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
 |
Praeludium, BuxWV 149
(Prelude
and Fugue in G minor)
|
Dietrich Buxtehude
(1637-1707) |
Improvisation
in the style of W A Mozart
|
David Briggs (b.1962)
|
|
from
Neuf pičces
Arabesque
sur les flűtes : Chant héroďque : Rhapsodie Gregorienne
|
Jean Langlais
(1907-1991) |
| Improvisation
in the style of Felix Mendelssohn |
David
Briggs
|
| Litanies |
Jehan
Alain (1911-1940)
|
|
Improvisation
in the style of Maurice Ravel
|
David Briggs |
|
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.
top
László Fassang (Hungary -
Prizewinner at Chartres International Organ Competition)
Saturday 25 November 2006, St Saviour's Church at
5.30pm
Buxtehude and
Bach
 |
Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160
|
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
|
|
Chaconne in D minor (from Partita,
BWV 1004)
|
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
|
|
Improvisation
|
Lászó Fassang (b.1973)
|
| |
Toccata in F major, BuxWV 156 |
Dietrich Buxtehude |
| |
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C
major, BWV 564 |
J S Bach |
|
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.
top
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham
City Organist)
Saturday 20
January 2007, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude and
the Chaconne
 |
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
|
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750)
|
|
Introduction
and Passacaglia (1933)
|
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)
|
|
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.
top
Margaret Phillips (Royal
College of Music)
Saturday 3 March 2007, St Albans Cathedral at
5.30pm
Buxtehude and Bach - Franck and Langlais
 |
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
|
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750) |
| Grande pičce 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'
|
Jean Langlais
(1907-1991)
|
|
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.
top
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
 |
Praeludium in D BuxWV 139 |
Dietrich Buxtehude
(1637-1707) |
Offertoire
pour les grands jeux
|
Francois Couperin
(1668-1733) |
| Variations on Puer
nobis nascitur |
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
(1562-1621) |
|
Suite
évocatrice
Grave
: Tierce en taille et récit de chromhorne : Flűte
d'echo : Jeu doux et voix humaine : Caprice
|
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
|
|
Récit
de tierce en taille |
Nicholas de Grigny
(1672-1703)
|
|
Scherzando
|
Arie
J Keijzer (b.1932)
|
|
Diptique
pour orgue
Dialogue
: Fantaisie
|
Jaap Dragt (1930-2003)
|
|
Chorale
prelude: O Mensch bewein' dein' Sunde Gross, BWV 622
|
Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
|
|
Improvisation
|
Gerben Mourik (b.1981)
|
|
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
top
Stephen Disley (Southwark
Cathedral)
Saturday 28 April 2007, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude, Bach and the Toccata
 |
Toccata Op 59 No 5 |
Max Reger
(1873-1916)
|
Toccata
cromaticha per l'Elevatione from Fiori musicali Messa della Domenica
|
Girolamo Frescobaldi
(1583-1643) |
|
Praeludium,
BuxWV 148 (Prelude & Fugue in G minor)
|
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
|
|
Hommage ŕ Dietrich Buxtehude (Toccata and Fugue) |
Petr Eben (b.1929)
|
|
Three
chorale preludes on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr from the 18 Leipzig
Chorales, BWV662, BWV 663, BWV 664
|
Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685
- 1750))
|
|
Roulade
Op 9. No5
|
Seth Bingham (1882-1972)
|
|
Toccata
(Symphonie improvisée de Boston, 1956)
|
Pierre
Cochereau (1924-1984) arr Jeremy Filsell (b.1964)
|
|
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.
top
Simon Johnson (St Albans Cathedral)
Saturday 26 May 2007, St Albans Cathedral at 5.30pm
Buxtehude and
the influence of the ostinato
 |
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161 |
Dietrich Buxtehude
(1637-1707) |
Chorale
prelude: Vater unser im himmelreich, BWV 636
|
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)
|
|
Moto
ostinato
|
Petr Eben
(b.1929)
|
|
Le
jardin suspendu
|
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) |
|
Toccata
for organ and tape
|
Jonathan Harvey (b.1939) |
|
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.
top
|
ADMISSION TO THE CONCERTSIS FREE
There will be a retiring collection
in aid of the
International Organ Festival Society. To enable us to maximize the
benefit 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.
|
