Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral: 40-minute organ recitals at St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham on Thursday 3rd November 2016

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Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral

40-minute organ recitals

Part of the Thursday LIVE 2016 Series

Add to my Calendar 03-11-2016 13:15 03-11-2016 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, it is considered one of the finest in the Midlands. The 'Thursday Live' series was established in 2008 by Paul Carr and the first eight years of recitals were hosted at St Paul’s in the Jewellery Quarter where Paul is Director of Music. With the increasingly unreliable nature of the St Paul’s organ before its planned rebuild, the decision was made to transfer the series to St Chad’s Cathedral which is only a short walk from St Paul’s. St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Chad's Cathedral
St Chad's Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6EU
England

Thursday 3rd November 2016
1:15 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541
David Briggs – Variations on Greensleeves
Marco Enrico Bossi – Scherzo in G minor, Op.49 no.2
Louis Vierne – Pièces de Fantaisie: Impromptu
Marcel Dupré – Le Tombeau de Titelouze: Placare Christe Servulis

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, it is considered one of the finest in the Midlands.

The 'Thursday Live' series was established in 2008 by Paul Carr and the first eight years of recitals were hosted at St Paul’s in the Jewellery Quarter where Paul is Director of Music. With the increasingly unreliable nature of the St Paul’s organ before its planned rebuild, the decision was made to transfer the series to St Chad’s Cathedral which is only a short walk from St Paul’s.

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