2007

Summer series - details of the programmes supplied.

2006

#Edward Elgar (1857-1934) (arr George Robertson Sinclair [1863-1917])
- Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G
#Jan Pieter Sweelinck (1562-1621) - Pavana lachrymae (after John Dowland [1563-1626])
#Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750) - Concerto in D minor [BWV 595]  (after Vivaldi [1678-1741])
#Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) - Andante (from String Quartet)
#Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Four Sketches for Pedal-Piano
                  C minor; C major; F minor; D-flat major
#Richard Wagner (1813-1883) arr Reginald Goss-Custard (1877-1956)
- Prelude to Act I, Tristan und Isolde
#Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) arr Charles P Scott (?) - To a Wild Rose
#Jan Sibelius (1865-1957) arr Herbert Fricker (1868-1943) - Finlandia

July 26: Magnus Williamson  [Newcastle]

#Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) - Jubilant March
#Henry Smart (1813-1879) - Andante No. 3 in E minor
#Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Sonata in G, Op. 28
i. Allegro maestoso . . . ii. Allegretto . . . iii. Andante espressivo . . . iv. Presto (comodo)
#Improvisation

August 2:   James Lancelot [Durham]

#Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
- Praeludium in G minor [BuxWV 149]
- Partita on Auf meinen lieben Gott [BuxWV 179]
     Allemande: Double: Sarabande: Courante: Gigue: Allemande
#Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Trio on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr [BWV 676]
- Prelude on Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt [BWV 688]
#Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Fantasia in F minor for a mechanical organ [K 608]
#Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) - Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la cathédrale de Soissons
#Petr Eben (b.1929) - Moto ostinato (Sunday Music): Lied der Leiermannes (Faust)
#Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
- Variations sur un thème du Clément Jannequin;  Le jardin suspendu;  Litanies

August 9: John Scott [USA]

#Michael Berkeley (born 1948) - Wild Bells
#Percy Whitlock (1903 – 1946) - Fantasie-Choral no.1 in D flat
#Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) - Andante and Allegro in F, K 594
#Robert Schumann  (1810 – 1856) - Fugue No 3 on BACH
#Charles Villiers Stanford  (1852 - 1924) - Fantasia and Toccata in D minor
#Marco Enrico Bossi  (1861 – 1925) - Scherzo
#Jonathan Harvey (born 1939) - Toccata for Organ and Tape
#Louis Vierne  (1870 – 1937) - from ‘Pièces de Fantaisie’
i) Impromptu . . . . ii) Etoile du Soir . . . . iii) Carillon de Westminster

August 16: Alex Mason[Lichfield]

#George Frideric Handel  (1685-1750) arr. Henry Coleman - Overture to the Occasional Oratorio
#Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Passacaglia in D minor [BuxWV 161]
#Jehan Alain (1911-1940) - Deux danses à Agni Yavishta
#Max Reger (1873-1916) - Fantasie über den Choral: Wie schon leucht’ uns der Morgenstern
#Paul Spicer (born 1953) - Kiwi Fireworks (Variations on ‘God defend New Zealand’)
      Overture – Theme: Scherzo: Meditation: Dance: Introduction and Finale
#Alexander Mason (b.1974) - Improvisation

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19th Jan: James Lancelot (Durham): Messiaen: "La Nativité du Seigneur".

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Summer 2005 series:
6 July: Colin Andrews and Janette Fishell (organ duet)
Duet:# Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) -
From Caucasian sketches, Opus 10: Procession of the Sardar
Colin Andrews:
# Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944) - Variations de Concert [Op.1]
# Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) - From La Nativité du Seigneur:
     La Vierge et l’Enfant + Dieu parmi nous.
Duets:
# Piotor Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) -
    From the ballet The Nutcracker [Op.71a]: Dance arab.
# Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - From The Planets:  Mars, the bringer of war
Janette Fishell:
# Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
    From Trois Improvisations:  Méditation
    From Pièces de Fantaisie, Opus 54: Carillon de Westminster
# Calvin Hampton (1938-1984) - From Five Dances:
     At the ballet +  Those Americans + Everyone dance .
Duet:
# Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) -
    From Samson and Delilah [Op.47]:  Bacchanale (or ballet scene)
(Duets transcribed by Janette Fishell)

13 July:  James Lancelot
The use of the motif B-A-C-H before and after J S Bach
# Ferencz Liszt (1811-1886) - Preludium und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H (1870)
# Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) - Fantasia No 4
# Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) -
     Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her [BWV 769]
 # Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Fugen über den Namen B A C H [Op.60, 1 & 3]
# Max Reger (1873-1916) - Phantasie und Fuge über den Namen B A C H [Op. 46]

20 July:  Christopher Totney
# Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) -
     Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534
     Trio in D minor, BWV 589
# Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981) - Thema met Variaties
# Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) - Jesu, hilf siegen
# Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) -
     From Sonata No 8 in E minor, Opus 132: Intermezzo & Scherzoso
< A depiction of Holy Week and Easter>

The Last Supper

# Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) - Le banquet céleste

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

# David Matthews (b.1943) - Invocation

The Crucifixion

# Jehan Alain (1911-1940) - Choral Dorien

Reflection on the Crucifixion

# Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) - Prelude on Rockingham

Dawn on Easter Morning

# Andrew Downes (b.1950) - Prelude: The Forest at Dawn

The Resurrection

# Herbert Howells (1892-1983) - Saraband for the Morning of Easter

27 July: Keith Wright
# Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in B minor [BWV 544]
# Herbert Howells (1892-1983): From Psalm-Preludes, set 2:

• No 1 (Psalm 130, v 1 Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice.
• No 3 (Psalm 33, v 3) Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing praises unto him with a good courage.

# Louis Vierne (1870-1937) - Symphony No 1 in D minor
      Prélude;  Fugue; Pastorale; Allegro vivace; Andante; Final . . .

3 August: James Vivian
# Healey Willan (1880-1968) - Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E flat.
# Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Meine Seele erhebt den Herren [BWV 733]
# Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) - Poème Symphonique «Evocation» [Op.37].
      i  Moderato  ii  Adagio con tenerezza  iii  Allegro deciso
# Tommaso Albinoni (1671-1751) reconstructed Giazotto - Adagio
# Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) - Songs from the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.

10 August :  Stephen Farr
# Jean Langlais (1907-1991) - Suite Medievale
        Prelude - Tiento - Improvisation - Meditation - Acclamations
# J S Bach (1685-1750) - Prelude and Fugue in C minor [BWV 546]
# Cesar Franck (1822-1890) - Pastorale
# Jehan Alain (1911-1940) - Aria
# David Briggs (b.1962)- Symphony:Missa pro Defunctis (2004-5)
         Prélude - Arioso - Scherzo - Toccata - Dies Irae - Sanctus - Lux aeterna -In paradisum

17 August: Kevin Bowyer
An Organ Party
# Alan Gibbs (b.1932) - Viewpoints
# Ferencz Liszt (1811-86) arr.Reger -
     Der Heilige Franziskus von Paula auf den Wogen schreitend
# Thierry Pallesco (b.1956) - Variations
# Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) - From Onze Grands Préludes [Op.66]
      No 4 in G minor;  No 10 in B flat minor
# Giles Swayne (b.1946) - Two pieces:
      Mr Bach’s Bottle Bank [Op. 97];  Paraphrase [Op. 9]
# Iain Farrington (b.1977) - Fiesta!
      Celebration; Conversations;  Stride Dance;  Song; Fast Dance; Nocturne;  Finale

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4 November: James Lancelot
Recital sponsored by Musicon, to celebrate the centenary of the rebuilding of the 
Willis organ by Harrison & Harrison in 1904/5 
 

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2004

12 January – 29 March 2004: Early English Organ Project in Durham Cathedral

Programme:

Sunday 1 February, 4.45 – 5.30 pm: Introduction to the EEOP organs, with Keith Wright. An explanatory demonstration for the interested layman
Saturday 7 February, 7.30 pm: Concert - "The pre-Reformation Organ"Tuesday 17 February,11.00 am – 1.00 pm: Postgraduate students’ visit to the organs, led by Magnus Williamson
Friday Saturday 20 February, 7.30 pm: Concert - "Durham's Great Musick"
Tuesday 24 February, 3pm to 7pm: Educational event with John Harper, including Evensong 5.15 pm in the Quire
Wed. 17 March,10.30 am – 12 noon: Open morning for students and others: come and play the organs and ask questions, with Keith Wright and James Lancelot
Sunday 21 March:  music played on the two organs from 3.00 pm, with Evensong in the Quire, 3.30pm 

9th July:  James Davy (Durham Cathedral) 
* Giles Swayne: Riff-Raff 
* William Byrd: Fantasia in C [from My Ladye Nevell's Booke]
* J.S.Bach: Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist [BWV 651] 
* Joseph Jongen: Cantabile 
* Paul Hindemith: Sonata I - 
   (i) Massig schnell - lebhaft (ii) Sehr langsam - Phantasie, frei - ruhig bewegt 
* Olivier Messiaen: 
         Priere apres la communion [from Livre du Saint-Sacrement] 
         Dieu parmi nous [from La Nativité du Seigneur] 

16th July: Keith Wright (Durham Cathedral) 
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium in C [BuxWV 137] 
* Johann Pachelbel: Ciacona in F minor 
* Flor Peeters: Variations on an Original Theme 
* Joseph Jongen: Menuet-Scherzo 
* Basil Harwood: Sonata in C sharp minor - 
   (i) Allegro appasionato (ii) Andante (iii) Maestoso - Con moto 
* Camille Saint-Saens: Fantasia in D flat 
* Richard Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg(arr.W.J.Westbrook) 
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23rd July: Philip Moore (York Minster) 
* Herbert Howells: Rhapsody No.3 in C sharp minor 
* John Stanley: Voluntary in D
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium in E minor [BuxWV 142] 
* César Frank: Chorale No.1 in E 
* Hugo Distler: Sonatine - (i) Prelude (ii) Adagio (iii) Canon 
* Philip Moore: Dance Rondo 
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30th July: James Lancelot (Durham Cathedral) 
* J.S.Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E flat [BWV 552]
* Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni [BuxWV 203]
* Henry Purcell: Voluntary on the Old Hundredth
* Max Reger: Te Deum
* Marcel Dupré: Choral et Fugue [Opus 57]
* Jehan Alain: Variations sur Lucis Creator
* Hubert Parry: Chorale Preludes/Fantasia on
           St.Ann's
          Christe redemptor omnium
          The Old Hundredth
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6th August: Hartmut Rohmeyer (Lübeck Cathedral) 
* Heinrich Scheidemann: Dic nobis Maria(arranged from 6 pt Motet by Bassano)
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Ciacona in C minor [BuxWV 159]
* Franz Tunder: Chorale-fantasia on Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
* J.S.Bach: Prelude & Fugue in D [BWV 532]
* Maurice Duruflé:
         Meditation
         Scherzo [Opus 2]
* Jehan Alain: Deux Fantasies [1933/6]
* Charles Tournemire:
         Cantilene improvisée [1930]
         Improvisation sur le Te Deum (transcr.Duruflé)
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13th August: Daniel Hyde (King’s College, Cambridge) 
* J.S.Bach: Prelude & Fugue in B minor [BWV 544]
* César Franck: Fantasie in A
* Peter Planyavsky: Toccata alla Rumba
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium in D [BuxWV 139]
* Ad Wammes: Miroir [1989]
* Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Drei Stucke [Opus 142]
          Stimmen der Nacht
          Valse mignonne
          Romantisch
* Maurice Duruflé: Prelude & Fugue sur le nom d'Alain [Opus 7]
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20th August: David Whittington OBE (Durham Cathedral) 
* J.S.Bach:
         Toccata & Fugue in D minor [BWV 565]
         Fugue in G major [BWV 576]
         Prelude in C major [BWV 943]
         Prelude & Fugue in G major [BWV 550]
         Fantasia & Fugue in A minor] [BWV 561]
* Willaim Harris: Fantasy on Campion's Tune Babylon's Streams
* Joseph Jongen: Priere [Opus 37, No.3]
*James-Louis-Alfred Lefébure-Wely: Bolero de Concert
* Jehan Alain: Litanies
 

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12th January: James Lancelot(Durham Cathedral) 
* Olivier Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur

27th February: Keith Wright (Durham Cathedral) 
* Marcel Dupré: Le chemin de la croix

10th July: Clive Driskill-Smith (Oxford) 
* Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Transports de joie (from L'Ascension) 
* César Franck (1822-1890): Fantaisie in A major 
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 664 
* Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H 
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Fantasia in F minor, K 608 
* Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): 
   Fugue sur le thème du carillon des heures de la cathédrale de Soissons, Opus 12 
* Max Reger (1873-1916): 
   Chorale-Fantasia on Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Opus 52, No 2 

17th July: James Davy (Durham) 
* Herbert Murrill (1909-1952): Carillon 
* Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Prelude and Angel's Farewell (from The Dream of  Gerontius) 
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Three Chorale Preludes: 
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669 
Christe, aller Welt trost, BWV 670 
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671 

* Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937):  Symphony No 2 in D, Opus 13, No 2 
Prélude; Pastorale; [Andante]; Scherzo; Adagio; Finale

24th July: Keith Wright (Durham) 
* William Walton (1902-1983): 
   Coronation March: Orb and Sceptre (arranged by William McKie) 
* Jean-Adam Guilain (fl 1702-1739): Suite No 3 on the Magnificat 
   Plein jeu; Quatuor; Dialogue de voix humaine; Basse de trompette; Duo; Grand jeu; 
   Petit plein jeu 
* Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Evocation à la Chapelle Sixtine 
* Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911): Sonata No 8 in A 
   Introduction et Allegro risoluto; Adagio con affetto; Scherzo; Andante sostenuto; Intermède et Allegro con brio 
 

31st July: Kerry Beaumont(Ripon) 
*  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 
*  Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Toccata per l'Elevazione 
*  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Sonata No 4 in B flat, Opus 65 
   Allegro con brio; Andante religioso; Allegretto; Allegro maestoso e vivace 
* Percy Whitlock (1903-1946): Five short pieces 
   Allegretto; Folk Tune; Andante tranquillo; Scherzo; Paean 
* Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Sonata No 1 in F 
   Allegro; Tempo di menuetto; Allegro maestoso 
* Bob Chilcott (born 1955): Sun Dance (from Organ Dances) 
* Flor Peeters (1903-1986): O Jesu sweet, Opus 39, No 7 
* John Madden (born 1956): Tuba Magna 

6th August (Tuesday): James Lancelot (Durham) 
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 
* Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Three Chorale Preludes: 
   Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BuxWV 207 
   Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220 & 221 
* attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Fugue in G [alla Giga], BWV 577 
* César Franck (1822-1890): Pièce héroïque 
* Enrico Bossi (1861-1925): Scherzo in G minor 
* Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Le banquet céleste 
* Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Sonata No 2 
   Lebhaft; Ruhig bewegt; (Fuge) Mäßig bewegt, heiter 
* Henri Mulet (1878-1967): Tu es petra (from Esquisses Byzantines) 

14th August: Roger Sayer (Rochester) 
* Charles Tournemire (1870-1939): Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali 
* Anton Heiller (1923-1979): Tanz Toccata 
* Arthur Wills (born 1926): Elegy 
* Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Fantasia and Toccata 
* Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) 

1) Scherzo 
2) Suite, Opus 5 Prélude; Sicilienne; Toccata

21st August: Susan Landale (Paris) 
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552 
* César Franck (1822-1890): Grande Pièce Symphonique 
* Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Epiphanie 
* Eugène Gigout (1844-1925): Toccata in B minor 
* Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) 
1) Offertoire Assumpta est Maria (from L'Orgue mystique, No 35)
2) Improvisation on the Te Deum (transcribed by Maurice Duruflé) 
 

Durham University concert series: MUSICON 2002/2003 
A recital to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Olivier
Messiaen, but including a major Bach work and other 20thC French repertoire.
23rd October: James Lancelot (Durham) 
* J.S.Bach  Toccata & Fugue in F 
* Messiaen  Les corps glorieux 
* Alain  Trois Danses 

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11th July: James Davy (Organ Scholar, Durham Cathedral) 
* Egil Hovland: Nu la oss takke Gud
* Benamin Britten: Prelude & Fugue on a theme of Vittoria 
* Frank Bridge: Adagio in E 
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium in C (BuxWV 137) 
* J.S.Bach:Chorale Prelude: Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) 
* William Harris: A Fancy 
* R.Vaughan Williams (arr.Ley): Lento (from 'A London Symphony') 
* Josef Rheinberger: Sonata No.1 in C minor (Opus 27) 
* Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste 
* Naji Hakim: Variations on two themes 

18th July: Christian Robert (Bordeaux Cathedral) 

* Jean-Adam Guilain: Suite du second ton pour le Magnificat 
* Germaine Labole: Joie (from 'Triptyque') 
* Louis Vierne: Symphony No.1 - Allegro Vivace 
* Léonce de Saint-Martin: Cantique spirituel 
* Jean Langlais: Scherzo (from 'Suite américaine') 
* César Franck: Choral No.3 in A minor 
* Charles Tournemire (rec. Duruflé): Petite rhapsodie improvisée 
* Julien Fernand Vaubourgoin: Symphony No.2 - Cantilene vespérale 
* Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony No.6 - Allegro 
 

25th July: Peter King (Bath Abbey) 
* J.S.Bach (arr.Reger): Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge 
* Sigfrid Karg-Elert: La Nuit (from 'Trois Impressions', Opus 72, No.3) 
* Josef Rheinberger: Fantasia-Sonata in B (Opus 181) 
* John Ireland: Elegaic Romance 
* Joseph Bonnet: Les Elfes (Opus 7, No.9) 
* Dan Locklair: Rubrics (A Liturgical Suite for Organ) 
 

1st August: Keith Wright (Sub-Organist, Durham Cathedral) 
* J.S.Bach: Partita O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) 
* Jean Langlais: Three movements from 'Cinq méditations sur l'apocalypse' 
* Josef Rheinberger: Sonata No.14 in C (Opus 165) 
* Alfred Hollins: Spring Song 
* Joseph Jongen: Sonata Eroica (Opus 94) 
 

8th August: John Kitchen (Edinburgh University) 
* J.G.Walther: Concerto del Sr.Tomaso Albinoni 
* J.L.Krebs: Toccata & Fugue in A minor 
* J.L.Krebs: 2 chorale preludes 
 Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
* Hugh Blair: Short Sonata in G (Opus 8, No.3) 
* Hubert Parry: Three Hymn Tune Preludes 
- Rockingham, Melcombe, Croft's 136th 
* John E.West: Sonata in D minor 
 

15th August: Daniel Cook (Organ Scholar, Southwark Cathedral) 
* Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni (BuxWV 203) 
* J.S.Bach: Chorale Prelude Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr' (BWV 662) 
* Josef Rheinberger: Sonata No.3 (Pastoral)(Opus 88) 
* Jean Langlais: Ave Maria, ave maris stella (Opus 5, No.2) 
* Lionel Rogg: Deux études pour orgue 

• Le canon improbable; Les tetrachords insistant

* Louis Vierne: Symphony No.2 in E minor (Opus 20) 
 

22nd August: James Lancelot (Durham Cathedral) 
* Francois Couperin: Offertoire sur les grands jeux (from 'M. pour les Paroisses') 
* J.S.Bach: Chorale Preludes 
Christ ist erstanden (BWV 627)
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (BWV 656) 
Jesus Christus, under Heiland(BWV 665) 

* S.S.Wesley: Largetto in F# minor 
* Derek Bourgeois: Serenade (Opus 22) 
* Josef Rheinberger: Sonata No.7 in F minor (Opus 127) 
* Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Harmonies du Soir ('Trois Impressions', Opus 72, No.1) 
* Marcel Dupré: 
Fileuse, from 'Suite Bretonne' (Opus 21, No.2)
Te lucis ante terminum, from 'Le Tombeau de Titelouze'
Prelude & Fugue in B (Opus 7, No.1) 
 

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In 2000: 

26th January: James Lancelot (Durham) 
* La Nativite du Seigneur: Olivier Messiaen 

24th May: Dame Gillian Weir
* C.Frank: Piece Heroique 
* C-M.Widor: Symphony No.10 (Op.73) "Romane" 
* M.Durufle: Choral varie Veni Creator (Op.4) 
* J.S.Bach: Trio Sonata in E minor (BWV 528) 
* C.Hampton: 3 Dances from "Five Dances for Organ" 
* J.Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm 

28th June - Organ Extravaganza 
Daniel Hyde, Keith Wright, James Lancelot (Durham) 
* E.Gigout: Grand Choeur dialogué 
* J.S.Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor 
* D.Buxtehude: Fugue in C (alla Giga) 
* T.Tomkins: Fancy for 2 to play 
* G.Bovet: Salamanca; Sarasota (from Three Hamburg Preludes) 
* F.J.Haydn: Two pieces for flute-clocks 
* L.Boellmann: Suite Gothique 
* J.Jongen: Chant de mai 
* R.Schumann: Sketch in D flat for pedal-piano 
* G.Holst (arr.R.Quinney): Jupiter (from The Planets) 
* J.S.Bach: Jesu, joy of man's desiring 
* L-J-A.Lefébure-Wély: Sortie in E flat 
* Improvisation on the notes DCCA 
* R.Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre 
* P.I.Tchaikovsky: The dance of the sugar plum fairy (3 players) 
* C-M.Widor: Toccata, from the 5th Symphony 

5th July - Ian Shaw (Glasgow)
* J.S.Bach: Contrapunctus VIII (from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080) 
                  3 settings of Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
                            (from Clavierubung III, BWV 675, 676, 677) 
                  Contrapunctus XI (from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080) 
* H.Mulet: Rosace; Chant funebre; Tu es petra (from Esquisses Byzantines) 
* A.Schoenberg: Variations on a Recitative 
* M.Duruflé: Suite (Opus 5) 

12th July - Keith Wright (Durham)
* P.Whitlock: Fanfare (from Four Extemporisations) 
* J.S.Bach: Prelude & FUgue in A minor (BWV 543) 
* F.A.Guilmant: Sonata No.5 in C minor 
* O.Messiaen: Communion (from Messe de la Pentecote) 
                    Joie et clarté des Corps Glorieux (from Les Corps Glorieux) 
* M.Duruflé: Prelude & Fugue sur le nom Alain 

19th July - Daniel Hyde (Durham)
* H.Nibelle: Carillon Orléanais 
* J-A.Guilain: Suite du 2nd Ton (on the Magnificat) 
* Z.Gárdonyi: Mozart Changes 
* C.Frank: Choral No.3 in A minor 
* J.Blow: Voluntaries for single and double organ 
* J.S.Bach: Trio Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr' (BWV 664) 
                  Toccata in F (BWV 540) 

26th July - Robert Quinney (London)
* J.S.Bach: Prelude in E flat (BWV 552i) 
                  6 Schubler Preludes 
* W.A.Mozart: Adagio & Allegro (K 594) 
* J.S.Bach: Chorale Prelude An Wasserflussen Babylon (BWV 653a) 
* M.Reger: Chorale Fantasia Hallelujah! Gott zu loben (Opus 52, No.3) 

2nd August - Peter Wright (Southwark)
* F.Peeters: Flemish Rhapsody (Opus 37) 
* J.S.Bach: Chorale Partita Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig (BWV 768) 
* C.Frank: Pastorale 
* L.Vierne: Naiades (from Pieces de Fantasie) 
* P.Cochereau (tr.D.Briggs): Menuet (from Suite de danses) 
* J.Jongen: Sonata Eroica 

9th August - David Goode (Oxford)
* R.Wagner (arr.E.Lemare): Prelude and Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde) 
* J.S.Bach: Sonata No.2 in C minor (BWV 526) 
* M.Reger: Fantasia & Fugue on BACH 
* C-M.Widor: Symphony No.3 in F minor (Opus 42) 
* L.Vierne: Impromptu; Clair de Lune (from Pieces de Fantasie) 
* J.Langlais: Fete 

16th August - James Lancelot (Durham)
* J.S.Bach: Chorale Preludes 
           Valet will ich dir geben (BWV736) 
           Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein (BWV 734) 
           Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 682) 
           Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 686) 
* F.Couperin: Gloria (from Messe pour les Paroisses) 
* F.Liszt: Consolation in D flat 
* F.A.Guilmant: March on a  theme of Handel 
* W.Loyd Webber: Noel nouvelet (from 6 Interludes on Christmas Carols) 
* C.Frank: Choral No.1 in E 

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14th July - James Lancelot (Durham) 
* J. Rheinberger: Introduction & Passacaglia in E minor 
. . . from Sonata No.8 (Opus 132) 
* D. Buxtehude: Praeludium in F# minor (BuxWV 146) 
* J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude Schmucke dich, O liebe Seele (BWV 654) 
* J. P. Sweelinck: Variations on Est-ce Mars...?
* C. Franck: Fantasie in A 
* L. Vierne: Scherzo, from Symphony No.2 (Opus 20) 
* E. Elgar: Sonata in G major (Opus 28) 

21st July - Keith Wright (Durham) 
* T. Dubois: Fiat Lux
* F. Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue in C minor 
* R. Schumann: Four Sketches for pedal piano 
. . . in C minor, C major, F minor, D flat minor 
* L. Vierne: Symphony No.1 in D minor (Opus 14) 

28th July - Catherine Ennis (London) 
* J. Demessieux: Te Deum 
* G. F. Handel (arr.Dupre): Organ Concerto in F (Opus 4, No.5) 
* J. S. Bach: Chorale-variations O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) 
* C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in F (Wq 70.3) 
* F. Mendelssohn: Andante with variations in D 
* B. Johnson: Elfentanz (dedicated to E.Lemare) 
* A. Bruckner: Prelude in C 
* John Gardner: Fantasia & Fugue on a theme of Bruckner 
* J. Alain: Scherzo (from Suite) 
* C. Saint-Saens: Fantasia & Fugue in E minor 

4th August - Suzanne Brodie (Durham)
* J. S. Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) 
* C. Saint-Saens: Fantasie in E flat 
* L. Vierne: Adagio (from Symphonie No.3 - Opus 28) 
* F. Mendelssohn: Sonata No.3 in A major 
* F. Bridge: Three Pieces 
. . . Andante moderato in C minor; Adagio in E major; 
. . . Allegro moderato in B flat major 
* E. Bossi: Scherzo in G minor (Opus 49, No.2) 
* F. Liszt: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H 

11th August - Timothy Hone (Newcastle) 
* J. S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E minor (BWV 548) 
* J. S. Bach: Chorale-prelude Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Her (BWV 662) 
* C. Franck: Chorale No.1 in E 
* J. Jongen: Scherzetto 
* S. Karg-Elert: Hommage to Handel 
* L. Vierne: Scherzetto (from Symphony No.6 - Opus 59) 
* M. Durufle: Suite (Opus 5) 

18th August - Philip Rushforth (Southwell)
* R. Vaughan Williams: Prelude & Fugue in C minor 
* J. P. Sweelinck: Onder en linde groen
* J. S. Bach: 3 Chorale-preludes on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
. . . (BWV 659,660 & 661) 
* J. Bonnet: In Memoriam - Titanic 
* O. Messiaen: Priere apres la Communion 
. . . (from Livre du Saint Sacrement)
* M. Dupre: Symphonie-Passion 

25th August - Colin Andrews (North Carolina, USA) 
* A. Bliss: 3 Royal Fanfares 
* H. Howells: Psalm-Prelude, Set 1, No.1 
* J. S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in D major (BWV 532) 
* F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue on the chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem undam

 

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and 1998's recitalists/programmes:

15th July - Keith Wright (Durham) 
* Fletcher: Festival Toccata 
* Ernst, arr.Bach: Concerto in C, BWV 595 
* Vierne: Sicilienne; Hymn au soleil 
* Wagner, arr.Goss-Custard: Prelude to Act I, Tristan und Isolde
* Gigout: Scherzo; Toccata 
* Sibelius, arr.Fricker: Finlandia

22nd July - Suzanne Brodie (Durham) 
* Franck: Troisieme Choral 
* Darke: Retrospection 
* Healey Willan: Preludes on Vulpius and Quem Pastores
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 547 
* Popplewell: Elegy; Puck's Shadow 
* Widor: Allegro vivace from Symphony No.5 

29th July - Niels Burgmann (Award winner) 
* Ernst, arr.Bach: Concerto in G 
* Mozart: Adagio and Allegro in F, K 594 
* Robertsbridge Codex: Estampies I and II 
* Nilsson: Partita per organo 
* Mendelssohn: Sonata No.5 in D 
* Liszt: Prelude & Fugue on BACH 

5th August - David Liddle (London) 
* Bach: Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV651; 
.............Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 
* Frescobaldi: Capriccio on the notes of the cuckoo 
* Saint-Saens: Prelude & Fugue in E flat 
* F.H.Wood: Orchard Blossom 
* Hollins: A Trumpet Minuet 
* Liddle: Three short movements from English Organ Mass
* Widor: Two movements from Symphony No.8 

12th August - James Lancelot (Durham) 
* Bach: Passacaglia in C minor 
* de Grigny: Recit de Tierce en taille 
* S.S.Wesley: Andante in F 
* Yon: Humoresque "L'organo primitivo"
* Rheinberger: First movement from Sonata No.2 
* Parry: Chorale Preludes on Melcombe and St.Cross
* Roger-Ducasse: Pastorale 
* Dupre: Fileuse; Le monde dans l'attente du Sauveur 

19th August - Marcus Huxley (Birmingham) 
* Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 
* Mozart: Adagio in B minor 
* Rheinberger: Sonata No.6 in E flat minor 
* Alain: Variations sur un theme de Clement Jannequin 
* Cundick: Allegretto from the Sonatina 
* Elgar, arr.Harris: Nimrod
* Franck: Choral No.1 in E 

26th August - Andrew Lucas (St.Albans) 
* Howells: Rhapsody in C sharp minor 
* Bach: Toccata & Fugue in F 
* Schmidt: Prelude on O wie selig seid ihr doch
* Franck: Fantasie in A 
* Leighton: Scherzo (from Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia) 
* Wagner, arr.Liszt: Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhauser
* Vierne: Carillon de Westminster 

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and in early 1998:

On Saturday 17th January : James Lancelot (Durham Cathedral)
performed the whole of Messiaen's: La Nativite du Seigneur, 
with proceeds in aid of the Michael James Music Trust 

and on Wednesday 11th February 
Dame Gillian Weir 
played works by Demessieux, Schnitzer, Pachelbel, Willan, Liszt (arr.Rogg), and Messiaen 
in the Musicon concert series. 
 
 

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Finally, a list of 1997's recitalists/programmes:

4th June - Graham Barber (RNCM/St.Bartholomew's, Armley) 
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G (BWV 550) 
* Bach: Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig (variations) 
* Reger: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 
* Widor: Symphony No.4 (1st + 2nd Mvts) 
* Howells: Paean 

18th June - Carleton Etherington (Tewskesbury Abbey)
* Weitz: Fanfare and Gothic March 
* Bohm: Vater unser im Himmelreich 
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E minor 
* Holler: Ciacona 
* Eben: Moto ostinato (Sunday Music) 
* Bairstow: Evening Song 
* Lemare: Symphony in G minor 

2nd July - Francis Jackson (Organist Emeritus:York Minster)
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G minor 
* Bairstow: Sonata in E flat 
* Jackson: Sonata No.4 
* Wolstenholme: Allegretto 
* Dupre: Prelude & Fugue in B minor 

16th July - Michael Harris ( St.Giles, Edinburgh)
* Durufle: Fugue sur le theme du Carillon de Soissons 
* Bach: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam 
* Bach: Toccata in F 
* Dupre: Suite Bretonne 
* Karg-Elert: Lauda Sion 
* Franck: Grande Piece Symphonique 

23rd July - Keith Wright (Durham Cathedral)
* Dupre: Cortege et Litanie 
* Buxtehude: Praeludium in C 
* Couperin: Sanctus, Benedictus, Angus (M.des Paroisses) 
* Karg-Elert: Harmonies du soir 
* Liszt: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam 

30 July - Suzanne Brodie (Organ Scholar: Durham Cathedral)
* Guilmant: Sonata No.1 
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G (BWV 541) 
* Howells: Psalm-prelude Set 1 No.3 
* Bull: Dr.Bull's My Jewel; Revenant 
* Moore: Soliloquy 
* Demessieux: Te Deum 

13th August - James Lancelot(Durham Cathedral)
* Parry: Toccata & Fugue in G (The Wanderer) 
* Brahms: Mein Jesu, der du mich 
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in A minor 
* Whitlock: Five Short Pieces 
* Sanger: Sonata fort' e piano 
* Eben: Lied des Leiermannes 
* Vierne: Clair de Lune; Toccata 

27th August - Roger Muttitt (Durham School)
* Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C minor 
* Langlais: Triptyque 
* Ireland: Capriccio 
* Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm