many of Handel闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 oratorios and continued to direct performances at Covent Garden of oratorios of other composers after Handel闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 death.George Thalben-Ball succeeded Sir Henry Walford Davies in the position of Organist of Temple Church and remained there for nearly sixty years. In the 1920闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 he led the choir to international fame with a recording of Mendelssohn闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 Hear My Prayer and continued to make many recordings with them. His Elegy for Organ is a popular piece in the repertoire and was played at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.