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Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral
40-minute organ recitals
Part of the Thursday LIVE 2018/19 Series
Add to my Calendar 01-11-2018 13:15 01-11-2018 15:15 36 Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral 40-minute Organ Recitals at St Chad’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Birmingham on the first Thursday of each month: 1.15pm – 1.55pm. The organ of St Chad’s Cathedral dates from 1993 and was built by J. W. Walker & Sons as part of the Cathedral’s 150th anniversary restoration. There are 40 speaking stops and it is considered one of the finest organs in the Midlands. Thursday Live was established in 2008 by Paul Carr at St Paul’s Birmingham. The series transferred to St Chad’s Cathedral in June 2016. St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Chad's Cathedral
St Chad's Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6EU
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata, BWV 29: Sinfonia (arr. Marcel Dupré/Patrick/Carr)
Tomaso Albinoni – Adagio in G minor
George Frideric Handel – The Water Music, HWV 349: Alla Danza 'Hornpipe'
Ludwig van Beethoven – The Ruins of Athens, Op.113: Turkish March
Marcel Dupré – Prelude and Fugue in F minor, Op.7 no.2
Louis Vierne – Organ Symphony no.2: Scherzo
Louis Vierne – Pièces de Fantaisie: Toccata
Performers
Paul Carr – organ
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Programme Note
40-minute Organ Recitals at St Chad’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Birmingham on the first Thursday of each month: 1.15pm – 1.55pm.
The organ of St Chad’s Cathedral dates from 1993 and was built by J. W. Walker & Sons as part of the Cathedral’s 150th anniversary restoration. There are 40 speaking stops and it is considered one of the finest organs in the Midlands.
Thursday Live was established in 2008 by Paul Carr at St Paul’s Birmingham. The series transferred to St Chad’s Cathedral in June 2016.
