Saturday Organ Concert Series.
David Briggs (New York)
Saturday 21 October 2006, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude, Langlais and the Improviser's Art
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Praeludium, BuxWV 149
(Prelude and Fugue in G minor) |
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
Improvisation in the style of W A Mozart
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David Briggs (b.1962) |
from Neuf pièces
Arabesque sur les flûtes : Chant héroïque : Rhapsodie Gregorienne |
Jean Langlais (1907-1991) |
| Improvisation in the style of Felix Mendelssohn |
David Briggs
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| Litanies |
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) |
Improvisation in the style of Maurice Ravel |
David Briggs |
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David Briggs, formerly organist of Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals, is an internationally renowned recitalist who has achieved a reputation as an innovative organist, particularly for his art of improvisation. He is also a prolific composer of works ranging from full scale oratorios to pieces for solo instruments.
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László Fassang (Hungary - Prizewinner at Chartres International Organ Competition)
Saturday 25 November 2006, St Saviour's Church at 5.30pm
Buxtehude and Bach
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Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160
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Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
Chaconne in D minor (from Partita, BWV 1004) |
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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| Improvisation |
Lászó Fassang (b.1973)
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Toccata in F major, BuxWV 156 |
Dietrich Buxtehude |
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Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 |
J S Bach |
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László Fassang has won prizes for improvisation at both the Calgary and the Paris competitions and the Interpretation Prize at Chartres. He gives concerts around the world, teaches improvisation at the San Sebastian College of Music and has recently been appointed as resident organist at the new Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest.
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Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City Organist)
Saturday 20 January 2007, St Albans Cathedral
at 5.30pm
Buxtehude and the Chaconne
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Praeludium in C major, BuxWV 137
(Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne) |
Dietriche Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
Trio sonata No 6 in G major, BWV 530
Vivace: Lento: Allegro
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750) |
Introduction and Passacaglia (1933)
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Walter Alcock (1861-1947) |
| Hungarian rock (Chaconne) |
György Ligeti (1923-2006) |
Three movements from Petrushka
Danse russe: Chez Petrushka: La semaine grasse |
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) arr Thomas Trotter (b.1957)
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Thomas Trotter is City Organist of Birmingham and one of Britain's most widely admired musicians. He regularly performs with leading conductors and orchestras and in May 2001 was the first organist to be recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society's award for Best Intrumentalist.
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Margaret Phillips (Royal College of Music)
Saturday 3 March 2007, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude and Bach - Franck and Langlais
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Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218
Praeludium : Te Deum laudamus : Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus : Tu devicto mortis aculeo : Pleni sunt coeli et terra |
Dietriche Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
Canonic variations on Vom himmel hoch, BWV 769a
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750) |
| Grande pièce symphonique, Op 17 |
César Franck (1822-1890) |
Two pieces from Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Op 9
Ave Maria, Ave Maris stella : Hymne d'Action de Grâce 'Te Deum'
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Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
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Margaret Phillips is among Britain's most outstanding concert organists and teachers. She has an international reputation as a soloist and her CD recordings have been widely praised. She devotes a substantial part of her time to teaching and is Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music.
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Gerben Mourik (The Netherlands - Winner of the IOF Improvisation Competition 2005)
Saturday 31 March 2007, St Saviour's Church at 5.30pm
Buxtehude with the French and Dutch traditions
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Praeludium in D BuxWV 139 |
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
Offertoire pour les grands jeux
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Francois Couperin (1668-1733) |
| Variations on Puer nobis nascitur |
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) |
Suite évocatrice
Grave : Tierce en taille et récit de chromhorne : Flûte d'echo : Jeu doux et voix humaine : Caprice |
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
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| Récit de tierce en taille |
Nicholas de Grigny
(1672-1703) |
Scherzando |
Arie J Keijzer (b.1932)
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Diptique pour orgue
Dialogue : Fantaisie |
Jaap Dragt (1930-2003)
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Chorale prelude: O Mensch bewein' dein' Sunde Gross, BWV 622 |
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) |
Improvisation |
Gerben Mourik (b.1981)
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Gerben Mourik, organist at the 'Grote Kerk' at Oudewater, where he plays an historical organ dating from 1840, currently studies improvisation with Ansgar Wallenhorst and Naji Hakim. He won First Prize for Improvisation at St Albans in 2005 and in the Netherlands at Zwolle, and was a Finalist at Haarlem in 2004
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Stephen Disley (Southwark Cathedral)
Saturday 28 April 2007, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude, Bach and the Toccata
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Toccata Op 59 No 5 |
Max Reger
(1873-1916) |
Toccata cromaticha per l'Elevatione from Fiori musicali Messa della Domenica
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Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) |
Praeludium, BuxWV 148 (Prelude & Fugue in G minor)
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Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
| Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude (Toccata and Fugue) |
Petr Eben (b.1929)
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Three chorale preludes on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr from the 18 Leipzig Chorales, BWV662, BWV 663, BWV 664
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750))
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Roulade Op 9. No5 |
Seth Bingham (1882-1972)
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Toccata (Symphonie improvisée de Boston, 1956) |
Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984) arr Jeremy Filsell (b.1964) |
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Stephen Disley has become one of the younger generation's leading players. He won a joint Foundation Scholarship to the Royal College of Music and London's Temple Church, studying with Dr John Birch. He is currently assistant organist at Southwark Cathedral and founding director of its Girls' Choir.
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Simon Johnson (St Albans Cathedral)
Saturday 26 May 2007, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude and the influence of the ostinato
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Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161 |
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
Chorale prelude: Vater unser im himmelreich, BWV 636
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750) |
Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 |
J S Bach |
Chorale prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten, BWV 642 |
J S Bach |
| Choral No 2 in B minor |
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
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Moto ostinato |
Petr Eben (b.1929)
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Le jardin suspendu |
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) |
Toccata for organ and tape |
Jonathan Harvey (b.1939) |
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Simon Johnson has been Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral and director of the Abbey Girls' Choir since 2001. He has a keen interest in composition and improvisation and recently made a recording of improvisation on the Cathedral organ in St Albans.
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