The celebration of the new three manual pipe organ at St Bartholomew’s Church in Wilmslow continues on Saturday 29th September (7.30pm) with a celebrity recital by Graham Eccles.
Graham is well known to Wilmslow music lovers for his accompaniment of the Barnaby Choir.
He has served as director of music at the cathedrals of Chester, St Asaph and Bangor. He also appears regularly on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Daily Service’.
A recital on the 6th October will then be given by Michael Overbury who won the Manchester International Organ Competition in 1982, and who has performed widely across the UK including two appearances at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
The final recital – on the 13th October – will be given by Neil Taylor who is well known locally as the inspirational director of the St George’s Singers of Poynton.
Neil has also served as organist of the cathedrals of Norwich and Sheffield.
Philip Underwood, the director of music at St Bartholomew’s commented: “The recitals feature a wide range of music including familiar pieces by Elgar, Satie and the theme tune from Songs of Praise.”
Each recital will last one hour and admission is free, with a retiring collection. Full details below:
Autumn Organfest
Saturday 29th September 2018
Graham Eccles
Imperial March, Op. 3 Edward Elgar
Praeludium et Fuga in E, BWV566 J S Bach
Largo from Lute Concerto RV 93 Antonio Vivaldi
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37 Felix Mendelssohn
Comes AutumTime Leo Sowerby
Chorale Prelude on ‘Eventide’ C H H Parry
Cantique Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit Edward Elgar
Verset, Op. 19 Alexandre Guilmant
Two pieces: Petite Pièce, and Scherzetto Joseph Jongen
Fête, Op. 51 Jean Langlais
Saturday 6th October 2018
Michael Overbury
Toccata (Songs of Praise) Robert Prizeman
Sequence of pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book:
The Fall of the Leafe Martin Peerson
In Nomine John Bull
Muscadin Anon
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582 J S Bach
Saga 1 Jean Guillou
Sonata 1 in F C.V.Stanford
I:Allegro II: Tempo di Menuetto III: Allegro maestoso
Saturday 13th October 2018
Neil Taylor
Sonata No. 3 in A major Felix Mendelssohn
Clair de Lune Louis Vierne
Gymnopédie No. 1 Erik Satie
Choral No. 3 in A minor César Franck
Elegy Thalben-Ball
Chant de Mai Joseph Jongen
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 JS Bach
Lunchtime concerts:
Friday 5th October at 1.15pm “Flower Power”
Grand Jeu Du Mage
Le Jardin Suspendu Alain
Waltz of the Flowers Tchaikovsky
The Walk to the Paradise Garden Delius
Lied to the Flowers and
Lied to the Sun Peeters
Friday 2nd November at 1.15pm “Saints and Sinners”
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543 Bach
Scherzo in G minor Bossi
Danse Macabre Saint-Saens
Evensong Martin
Joie et Clarte Des Corps Glorieux Messiaen
Friday 7th December at 1.15pm “4 Seasons in 1 Day”
The 4 Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
The celebrated set of four concertos for string orchestra by Vivaldi, arranged for the organ by Philip Underwood. This concert will last for approximately 50 minutes.
