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Friday Lunchtime Organ Recitals and Musical Events at Leeds Parish Church

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The Friends of the Music of Leeds Parish Church

The Friday Recitals take place each week from 12.30 pm to 1.05 pm from January to July inclusive and again from September to December inclusive each year.

 

Lunchtime Organ Music at Leeds Parish Church

Spring 2008

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Four Concerts of superlative, and rarely-heard, British music by

Organist: Thomas Leech of Ripon Cathedral

 

Friday 4th

Leighton                      Messa di Gloria

                                    Kyrie – Gloria – Credo – Sanctus – Agnus Dei – Ite, missa est

 

Friday 11th

Howells                       Sonata [1933]

 

Friday 18th

Whitlock                      Fantasy- Choral No 1

Thalben-Ball                Poema

                                    Toccata Beorma

  

Friday 25th

Programme to include:

Mathias                       Partita

 

Fridays in May 2008 at Leeds Parish Church at 12.30 pm
Paris in the Spring – Five Organ Concerts with a seasonal flavour by
Organist: Dr Christopher Newton of Armley, St Bartholomew

 

May 2nd

Guilmant                     March on a Theme of Handel

Widor                          from Symphonie 10 [Symphonie Romane]

                                    i) Chorale  ii) Final

Lefébure-Wely                         Pastorale

                                    Boléro de Concert

 

Also in May on Wednesday 7th at 7.30 pm – The Battle of the Organs, led by Professor Ian Tracey in aid of the Choral Foundation Appeal. Programme devised and directed by David Houlder. Admission Free – Collection.

 

May 9th

Fleury                          Five Pieces

                                    Allegro Maestoso - Scherzo - Assez Lent - Allegretto - Marche

Messiaen                     Communion: Les Oiseaux et les Sources [Messe de la Pentecôte]

Vierne                                     from  24 Pièces en style libre

                                    Prélude - Scherzetto

Nibelle                         Carillon Orléanais

 

 

May 16th

Franck/Tournemire     March from the Opera Ghiselle

Langlais                       Thème et Variations [Hommage à Frescobaldi]

                                    Pasticcio

Pierné                          Cantilène

Rousseau                     Scherzo

Franck                                     Troisième Choral

 

 

May 23rd

Reuschel                      Printemps

Loret                            Cantilene

                                    Grand Choeur

Fauré                           Pavane

Vierne                         Divertissement [24 Pièces en style libre]

Dallier                         from Cinq Evocations

                                    Stella Matutina [Morning Star] – Electa ut Sol [Chosen even as the Sun]

 

May 30th

Hakim                          Tantum ergo sacramentum

Dubois                                     Cantilène Nuptiale

                                    Marcietta

Demessieux                 Chorale Preludes

                                    i) O Filii et Filiae   ii) Veni Creator Spiritus

Saint-Saëns/Newton   Le Rouet d'Omphale

Guilmant                     Fantaisie sur deux Mélodie Anglaises

Fridays in June 2008 at Leeds Parish Church at 12.30 pm

Belgium re-visited – Four Organ Concerts by

Organist: Dr Simon Lindley

 

 

Friday 6th

Jongen                         Quatre Pièces, Op 37

                                    Cantabile – Improvisation-Caprice – Prière – Choral

Jongen                         Pensée d’Automne

Lemmens                     Prière

Jongen                         Petit Prélude

Lemmens                     Final

 

 

Friday 13th

Lemmens                     Marche Trionfale

Frank                           Cantabile

Franck                         Panis Angelicus [Messe Solennelle]

Fiocco                          Andante and Arioso [arr SL]

de Maleingreau                       Suite Mariale

                                    L’Annonciation – La Visitation – Les Septs Doleurs – La Glorification

 

Also in June on Sunday 15th at Leeds Town Hall  at 3.00 pm – Sacred Choral Classics with the Choir of Leeds Parish Church, St Peter’s Singers and other choral forces by Halifax [Overgate Hospice Choir] and Leeds [Leeds College of Music Choral Society] with the acclaimed Orchestra of Opera North; Organ: David Houlder – Admission Free – A Retiring Collection will be taken in aid of the Choral Foundation Appeal.
Booking essential – phone 0113 224 3801

 

Friday 20th

Peeters                         Suite Modale

                                    Koraal – Scherzo – Adagio – Toccata

Peeters                         Variations on a Dutch Carol, Op 39 No 10

Lord Jesu hath a Garden

Fiocco                          La Legère

Peeters                         Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur Ave Maris Stella

 

 

Friday 27th 

Franck                         Pièce Heroïque

Franck                         Andantino in G minor

Jongen                         Two Pieces Op 52: Chant de Mai – Menuet Scherzo

Jongen                         Sonata Eroïca, Op 94

 

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