From June to November, every month Norwich Cathedral's organists will play a Thursday evening recital.
A retiring collection will be taken.
All performances will be at 7.30pm.
The concerts below are currently planned to be open to an audience, with no ticket required, and live-streamed online. This is subject to current government guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic at the time of the recitals.
July 15 Ashley Grote (Master of Music)
Programme:
Celebration – Cecilia McDowall
Phantasie über den Choral ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’ Op 27 – Max Reger
Recit de Tierce en taille – Nicolas de Grigny
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582 – J.S. Bach
Elegy – George Thalben-Ball
Fantasia on British Sea Songs – Henry Wood arr Harold Jackson
August 19 David Dunnett (Organist)
Programme:
Allegro appassionato (Symphonie No.5) -A Guilmant
Concerto in D (BWV592) - J S Bach
i Allegro
ii Larghetto
iii Allegro
Adagio (Sonata Pathetique) - L V Beethoven
From ‘Animal Parade’ - Iain Farrington
i Giraffes
ii Piranhas
iii Penguins
iiii Barrel organ monkey
St Bride Assisted by the Angels - Judith Bingham
Andante sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique Op.70) - C M Widor
Variations on I got rhythm - H Britton
September 16 George Inscoe (Assistant Organist)
Programme:
Prelude and Fugue in G Major BWV 541 – J.S. Bach
Folk Tune – P. Whitlock
Carnival of the Animals arr. Heinz-Peter Kortmann – C. Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
- Hens and Roosters
- Wild Asses: Swift Animals
- Tortoise
- The Elephant
- Kangaroos
- Aquarium
- Persons with Long Ears
- The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
- Aviary
- Pianists
- Fossils
- The Swan
- Finale
Claire de Lune – L. Vierne
Final from Homage à Igor Stravinsky – N. Hakim
October 21 Ashley Grote (Master of Music)
Programme:
Fantasia and Toccata Op 57 – Charles Villiers Stanford
Sonata No 3 in D minor BWV 527 – J.S. Bach
Pièce Héroïque – César Franck
Suite Op 5 – Maurice Duruflé
November 18 David Dunnett (Organist)
Programme:
Fantasie in E flat - C Saint-Saens
Praeludium in F# minor (BuxWV146) - D Buxtehude
Répons pour le temps de Paquês - J Demessieux
Intermezzo (Sonata No.4) - J Rheinberger
Antiphonies - W Mathias
Larghetto (from Serenade for Strings) - E Elgar
Preludio (Symphonie No.2) - M Dupré
All of the recitals will be available to view on the
Norwich Cathedral Services YouTube Channel.