Recitals

[JohnW]

B

LOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 8EP

SATURDAY, 31st MAY at 4:00pm

KATHERINE DIENES-WILLIAMS

(GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL)

Programme:

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Rhapsody No 3

Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714)

Kyrie

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in E flat (St Anne)

William Albright (1944-1998)

Sweet sixteenths

Calvin Hampton (1938-1984)

At the Ballet

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Sonata in G (1st movt)

Guy Bovet (b. 1942)

Salamanca

Katherine Dienes-Williams, MA, BMus, FRCO, Hon. ARSCM, Hon. GCM

was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford

Cathedral in January 2008 following six years as Director of Music at

the Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Warwick.

Katherine was born and educated in Wellington, New Zealand and

studied for a BA in Modern Languages and a BMus at Victoria

University, Wellington. Katherine was Organ Scholar at Wellington

Cathedral from 1988 to 1991 when she was appointed Assistant

Organist there.

 

Katherine came to England in 1991 to take up the post of Organ

Scholar at Winchester Cathedral and Assistant Organist at Winchester

College. She has also held posts as Organist and Assistant Director

of Music at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool,

Assistant Organist and Director of the Cathedral Girls’ Choir at Norwich

Cathedral prior to moving to Warwick as Director of Music at the

Collegiate Church of St. Mary.

 

She is a sometime guest tutor for the Royal College of Organists and is

regularly asked to be a guest choral workshop leader for the Royal

School of Church Music in the UK, South Africa and the USA. Katherine

has given several organ recitals in the United Kingdom, New Zealand,

Germany, U.S.A., Bermuda, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia and

Singapore. She has performed as organ soloist with the Royal Liverpool

Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé, the City of London Sinfonia and the

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and has taught a masterclass at the Curtis

Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA. She is also active as a composer,

having received several commissions both in the UK, the USA and New

Zealand.

 

Katherine holds a Master of Arts in Music and Liturgy from Leeds

University. She features both as organist and choral conductor on

several recordings. She is in demand as a choral workshop leader in the

UK, the USA and several other European countries. In February of this

year, she undertook a weekend workshop based at Trinity Church, Asbury

Park, N.J. followed by workshops with the choir of Trinity Church,

Princeton, the Chapel Choir of St. James’ School, Hagerstown, Maryland,

and the choir of Christ’s Church, Rye. She also gave an organ recital at

Ursinus College, Pennsylvania. In July 2014, she will direct the RSCM

Montréal course summer school which will be based outside Boston,

USA. In August of this year she will give an organ recital at Himmerod

Abbey in Germany. In January 2016 she will direct the combined RSCM

summer school of Australia and New Zealand in Canberra, Australia.

She has recently been elected into her secondary school’s ‘Hall of

Fame’ as an outstanding alumnus (Samuel Marsden Collegiate School,

Wellington, New Zealand).

 

Other interests include languages (her BA is in French and German),

travel, reading and swimming. She is a Knight of the Grand Order of

Vitéz and a Knight of the Order of St. Ladislau (Hungary).

Katherine is married to Patrick Williams, and they have a daughter, Hannah.

Free Admission - Collection - Buffet

Details of the organ on the NPOR at:

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[keyplayer]

St Michael’s Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter

Inaugural Organ Concert

DAVID BRIGGS

Organist Emeritus, Gloucester Cathedral, UK

Artist-in-Residence, St James Cathedral, Toronto

Monday 16th June 2014 at 7.30pm

PROGRAMME

Fanfare (2014)

Graham C Keitch

Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

J S Bach (1685-1750)

Three Pieces for Musical Clocks

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Variations on Greensleeves (2004)

David Briggs (b.1962)

Tuba Tune

Norman Cocker (1889-1953)

AD1620 (Sea Pieces, Opus 55, 1898)

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)

Poème Symphonique: L’apprenti sorcier

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Arr. DJB

INTERVAL (20 minutes)

Improvisation:-

Symphony in Four Movements on themes submitted by the audience

Introduction and Allegro

Scherzo

Andante cantabile

Finale

N.B. The Bach Fugue, and pieces by Cocker & MacDowall, were played by David's grandfather, Mr Lawrence Briggs ARCO, when this organ was rededicated after a rebuild at St Jude's Church, Birmingham, in 1952.

Tickets £10/£8, available on door

I was organist here over 30 years ago, when the church possessed a four manual Compton electronic, so it's fantastic to see that Lottery funding and a lot of hard work have brought pipes back to St Michael's 47 years after the original Hill was severely damaged by water. This is the third home for this instrument, and it should sound wonderful in the glorious acoustic of this church.

NPOR Link - http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=R01218%20target=

I understand from email conversations with Neil Page that the Pedal reed has been extended to 32' and a string stop added to the Solo organ. Other than the cathedral this will now be the largest instrument in the city by some margin. Some history and a few photos of the installation by Tim Trenchard can be found at the church blog, here -

http://stmichaelsmountdinham.wordpress.com/tag/new-pipe-organ/

[pcnd5584]

 

St Michael’s Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter

...

I was organist here over 30 years ago, when the church possessed a four manual Compton electronic, so it's fantastic to see that Lottery funding and a lot of hard work have brought pipes back to St Michael's 47 years after the original Hill was severely damaged by water. This is the third home for this instrument, and it should sound wonderful in the glorious acoustic of this church.

NPOR Link - http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=R01218%20target=

I understand from email conversations with Neil Page that the Pedal reed has been extended to 32' and a string stop added to the Solo organ. Other than the cathedral this will now be the largest instrument in the city by some margin. Some history and a few photos of the installation by Tim Trenchard can be found at the church blog, here -

http://stmichaelsmountdinham.wordpress.com/tag/new-pipe-organ/

 

 

This is indeed good news (although it does mean that Clayesmore is now stuck with a toaster - largely due to pressure on seating capacity in the chapel).

 

I taught regularly on this instrument in its former home (Clayesmore School) and thought that it was a reasonably good instrument - and fairly versatile. If skilfully voiced, no doubt the new additions will enhance the instrument. Given the size of Saint. Michael's, Mount Dinham, the 32ft. reed extension would probably not sound out of place. Out of interest, has Tim Trenchard also provided the 32ft. reed bass and the new string rank on the Solo Organ (which is, as far as I can recall, on an open soundboard)? If so, does anyone know if second-hand pipe-work was used (after adaptation, perhaps), or whether it was new? Thank you.

 

This is indeed a welcome addition to the list of playable pipe organs in this city. Exeter has a large number of comparatively small medieval churches (some constructed of very red sandstone), and a few rather utilitarian structures, which were put up after WWII, to replace those destroyed in the blitz. Virtually all of these churches have quite small instruments - although not all are without either merit or interest. After Mount Dinham, the next largest instrument is also housed in a church dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels - that at Heavitree.* However, this is smaller by fifteen speaking stops.

 

 

*This is on the eastern side of the city centre and falls partly within the parliamentary boundary of the city, so I have included it here.

[keyplayer]

. After Mount Dinham, the next largest instrument is also housed in a church dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels - that at Heavitree.* However, this is smaller by fifteen speaking stops.

 

 

Almost, but in fact St David's, the parish church just round the corner from St Michael's Mount Dinham beats the Heavitree instrument by three stops (35), while the Mint Methodist church in Fore Street has two more speaking stops at 34. Mount Dinham will total 48 speaking stops with the new additions to the Clayesmore specification.

 

I will try to get some information on the pipework for the pedal reed extension and the solo string rank ( a Viola if I remember correctly ) at St Michael's.

[pcnd5584]

 

 

Almost, but in fact St David's, the parish church just round the corner from St Michael's Mount Dinham beats the Heavitree instrument by three stops (35), while the Mint Methodist church in Fore Street has two more speaking stops at 34. Mount Dinham will total 48 speaking stops with the new additions to the Clayesmore specification.

 

I will try to get some information on the pipework for the pedal reed extension and the solo string rank ( a Viola if I remember correctly ) at St Michael's.

 

I had forgotten Saint David's - with its fascinating Caröe church. However, the Mint Methodist Church (which I have also played for services, was shorn of its Pedal foundation stops when it was stuffed into a small chamber above the end wall. So it sounds smaller to my ears.

[JohnW]

BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

235 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON WC2H 8EP

SATURDAY 28th JUNE AT 4:00PM

JONATHAN SCOTT

Concert Organist and Pianist

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) arr. Lemare

Tannhäuser Overture

Tom Scott (b.1981)

Sesquialtera (2012)

Charles Gounod (1818-93) arr. Scott

Funeral March of a Marionette

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain Op. 7

Philip Glass (b.1937)

Satyagraha (Act III conclusion)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) arr. Lemare

Ride of the Valkyries

Jonathan Scott enjoys a hugely varied performing career on a diverse spectrum of keyboard instruments performing music which spans the entire classical repertoire. In addition to his career as pianist and organist he is a leading authority on the French harmonium d'art and has a busy concert schedule with his pianist brother, Tom Scott, performing as Scott Brothers Duo.

Born in Manchester, Jonathan studied piano and organ at Chetham's School of Music before gaining a scholarship on both instruments to attend the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). With the aid of a Countess of Munster Scholarship he was able to continue his studies in USA and Holland. Jonathan has been a member of the keyboard staff at the RNCM since 2001.

A prizewinner at many International competitions including St Albans Organ Competition and RCO Performer of the Year Competition, Jonathan also won the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians WT Best Scholarship and gold medal, and is a Freeman of The City of London.

In the past 12 months Jonathan has given a solo recital at Mansion House on the new organ for Westminster Abbey for the Lord Mayor of London, given a European tour with trumpeter Håken Hardenberger, as well as presenting his second season of solo lunchtime organ concert series at The Bridgewater Hall. He has also appeared as harpsichord soloist in Poulenc's Concert Champêtre with The Orchestra of Opera North and piano soloist in Gershwin Piano Concerto with RPO. He recently appeared at The Royal Albert Hall for a series of performances as organ and piano soloist in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Saint-Saëns' “Organ” Symphony. Forthcoming performances include recitals across the UK as well an autumn Gershwin tour and solo performances on QM2.

In collaboration with his brother, Tom Scott, Jonathan has released several CDs to great critical acclaim on the Scott Brothers Duo label. Their discs have received wide international airplay as well as receiving their own special edition of ‘The Organist Entertains‘ on BBC Radio 2. Jonathan's latest solo CD celebrating the centenary of “The Organ of Rochdale Town Hall” was described as "superb" in Organists' Review.

[Jonathan Dods]

Friday 4th July
Alexander Binns (Organ Scholar, Royal Hospital Chelsea)

Clerambault, Frescobaldi, Bach

 

First Friday of every month at 12.30pm
St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park London
W4 1TT
Next to Turnham Green tube station
Free admission

3 manual organ by St Martin 2013
www.smaaa.org.uk

[JohnW]

BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 8EP

SATURDAY, 26th July at 4:00pm

ANNE PAGE

(CAMBRIDGE)

Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)

Répons pour le Temps de Pâques

Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

Introduction et Variations - Scherzo - Choral.

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Joie et clarté des Corps glorieux.

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541

E.T. Chipp (1823-1886)

Introduction and Variations on 'God Preserve the Emperor'

Anne Page is known in the UK and abroad as a musician who combines virtuosity and

versatility. Born and educated in Perth, Australia, she moved to Europe to continue

advanced studies with Marie-Claire Alain, Peter Hurford and Jacques van Oortmerssen.

She made her London debut playing 20th century repertoire at the Royal Festival Hall.

Her career encompasses performances and broadcasts in Europe, the USA and Australia.

In the pioneering spirit of her country of origin she likes to explore some of the less well

trodden musical paths and has been one of a handful of musicians at the forefront of the

revival of the harmonium, making critically-acclaimed recordings and establishing a

course on the instrument at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2008 she was featured in a

Purcell Room recital for solo harmonium and the Swiss organist and composer Lionel

Rogg has written a suite of pieces for harmonium for her.

As a member of the British Institute of Organ Studies she took a leading role in the development of the

Historic Organ Sound Archive. This innovative scheme combined community education with a permanent

free online archive to increase access to our organ heritage. Anne researched and recorded 10 hours of

music for the project.

Now based in Cambridge, she directed the Cambridge Summer Recitals for eight years, presenting

many world and UK first performances and bringing several major recitalists from Europe to Britain

for the first time. During 2011/12 she performed the complete organ works of Bach in 23 recitals on

14 different organs in Cambridge. The series attracted capacity audiences and helped to support the

educational work of the Cambridge Academy of Organ Studies of which Anne is a founder.

www.anne-page.co.uk

YouTube channel: annepagecambridge

Free Admission - Collection - Buffet

Details of the organ on the NPOR at:

www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257

www.bloomsbury.org.uk

[John Erskine]

ST SWITHUN’S

Church Street, off High Street, Worcester

www.swithun.org.uk

Andrew McCrea

(St Swithun’s & Royal College of Organists)

The St Swithun’s Festival Recital

using the historic 1795 Gray organ

& the reconstructed Tudor ‘Wetheringsett’ organ

also forming part of the ‘150 for 150’ recital series

celebrating the anniversary of the RCO

1.10pm Friday 18th July 2014

To be played on the ‘Wetheringsett’ Tudor organ:-

Anon. (Robertsbridge Codex), Estampie

Hans Kotter (1485–1541), Prooemium in re & Salve Regina

Thomas Preston (d. after 1559), Felix namque V

To be played on the 1795 Gray organ:-

Heinrich Scheidemann (c.1596–1663), Preambulum in C

Anthoni van Noordt (c.1619–1675), Fantasia III

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), Variations on ‘Onder een linde groen’

W. A. Mozart (1756–91), arr. Vincent Novello, ‘O Jesu, fili Redemptor’

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–88), Sonata in A minor Wq 70/4

Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)/Peter Prelleur (c.1705–1741), Voluntary in C major

John Stanley (1713–86)/G. F. Handel (1685–1759), Voluntary in E minor/major

St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH

Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s High Street.

There are recitals on most Fridays through the season.

Wide-screen projection of the main organ console

Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of the music fund

[Guest Organconvert]

INVERLEITH ST. SERF'S CHURCH, EDINBURGH

280 Ferry Rd, Edinburgh EH5 3NP

www.inverleithstserfs.org.uk

 

Saturday 13th September 2014, 7.30pm.

 

 

Nicky Fraser

Inverleith St. Serf's Church

 

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Recital celebrating Inverleith St. Serf's' newly-renovated 3-manual 1931 Rushworth and Dreaper organ.

Also forms part of the RCO's "150-for-150" Recital Series.

 

Interval refreshments. Admission free. Retiring collection.

 

 

PROGRAMME

Philip Moore (b. 1943) Paean

J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) Prelude and Fugue in b minor (BWV 544)

César Franck (1822 – 1890) Fantaisie in A major

Herbert Howells (1892 – 1983) Six Short Pieces for Organ

No. 2 (Allegro scherzando)
No. 3 (Aria)
No. 4 (Allegro impetuoso)

Alexandre Guilmant (1837 – 1911 ) Lamentation, opus 45

James Macmillan (b. 1959) White Note Paraphrase

Louis Vierne (1870 – 1937 ) 24 Pièces en Style Libre - no. 24, Postlude

Alexandre Guilmant Scherzo Symphonique, opus 55 no. 2

 

 

This is the third out of four events this year at Inverleith St. Serf's Church, celebrating the renovation of the Rushworth and Dreaper organ.

[Jonathan Dods]

I'm doing a duet recital with Peter Smith tomorrow 12.30 at

 

St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park W4 1TT (next to Turnham Green tube)

 

and on Monday at 12.30 at

 

Ware Parish Church

 

Strauss Radetsky March

Carleton A Verse

Rutter Variations on an Easter Theme

and two things by Bedard

 

Two very different but very lovely organs, do come along!

[Fiffaro]

I'm visiting the UK briefly and will play the Lewis in Southwark Cathedral on Monday, 15th September, at 1:10 pm. The program consists of Mendelssohn's Sonata 1, three of Heiller's Danish Chorale preludes, and Fleury's Prélude, Cantilène et Final.

 

Fleury has been mentioned a few times on this forum.

 

I don't know if any of the forum members are based in London and able to attend a lunchtime concert, but you would, of course, be most welcome to attend, and, if you do come, please say hello afterwards.

 

David

[JohnW]

BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

235 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON WC2H 8EP

SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER AT 4:00PM

Prof STEFAN ENGELS

(LEIPZIG)

 

Organ Works from the Great Leipzig Organ Tradition

 

MAX REGER (1873-1916)

Chorale Fantasia on 'Hallelujah, Gott zu Loben...' Op 52/3

 

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Studies in Canonic Form, Op 56

i Mit innigem Ausdruck

ii Andantino / Etwas schneller

iii Nicht zu schnell

iv Adagio

 

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877-1933)

Symphony for Organ Op 143

i Lento misterioso

ii Allegro brioso ed energico

iii Scherzo (Presto demoniaco)

iv Largo e quieto

v Finale (Vivace e brioso)

 

 

Stefan Engels was recently named Professor of Organ and Leah M. Fullinwider

Centennial Endowed Chair in Music Performance at Southern Methodist

University in Dallas, Texas, USA. This appointment was preceded by his positions

as Professor of Organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts “Felix

Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig, Germany, and as Associate Professor of

Organ and Chair of the Organ Department at Westminster Choir College in

Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

 

In Leipzig, Mr. Engels was founder and Artistic Director of the European Organ

Academy Leipzig, attracting faculty and students from around the world. As an

advocate and specialist for the music of the late-Romantic German Composer

Sigfrid Karg-Elert, he also founded the Karg-Elert Festival in Leipzig,

demonstrating and discovering the unique works of this Leipzig composer. In

2015 Mr. Engels will finish the world premiere recording of the complete organ

works of Karg-Elert.

 

Mr. Engels maintains a vigorous international concert schedule and is a

sought-after teacher, having presented lectures and master classes across the

European continent, North America, Russia and South Korea. Mr. Engels

frequently serves on juries at leading international organ competitions, such

as the St. Albans Competition and the Bach Competition Leipzig.

 

His musical education took place in Germany and the United States. He

studied organ, piano, harpsichord, choral conducting and church music at the

Universities in Aachen, Düsseldorf, and Cologne. From 1993 until 1998 he

pursued further organ studies with the late Robert Anderson in Dallas and

Wolfgang Rübsam in Chicago. He achieved his international break-through

when he was awarded the “Concerto Gold Medal” at the 1998 Calgary

International Organ Competition. Since then he is represented by Karen

McFarlane Artists Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.

 

Free Admission - Collection - Buffet

Details of the organ on the NPOR at:

www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257

www.bloomsbury.org.uk

[Malcolm Kemp]

St Saviour's Church, South Street, Eastbourne.

Monday 3rd November at 1pm

Retiring Collection and light refreshments.

 

Malcolm Kemp (organ)

 

Elgar First movement, Allegro Maestoso, from Sonata No 1 in G major

Howells Master Tallis's Testament

Mozart Fantasia in F minor and major (KV 594)

Reger Benedictus in Dflat

Langlais Cantilene from Suite Breve

Widor First movement, Allegro, from Symphony No 6.

[Paul Walton]

Bristol Cathedral, Tuesday 7 October

 

The scheduled recitalist is ill, so resident organists David Bednall and Paul Walton have put together a programme of largely British music, including Howells, Francis Jackson (in celebration of his 97th birthday last week), Philip Moore and William Walton.

 

The recital will launch Paul's latest CD on the Cathedral organ, In an Old Abbey, featuring rarely recorded British music by Alcock, Harwood, Elgar, Sumsion, Vaughan Williams, John Cook, Douglas Steele and William Walton. The CD will be available for £10 after the recital.

 

Full list of pieces at www.paul-walton.com

[Jonathan Dods]

St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park London W4 1TT

 

Friday 7th November 12.30pm

 

Martin Ford (Westminster Abbey)

 

The next in the series of regular first Friday of the month recitals

 

More videos have been added of Neil Wright's recital of improvisations on pictures from the Bedford Park Festival

 

[JohnW]

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[JohnW]

BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 8EP

 

SATURDAY, 25th OCTOBER at 4:00pm

 

ELENI KEVENTSIDOU

(Rugby School)

 

J.S. Bach (1685-1750):

Prelude and fugue in B minor BWV 544

 

F.Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Songs without words No.21 in G minor op.53 No.3

 

Saint- Saens (1835-1921)

Fantaisie No 3. in C major op.157

 

F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Variations Serieuses op.54 arranged by Reitze Smits

 

Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994)

from Suite: For a Little White Seashell, op.1:

Grand Sousta, Syrtos

 

Yannis Constantinidis (1903-1984)

Greek Dances Nos 5 and 8

 

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Second Sonata op.60, 1st mvt: Improvisation, Allegro con brio

Eleni was born in Athens and started playing the piano at the age of 9 with

Kate Trulli at the Athens National Conservatory. She graduated in 1995 with a

unanimous First Prize. At that time Eleni was also studying Greek Literature

(Linguistics) at the National Republic University of Athens.

 

In 1998 Eleni was awarded a three- year scholarship by the “Friends

of Music Society” in order to study the organ with Nicolas Kynaston in the

Athens Concert Hall.

 

Studying organ music with Nicolas Kynaston and David Titterington at the

Royal Academy of Music Eleni graduated from the Postgraduate Performance

Course in 2004 with distinction and has also studied privately with Johannes

Geffert, Head of Church Music Studies at the Cologne Hochschule.

 

Eleni has performed as a soloist at the Athens Concert Hall, Bonn-Beuel.

Dusseldorf, Himmerod Abbey (Germany), All Souls Langham Place, Westminster

Cathedral, Bath Abbey, Huddersfield Town Hall, Cambridge Festival, St. Dominic’s

Priory, Ciuntadella Cathedral (Menorca), Temple de Foyer (Paris), Bristol Cathedral,

York Minster. As a chamber music player Eleni has performed at St. Martin in the

Fields, the Dutch Church London, the Evangelist Church of Katerini (Greece),

the Athens Spring Organ Festival and the Athens Megaron

 

In 2003 Eleni was awarded a scholarship from the Alexander S.Onassis Scholarship

Foundation. In 2004 she was awarded the “Margaret and Sydney Lovett Organ Prize”

and the “United Music Publishers Ensemble Prize (London-Royal Academy). In 2007

she was awarded the Artistic Director’s Prize at Mikael Tariverdiev International

Organ Competition in Kaliningrad, Russia. In 2005 Eleni participated in a joint

recording project with the Royal Academy of Music and the Southwark and South

London Organ Society, playing at the Royal Festival Hall. In February she participated

in a CD recording of English Choral music with the Rugby School Choirs.

 

Eleni has been Organist-in-Residence at Tonbridge School, Bilton Grange School

and Bishops Stortford College.

 

Currently she teaches piano at Kent College, East London Music Service and

piano- organ at Rugby School.

 

Eleni has started in October 2010 her PhD in Organ Performance in Max Reger’s

organ music on a studentship at Christ Church University, Canterbury. Currently

she teaches keyboard skills at CCCU and plays the organ for the University

Graduation Ceremonies at Canterbury Cathedral.

 

 

Free Admission - Collection - Buffet

 

Details of the organ on the NPOR at:

www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257

www.bloomsbury.org.uk

[Tony Newnham]

Organ Recital

St Michael the Archangel

Retford

12:30 pm Thursday October 30th

Rev Tony Newnham

Music by:-

J.S. Bach

Samuel Wesley

Charles Wesley

Thomas Thorley Junior

Geoffrey Burgon

Ivan Furlanis

Charles Jones

The church is in Rectory Road, Retford, DN22 7AY.. Willis Organ.

[JohnW]

BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 8EP

 

SATURDAY, 29th NOVEMBER at 4:00pm

 

DANIEL MOULT

(Concert Organist)

 

J.S. BACH (1685-1750)

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C (BWV 564)

 

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)

Benediction Nuptionale

 

JULIUS REUBKE (1834-1858)

Sonata on the 94th Psalm

 

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (arr. Guilmant)

Le Cygne

 

AD WAMMES (b.1953)

Toccata Chromatica

 

IAN FARRINGTON (b. 1977)

Live Wire

 

Daniel Moult, “one of the finest organists of our time” (The Organ),

is renowned in the UK and abroad for virtuosic, intelligent and

engaging performances of repertoire from the 14th to the 21st

centuries. His musicianship has been praised as “exhilarating”

(Gramophone), “dazzling” (The Organ), and “formidable” (Organists’

Review). He has pioneered the use of film as a means of promoting

organ music, and has presented and performed in two DVD releases,

Virtuoso! Music for Organ, a film featuring some of the most

demanding 20th century repertoire, and The Elusive English Organ,

a journey through English organ music from 1550 to 1830. He is

currently preparing the sequel, The Imperial English Organ, which

will continue the story through the 19th and into the 20th century.

He has made several CDs, the most recent of which is the first solo

recording of the newly restored organ of Arundel Cathedral, to be

released by Regent Records in Spring 2014.

 

As a soloist, Daniel performs throughout the UK, Europe, Australia

and Singapore. Recent ensemble appearances include playing Mozart’s

organ music as part of the Mozart Unwrapped festival at King’s Place in

London, concerts celebrating Handel with the London Early Opera

Orchestra, and tours of France and Switzerland with Kammerorchester

Basel. In June 2014 he was the artist in residence at Sydney Grammar

School, performing Poulenc's organ concerto, and he will return to

Australia in 2015.

 

Born in Manchester, Daniel studied at Oxford (where he gained the

Fellowship diploma of the Royal College of Organists with three of

the top playing prizes and was jointly awarded the University of

Oxford John Betts Organ Scholarship) and the Amsterdam

Conservatorium. Previous posts include visiting organ tutor at

Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester, seven years as Organist

and Assistant Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral, and five

years as Artistic Director of The London Organ Day. He is a sought

after educator, and teaches through the RCO Organ School, on

many masterclasses, workshops and courses around the world,

as well as maintaining regular positions at the Birmingham

Conservatoire, Wells Cathedral School and The Royal College of

Music Junior Department. He examines for the Royal College of

Organists. He has published several editions, including the Easy

Bach Album and the upcoming Easy Handel Album with

Bärenreiter and the Complete Church Organist, volumes 1 and 2,

with RSCM Publications. His articles on performance practice and

performance-related topics have appeared in various music journals.

Based in London, Daniel is in demand as a soloist and accompanist,

broadcasts frequently on BBC Television and Radio and has recorded

for various record labels including Fugue State, Sony BMG and Radio

Netherlands. www.danielmoult.com

 

Free Admission - Collection - Buffet

 

 

Details of the organ on the NPOR at:

www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257

 

www.bloomsbury.org.uk

[Paul Walton]

Saturday January 10, 5pm, Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon

 

Organ recital by Paul Walton (Assistant Organist, Bristol Cathedral / old boy, King Edward VI School next door)

 

Programme in thread about the new chapel organ

 

Paul Walton

[handsoff]

Thank you Paul for a brilliant recital. The choice of music showed off the new organ exceptionally well and demonstrated how easily it copes with a wide repertoire.

 

It was a pleasure to meet you and see some familiar faces amongst the audience.

 

PT

[JohnW]

BLOOMSBURY ORGAN DAY

Saturday, January 31st from 1:00 pm

 

Now under general discussion

[Jonathan Dods]

The next of the monthly organ recitals (first Friday of the month at 12.30) at St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park London W4 1TT will be given by Richard Moore (St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Paul's, St Michael's Cornhill) on Friday 6th February

 

Prelude in Eb JSB

Trio Sonata 1 JSB

Cantabile Franck

Herzlich tut mich erfreuen Brahms

O welt, ich muss dich larsen Brahms

Improvisation from Sonata no2 Reger

 

Lovely organ by St Martin with stunning case in arts and crafts church. Retiring collection.

[David Drinkell]

The Norman & Beard organ of Colchester Moot Hall is in course of re-assembly after its restoration by Harrison & Harrison. There will be a number of events related to the organ, culminating in an opening Gala from May 21st, which includes a wide range of activities including (somewhat to my surprise) an Inaugural Recital by Yours Truly.

 

There is a new website http://moothallorgan.co.uk which is well worth a look.