What's On Organ Brochure - September - December 2017

ORGAN CONCERTS SEP - DEC 2017

Lunchtime Organ Concert – Thomas Trotter

Lunchtime Organ Concert – Birds of a Feather

Monday 25 September 1PM Town Hall

Monday 9 October 1PM Town Hall

Thomas Trotter Organ

Thomas Trotter Organ

Locklair Rubrics T. Susato (arr. Trotter) Dansereye C. P. E. Bach Sonata in D major Mendelssohn Sonata No 3 in A major Stanford Fantasia & Toccata in D minor

J. S. Bach Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, Dorian Handel ‘Introduction’ & ‘Allegro’ from Organ Concerto, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale M. Kagel Three Pieces from RRRRR… J. Kerll Le coucou Messiaen ‘Communion’ & ‘Sortie’ from Pentecost Mass Grieg ‘Little Bird’ from Lyric Pieces Rossini Overture to The Thieving Magpie

History is built into the very walls of Town Hall Birmingham, and when City Organist Thomas Trotter plays the organ there, that heritage springs vibrantly to life. The first of this season’s lunchtime concerts features two composers who actually performed in Town Hall themselves: Mendelssohn and Stanford. But they’re just part of a musical journey that spans five centuries in one hour, from Susato’s lively medieval dances to Dan Loccklair’s 20th century classic.

Ticket price: £6

It’s not just about pigeons here in Birmingham city centre.

Today at Town Hall we’ve got nightingales, blackbirds, cuckoos (a pair) and even a thieving magpie. They’ll all flutter by in this delightfully-conceived recital from Thomas Trotter. And whether they’re wearing the dazzling plumage of Olivier Messiaen, escaping Handel’s gilded baroque cage, or singing their hearts out to melodies by Grieg, Rossini and Bach, there’s no more charming way to spend your lunch hour.

Ticket price: £6

Lunchtime Organ Concert – Thomas Trotter

Halloween Silent Movie Special – Frankenstein & Nosferatu

Monday 23 October 1PM Symphony Hall

Tuesday 31 October 7:30PM Town Hall

Thomas Trotter Organ

Nigel Ogden Organ

J. S. Bach Toccata in F major, BWV 540 Dowland Three Dances Francaix Suite Carmelite Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm

Frankenstein (1910) Nosferatu (1921)

“Arise, thou Judge of the world!” The 19th century Romantics did everything on an epic scale – and Julius Reubke’s mighty Sonata on the 94th Psalm is no exception.

Music this grand needs an organ to match it; and with Thomas Trotter at the keyboard of the Symphony Hall organ, it’ll be a thunderous climax to a concert that begins with Bach, as well as the gentler visions of John Dowland and Jean Francaix.

There’s nothing quite like the sound of the historic Town Hall organ to send shivers down your spine at Halloween.

Join us if you dare!

Ticket price: £18 (inc. per ticket commission)

Ticket price: £6

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Lunchtime Organ Concert – Thomas Trotter

Lunchtime Organ Concert – Spaced Out!

Monday 6 November 1PM Town Hall

Monday 20 November 1PM Town Hall

Thomas Trotter Organ

Thomas Trotter Organ

J. S. Bach Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi Saint-Saëns Prelude & Fugue in B major F. Pott La chiesa del sole – In memoriam John Scott M. Dupré Variations on a Noel

N. de Grigny Hymn: Hail star of the sea J. P. Sweelinck Variations on Est-ce Mars W. Herschel Two Voluntaries L. Vierne Clair de Lune – Hymne au soleil Wagner (arr. E. H. Lemare) Romance to the Evening Star Holst (arr. T. Trotter) ‘Jupiter’ from The Planets

There’s been a lot of musical history made in Town Hall, Birmingham. Today there’ll be a bit more, as Thomas Trotter gives the first Birmingham performance of a major new organ work written specially for him by Francis Pott. It’s a powerful new addition to a long and noble tradition – and Trotter makes the most of that, pairing it with famous showpieces by Marcel Dupré, Camille Saint-Saëns, and of course Bach.

Ticket price: £6

When an organ plays, you can’t help but raise your eyes to the heavens. Thomas Trotter has put together a whole lunchtime of music with a celestial theme, ranging from the timeless grandeur of Sweelinck and de Grigny to the unbuckled energy of Holst’s Jupiter. Music by Wagner, Vierné and the astronomer-composer William Herschel means that even if you’re sitting in the stalls, your head will be in the stars.

Ticket price: £6

Sing Carols with the City Organist and Birmingham Cathedral Choir

Lunchtime Christmas Music with the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

Monday 4 December 1PM Town Hall

Monday 11 December 1PM Symphony Hall

Thomas Trotter Organ Birmingham Cathedral Choir David Hardie Conductor Jeremy Nicholas Compere

The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge Andrew Nethsingha Music Director Thomas Trotter Organ

Get into the festive mood and sing your heart out with Birmingham City Organist Thomas Trotter. There will be an added sparkling dash of Christmas cheer from Birmingham Cathedral Choir.

Ticket price: £12.50

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Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with Christmas music favourites.

Ticket price: £12.50

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERTS - COMING SOON Please note the following organ concerts are part of the package discount.

Symphony Hall

Monday 15 January 2018 1PM

Town Hall

Monday 29 January 2018 1PM

Town Hall

Monday 12 February 2018 1PM

Town Hall

Monday 26 February 2018 1PM

Symphony Hall

Monday 12 March 2018

1PM

Town Hall

Monday 26 March 2018

1PM

Symphony Hall

Monday 9 April 2018

1PM

Town Hall

Monday 23 April 2018

1PM

Town Hall

Monday 14 May 2018

1PM

Symphony Hall

Monday 4 June 2018

1PM

Town Hall

Monday 18 June 2018

1PM

Town Hall

Monday 2 July 2018

1PM

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HOW TO BOOK

Visit www.thsh.co.uk or call 0121 780 3333 All concerts in this brochure qualify for the Organ Concert Package. A full list of concerts in the 2017/18 season can be found at www.thsh.co.uk. Discounts are also available for students, under 25s, wheelchair users, disabled patrons and groups of 11 or more. More information about these discounts is available online.

A commission of £2.50 per ticket for online booking and £3 per ticket for telephone and in person transactions will be changed (including postage.) Concert packages and tickets £13 or under are exempt from this commission but a £1.50 postage fee may be charged.

Group bookings (which can only be made by phone or via email) are subject to a £1 per ticket commission and school groups pay a flat commission of £10 regardless of group size.

Terms and conditions apply – please check online for full details.

Concert information correct at time of going to print.

THSH are extremely grateful to the generous Patrons & Donors who support the THSH Organ Maintenance and Education programmes.

We would especially like to thank the Smith family for their ongoing investment to the Anne & Don Smith Memorial Organ Scholarship - supporting organists of the future.

Box Office 0121 780 3333 or visit www.thsh.co.uk

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BOOKING FORM To book please complete this form and return it to THSH Box Office or post to: THSH Box Office, Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA I would like to book: Concert

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Venue

Preferred Seating Area (please tick)

Monday 25 September 2017 1PM

£6

Town Hall

Monday 9 October 2017 1PM

£6

Town Hall

Monday 23 October 2017 1PM

£6

Symphony Hall

Tuesday 31 October 2017 7:30PM

£18

Town Hall

Monday 6 November 2017 1PM

£6

Town Hall

Monday 20 November 2017 1PM

£6

Town Hall

Monday 4 December 2017 1PM

£12.50

Town Hall

Stalls Circle

Monday 11 December 2017 1PM

£12.50

Symphony Hall

Stalls Circle

* You must book the same number of tickets per concert for each party member to qualify for the package discounts.

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