Darius Battiwalla – Leeds City Organist

Christmas Programme with Requests

Programme to include:
Denis Bédard Variations on In Dulci Jubilo
Elizabeth Mounsey An Old Christmas Carol (Variations on God Rest Ye)
Max Reger Choralfantasie: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Canadian composer Denis Bédard’s French romantic style of organ music is always a favourite with audiences and complements Elizabeth Mounsey’s 19th century variations on God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.

Paramount Brass Quintet
Darius Battiwalla – Leeds City Organist

Join Paramount Brass Quintet from Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music for virtuoso brass music and seasonal items for organ including carols for all to sing.

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Matthew Owens – Concert Organist

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Howard Skempton 50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Book 2: Recessional 2 (2023)
Felix Mendelssohn Sonata No 3 in A major
Matthew Owens Variations on Blaenwern
César Franck Choral No 3 in A minor

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Alan Horsey – Halifax Organist

Max Reger Twelve pieces, Op 80: Toccata; Fugue in A minor
John Stanley Organ Voluntary in D, Op 6, No 6
Eric Thiman Air and Variation in the Old English Style
Alun Hoddinott Sarum Fanfare
Olivier Messiaen Verset pour la fête de la dédicace
Jennifer Bate Four Reflections: Reverie
Flor Peeters Toccata, Fugue & Hymn on Ave Maris Stella

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Darius Battiwalla – Leeds City Organist

Remembrance Day: Orchestral Arrangements

Johann Sebastian Bach arr Darius Battiwalla Sinfonia to Cantata No 29
Maria Walpurgis arr Anne Marsden Thomas Talestri: Overture
George Thalben-Ball Elegy
Felix Mendelssohn arr Jørgen Frederiksen A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
Johann Strauss II arr Jonathan Scott The Blue Danube
Edward Elgar arr William Harris Nimrod
Edward Elgar arr George Sinclair Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Lucy Morrell – Organist, Dulwich College

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Three Impromptus: No 3
Robert A Harris Solemn Processional
César Franck Pièce heroïque
David Hurd Passacaglia
Dietrich Buxtehude Ciacona in E minor
Thomas H Kerr Reverie for Celestes
Francis Jackson Toccata, Chorale & Fugue

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Anthony Gray – Assistant Director of Music/Sub-organist, Bradford Cathedral

Douglas Mason Scherzo
Marie Prestat Prelude & Fugue in C minor
Ethel Smyth Two settings of O Gott, du frommer Gott
Pia Rose Scattergood folding, unfolding
Nico Muhly Hudson Preludes
Jehan Alain Deuxième Fantaisie
Iain Farrington Amazing Grace

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Darius Battiwalla – organ
Sarah Brandwood-Spencer – violin

Florence Price Suite No 1: Toccato
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No 4 in C minor, BWV 1017
Otto Olsson Romance for violin and organ
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Two Pieces: Romance, Cavatina
César Franck Prelude, Fugue & Variation
César Franck Violin Sonata: Finale

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

William Campbell – Organist, Leeds Cathedral

Herbert Howells Prelude De Profundis (1958)
Jean Langlais Trois Paraphrases Gregoriennes
Florence Price Adoration
Max Reger Twelve Pieces Op 65: Consolation
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Three Short Pieces for Organ: Melody
Iain Farrington Voices of the World

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Alana Brook – Assistant Director of Music, Wakefield Cathedral

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 547
Joséphine Boulay Three Pieces
Dietrich Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue & Chaconne
Judith Weir The Tree of Peace
Graeme Koehne To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse – The Morning Star
Philip Wilby Ripon Misericords: Prelude and Owl; Dancing Pigs; The Mermaid

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.