Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral
40-minute organ recitals
Part of the Thursday LIVE 2018/19 Series
Add to my Calendar 05-04-2018 13:15 05-04-2018 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
Herbert Howells – Saraband for the Morning of Easter
Johann Sebastian Bach – Piece d'Orgue, BWV 572
George Frideric Handel – Messiah: 'I know that my redeemer liveth'
Naji Hakim – Variations: O Filii et filiae
Alexandre Guilmant – Paraphrase: ‘See the conq'ring hero comes!’
François Joseph Gossec – Tambourin
Louis Vierne – Symphonie no.6: Final
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.