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LEEDS LUNCHTIME ORGAN MUSIC 2021/22 Mondays at Leeds Town Hall & Leeds Cathedral
Having restarted concerts with a live audience over the summer, 27 September 1.05pm
we’re hugely looking forward to welcoming you back into the ISABELLE DEMERS
CANADA/USA
Town Hall for a landmark series of organ recitals.
DEMESSIEUX Te Deum
September and October will see the final concerts on the current Town Hall RACHEL LAURIN Three impressions on
organ before its complete renewal by Nicholson & Co, and we will give the Kingsfold
organ a good send-off in a special lunchtime recital on 25 October. For the BACH Trio Sonata No 6 in G
rest of the season, we are hugely grateful to St Anne’s Cathedral for the use
FRANCK arr Calvin Hampton Symphony in D
of their fine Klais organ, where the recitals will continue at the slightly
minor: Second movement
later time of 1.15pm.
VIERNE Symphonie VI: Final
We have greatly valued your support during difficult times recently, so please
join us again in September and spread the word as widely as possible! A rare and not to be missed chance to hear this
Canadian virtuoso who studied at the Julliard School
Darius Battiwalla and is now based in the USA.
Leeds City Organist
4 October 1.05pm 18 October 1.05pm
RECITALS AT LEEDS TOWN HALL GERARD BROOKS RICHARD HILLS
METHODIST CENTRAL HALL, WESTMINSTER CONCERT AND THEATRE ORGANIST
13 September 1.05pm DEMESSIEUX Répons pour le temps du Pâques SULLIVAN Overture: Iolanthe
HARRIS A Fancy
DARIUS BATTIWALLA DUPRÉ Prelude & Fugue in A flat, Op 36, No 2
SWEELINCK Est-ce Mars? WHITLOCK Plymouth Suite
LEEDS CITY ORGANIST
HUMPERDINCK Overture: Hansel and Gretel MACLEAN Babbling
WIDOR Symphonie VI in G minor, Op 42, No 2 SAINT-SAËNS Improvisation No 7 GOSS-CUSTARD Chelsea Fayre
FAURÉ Pavane SAINT-SAËNS Bénédiction Nuptiale CURZON Suite: In Malaga
DEMESSIEUX Rorate Coeli SAINT-SAËNS arr Guilmant Marche Héroïque WHITLOCK March: Dignity and Impudence
DEMESSIEUX Octaves
Gerard Brooks is currently president of the Royal Named Organist of the Year by the American
Our City Organist opens the recital season with a College of Organists, and curator of the historic Theatre Organ Society, Richard Hills is one of the
rare chance to hear Widor’s entire sixth symphony organ at Christ Church, Spitalfields. The colourful few organists acknowledged to have mastered the
and celebrates the centenary of the French virtuoso and virtuosic music of Saint-Saëns, who died in 1921, divide between the classical and theatre organ
Jeanne Demessieux with her spectacular study, concludes a programme of anniversaries. worlds.
Octaves.
WATCH IN THE COMFORT 20 September 1.05pm
11 October 1.05pm 25 October 1.05pm
OF YOUR HOME JEREMIAH STEPHENSON DARIUS BATTIWALLA
PROFESSOR IAN TRACEY ALL SAINTS MARGARET STREET, LONDON LEEDS CITY ORGANIST
LIVERPOOL
These concerts will be
livestreamed on our
BAIRSTOW Prelude in C LEEDS TOWN HALL ORGAN
BACH arr Goss-Custard Chaconne
website and will be
FRANCK Fantaisie in A
WHITLOCK Seven Sketches on verses from the CLOSING CONCERT
available for viewing Psalms: Plaint; Exultemus
DVOŘÁK arr Tracey Humoresque STANFORD Fantasia & Toccata in D minor, Op 57 Including works by Lemare, Bach, Heiller, and
for 30 days. Find out more
PEETERS Lied Symphony Lübeck
on our website: LEMARE Summer Sketches
www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk Ian Tracey’s programme includes one of Dvořák’s IAIN FARRINGTON Live Wire Join us as we say a fond au revoir to our magnificent
most famous melodies as well as an organ Leeds Town Hall organ in this final recital followed
Originally from Sheffield, Jeremiah Stephenson has by afternoon tea. Look out for more details soon.
arrangement of Bach’s famous Chaconne for solo performed all over Europe and the USA, and his
violin. engagements this year include recitals in France
and Sweden, as well as St Paul’s Cathedral.
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15 November 1.15pm 6 December 1.15pm
RECITALS AT LEEDS CATHEDRAL
From November 2021 recitals take place at Leeds OURANIA GASSIOU CHOIRS OF LEEDS CATHEDRAL
ATHENS CONCERT HALL
Cathedral at the later start time of 1.15pm BEN SAUNDERS conductor
REGER Trauerode Op 145, No 1 DAVID PIPE organ
1 November 1.15pm BACH Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572 CÉLINE SAOUT harp
PAUL CARR
DALLIER Cinq Invocations: Stella Matutina
MOZART Mass in C, K 259 (Organ solo)
PHILIPPOS TSALAHOURIS Allori Sulla Tomba
BIRMINGHAM BRITTEN Ceremony of Carols
di Dante
DUKAS arr Titterington Fanfare: La Peri ALAIN Le Jardin suspendu; Litanies The Cathedral choir performs Britten’s perennial
RHEINBERGER Sonata VIII: Introduction & favourite A Ceremony of Carols, alongside other
Passacaglia Ourania Gassiou is currently organist of the French Christmas music, including carols for all to sing and
Protestant Church and curator of the organs at the Mozart’s Mass in C.
SCARLATTI Sonata in D, Kp 288
Athens Concert Hall. Her wide-ranging programme
KIEFER Blues Chorale: Die ganze Welt hast du uns finishes with Alain’s famous Litanies.
überlassen 13 December 1.15pm
ROGER-DUCASSE Pastorale 22 November 1.15pm RNCM BRASS ENSEMBLE 17 January 2022 1.15pm
DUPRÉ Evocation: Allegro deciso
D’ARCY TRINKWON We’re pleased to welcome back brass players from DARIUS BATTIWALLA
Paul Carr, director of the recital series at INTERNATIONAL CONCERT ORGANIST the Royal Northern College of Music for some LEEDS CITY ORGANIST
Birmingham Cathedral, has given monthly recitals traditional Christmas favourites, together with
WIDOR Symphonie VII: Moderato; Choral; Final VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Prelude & Fugue in C
in Birmingham for the last 25 years and concerts in showpieces for both brass and organ. minor
New York, Washington and Chicago. RINCK Variations and Finale on Twinkle twinkle
little star FELA SOWANDE Prayer (Oba a Ba Ke)
10 January 2022 1.15pm VIERNE Pièces de Fantaisie: Feux Follets;
8 November 1.15pm DUKAS arr DuPerry The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
MICHAŁ SZOSTAK JACOB Heures Bourguignonnes: Sous le noyer DR GORDON STEWART Sicilienne; Toccata
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN HALL FRANCK Choral No 2 in B minor
WARSAW D’ANTALFFY-ZSIRROS Festa Bucolica
DUPRÉ Sept Pièces Op 27: Final
D’Arcy Trinkwon has given recitals and premieres all ALAN SPEDDING Intrada
BACH Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 After Vaughan Williams’ imposing Prelude and
over the world, and this programme offers a chance MENDELSSOHN Theme and variations in D
BÖHM Vater unser im Himmelreich Fugue, and Fela Sowande’s beautiful Prayer, the
to hear some spectacular rarities alongside some BACH Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
IMPROVISATION Italian Concerto better-known favourites. programme takes a French turn with Vierne, Franck,
GOSS-CUSTARD Four Short Pieces
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 5: First movement and Dupré’s rarely heard and exciting Final.
SIMON LOLE Meditation on Annie Laurie
FRANCK Andantino in G minor 29 November 1.15pm BONNET Elfes 24 January 2022 1.15pm
IMPROVISATION Symphonic Variations
DARIUS BATTIWALLA RAWSTHORNE compl Ben Comeau Fantasia on
Ein’ feste Burg CARLETON ETHERINGTON
Michal Szostak, a specialist in improvisation, LEEDS CITY ORGANIST
includes two contrasting improvisations in this TEWKESBURY ABBEY
DVOŘÁK arr Lemare Slavonic Dance It’s now a Concert Season tradition for Gordon
programme, as well as his own transcription of the MOZART Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
Op 46, No 6 Stewart to give our first concert in the New Year
first movement of Beethoven’s fifth symphony.
IRELAND Cavatina – Bach’s great G minor Fantasia and Fugue is the KREBS Fantasia à gusto Italiano
centrepiece of a varied and colourful programme. HARWOOD Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 5
WHITLOCK Five Short Pieces
BACH Wachet auf, ruft’ uns die Stimme DAVID BRIGGS Variations on Greensleeves
REGER Choralfantasie: Wachet auf, ruft’ uns die PERCY FLETCHER Fountain Reverie
Stimme LANQUETUIT Toccata
Percy Whitlock’s music is particularly well suited A former organist of Leeds Minster, Carleton
to the traditional English voicing of the Cathedral Etherington is particularly known for his playing of
organ. To mark the approach of Advent the English repertoire. Carleton’s programme includes
programme finishes with one of Reger’s most Harwood’s eloquent Sonata in C sharp minor.
famous and monumental choral fantasias.
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14 February 2022 1.15pm 7 March 2022 1.15pm 28 March 2022 1.15pm
RACHEL MAHON DR THOMAS TROTTER ALEXANDER FFINCH
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL BIRMINGHAM CITY ORGANIST CHELTENHAM
WIDOR Symphonie V: Allegro Vivace BACH Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 531 BACH Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 547
FRANCK Cantabile SUSATO Danserye: Five movements FRESCOBALDI Fiori Musicali: Bergamasca
WHITLOCK Five Short Pieces: Paean GADE Three Pieces HOWELLS Master Tallis’s Testament
MENDELSSOHN Sonata 3 in A major RACHEL LAURIN Variations on a theme DOVE The Dancing Pipes
BACH Schmücke Dich, O liebe Seele by Sweelinck TCHAIKOVSKY arr Ffinch Swan Lake:
RACHEL LAURIN Symphony No 1: Toccata SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie in E flat Dance of the Cygnets
Thomas Trotter makes his hugely popular annual HOLST arr Trotter The Planets: Jupiter
Originally from Toronto, Rachel Mahon was the first
female organist on the staff of St Paul’s Cathedral visit to Leeds with works from the 14th to the 21st DURUFLÉ Prelude & Fugue sur le nom d’Alain
and is now Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral. centuries. Having been resident organist at Lancaster Town
She has recorded and broadcast frequently in both Hall, and then director of music at St Catharine’s
Canada and the UK and has given recitals all over 14 March 2022 1.15pm College, Cambridge, Alexander Ffinch is now College
31 January 2022 1.15pm
ST PETER’S SINGERS
Europe. Organist at Cheltenham College. His programme
IMOGEN MORGAN 21 February 2022 1.15pm ALEX WOODROW conductor
features Jonathan Dove’s The Dancing Pipes, of which
he made the world premiere recording.
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, EDINBURGH
DUPRÉ Six Antiennes pour le Temps de Noël: RNCM BRASS ENSEMBLE POULENC Quatre Motets 4 April 2022 1.15pm
Lumen ad Revelationem DURUFLÉ Requiem
HANDEL Concerto in B flat
Programme to be announced.
Duruflé’s unearthly and beautiful Requiem has been
DARIUS BATTIWALLA
LEEDS CITY ORGANIST
FRANCK Choral No 3 in A minor 28 February 2022 1.15pm performed before by St Peter’s Singers at the Town
LISZT Ora pro nobis (Litanei) ELGAR Sonata in G, Op 28
DARIUS BATTIWALLA
Hall – it will be even more magical in the acoustic
WALTON arr Robert Gower Coronation March: of St Anne’s Cathedral. Poulenc’s Quatre Motets will FRANCK Prelude, Fugue and Variation
LEEDS CITY ORGANIST show off the virtuosity of this talented group of
Orb & Sceptre BERNARD JOHNSON Elfentanz
FELA SOWANDE Obangiji singers.
Originally from Ripon, Imogen Morgan has COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Melody
been appointed Assistant Master of the Music MENDELSSOHN Sonata 6 in D minor HOLLINS Concert Overture in C minor
21 March 2022 1.15pm
at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh. Imogen’s BACH Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
PETER KING
Darius concludes our recital series with a complete
programme commemorates César Franck with his (Wedge)
performance of Elgar’s Organ Sonata, one of
Choral No 3 and finishes with Walton’s rousing FLORENCE PRICE Suite No 1 ORGANIST EMERITUS, BATH ABBEY Franck’s most popular pieces, the Prelude, Fugue
coronation march Orb & Sceptre.
Florence Price was the first African-American KARG-ELERT Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt and Variation, and Hollins’ powerful and dramatic
woman to have a work played by a professional Concert Overture in C minor.
7 February 2022 1.15pm JOSEF KLIČKA Concert Fantasy in F sharp minor
symphony orchestra. Her lyrical and dramatic Suite MENDELSSOHN Prelude & Fugue in E minor
DARIUS BATTIWALLA No 1 for organ concludes today’s recital.
WHITLOCK Fantasie Choral No 1 in D flat
LEEDS CITY ORGANIST
GRISON Toccata in F
REQUEST PROGRAMME Peter King has released many recordings both
The return of our popular requests programme. If as a soloist and in collaboration with the City of
there’s a piece you’ve enjoyed in previous series Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the BBC
or a neglected masterpiece you’d like to hear, then National Orchestra of Wales. His programme
please send requests (before Christmas) to: features a range of dramatic pieces from the
music@leeds.gov.uk or Leeds International Concert Romantic organ repertoire.
Season, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds,
LS1 3AD (before 1 November) or Leeds International
Concert Season, Carriageworks Theatre, The Electric
Press, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD (from 1
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