Roger Sayer plays the Adagio Romance from Vierne's Symphony no. 4 in G minor.

The Adagio Romance – the fourth movement of five – features one of Vierne’s most sublime melodies. It is heard in the pedal after a brief solo introduction on the swell strings, and is accompanied by beautiful (if at times a little sentimental) harmony in rippling broken chord figurations. Vierne states it twice more on the great flute and the choir oboe, before the sombre middle section begins. This calls to mind the dark, menacing harmony of the Prelude, but here the chromaticism is interspersed with moments of warmth and resolution. A scalic flourish returns the music to D flat major, and to one last iteration of the exquisite opening melody, and the Romance finally closes with a gentle coda on the flutes and strings.

Recording engineer: J. Waterhouse
Sound: D. Hinitt
Video: R. Vinter

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