DURHAM CATHEDRAL ORGANS
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organ recitals**
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Forthcoming
recitals [E-mail for
further information]
The 2008 summer
series of
organ recitals
Wednesdays at 7.30pm.
Admission £8/£6 concessions.
9 July: Robert
Sharpe (Truro Cathedral/moving to York Minster)
- Messe basse pour les défunts, Opus 62 – Louis
Vierne (1870-1937)
Prélude; Introit; Offertoire; Élévation;
Communion; Défilé
- Berceuse (à la mémoire de Louis Vierne) –
Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984)
- Suite for Organ – Paul Spicer (b 1952)
Prelude; Aria; Finale
- Ricercare à 6 (Das Musikalische Opfer) – J.S. Bach
(1685-1750), tr. Jean Guillou (b 1930)
- Prelude and Fugue (The 'Spitfire') – William Walton
(1902-1983), tr. Tom Winpenny (b 1983)
16
July: James Lancelot
(Durham Cathedral)
From Dritter Teil der Klavierübung [Part 3 of the Klavierübung] -
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium
pro Organo pleno (Prelude in E flat)
followed by
selected pairs of chorale preludes relevant to the reformed Lutheran
liturgy
and to the Lutheran
cathecism
(the collection also includes chorales
relevant to Gloria in excelsis Deo, Credo, and the Lord’s Prayer,
not
heard tonight):
Kyrie,
Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (Canto fermo in Soprano)
(Kyrie eleison)
Christe,
aller Welt Trost (Canto fermo in Tenore)
Kyrie,
Gott heiliger Geist (Canto fermo in Basso)
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (alio modo, manualiter)
Christe,
aller Welt Trost
Kyrie, Gott
heiliger Geist
Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot (Canto fermo in
Canone) (The Ten Commandments)
Fughetta super Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot
(manualiter)
Christ, under Herr, zum Jordan kam (Canto fermo in
Pedale) (Baptism)
Christ, under Herr, zum Jordan kam (alio modo,
manualiter)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (in Organo pleno con
Pedale doppio) (Penitence)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (alio modo,
manualiter)
Jesus
Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn
Gottes wandt (Canto fermo in Pedale) (Eucharist)
Fuga super Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (a 4,
manualiter)
Fuga a 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno (The “St Anne”
Fugue)
23 July:
Keith Wright
(Durham Cathedral)
- March on a theme of Handel
Félix-Alexandre Guilmant
(1837-1911)
- Suite
sur le premier ton pour le Magnificat
Jean-Adam Guilain (fl
1702-1739)
Plein jeu; Trio;
Duo; Basse de trompette; Récit; Dialogue; Petit plein
jeu
- Communion
in F
Louis-
James-Alfred Lefébure-Wely (1817-1869)
- Récit
de hautbois
Louis- James-Alfred
Lefébure-Wely (1817-1869)
- Offertoire
No 4 in G
Louis- James-Alfred Lefébure-Wely
(1817-1869)
- Symphony
No 2 in E minor
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Allegro; Choral;
Scherzo; Cantabile; Final
30 July:
Timothy
Noon (Liverpool
Metropolitan Cathedral)
- Fiat
lux
Théodore Dubois
(1837-1924)
- Vater unser
Georg Böhm
(1661-1733)
- Prelude and Fugue in
G minor BWV 541
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
- Riff-raff
Giles Swayne (b.1946)
- Symphony no 6 in G
minor Op42, No2
Charles-Marie Widor
(1844-1937)
Allegro;
Adagio; Intermezzo; Cantabile; Finale
6
August: Simon Bell
(Southwell Minster)
- Te Deum (Op 59 no 12) - Max Reger (1873-1916)
- Prelude & Fugue
in D minor (BWV 539) - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
- from Pièces de
Fantaisie, Suite IV - Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
Cathédrales;
Naïades; Gargouilles et Chimères;
Les
Cloches de Hinckley
- Prélude - Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
- Symphonie I - Guy
Weitz (1883-1970)
I Regina Pacis
II
Mater Dolorosa
III Stella Maris
13
August: Ashley Grote (Gloucester Cathedral)
- Fantasia and Fugue
in G - Charles H. H. Parry (1848-1918)
- Elegiac Romance - John
Ireland (1879-62)
- Sonata V in C [BWV
529] - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Allegro
– Largo – Allegro
- Diptyque - Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
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Toccata - Patrick
Gowers (b.1936)
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Prelude on Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan
Williams (1872-1958)
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Orb and Sceptre - William Walton (1902-83) arr.
William McKie (1901-83)
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The two
Early English Organ Project
organs, based on the Wetheringsett and Wingfield
fragments, are in residence until September 2008. The
Wetheringsett
organ
(in the Quire) is being used regularly in Friday Evensongs. The
Wingfield
organ (in the Galilee) will be used with
some men's voice Evensongs.
[A comprehensive history of] Durham Cathedral Organs
by Richard Hird and James Lancelot [1991]
with photographs by the late Tony Davies
is available direct from The
Cathedral Bookshop, Durham DH1 3EQ, UK
price £7.99 (+76p p&p within UK, payment with order), or
from SPCKonline
...excellent booklet...detailed in its history
but thoroughly
enjoyable to read...The two authors must be commended for combining
scholarly
research with readability...Heartily recommended...
The Organ
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To celebrate the centenary of the rebuilding of
the Willis
organ by Harrison & Harrison in 1904/5,
a superbly illustrated 2005 Calendar was published.
It's not too late to purchase for the pictures!
Enquiries to:
Harrison &
Harrison
Ltd
St.John's Road, Meadowfield, Durham DH7 8YH
Tel.(0191) 378 2222 || Fax (0191) 378 3388
<h.h@btinternet.com>
[proceeds in aid of the Cathedral Choir Association]
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Durham Cathedral and related webpages you
might like to look at:
Cathedral
information on the Diocesan Website
the Cathedral's own Website
(includes
the service music list and diary of events)
Other useful links:
Newcastle
Cathedral
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Cathedral Sounds || Friends
of Cathedral Music
Church Music || British
Choirs
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Durham Diocesan Homepage
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Maintained by Richard
Hird
[www.duresme.org.uk]
Page last updated 24th June 2008
With grateful acknowledgement for the line drawing by Owen Rees
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