John Erskine Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Andrew McCrea opens the new season at St Swithun's, Worcester: 1st June at 1pm This remarkable small organ has all (except, sadly, the trumpet) of its original late eighteenth-century ranks: restored by Goetze and Gwynn, this Gray 1795 organ is worth travelling to hear. The stopped diapason alone is worth the petrol. And the entire church is fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iy45 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 http://www.npor.org....ec_index=N17533 has been transplanted, with modifications, to All Saints, West Dulwich, Lovelace Road, London SE21 8JY, by David Wells of Liverpool. Stephen Disley will give the inaugural recital on 2nd June at 7.30 pm. Admission £10 (concs. £8). I'll try to post his programme here when I return from holiday in a couple of weeks time. Best wishes Ian I'm sorry about the delay in posting the programme. It's as follows: GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL (1685 – 1759) arr. W.T Best Overture to the Occasional Oratorio JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750) Chorale Prelude ‘Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot’ (BWV 678) JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 537) GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL “ I know that my redeemer liveth” Emma Penrose: Soprano JOSEPH FIOCCO (1703 – 1741) Arioso, Andante and Allegro PERCY WHITLOCK (1903 -1946 Folk Tune (Five short pieces) Andante Tranquillo (Five short pieces) Toccata (Plymouth Suite) JOAO DE SOUSA CARVALHO (1745 – 1798) Allegro ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (1837 – 1911) March on a theme by Handel SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877 – 1933) Nun Danket alle Gott GEORGE THALBEN-BALL (1896 – 1987) Elegy SAMUEL BARBER ( 1910 – 1981) Emma Penrose: Soprano IAIN FARRINGTON (b 1977) Animal Parade Barrel Organ Monkey Hippopotamus Penguins Critics GORDON BALCH NEVIN (1892 – 1943) Will O’ the Wisp WILLIAM WALTON (1902 – 1983) Crown Imperial Hope to see some of you there. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 The Summer season of recitals at Coventry Cathedral has started but doesn't appear on the Organ Recitals website. As usual there is a wealth of fine music and performers on this superb H & H, details http://www.coventryc...cations/557.pdf here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Henry Fairs at St Swithun's, Worcester: 8th June at 1pm This week's recital features Henry Fairs playing the remarkable St Swithun's organ (Gray 1795; altered - but, mercifully, only minimally, with one stop removed and one added, in the early nineteenth century; enlarged but not altered by Nicholson in 1844; not subsequently changed; restored to glory by Goetze and Gwynn). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2 ORGAN CONCERT JEAN-BAPTISTE DUPONT Bordeaux Cathedral and St Sernin, Toulouse SATURDAY 30th JUNE at 4:pm JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) Consolation No 4 Prelude and Fugue on BACH MAX REGER (1873-1916) Pastorale Op 59 No 2 Toccata Op59 No 5 Benedictus Op59 No 9 Te Deum Op 59 No 12 Free Improvisation on given themes Free Admission - Retiring Collection - Buffet Born in 1979, Jean-Baptiste Dupont began his musical studies at the piano. He discovered the organ later, at the age of 12 and began organ studies at the Institute of Sacred Music of Toulouse. He graduated with distinction from the organ departement at the Conservatoire in Toulouse. As one of the top alumni of the Conservatoire, he was awarded the Francis Vidal prize by the city of Toulouse in 2006 and subsequently continued his studies at the Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de Musique et Danse in Toulouse. Jean-Baptiste Dupont’s organ, improvisation, harpsichord and piano teachers included Michel Bouvard, Louis Robilliard, Philippe Lefebvre, Jan Willem Jansen and Thérèse Dussaut. He was finalist in several organ competitions, both in interpretation and improvisation. He won the 3rd prize in “Xavier Darasse” international competition (Toulouse, France) in October 2008; 2nd prize + audience prize in "Mikael Tariverdiev" competition in Kaliningrad, Russia, 2009; and the 1st prize (improvisation) in St Albans international competition in July 2009. Jean-Baptiste Dupont has a broad repertoire ranging from the renaissance to the present day, much of it from the 19th and 20th century. Continuing in the traditions of César Franck, Jean-Baptiste Dupont has been hailed as one of the greatest young improvisers on the organ. He is also a composer. Passionate about the art of organ building, and about organ archaeology, he has worked with consultants on many organ restoration projects. He also worked with organ-builders to perfect his knowledge of this instrument. He inventoried the organs in Midi-Pyrenees Region (South-West of France). He has contributed to several books about organ builders from the 19th century in Midi-Pyrenees. Jean- Baptise Dupont was appointed organist of Bordeaux Cathedral in April 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Roger Judd lunch-time recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ St Swithun's Worcester Friday 22nd June 2012 at 1pm, lasting around 40 minutes Charles Avison (1710–70) Concerto No. 1 in G Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) Fantazia of foure parts Samuel Wesley (1766–1837) Four Pieces Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ BWV 677 Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV 683 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 687 Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 681 William Byrd (1543–1623) A Fancy William Russell (1777–1813) Voluntary in F, No. 5, Set 2 St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH http://www.stswithunschurch.org.uk/ St Swithun’s runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL FREE RECITAL - Tuesday, 26th June: 1.10pm THOMAS ALLERY Concerto in D minor after Vivaldi Concerto in D Minor (BWV 596) - J. S. Bach ... (Allegro) – Grave – Fuga - Largo e spiccato – (Allegro) Cantabile - César Franck Partita on 'Nun Freut Euch’ - Lionel Rogg Canzona Quarta (Secondo libro di Toccate) - Girolamo Frescobaldi Allegro Risoluto (Organ Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20) – Louis Vierne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 ST SWITHUN’S www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Church Street, Worcester, WR1 2RH Gerdi Troskie Hilary Norris lunch-time duet recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ 1pm Friday 6th July 2012 Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Duet for organ [Allegro] - Andante - Fuga ('alla capella') Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) A Fancy for two to play W. A. Mozart (1756-91), arr. Jacques van Oortmerssen Variations in C major (from Flute Quartet, K. Anh 171 (285b)) J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Fugue in E flat major BWV 552ii (arranged for duet and preceded by an introduction composed by Samuel Wesley) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 THIS WEEKEND IN WORCESTER... ST SWITHUN'S & THE CATHEDRAL St Swithun's, Church Street, Worcester at 1pm THE FESTIVAL RECITAL given by ANDREW MCCREA on the unique 1795 Gray organ 1pm Friday 13th July 2012, lasting around 40 minutes Heinrich Scheidemann (c.1596-1663) Praeambulum in d Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c.1618-1701) Fantasia in d Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Fantasia III (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88) Sonata in F major Wq 70/3 Allegro - Largo - Allegretto John Stanley (1713-86) Voluntary in E minor, Op. 7 No. 7 Adagio - [Vivace] Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Voluntary in F major, Op. 6 No. 10 Andante larghetto - Moderato - Lento - Allegretto St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Facebook: St Swithun’s Worcester Arts Events WORCESTER CATHEDRAL Saturday 14th July: 6.45 – 8.00pm Stephen Farr St Paul’s, Knightsbridge Simon Preston (b. 1938) Alleluyas Nikolaus Bruhns (1665 – 1697) Praeludium in G Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Vier Fügen (Op. 72) C. H. H. Parry (1848 – 1918) Chorale Fantasia on an Old English Tune Jiri Ropek (1922 – 2005) Variations on ‘Victimae Paschali Laudes’ Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Sonata No. 5 in D Jehan Alain (1911 – 1940) Aria Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961) Handel in the Strand (arr. W. Stockmeier) Admission: £8 (under 16s free) www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/Music.php Facebook: Worcester Cathedral Organ Recitals & Lunchtime Concerts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Kemp Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Monday 6th August 1pm in St Saviour's Eastbourne Organ recital by Malcolm Kemp Admission Free; light refreshments afterwards Programme - J S Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor Durufle Prelude and Fugue on ALAIN Vaughan Williams Prelude on Rhosymedre Franck Chorale No 1 in Emajor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 ST SWITHUN’S, WORCESTER www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Facebook: St Swithun’s Worcester Arts Events Gerdi Troskie lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ: 1pm Friday 20th July 2012 James Hook (1746-1827), Voluntary No. 1 in C major Ignazio Cirri (1711-78), Sonata No. 10 in A major (Andantino – Allegro) John James (d. 1745), Voluntary in A minor (Slow - Vivace – Fugue) Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Jesus Christus, unser Heiland Johann G Walther (1684-1748), Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen Vincent Lubeck (1654-1740), Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' William Croft (1678-1727), Voluntary IX in A minor Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Sonata in D major Wq70/5 St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Worcester Cathedral: Lunchtime Concert Series 2012 Tuesday 24th July: 1.10pm Paul Derrett, Organ G. F. Handel 1685-1759, Organ Concerto in F Op.4 no.4 Allegro - Adagio - Fugue (Allegro) J. S. Bach 1685-1750, Trio Sonata No.2 in C minor Vivace - Largo - Allegro William Harris 1883-1973, Fantasy on Campion's Tune 'Babylon's Streams' Gustav Merkel 1827-1885, Adagio in A Enrico Bossi 1861-1925, Etude Symphonique Admission free: retiring collection www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/Music.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 ST SWITHUN’S WORCESTER www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Facebook: St Swithun’s Worcester Arts Events Trevor Tipple lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ 1pm Friday 27th July 2012, for about 40 minutes William Boyce (1710-1789) March for His Majesty's Birthday 1769 Spiritoso New Year 1770 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Berceuse Flor Peeters (1903-1986) Alleluia, sing to Jesus All Glory be to God on high Noel Rawsthorne (1929-) Two Interludes John Robinson (1682-1762) Voluntary in A minor Johann Christoph Kellner (1736-1803) Fugue in C major J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Wir danken die, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 1096) St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH ORGAN CONCERT CATHY LAMB (Joint Director of Music Lichfield Cathedral) SATURDAY 28th JULY at 4:00pm Toccata – Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Folk tune from ‘5 short pieces’ – Percy Whitlock (1903-1946) Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Pavana lachrymae – John Dowland (1563-1626) transc. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621) Toccata, Chorale and Fugue – Francis Jackson (1917- ) Cantilene – Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Sonata II in C minor, Op. 65 Grave-Adagio: Allegro maestoso e vivace: Fuga - Allegretto moderato – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Sortie in Bb – Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869) FREE ADMISSION - COLLECTION - BUFFET Bloomsbury Baptist Church 235 Shaftesbury Avenue LONDON WC2H 8EP For more information phone: 020 7240 0544 or www.bloomsbury.org.uk Cathy Lamb is the joint Director of Music at Lichfield Cathedral, alongside her husband, Benjamin Lamb. Part of her role includes Directing and organizing the Cathedral’s exciting outreach project entitled ‘MusicShare’, which has been part of the government’s “Sing Up” initiative. This project involves taking the Lichfield Cathedral Choristers and the Lichfield Cathedral Girl Choristers-designate out into local schools to share their music-making. Each term then culminates in large joint concerts in Lichfield Cathedral. In addition to this role Cathy directs the Lichfield Cathedral School Girl Choristers-designate – a specialist, scholarship-based choir for girls at the school. She also founded the Lichfield Cathedral Young Voices in December 2007 – the Cathedral’s Saturday morning choir for 8-13 year olds in the area. Cathy’s former roles have included working with the Cathedral Choirs of Salisbury and Wells and the founding of a girls’ choir at Christchurch Priory in Dorset. She also ran the Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus. She studied Music at Cambridge where she was Organ Scholar at Sidney Sussex College – a role which involved directing and running the choir. Cathy is increasingly in demand as an animateur, teacher and director for education-based projects for organizations such as the Royal School of Church Music and Oundle for organists. Though most of Cathy's current work is as conductor, motivator and director she has not forgotten her roots as an organist and continues to play regularly for Cathedral services and at many of the major venues across the UK. The organ amalgamates two redundant Binns instruments: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford and St Augustine's Tonge Moor, Bolton.A small amount of non-Binns pipework has been retained.The imaginative scheme has been carried out by B.C. Shepherd and Sons in collaboration with J.H. Males. Details of the organ on the NPOR at: www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 ST SWITHUN’S WORCESTER www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Facebook: St Swithun’s Worcester Arts Events James Perkins 1pm on Friday 3rd August 2012: lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ Johann Jacob Froberger (c1616-1667) Toccata II Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) Two Voluntaries Georg Böhm (1661-1733) Choral partita: Freu’ dich sehr, o meine Seele Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Under der Linden Grune Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637- 1707) Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Canzona in D minor (BWV 588) St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 ST SWITHUN’S www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Facebook: St Swithun’s Worcester Arts Events Andrew McCrea lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ 1pm Friday 10th August 2012 John Stanley (1713-86) Voluntary in A minor, Op. 7 No. 8 Andante staccato - Allegro - Adagio - Fugue Voluntary in E minor, Op. 7 No. 7 Adagio - [Vivace] Two sixteenth-century secular pieces (Anonymous) Non expextat (Almonry Museum, Evesham) The Trowmppettus (Almonry Museum, Evesham) John Blitheman (c.1525–91) Gloria tibi Trinitas I, IV, & VI (The Mulliner Book) Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Three pieces for flute clock: Marche – Minuet – Allegro Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–88) Adagio from Sonata in A minor Wq 70/4 Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Voluntary in F major, Op. 6 No. 10 Andante larghetto - Moderato - Lento - Allegretto St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 ST SWITHUN’S www.stswithunschurch.org.uk Facebook: St Swithun’s Worcester Arts Events Anthony Burns-Cox: lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ, 1pm Friday 24th August 2012 Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), Voluntary August 10, 1647 (MB5.24) John Bull (c1562-1628), A Gigge (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) William Byrd (1540-1623), Fantasia (BK62) Marcel Fournier (1899-1963), Cloches Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726), Pastorale (Largo, Allegro, Largo) John Stanley (1712-1786), Voluntary in A minor (Op. 6 No. 2) Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712), Tiento de Ligaduras de 3° tono, para la Elevación William Russell (1777-1813), Voluntary No. 5 in F St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8EP SATURDAY 29th SEPTEMBER at 4:00 pm An Organ Concert by STEPHEN HICKS Røros Kirk, Norway JOHN BULL (1562-1628) A Fancy (Cosyn Virginal Book) God save the King (Ut, Sol, Fa,Mi) CéSAR FRANCK (1822-1890) Fantasia in A FRANZ SCHMIDT (1874-1939) Toccata in C Weihnachtspastorale MARCEL DUPRé (1886-1971) Final (From 7 Pieces) J.S. BACH (1685-1750) Christum wir sollen loben schon In Dulci Jubilo Prelude and Fugue in D major LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937) Feux Follets J. REUBKE (1834-1858) Sonata on the 94th Psalm ADMISSION FREE - COLLECTION - BUFFET One is in the presence of a superb organist and musician....an artist in possession of real maturity. Nadia Boulanger An excellent organist with a brilliant and accurate technique and a fine musical interpretation. Marcel Dupré I have the greatest admiration for him, for his musicianship and artistry as well as a human being. Yehudi Menuhin[/indent] Remarkable gifts.......I have not heard such playing since the days of G.D. Cunningham....He has a valuable contribution to make. Sir Thomas Armstrong Stephen Hicks was born in Surrey in 1949. His early training was as a pianist at Trinity College of Music, London, where at the age of 15 he passed the Licentiateship diploma, won the Billy Mayerl Scholarship and was invited to make his debut playing the Schumann Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten. His first organ lessons were with Dr. Harry Gabb and already at 17 he became the youngest person to obtain the Fellowship diploma of the College in organ-playing. His playing was heard by Yehudi Menuhin and Nadia Boulanger who invited him to study with her in Paris and at the American Conservatoire in Fontainebleau for four years without charge. With scholarships from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the British Government he remained in Paris for several years where his teachers included such legendary names as Marcel Dupre,(organ) Andre Marchal, (organ) Casadesus, (piano) and Puyana (harpsichord). Whilst still a student in Paris he was invited by Pierre Cochereau to play his first recital at Notre Dame Cathedral and also made his debut as soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de l`O.R.T.F. He also took post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Music with Ralph Downes (organ), and in that year became the youngest organ soloist at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. At the end of this period, Nadia Boulanger wrote; `It gives me great pleasure to state the magnificent success which has closed the period of studies of Stephen Hicks. His talent is outstanding and he starts his career with all the elements of exceptional achievement.` Since then he has toured giving numerous concerts throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Monaco, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and USA. He has played at the most prestigious cathedrals, churches, concert halls and at such festivals as the City of London, Oxford, Windsor, Harrogate, Paris, Brussels, Bruges, Ghent; Kristiansand, Bergen, Trondheim Olavsdagene, Krakow etc,etc. His extensive repertoire encompasses every school of organ music and organ playing, and to each he brings an acute sense of style and scholarship along with a highly acclaimed virtuoso technique. His performances of Bach, Cesar Franck and Marcel Dupre have been especially praised. Since 1983 he has lived in Norway where he is organist at the `Bergstadens Ziir` in Røros. A first class player and thoroughly deserving of the tributes paid to him by Menuhin and Dupré. THE GRAMOPHONE England Stephen Hicks in the complete 'Nativite' of Messiaen. This ex-pupil of Nadia Boulanger doesn't hide his preference for the classics and romantics, nevertheless revealed himself to be a magisterial interpreter of Messiaen. As before, (we heard him for the first time last year) he was absolutely dazzling. Stephen Hicks is a great interpreter, very subtle in his understanding of the composer's thought. A complete master of his technique, he knows also how to measure his effects. One cannot wish for more than to achieve the sort of success he enjoyed with his audience. (translation) LA DERNIER HEURE The organ amalgamates two redundant Binns instruments: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford and St Augustine's Tonge Moor, Bolton.A small amount of non-Binns pipework has been retained.The imaginative scheme has been carried out by B.C. Shepherd and Sons in collaboration with J.H. Males. Details of the organ on the NPOR at: www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257 Bloomsbury Baptist Church http://www.bloomsbury.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Erskine Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Worcester Cathedral Quire Organ Anniversary Recital 2012 Saturday 6th October: 6.45pm Paolo Oreni J. S. Bach (1685-1750), Toccata and Fugue in F (BWV 540) Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), arr. Gillou, Concerto in D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantaisie in F minor (K608) Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Allegro vivace from 5th Symphony Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Evocation III Paolo Oreni (b1979), Improvisation 6.45 – 8.30pm, with interval Admission: £12 (under 16s free) www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/Music.php Facebook: Worcester Cathedral Organ Recitals & Lunchtime Concerts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 The Annual Festival of New Organ Music is taking place over the weekend 20th/21st October in London. This is a superb chance to hear new music, listen to composers talking about what they do and also purchase scores etc. For composers it is also a marvellous opportunity to show what they are up to! Do please check out the website and better still come along if you can. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murton Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Here is something different from a really fine organist: Friday 30th November 7.30pm Alex Mason (Shrewsbury School) will be improvising to the 1926 film: "The Phantom of the Opera" Wrekin College Chapel part of the Centenary Cinema season tickets £5 boxoffice@wrekincollege.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, Lomdon WC2H 8EP Saturday 27th October at 4 pm Free Admission - Collection - Buffet RICHARD WALKER (Shrewsbury) Programme SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877-1933) Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott, Op 65 No 47 An Wasserflüssen Babylon, Op 65 No12 Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, Op 65 No 13 J.S. BACH (1685-1750) Two Duos from Clavierübung: No 1 in E minor, BWV 802 No 3 in G major, BWV 804 JOSEF JONGEN (1873-1953) Sonata Eroica SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877-1933) The Mirrored Moon ( from Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance), Op 96 No 6 Valse Mignonne, Op 142 No 3 EDWIN LEMARE (1866-1934) Toccata di Concerto Richard Walker is Assistant Director of Music at St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, where he accompanies most of the major services, organises the 45 weekly Friday lunch-hour concerts each year and gives recitals, including the complete organ works of J.S.Bach in 2010 - a series that he plans to repeat in 2014. He has given recitals all over the UK, and also in Germany and the USA; forthcoming appearances include Great Malvern Priory and Blackburn Cathedral. Richard studied organ with David Willcocks, gaining both ARCO and FRCO diplomas in the same year, and both with prizes. His career has been largely in teaching, first at The Edinburgh Academy, and then as Director of Music successively at Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College Edinburgh (1975 – 80), The Leys School Cambridge (1980 – 85), and Harrow School (1985 – 2005). He was also Assistant Organist at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral Edinburgh and subsequently Organist at St John’s, Princes Street, Edinburgh. Apart from his organ playing, Richard is active as a conductor - currently conducting the Phoenix Singers of Shrewsbury - and as a double bass player in the Shrewsbury and Ludlow Orchestras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I just heard today that Christian Wilson is playing Francis Pott's "Christus" in Keble College Chapel, Oxford, tomorrow (Friday 12 Oct) at 7.30pm. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 235 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8EP Saturday 24th November at 4:00pm ORGAN RECITAL By Peter Wright (Southwark Cathedral) Dankpsalm Max Reger (1873-1916) Prelude and Fugue in A (BWV 536) J S Bach (1685-1750) Andante con moto in E flat Alexandre Boëly (1785-1858) Scherzo in A flat Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) Grande pièce symphonique César Franck (1822-1890) Free Admission - Collection - Special Christmas Buffet Peter Wright was born in Hertfordshire. He was educated at Highgate School and then spent two years as Organ Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music, studying with Richard Popplewell (Organ) and Angus Morrison (Piano) and gaining various prizes and diplomas. In 1973 he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as Organ Scholar where he continued his organ studies with Dame Gillian Weir and with Flor Peeters in Belgium. Following this Peter Wright became Sub-Organist at Guildford Cathedral and, since 1989, has been Organist and Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral. Under his direction the Choir has recorded many CDs and undertaken three tours to the USA and several to the continent. They have sung at the PROMS, broadcast regularly on television and radio and, last December took part in John Rutter’s annual Christmas Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Peter is much in demand as an organ recitalist and choral conductor, both here and abroad, and enjoys a wide and varied repertoire. In addition he plays regularly with the country’s leading orchestras, both solo and continuo. He has travelled widely in Europe, Japan, South Africa, USA, Bermuda, Australia and New Zealand. In 2000 he performed the complete organ works of J S Bach at Southwark and has recently given recitals in Paris (at Notre-Dame and La Trinité), Germany and the Netherlands. A new solo CD of French and Belgian organ music, recorded at Southwark for REGENT RECORDS was released in July 2010. In May 2011 Peter Wright was awarded the prestigious FRSCM, in recognition of his work at Southwark and for church music in general, and he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians. Now a Vice-President of the Royal College of Organists, Peter Wright became a member of the Council in 1990 and was Chief Examiner from 1997 before becoming President (2005-2008). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Walton Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Bristol Cathedral, Tuesday 4 December 1:15pm Music for Advent and Christmas Paul Walton plays a programme including Jackson, Bach, Baker, Hollins and Cochereau This recital is the launch of Paul's new CD, Rejoice and be merry! Organ music for Christmas, recorded on Regent Records - Paul's first commercial recording and the first recording for 8 years of the organ of Bristol Cathedral. This will be available from Paul for £10. More details here: http://www.paul-walton.com/#/recordings/4569256178 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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