Concerts 2002

Douglas Lawrence 
Melbourne, Australia

600 Glorious Years:
The pipe organ story

Join Douglas Lawrence as he introduces and plays organ music through the centuries from medieval dances to modern extravaganzas.  

Programme

Anon c. 1320: Estampie
Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck 1561-1621 Toccata
Nikolaus Bruhns 1665-1697: Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Domenico Zipoli 1688-1766 Offertorio
Johann Pachelbel 1653-1706:
Fantasia in G minor
Toccata in E minor
Ricercare in C minor
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750:
Bist du bei mir
Prelude in C major 9/8
Leon Boellmann 1862-1897:
Priere and Toccata from the Suite Gothique
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847: Prelude and Fugue in D minor
George Thalben Ball 1896-1984: Elegy
Marc Enrico Bossi 1861-1925: Etude Symphonique
Jehan Alain 1911-1940: Chorale dorien
Frederick Swann 1938: - Trumpet tune
Joseph Jongen 1873-1953: Petite Prelude
Henri Mulet 1878-1967: Tu es Petra

David Briggs 
(Gloucester, UK)

The Phantom of the Opera

See the original 1925 b&w movie of Gaston Leroux’s classic romance, starring Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, and Mary Philbin (and a cast of 5000 others), while virtuoso Briggs improvises inspiring organ accompaniment in the grand tradition of the silent movies.

Martin Setchell, Organ Curator,
(New Zealand)

Happy  Anniversaries

Celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, the organ’s 5th anniversary, and Father’s Day in a programme including Variations on God Save the Queen and God Defend New Zealand (Spicer’s Kiwi Fireworks), music by Walton (b.1902) and your requests