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Details of

Evening Recitals

 

Lunchtime Proms 2008

 

Wednesdays 1.10 – 1.50pm

 

Admission Free - Retiring Collection

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 1:10pm

KEVIN KWAN

Organ Scholar, Gloucester Cathedral

 

Fanfare                                                                              John Cook (1918-1984)

Scherzo, Op. 2                                                           Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Miroir                                                                                    Ad Wammes (b. 1953)                    

Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue in E-flat minor  Healey Willan (1880-1968)

                             

 

 

Wednesday 11th June, 2008 at 1.10pm

SAMUEL HUDSON

Organ Scholar, Wells Cathedral

 

Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Dorian), BWV 538              J S Bach (1685 - 1750)

Psalm Prelude, Set 2, No.1                                     Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)

               "De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine" (Ps.130:v.1)               

Wedding                                                                             Graham Fitkin (b. 1963)

Te Deum                                                                                  Naji Hakim (b. 1955)

                  

 

 

Wednesday, 18th June 2008 – 1.10 pm

Lunchtime Prom

ANTHONY HAMMOND

(Organist & Director of Music, Cirencester Parish Church)

 

Sinfonia to Cantata 29                                 Johann Sebastian Bach  (arr. Dupré)

Ora Pro Nobis                                                                                        Franz Liszt

Morceau pour l’Elevation                                          Guillaume Antoine Cavalière

Pièce Héroïque                                                                                    César Franck

Prelude & Fugue in C minor, Op.37, No.1                                  Felix Mendelssohn

‘Toccata’ from Symphonie V                                                   Charles-Marie Widor

 

 

 

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

ALISTAIR REED

(Organ)

 

Praeludium in E                                                                            Vincent Lubeck

Master Tallis's Testament                                                          Herbert Howells

Sonata No. 3                                                                            Felix Mendelssohn

Folk Tune                                                                                       Percy Whitlock

Variations on 'America'                                                                     Charles Ives

Organ Recital

 

 

Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

LUCY SEALY (soprano) & MARCUS SEALY(organ)

Including works by Bach and Vierne

 

 

 

Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 1.10pm

Organ Recital

By

ROBERT SHARPE

 

Messe basse pour les défunts  Opus 62                       Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

              Prélude             

              Introit

              Offertoire

              Élévation

              Communion

              Défilé

Ricercare à 6  (Das Musikalische Opfer)                            J S  Bach (1685-1750)

              transcribed Jean Guillou    (b 1930)

Prelude and Fugue  The ‘Spitfire’                            William Walton (1902-1983)

                           transcribed Tom Winpenny (b 1983)

 

 

Wednesday 23rd July 2008

at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

RICHARD PINEL

 

Prelude and Fugue in G major  BWV 541                         J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Andante (Sonata IV in Em) BWV 528                                                    J.S. Bach

Prelude and Fugue in F# minor (2007)                         Robert Walker (b.1946)

Miroir                                                                                Ad Wammes (b. 1953)

Aria and Final (Symphonie vi Op. 59)                         Louis Vierne  (1870-1937)

                            

 

 

Wednesday 30th July 2008

at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

GODFREY SLATTER

(Organ)

 

Flourish for an Occasion                                       William Harris (1883 – 1973)

Scherzo and Paean from Five Short Pieces        Percy Whitlock (1903 – 1946)

Sarabande  (No 5 from Six Pieces for organ)    Herbert Howells (1892 – 1983)

Chorale No. 2 in B minor                                         César Franck (1822 – 1890)

Prelude and Fugue in G minor op.7                        Marcel Dupré (1886 – 1971)

Transports de joie (from L’Ascension)              Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)

                             

 

 

 

 

Bath Abbey

Wednesday, 6th August 2008 at 1.10 pm

Organ Recital

by

MARK SWINTON

Assistant Organist, Bath Abbey

 

Rhapsody No. 2              Herbert Howells

Fantasia und Fuge c-moll (BWV 537)                             Johann Sebastian Bach

Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes                         Ralph Vaughan Williams

Sixth Sonata                                                                                Francis Jackson

 

 

 

Wednesday, 13th August 2008

Organ Recital

by

SIMON HOGAN

 

Suite Breve                                                                                      Jean Langlais

              Grands Jeux

              Cantilene        

              Plainte

              Dialogue sur les Mixtures

Chorale Prelude 'Ave Maris Stella'                                                    Flor Peeters

Sonata no. 2 in G minor                                                                  Gustav Merkel

              Maestoso - piu moto

              Adagio

              Allegro assai

 

 

 

Wednesday 20th August 2008 at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

David Whitehead

(Organ)

 

 

Prelude & Fugue in Bminor, BWV 544  J S Bach

Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes                                  Vaughan Williams

              Bryn Calfaria

              Rhosymedre

              Hyfrydol

Sonata No. 2 in Cminor                                                                  Mendelssohn

Jupiter The bringer of Jollity) from The Planets                                       Holst

            transcribed by Arthur Wills

 

 

 

Wednesday 27th August 2008 at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

ANDREW KIRK - Director of Music, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol

 

Selection of works including Franck, Vierne, Bach & Rheinberger

 

 

 

Wednesday 3rd September at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

PETER KING

(Organ)

 

Les Cloches                                                    Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue (c1631-1702)

Chorale Prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prélude Funèbre (Six Pièces)                                              Guy Ropartz (1864-1955)

Ave Maria von Arcadelt                                                     Ferenc Liszt (1811 – 1886)

Popular Song (from Façade)                                   Sir William Walton (1902 – 1983)

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen                                          Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907)

             

 

 

Wednesday 10th September 2008 at 1.10pm

Organ Recital

By

JONATHAN PRICE

(Director of Music at Christ Church, Bristol City)

 

Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149                         Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

                           

The Six Schübler Chorale Preludes, BWV 645 - 650                J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

              Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme             

              Wo soll ich fliehen hin

              Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten

              Meine Seele erhebt den Herren

              Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ

              Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter  

Two pieces from “Organ Book” (1957)                            Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

              Flutes             

              Pasticcio

Two pieces from Opus 7 (1911)                                     Augustin Barié (1883-1915)

              Lamento             

              Marche

 

 

 

Wednesday 17th September 2008

at 1.10 pm

Organ Recital

by

MARTYN RAWLES

 

Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544                                                     J S Bach

Fantasia                                                                                                       Gibbons

Passacaglia                                                                                           Shostakovich

Andante sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique)                                                     Widor

Coronation March (1911)                                                                                  Elgar

              trans. Herbert Brewer Brewer

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 24th September at 1.10pm

Lunchtime Prom

by

PETER KING

(Organ)

 

Toccata in D minor                                                  Diderik Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Chorale Prelude “In dir ist Freude”  BWV615  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Orpheus                                                                            Ferenc Liszt (1811 – 1886)

Rondo de Campanelli (Bell-Rondo)                           Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856)

              Arranged by W T Best             

Evening Rest              Alfred Hollins                                                       (1865-1942)

Marche Heroïque     Sir Herbert Brewer                                                 (1865-1928)