Description
Martin Baker plays works selected from his inaugural concert on the acclaimed new organ of Buckfast Abbey. This magnificent instrument n the largest in the South West of England n was the first built in the United Kingdom by the renowned Italian organ builder Fratelli Ruffatti. Martinis programme opens with music by Dom Sebastian Wolff, the Abbeyis long-serving monk, composer and organist. Other works explore each nuance and tonal variety of this innovative instrument, located in both the Quire and West Gallery of the Abbey Church. The recital culminates in Martinis own organ transcription of Mussorgskyis evocative Pictures at an Exhibition.