Organ Recitals in May

1st May                                                     Colin Walsh (Lincoln Cathedral)    
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542)                      J S Bach
                                                                                                (1685 – 1750)

L’Ascension                                                                           Olivier Messiaen
                                                                                                (1908 – 1992)
(i)            Majesté du Christ demandment sa gloire à son Père
(j)            Alléluias sereins d’une âme désire le ciel
(k)           Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne
(iv)       Prière du Christ montant vers son Père

8th May                                                              David Sanger
                                                                             (International Recitalist)

Komm Heiliger Geist (BWV 651)                              J S Bach (1685 – 1750)

Messe de la Pentecôte                                            Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)
(i)            Entrée (Les langues de feu)
(j)              Offertoire (Les choses visibles et invisibles)
(k)             Consécration (Le don de Sagesse)
(iv)    Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources)
(v)        Sortie (Le vent de l’Esprit)

15th May                                                 Tim Linsley (Chester Cathedral)

Toccata in Seven                                                                  John Rutter
                                                                                                (Born 1945)

Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit                                               J S Bach
                                                                                                (1685 - 1750)

Trio Sonata 1 (1st movement)                                             J S Bach

Dies Sind die Heil’gen Zehen Gebot                                  J S Bach

Naïades                                                                                  Louis Vierne
                                                                                                (1870 - 1937)

Toccata (Suite opus 5)                                                         Maurice Duruflé
                                                                                                (1902 - 1986)

22nd May                                                 Ian Roberts  (Chester Cathedral)

Symphony no. 1                                                                     Louis Vierne
                                                                                                (1870 - 1937)
(i)         Prélude
(ii)        Fugue
(iii)       Pastorale
(iv)       Allegro Vivace
(v)        Andante
(vi)       Final

29th May                                       Roger Fisher  (Chester Cathedral)

Prelude & Fugue in D minor (opus 37 no. 3)                     Felix Mendelssohn
                                                                                                (1809 - 1847)

Choral no 2 in B minor                                                          César Franck
                                                                                                (1822 - 1890)

Sonata no 3 in G major                                                        Josef Rheinberger
                                                                                                (1839 - 1901)
(i)            Pastorale
(j)              Intermezzo
(iii)       Fugue

Recitalists in June
5          Graham Eccles    St Asaph                   
12        Philip Rushforth   Chester Cathedral           
19        Tim Linsley          Chester Cathedral               
26        Jeffrey Makinson     Manchester Cathedral