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.
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.