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Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral - 40-minute organ recitals
Part of the Thursday LIVE 2019/20 Season
Add to my Calendar 07-05-2020 13:15 07-05-2020 15:15 36 *** CANCELLED *** 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
Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly – Fantaisie and Fugue in B flat
Charles-Marie Widor – Symphony no 2: Salve Regina
Camille Saint-Saens – Fantaisie in E flat major
Guy Ropartz – Prélude Funèbre
Felix Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op.35 no.1
Charles Tournemire – Improvisation sur le Victimae paschali laudes
Performers
Peter King – 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.