Colin MacKnight
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Colin MacKnight performs one of the pinnacles of the Romantic organ repertoire, Julius Reubke's Sonata on the 94th Psalm. This piece is performed on a Hauptwerk organ using the Salisbury Cathedral sample set.
Colin MacKnight performs Ethel Smyth's Prelude and Fugue on 'O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid'. The instrument used in this performance is a Hauptwerk organ using the Salisbury Cathedral sample set. For more information, please visit colinmacknight.com.
Colin MacKnight performs Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale prelude on 'O Lamm Gottes,' BWV 656 from the Great 18 Leipzig Chorales. The instrument played in this performance is a Hauptwerk organ using the Salisbury Cathedral sample set. For more information, please visit colinmacknight.com.
Colin MacKnight performs his own completion of Contrapunctus 14 from Bach's Art of Fugue, BWV 1080. This completion is the culmination of Colin's dissertation, Ex Uno Plures: A Proposed Completion of Art of Fugue. This performance uses the Salisbury sample set This piece is performed on a Hauptwerk organ using the Salisbury Cathedral sample set. For more information, please visit colinmacknight.com.
Colin MacKnight performs the following program at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City:

Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Andante espressivo from Sonata, Op. 28 - Edward Elgar (7:32)
Cinq Versets sur le « Victimæ paschali » - Thierry Escaich (14:18)

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Colin MacKnight performs Buxtehude's Praeludium in E minor, BuxWV 142 on the von Beckerath organ at Église de l'Immaculée-Conception in Montreal. To visit Colin's website, go to https://www.colinmacknight.com.
Colin MacKnight performs his own organ transcription of the Chaconne from Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor for unaccompanied violin, BWV 1004. This piece is performed on a Hauptwerk organ using the Salisbury Cathedral sample set. For more information, please visit colinmacknight.com. To purchase this sheet music, please visit https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/chaconne-digital-sheet-music/21766114?ac=1.
Colin MacKnight performs Charles Hubert Hastings Parry's Fantasia and Fugue in G, Op. 188 on a Hauptwerk organ using the Salisbury Cathedral sample set.
Colin MacKnight performs Camille Saint-Saëns' Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op. 99, No. 2 live in concert at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY.
Colin MacKnight performs Maurice Duruflé's Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7 at Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Times Square in fall of 2015.
Colin MacKnight performs his own transcription of Elgar's Imperial March, Op. 32 at Church of the Resurrection in New York City.
Colin MacKnight performs Parry's Chorale Prelude on 'Hanover' on the Casavant organ at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY. For more information and media, visit https://www.colinmacknight.com
Colin MacKnight performs Danny Ficarri’s organ transcription of the Finale (also called The Dargason) from Gustav Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite. This performance is on the Schantz organ at Grace Cathedral in Topeka, Kansas.
Colin MacKnight performs the Andante espressivo from Edward Elgar's Organ Sonata in G major, Op. 28 on the Casavant organ at Church of the Resurrection in New York City.
Colin MacKnight performs an organ transcription of Robert Schumann's Overture to Manfred, Op. 115 in the semifinal round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. The transcription was done by John West and adapted by Colin MacKnight. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs an organ transcription of Claude Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 in the semifinal round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. The transcription was done by Léon Roques and edited by Colin MacKnight. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs J. S. Bach's Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 in the semifinal round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs David Goode's virtuosic Concert Fantasy on Themes by Gershwin in the final round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs the Impromptu from Suite No. 3, Op. 54 of Louis Vierne's 24 Pièces de fantaisie in the final round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs an organ transcription of Sergei Rachmaninov's Prelude in C-sharp minor in the final round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. The transcription was done by A. Eaglefield Hull and modified by Colin MacKnight. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs Samuel Barber's To Longwood Gardens in the final round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. To Longwood Gardens was written when Barber was only 15 years old, and was the obligatory piece for the final found of the 2019 Longwood Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs an organ transcription of Franz Liszt's orchestral masterpiece Les préludes in the final round of the 2019 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. The transcription is by Helmut Deutsch and adapted by Colin MacKnight. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs the first movement of Dupre's Passion Symphony, Op. 23 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City.
Colin MacKnight performs Rachel Laurin's Étude Héroïque, Op. 38 on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Times Square.
Colin MacKnight performs an organ transcription of the Vorspiel to Wagner's Tannhäuser in the final round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. The transcription was done by Edwin Lemare and adapted by Colin MacKnight. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs the Andante espressivo from Edward Elgar's Organ Sonata, Op. 28 in the final round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs Rachel Laurin's Étude Héroïque, Op. 38 in the final round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight plays the Impromptu from Suite No. 3, Op. 54 of Louis Vierne's 24 Pièces de fantaisie in the final round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs an organ transcription of Gustav Holst's Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets, Op. 32 in the semifinal round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight plays J. S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 in the semifinal round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs the Sicilienne from Maurice Duruflé's Suite, Op. 5 in the semifinal round of the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Colin won the Clarence Snyder Third Prize in the competition.
Colin MacKnight performs Maurice Duruflé's Prélude, Adagio, et Choral Varié sur le Thème du 'Veni Creator,' Op. 4 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Many thanks to Danny Ficarri for recording and editing the video.
Colin MacKnight performs Thierry Escaich's Cinq Versets sur le "Victimæ paschali" live in concert at The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Times Square on September 26, 2017.
Colin MacKnight performs Percy Whitlock's Fantasie Choral in D-flat on the Casavant organ at Saint-Jean Baptiste Church in Montreal.
Colin MacKnight performs Bach's Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns Wend, BWV 655 on the von Beckerath organ at Église de l'Immaculée-Conception in Montreal.
Colin MacKnight plays Max Reger's Phantasie über den Choral 'Hallelujah, Gott zu loben bleibe meine Seelenfreud', Op. 52, no. 3 at Marble Collegiate Church in NYC on November 19, 2018 as part of its Monday Soul Break Concert Series. The organ is IV/101 Sebastian M. Glück, Op. 20 (2015).
Colin MacKnight plays Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, no. 5, on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Times Square. The transcription is by Gottfried Federlein.