Saturday Organ Concert Series.
John Scott Whiteley (York)
Saturday 8 October 2005 at 5.30pm – St Saviour's Church
Bach's partita Sei gegrüsset
and associated music
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Grand prelude
avec les pédalles de trompette méslées |
Jacques BOYVIN
(1649-1706)
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Pange lingua
Duo
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Louis Couperin
(1626-1661) |
Trio
en dialogue
Basse de Trompette ou de Cromorne |
Nicolas de GRIGNY
(1672-1703) |
| Choralvariationen:
Vater unser im Himmelreich |
Dieterich BUXTEHUDE
(1637-1707) |
| Nun freut euch,
lieben Christen gemein |
Johann Bernhard BACH
(1676-1749) |
| Christus, der ist mein Leben:
choral mit 12 partiten |
Johann PACHELBEL (1653 – 1706) |
| Ciacona
sopra il canto: O Jesu, du edle Gabe (Sei gegrüsset) |
Johann Gottfried WALTHER
(1684-1748)
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| Partite
diverse sopra: Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig BWV 768 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
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John Scott Whiteley has recently become known for
his
performances on BBC2 and BBC4 television of the complete organ music of
Johann Sebastian Bach. He is organist of York Minster.
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Simon Johnson (St Albans)
Saturday 5 November 2005 at 5.30 pm – St Albans Cathedral
Bach, Howells and Reubke
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Prelude & Fugue in E minor (“Wedge”) BWV
548 &
Chorale preludes:
An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653 (from The Great
Eighteen)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 686 (from
Clavierübung III)
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Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
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Psalm Prelude Set 1, No. 2
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Herbert Howells
(1892-1983)
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Sonata: The 94th Psalm
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Julius Reubke
(1834-1858)
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Simon Johnson was appointed Assistant Master of the
Music and
Director of the Abbey Girls Choir at St Albans Cathedral in 2001. After
organ scholarships at Rochester, Norwich and St Paul's Cathedral he was
Director of Music at All Saints' Church in Northampton.
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William Whitehead (London)
Saturday 21 January 2006 at 5.30pm – St Albans Cathedral
Bachs, father and son, France and the Fantasia
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Fantasia and
Fugue in C minor Wq 119/7 |
Carl Phillipp
Emmanual BACH (1714 - 1788) |
Fantasia in C minor
BWV 562
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Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750)
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Fantasia
super Komm heiliger Geist BWV 651
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Johann Sebastian
BACH |
| Fantaisie in A |
César FRANCK
(1822 - 1890) |
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Fantaisie |
André FLEURY
(1903 - 1995)
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Fantaisie in E flat |
Camille
SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) |
| Fantasia
and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
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William Whitehead was Assistant Organist
of Rochester
Cathedral for four years before taking up positions as Lecturer at the
Royal Academy of Music and Director of Music of St Mary's Church,
Bourne Street.
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David Hill (Cambridge)
Saturday 25th February 2006 at 5.30pm – St Albans Cathedral
(AGM redital)
Bach and Vierne
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Prelude and
Fugue in C BWV 547 |
Johann Sebastian
BACH
(1685 - 1750) |
Deuxième Suite Op 53
i) Lamento
ii) Sicilienne
iii) Hymne au soleil
iv) Feux follets
v) Clair de lune
vi) Toccata
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Louis VIERNE
(1870 - 1937) |
Passacaglia
in C minor BWV 582
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Johann Sebastian
BACH |
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David Hill is Director of Music at St John's
College Cambridge
and Music Director of the Bach Choir, London. He pursues an active
career as a choral and orchestral conductor as well as maintaining his
international reputation as a concert organist. Before returning to St
John's, where he was organ scholar, he held posts directing the music
at Winchester and Westminster Cathedrals.
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David Sanger (Cumbria)
Saturday 18 March 2006 at 5.30pm – St Saviour's Church
Bach and music from Iberia
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Presto from
Toccata in G major BWV 916 |
Johann Sebastian
BACH
(1685 - 1750) |
Gaitilla de Mano
Izquierda
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Sebastian DURÓN (1660
- 1716) |
| Chorale
Prelude: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott Vater BWV 740 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
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| Pasacalles |
Juan CABANILLES
(1644 - 1712) |
| Prelude
& Fugue in A major BWV 536 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
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| Tiento
de medio registro de dos tiples de 20 tono |
Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO
(c1583 - 1654)
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Partite diverse: 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder
machen?' BWV 970
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Johann Sebastian BACH
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Battahla
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Juan CABANILLES
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Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544
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Johann Sebastian BACH |
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David Sanger is an organ recitalist, recording
artist, composer,
consultant and teacher of many prizewinning organists. He won First
Prize in two international organ competitions - St Albans in 1969 and
Kiel, Germany in 1972.
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Jonathan Rennert (London)
Saturday 29 April 2006 at 5.30pm – St Albans Cathedral
Bach and the English Romantic
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Introduction
& Allegro from Fantasia in A (1893) |
Charles Swinnerton
HEAP
(1847 - 1900) |
Gavotte (arr
Lemare)
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Sir Edward ELGAR
(1857 - 1934) |
| 'Dorian'
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 538 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750)
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| Chanson de
Matin (arr Brewer) |
Sir Edward ELGAR
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| Procession
March (publ 1888) |
Edmund Crisp
(1823 - 1886)
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| Introduction,
Passacaglia & Coda (1916) |
Healey Willan
(1880 - 1968 )
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Jonathan Rennert is Director of Music at two City
churches, both
of which contain famous organs: St Michael's Cornhill (where he has
given more than 350 of the weekly lunchtime recitals) and St
Mary-at-Hill (where the 1848 Hill organ, played by Mendelssohn, has
recently been restored).
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Matthew Owens (Wells)
Saturday 20 May 2006 at 5.30pm – St Albans Cathedral
Bach, Leighton and Fitkin
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Festival
Fanfare) |
Kenneth LEIGHTON
(1929 - 1988) |
Partite diverse
sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott BWV 767
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Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750) |
| Wedding
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Graham FITKIN
(b. 1963)
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| Prelude
& Fugue in C major BWV 545 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
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| Prelude,
Scherzo and Passacaglia Op 41 |
Kenneth LEIGHTON
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Matthew Owens recently became Organist and Master
of the
Choristers at Wells Cathedral after holding a similar position at St
Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. He is also Tutor in Organ Studies at the
Royal Northern College of Music and Director of the Exon Singers.
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Andrew Lumsden (Winchester)
Saturday 10 June 2006 at 5.30pm – St Albans Cathedral
Bach, Mendelssohn and Liszt
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Toccata
& Fugue in F BWV 540 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750) |
Concerto in D minor
BWV 596 (after Op 3 No 11)
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Antonio VIVALDI
(c. 1678 - 1741) |
| Pastorale
BWV 590 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
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| Sonata Op 65 No
4 in B flat |
Felix MENDELSSOHN
(1809 - 1847)
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| Chorale
Prelude: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gross BWV 622 |
Johann Sebastian BACH
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| Fantasia
& Fugue on B A C H |
Franz LISZT
(1811 - 1886) |
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Andrew Lumsden is Organist and Director of Music at
Winchester
Cathedral, having already been in posts as Organist and Master of the
Choristers at Lichfield Cathedral, Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey
and Assistant Organist at Southwark Cathedral.
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ADMISSION TO THE CONCERTSIS FREE
There will be a retiring collection
in aid of the
International Organ Festival Society at each concert. To enable us to
maximize the beneit of your donation, please use a Gift-Aid envelope.
The series is promoted by The International
Organ Festival Society, a registered charity No: 1006151
The organisers reserve the right to change or
amend the published programmes.
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