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From: Christine Doyle
Thursday 1st May 2014
Tel:
07769738180
Coventry Cathedral’s summer programme of organ concerts begins
on Monday 5th May at 1pm
The annual programme of Coventry Cathedral’s Monday lunchtime organ concerts begins on the
Bank Holiday (5th May) with the concert given by their own Director of Music - Kerry Beaumont.
Kerry Beaumont will be performing ‘Ei Du feiner Reiter’ by Scheidt, ‘Offerte “Vive le Roy!”’ by
Raison, ‘Toccata’ by Gigout and ‘Rumba sur les Grands Jeux’ by Cholley. The concert will begin at
1pm.
“Throughout the summer months the lunchtime organ concerts are always very popular,” comments
the Reverend Canon David Stone, Canon Precentor, “The organists involved throughout the series
are distinguished artists who come from all over the country to show what our unique instrument
has to offer. They will be playing a wide range of pieces – many of which are well-known but I’m
delighted to see that the series includes a number of compositions that will perhaps be new to our
appreciative audience.”
Admission to the lunchtime concerts is free of charge. For details of all the lunchtime concerts, visit
www.coventrycathedral.org.uk or pick up a leaflet at the Cathedral entrance or Gift Shop.
-endsNotes to Editors
The programme of concerts for the summer series is below:
5 May
Kerry Beaumont (Coventry Cathedral)
Ei Du feiner Reiter (Scheidt)
Offerte “Vive le Roy!” (Raison)
Toccata (Gigout)
Rumba sur les Grands Jeux (Cholley)
12 May
Andrew Bryden (Ripon Cathedral)
Toccata in F (BWV 540) (Bach, J.S.)
Fugues 1 and 2 on B-A-C-H (Schumann)
Allegro Vivace and Final, Symphony No. 1, Op. 14 (Vierne)
19 May
Nicholas Prozillo (St Giles, Oxford)
Symphony No.6 in G minor, Op.42, No. 2 (Movements I, II, IV, V) (Widor)
26 May
Laurence Long (Oundle for Organists recital winner)
Hymn d'action de grâce ('Te Deum') (Langlais)
Melodia, Op.129 No.4 (Reger)
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 (Bach, J.S.)
Praeludium in A minor (Böhm)
Choral No.3 in A minor (Franck)
2 June
Nigel Allcoat (Royal Northern College of Music)
Praeludium in A minor (Buxtehude)
Improvisation 1 A French Suite in Six Movements (Plein Jeu - Fugue - Recit - Basse de Trompette Tierce en taille - Dialogue) (Allcoat)
Prelude upon "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her" (Canto fermo in soprano) BWV 662 (Bach, J.S.)
Improvisation 2 Toccata (Allcoat)
9 June
Jonathan Allsopp (Hereford Cathedral)
Toccata La Vallee Verte, sur le Theme 'Pat le Facteur' (Marsh)
Sonata in F Wq. 70/3 (Bach, C.P.E.)
Farewell to Stromness (Maxwell Davies)
Sortie from Messe de la Pentecôte (Messiaen)
16 June
Florian Zschuke (Birmingham Conservatoire)
Sonata No. 1 in G (Elgar)
23 June
Martyn Rawles (Lichfield Cathedral)
Preludium in E (Lübeck)
Symphony No. 75 (ii: Poco Adagio) (Haydn / Plant)
Skizzen fur den Pedalflüge Op.58, No.2 (Schumann)
Air en style ancien (Widor / Depenhauer)
Prelude et danse fuguée (Litaize)
30 June
Kerry Beaumont (Coventry Cathedral)
Toccata (Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)
Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (Serene Alleluias from a soul longing for Heaven)
(L’Ascension) (The Ascension) (Messiaen)
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’ (Trio) BWV 655 (Bach, J.S.)
Final (Franck)
7 July
Alexander Binns (Royal Academy of Music)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor ‘Wedge’ BWV 548 (Bach, J.S.)
Allegro cantabile (Symphony No.5 in F minor) (Widor)
Moto ostinato (Sonntagmusik) (Eben)
14 July
Mark Swinton (St Mary’s, Warwick)
Symphony No.4 (1 - Toccata, II - Fugue , III - Dolce, IV - Scherzo, V - Adagio, VI - Finale) (Widor)
21 July
Stephen Hargreaves (St Mary’s, Walton-on-the-Hill)
War March of the Priests (from 'Athalia' - arr. W T Best) (Mendelssohn)
Praeludium in D (BuxWV 139) (Buxtehude)
Agitato, Betrachtung and Ricercar (12 Pieces, Op.195) (Rheinberger)
Impromptu (3rd Suite, Pièces de Fantaisie) (Vierne)
Allegro Vivace (Finale, Symphonie II) (Guilmant)
28 July
Alex Norman (Holy Trinity, Coventry)
Hymn d'action de grâce ('Te Deum') (Langlais)
Méditation (Duruflé)
Minuet Gothique (Boëllmann)
Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’ (Vaughan Williams)
Paean (Howells)
4 August
Laurence Lyndon-Jones (Chelmsford Cathedral)
Toccata ‘Nu la oss takke Gud’ (Hovland)
Folk Tune (5 Short Pieces, No.2) (Whitlock)
Sonata VI Op.65, No.6 (Choral-Andante-Fuga-Finale) (Mendelssohn)
Prelude and Fugue No.1 in B major (Dupré)
11 August
Timothy Hone (Salisbury Cathedral)
Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582 (Bach, J.S.)
Sonata Eroica (Jongen)
18 August
Paul Leddington Wright (Coventry Cathedral)
Fantasia and Fugue on Ad Nos Ad Salutarem Undam (Liszt)
25 August
Tim Campain (Warwick Road United Reformed Church)
Postlude in C (Smart)
The Lord Mayor's Swan Hopping Trumpet Tune (Anonymous 18th Century)
Prelude and Fugue in G minor (Buxtehude)
Miniature Suite (1: Intrada, 2: Villanella, 3: Menuetto-Impromptu) (Ireland)
Toccata (Mushel)
1 September
Peter Dyke (Hereford Cathedral)
Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 545 (Bach, J.S.)
Récit de tierce en taille (de Grigny)
Force et agilité des corps glorieux (from 'Les corps glorieux') (Messiaen)
Choral No.3 in A minor (Franck)
8 September
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Eton College)
Overture: The Magic Flute (transcribed by W T Best) (Mozart)
Fantasy-Prelude (Harris)
Popular Song, from Façade (Walton)
Bolero (transcr. Klaus Uwe Ludwig) (Ravel)
15 September
Benjamin Chewter (Chester Cathedral)
Veni Creator Spiritus (1: Plein Jeu, 2: Fugue à 5, 3: Duo, 4: Récit du Cromorne, 5: Dialogue sur les
Grands Jeux) (de Grigny)
Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Op.5 No.2) (Langlais)
Aria (Peeters)
Allegro deciso (Evocation) (Dupré)
22 September
Thomas Corns (St. Mary’s Warwick)
Sonata IV, Op. 65, No.4 (IV. Allegro Maestoso e vivace) (Mendelssohn)
Sicilienne (Suite pour orgue, Op.5) (Duruflé)
Gaudeamus in loci pace (MacMillan)
Final (Deuxième Symphonie Op.20) (Vierne)
29 September
Kerry Beaumont (Coventry Cathedral)
Prelude and Fugue No.3 in E flat major (Saint-Saëns)
Toccata per l’Elevazione (Frescobaldi)
Aria, con variazioni (Martini)
Sicilienne (Paradis)
Toccata (Lanquetuit)