LICS Lunchtime Organ Season 2015_16

Leeds Lunchtime
Organ Music
2015/16
Mondays at 1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Lunchtime
Organ Music
2015/16
A warm welcome to all for the 2015/16
Monday lunchtime recitals held nearly
every week from mid-September to
early April. This season’s programmes
commence immediately after the
world-famous Leeds International
Pianoforte Competition, first held here
in the Town Hall in 1963.
Our vocal and instrumental guests include a
number appearing in the series for the first
time and they are particularly welcome – along,
of course, with our more regular visitors, not
least among them being five players whom we
are privileged to have as artists each season
– Gordon Stewart, Thomas Trotter, Ian Tracey,
Alan Horsey and David Houlder.
Other regular guests to whom we extend a warm
welcome include the University of Huddersfield
Brass Band, the Choirs of Leeds Minster, Leeds
Cathedral and St Peter’s Singers with the
National Festival Orchestra.
Thank you all very much for your generous
support of our musical endeavour and for your
hugely-appreciated donations to the retiring
collections taken after each concert.
Very sincerely
Simon Lindley
City Organist
2015
Monday 21 September
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Jackson
Wolstenholme
Sibelius
Brewer
Hollins
Reger
Fanfare (1956)
Sonata in D major,
in the style of Handel
The Swan of Tuonela, Op 22 No 2
Triumphal Song
Song of Sunshine
Chorale Fantasia: Hallelujah!
Gott zu loben, Op 53 No 2
Monday 28 September
Richard Gowers
Organ Scholar, King’s College, Cambridge
Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue
in C, S564
Bach
Chorale Prelude:
Aus tiefer not, S686
Mendelssohn Sonata III in A major, Op 65
Schumann
Fugue on the name BACH –
Lebhaft, Op 60 No 5
Reger
Fantasia on BACH, Op 46
Karg-Elert Sequenz in C minor
Wagner/LemarePrelude: The Mastersingers
of Nuremberg
Monday 5 October
Angelina Warburton
harp
Simon Lindley
Ciy Organist
Handel
Grandjany Harp Concerto in B flat
Aria in Classic Style
and solos for harp and organ
Monday 12 October
Monday 2 November
mezzo soprano
cornet
Margaret McDonald
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Bach
Have mercy upon me, O Lord
(Matthew Passion)
Bach
Slumber, beloved
(Christmas Oratorio)
Pescetti
Sonata in C minor
Vierne
Les Angélus, Op 57
Vierne
Berceuse
Berkeley
Three Greek Songs
Kosma
Autumn Leaves
GershwinMedley
Monday 19 October
Phillip McCann
Simon Lindley
City Organist
More of the World’s Most Beautiful
Melodies
Extra Event:
Thursday 5 November at 6pm
Simon Lindley
Film and Music
presented in association with Leeds International
Film Festival – film to be announced in the LIFF
brochure and at www.leedsconcertseason.com
Simon Lindley
Monday 9 November
Bach Recital
City Organist
City Organist
Concerto IV in C major, S595
Trio Sonata I in E flat major, S525
Chorale Partita:
Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, S770
Pastorale in F, S590
Air (Suite III in D)
Aria from Cantata 208 Sheep may safely graze
In Jesu’s hand my spirit resteth (Cantata 127)
Prelude & Fugue in B minor, S544
Monday 26 October
Jason Roberts
Saint Bartholomew’s Organist, New York City
Mozart
Fantasia in F minor, K618
Widor
Symphonie V: Allegro cantabile
Dupré
Variations sur un Noël, Op 20
Ravel
Suite: Le tombeau du Couperin
Prélude – Rigaudon – Menuet –
Toccata
Improvisation on a submitted theme
Simon Lindley
Film and Music
presented in association with Leeds International
Film Festival – film to be announced in the LIFF
brochure and at www.leedsconcertseason.com
Monday 16 November
Nathan Beguin
reciter/actor
Claire Strafford
soprano
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Elgar/Brewer
Prelude & Angel’s Farewell
(The Dream of Gerontius)
Elgar
Le Drapeau Belge
Jongen
Two Pieces, Op 53
Chant de Mai – Menuet-Scherzo
Elgar
Une voix dans le Désert
Jongen
Pensée d’Automne
Elgar
The sun goeth down (The Kingdom)
ElgarCarillon
Monday 23 November
Christopher Trenholme
tenor
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Vaughan
Rise, heart, thy Lord is risen
Williams
Peeters
Ubi caritas
Handel
Waft her, angels, to the skies
Peeters
The Ivory Tower: The Ivory Tower
Bride and Mother – Maria
Finzi
Dies Natalis
Monday 30 November
Simon Lindley
Echoes
Organ Music in memory of Alan Spedding
(1937 – 2014) by Andrew Carter, Francis Jackson,
Simon Lindley, Philip Moore, John Scott Whiteley
and music by Alan himself.
Monday 7 December
David Houlder
Leeds Minster Organist
RawsthorneSortie: Nun danket alle Gott
Lubeck
Praeludium in E major
Callahan
Bell Prelude
Sanger
Marche Européenne
Tomlinson
Two Pieces:
Andante semplice – Berceuse
Guilmant
Sonata VII
Monday 14 December
Combined Choirs of Leeds
Cathedral & Leeds Minster
Benjamin Saunders director
Simon Lindley City Organist
Ledger
Thompson
Willcocks
Pettman
Holst
Britten
Sussex Carol
The Holly and the Ivy
Ding, dong! merrily on high
The Infant King (Basque Noel)
Personent hodie
A Ceremony of Carols
Tuesday 15 December
University of
Huddersfield Brass Band
Phillip McCann conductor
Simon Lindley organ
Seasonal Music
including Carols for all to sing
The 2015 Lord Mayor’s
Carol Concerts
Leeds Town Hall
Thursday 17 December
6.30pm & 8.30pm
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Richard Wilberforce chorus master
Rothwell Temperance Band
Alan Horsey organ
Introduced and conducted by Simon Lindley
Tickets: £5 (concessions £2.50)
Box Office: 0113 224 3801
Book online: www.leedsconcertseason.com
2016
Monday 11 January
Alan Horsey
Halifax Organist
MurrillCarillon
Harwood
Paean, Op 15 No 3
Thiman
Air & Variation in the
Old English style
Bach
Prelude & Fugue in D major, S532
Rawsthorne
Aria in F
RegerChorale-Fantasia:
Wie schön leuchtet der
Morgenstern
Monday 18 January
Dr Gordon Stewart
Huddersfield Town Hall Organist
Bach/
Sinfonia to Cantata 29
Rawsthorne
Bach
Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541
Lemare
Berceuse & Scherzo Fugue
Cockroft
Melody for Marion
Reger
Toccata & Fugue in D, minor
and major, Op 59 Nos 5 & 6
Carter
Two Pieces:
Cantilena – Dance for Joy
SowerbyPageant
Monday 25 January
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Elgar
Sonata II in B flat, Op 87a
Howells*
Psalm Prelude Set 1 No 1 (1915)
– Psalm 34, Verse 6
Lo, the poor crieth and the
Lord heareth him
Liszt*Variations:
Weinen, klagen, sorgen, sagen
Howells*
Psalm Prelude Set 2 No 1 (1939)
– Psalm 130, Verse 1
Out of the deep have I called
unto Thee, O Lord
Guilmant
Sonata V in C minor, Op 80
* works are included to mark the week of Holocaust
Memorial Day
Monday 1 February
Benjamin Saunders
Monday 8 February
University of
Huddersfield Brass Band
Phillip McCann conductor
Simon Lindley City Organist
Monday 15 February
St Peter’s Singers
Bach Cantatas
Principals of the National
Festival Orchestra
Sally Robinson leader
David Houlder organ
Simon Lindley conductor
O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht, S118
Sehet, wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem, S159
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, S68
Christ lag in Todesbanden, S4
Meet the Town Hall Organ
Saturday 20 February 2016
9.30am – 11am
The City Organist’s popular armchair guide to
the king of instruments.
Admission free
Monday 22 February
40th Anniversary Recital
Leeds Cathedral Organist
Simon Lindley City Organist
By special arrangement –
the art of the transcriber
Dr Lindley was appointed fourth City Organist in
late January 1976
Vivaldi
Concerto in C for Mandolin
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto III in G
Kéler-Béla Hungarian Comedy Overture
PergolesiRondo
Saunders
Odyssey on the Spring Carol:
Tempus adest floridum
Dick Hyman
Variations on Shenandoah
Reger
Dankpsalm, Op 145 No 2
CarterAria
Camidge
Concerto IV in G
Jackson
Hymn Prelude: East Acklam
Cockroft
Two Pieces:
A little Pastorale –
Prelude: Seelenbräutigam
Thalben-Ball
Tune in E in the style of
John Stanley
Reubke
Sonata in C minor,
the Ninety-Fourth Psalm
Monday 29 February
Monday 21 March
Birmingham City Organist
City Organist
Thomas Trotter
Bach
Toccata & Fugue in F, S540
Three Spanish Dances:
Anon
Espagnoleta
17th century
KagelRondeña
Moskowski/
Spanish Dance
Trotter
Dove
The Dancing Pipes
Schumann
Two Fugues on BACH
Bizet/Lemare
Carmen Fantasy
Monday 7 March
Professor Ian Tracey
Liverpool Organist
Vive la France!
Franck
Choral I in E major
Dupré
Cortège et Litanie
VierneBerceuse (24 Pièces en style libre)
Cochereau
Berceuse à la mémoire de
Louis Vierne
Délibes/Tracey Pizzicato Polka (Sylvie)
Dubois
Fiat lux (Douze Pièces nouvelles)
Simon Lindley
The Choir of Leeds Minster
David Houlder conductor
Christopher Trenholme tenor
Quentin Brown bass
William Lloyd Webber
The Saviour
Monday 4 April
David Greed
violin
Jessica Burroughs
cello
Simon Lindley
City Organist
A programme of music for violin, cello and organ
culminating in a famous Trio.
Rheinberger
Trio in C minor, Op 151
Monday 14 March
Paul Bowen
Organist to the United Grand Lodge of England
Bach
Bourgeois
Duruflé
Weiner
Prelude & Fugue in G minor, S546
Variations on a theme of Howells
Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur
le Thème du Veni, Creator, Op 4
Fantasia on Mozart’s Turkish
March, Op 142
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