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Played on the 1764 John Byfield organ at St. Mary Rotherhithe, London, remodelled by Hugh Russell and Son 1829.

One of the two sons of the organ builder Hugh Russell, William was organist of the Foundling Hospital and of St. Anne's, Limehouse. He published two books of twelve voluntaries, one in 1804 and the other in 1812. Russell's style is typical of the Regency period, and well suits the Rotherhithe organ, which Russell and Son remodelled in 1828-29, including a pedal board for the first time. Russell & Son maintained the Rotherhithe instrument from 1805 to 1859.

This consists of two movements. The first is a slow movement for Swell Oboe and Great Diapasons (including the Russell Open Diapason), followed by a lively movement contrasting the Swell Oboe with the Choir Cremona (another of the Russell 1829 additions).