Tom Daggett – Director of Music, Sheffield Cathedral

César Franck Choral No 1 in E major
Charles-Marie Widor Symphonie V: Allegro Cantabile
Alfred Hollins Spring Song
Kerensa Briggs Light in darkness
Cecilia McDowall Celebration

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Darius Battiwalla – Leeds City Organist

Holocaust Memorial Day

Felix Mendelssohn Sonata No 1 in F minor
Fela Sowande Go Down, Moses
Gerald Finzi arr Robert Gower Eclogue
Ethel Smyth Chorale Prelude & Fugue O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid
Percy Whitlock Sonata in C minor: Grave – Allegro

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Hannah Parry – London/Steinfurt (Germany) Organist

Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Elsa Barraine Prelude & Fugue No 1
Paul Hindemith Sonata No 2
George Frideric Handel Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Charles Villiers Stanford Sonata Celtica: St Patrick’s Breastplate

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Dr Gordon Stewart – Organist Emeritus, Huddersfield Town Hall

Alfred Hollins Concert Overture in F minor
Georg Böhm Praeludium in C
William Felton arr Harry Wall A Little Tune
William Bernard Sonata No 2: Introduction; Passacaglia
Amy Beach Prelude on an Old Folk Tune
Jehan Alain Deux Danses à Agni Yavishta: Allegro, Pas vite
Bernard Johnson Pavane in A
Albert Rénaud Toccata in D minor

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Choir of Leeds Cathedral  (Senior Boys Choir, Senior Girls Choir, Choral Scholars)

Tom Leech – conductor
William Campbell – organ
Megan Humphries – harp

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

The combined Choirs of Leeds Cathedral give their annual performance of Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, together with favourite festive music and audience carols, featuring wonderful young soloists from the choir and the cathedral’s magnificent organ.

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.