Termly Organ Concert Programme
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The Guild Church of St Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall
PROGRAMMES FOR TUESDAY ORGAN RECITALS: JANUARY–MARCH 2012 1300-1345
January 10th CATHERINE ENNIS
Toccata and Fugue in d minor ( Dorian ) BWV 538 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Chorale preludes : Das alte Jahr vergangen ist ; In dir ist Freude (from The Orgelbüchlein) J.S.Bach Sonata in G Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Allegro maestoso ; Allegretto ; Andante espressivo ; Presto (comodo)
January 17th CATHERINE ENNIS La Mourisque; Bransle quatre bransles; Basse danse Bergeret (arr.CE) Attrib. Tylman Susato (c.1510-c.1570)
Prelude and fugue in A minor Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Pastorale César Franck (1822-1890)
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor Max Reger(1873-1916)
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) ______________________________________________________________________________ January 24th CATHERINE ENNIS ______________________________________________________________________________ Part iv of the Klavierübung, the Goldberg Variations J.S.Bach
This performance will not be on the single-manual organ in the Commonwealth Chapel, as in Catherine’s cd recording, but on the main organ
______________________________________________________________________________ January 31st CATHERINE ENNIS French Fancies, no.1 Music from the French Romantic organ school occupies pole position in the affection of organ fans everywhere. Here is a selection of some favourites.
Carillon, and Berceuse (from 24 Pièces en style libre) Louis Vierne (1870-1937) March on on Handel’s “Lift up your heads” Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Rosace, and Tu es petra (from Esquisses Byzantines) Henri Mulet (1878-1967) Bénédiction nuptiale, and Rhapsody no. 2 in D Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Adagio and Toccata, movements iv and v from Symphonie no. 5 in F Charles- Marie Widor (1844-1937)
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February 7th JONATHAN RENNERT (St. Michael, Cornhill, London EC3)
Programme to be announced ______________________________________________________________________________ February 14th CATHERINE ENNIS ______________________________________________________________________________ French Fancies no.2 Fantaisie et fugue en si bémol Alexandre-Pierre- Francois Boëly (1785-1858) Scherzo, Fiat lux, and Toccata in B minor Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Cantabile César Franck (1822-1890) Deuxieme Suite, op. 27 Léon Boëllmann (1862-97) Prélude pastorale; Allegretto con moto; Andantino; Final- Marche
February 21st CATHERINE ENNIS _____________________________________________________________________________
Fantasia and Fugue in g minor BWV542 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Walse mignonne Sigfrid Karg- Elert (1877-1933) Fantasia and Fugue on “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam” Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
February 28th CATHERINE ENNIS Concerto dal Signor Meck (3 movements) Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV653 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata in Bb, op.65 no. 4 Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy (1809-1847) Allegro con brio- Andante religioso- Allegretto- Allegro maestoso e vivace Cortège et Litanie Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) _______________________________________________________________________ March 7th SIXTH FORM SERIES (i) ALEXANDER BLISS Buxtehude: Praeludium, Fugue and Adagio in D major; BUXWV 139 Bohm: Partita “Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig”
CHRISTIAN HAIGH Alain: Litanies Durufle: Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain op. 7
Alexander and Christian are both music scholars at Tonbridge School, Kent.
March 13th SIXTH FORM SERIES (ii) NATHAN LAM Prelude from BWV 541 Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Chorale Preludes from op.111: 7)O Gott, du frommer Gott 8) Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen 9) Herzlich tut mich verlangen Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Praeludium in C BuxWV 137 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
DOROTHY TANG
Toccata in F (BuxWV 157) Dietrich Buxtehude Slow movement of Sonata no 1 in F minor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Concerto in G major after Ernst , 1st movement (Allegro) J.S.Bach Fugue sur le carillon des heures de la Cathedrale de Soissons Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Toccata from the Plymouth Suite Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
Nathan is Senior Organ Scholar at All Saints’, Northampton. Dorothy is a Music Exhibitioner at James Allen’s School, Dulwich, London. ______________________________________________________________________________ March 20th SIXTH FORM SERIES(iii) ______________________________________________________________________________
RICHARD GOWERS
Fugue in G minor BWV 542(ii) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Scherzo Op. 2 Maurice Duruflé (1962-1986) Toccata Patrick Gowers (b.1936)
TOM ETHERIDGE
Priere César Franck (1822-1890) Prelude and Fugue in D BWV 532 Johann Sebastian Bach
Richard and Tom are Music Scholars at Eton College, Berkshire ____________________________________________________________________________
March 27TH SIXTH FORM SERIES(iv) _____________________________________________________________________________
GRAHAM THORPE Pange Lingua Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) Herzlich tut mich erfreuen Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata in C minor, op.65 no.2 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy(1809-1847) Grave-Adagio; Allegro maestoso e vivace; Fugue
ELEANOR KORNAS Prelude in b minor, BWV 544 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Ciacona in e minor Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Scherzetto. Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Toccata Marcel Lanquetuit (1894-1985)
Eleanor and Graham are students at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester _____________________________________________________________________________ IN THE NEXT SEASON During the five Tuesday lunchtime concerts in May, we are delighted to present the seventh annual series of John Hill Memorial recitals sponsored by HSBC, featuring international young artists hand-picked by professors at the top music conservatories of the world. All requests are welcome for another “lollipops” programme on 31 July. Please submit to cmennis@aol.com or to Catherine Ennis, The Vestry, St. Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall, London EC2V5AA.
You are invited to reserve your applause until the end of the recitals and to give generously to the retiring collection.
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