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Holy Trinity Church
High Street
Wordsley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 5RU
England
Programme
Alfred Hollins – Concert Overture no. 2 in C minor
Johann Sebastian Bach – Pedal-Exercitium, BWV 598
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Matthias Nagel – Danke - Swingfüglein
Giuseppe Verdi – Aida: Grand March (arr. for organ by Maurizio Machella)
Pietro Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Sinfonico
Norman Cocker – Tuba Tune
Johannes Matthias Michel – Petite Suite in Blue: Entrée; Récit; Scherzo; Blues; Sortie
George Thalben-Ball – Elegy in B flat major
Camille Saint-Saens – Symphony no.3 in C minor 'Organ': Finale
Performers
Paul Carr – organ
Programme Note
This concert marks the 22nd anniversary of the first Sunday Afternoon Organ Music here at Holy Trinity, Wordsley on Sunday 7th September 2003. This series followed Paul Carr’s ten-year series of Saturday Lunchtime Organ Recitals at Cradley Heath Methodist Church (1993-2003) where Paul played 100 recitals.
Since 2003 Sunday Afternoon Organ Music has happened every month until March 2020 after which the series was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, four months later from August 2020, Paul performed a short programme which was video recorded and released online each month for a year until September 2021 when the series alternated between live performances with an audience in the building and more online pre-recorded video performances. In total there have been 19 online performances and 240 live performances with today’s Grand Finale performance taking the total to 260.
Admission to the recitals has always been free with a retiring collection taken to assist in funding the ongoing care and maintenance of the instrument. The generosity of the audience over the last 22 years has raised over £25000.00.
