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/Lemare Prelude: 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 Gershwin Medley
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) Elgar Carillon
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
Rawsthorne Sortie: 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
Murrill Carillon 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 Reger Chorale-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 Sowerby Pageant
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 Pergolesi Rondo Saunders Odyssey on the Spring Carol: Tempus adest floridum Dick Hyman Variations on Shenandoah
Reger Dankpsalm, Op 145 No 2 Carter Aria 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 Kagel Rondeña 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 Vierne Berceuse (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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