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.
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.