Recitals 2025

12 May Benjamin Saunders

Eric Satie                                                                  Je te veux*
(1866-1925)

Vladislav Zolotaryov                                            Chamber Suite
(1942-1975)

i) Evening prelude 
ii) Moonlight streaming through the windows
iii) Snowfall at night
iv) Mysterious visions
v) Sad dreams
vi) An old fairy tale

Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
(1685-1750) (BWV 582)

Philip Glass Conclusion from Satyagraha*
(b. 1937)

*with Louise Wayman, soprano

19 May Claudia Grinnell

William Walton Spitfire Prelude
(1902-1983)
Arr. Tom Winpenny

Richard Wagner Overture to Lohengrin
(1813-1883)
Arr. Edwin Lemare

Giuseppe Verdi Grand March from Aida
(1813-1901)
Arr. Edwin Lemare

Anton Dvorak Largo from Symphony No. 9
(1841-1904)
Arr. Henry Clough-Leighter

Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
(1685-1750) BWV 565

Richard Rodgers Medley from The Sound of Music
(1902-1979)
Arr. Claudia Grinnell

2 June David Pipe

A special Introduction to the Organ recital for children as part of the RCO's Play the Organ Year 2025. To book for a school group please email [email protected]

Alexandre Guilmant Grand chœur in D
(1837-1911)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante in F
(1756-1791) K.616

Franz Danksagmüller Estampie (2007)
(b. 1969)

Johannes-Mathias Michel Three Jazz Preludes
(b. 1962)

i) Swing Five
      ii) Bossa Nova
      iii) Afro-Cuban

Harold Britton Variations on “I got rhythm”
(1923-2022)

9 June Paolo Oreni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio & Fugue in C minor
(1756-1791) KV 546
Transcr. Jean Guillou

Franz Liszt Prometheus
(1811-1886)
Transcr. Jean Guillou

Charles-Marie Widor Allegro Vivace from Symphony for Organ No. 5
(1844-1937) Op. 42 No. 1

Paolo Oreni Improvisation on a theme proposed by the public
(b 1979)

16 June Thomas Leech

Henri Mulet Tu es petra et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus te
(1878-1967) from Esquisses Byzantines

Nadia Boulanger Pièce sur des airs populaires flamands
(1887-1979)

Maurice Duruflé Suite, op. 5
(1902-1986)

i) Prélude
      ii) Sicilienne
      iii) Toccata

23 June William Campbell

Leoš Janáček Varhany Solo from Glagolitic Mass
(1854-1928)

Louis Vierne Organ Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 59
(1870-1937)

i) Introduction and Allegro
      ii) Aria
      iii) Scherzo
      iv) Adagio
      v) Final

30 June Imogen Morgan

Cecilia MacDowall Church Bells Beyond the Stars
(b. 1951)

Felix Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in B-flat
(1809-1847) (Op. 65, No. 4)

Flor Peeters Toccata, fugue et hymne sur ‘Ave Maris Stella’, Op. 28
(1903-1986)

Frank Bridge Adagio in E
(1879-1941)

Kenneth Leighton Gloria from Missa de Gloria, Op. 82
(1929-1988)

7 July Charles Francis

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Overture to the oratorio ‘St Paul’
(1809-1847)
Transcription by W. T. Best

Percy Whitlock Five Short Pieces
(1903-1946)

I. Allegretto
      II. Folk Tune
      III. Andante Tranquillo
      IV. Scherzo
      V. Paean

J.S. Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
(1685-1750) BWV 664

Healey Willan Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue, op. 149
(1880–1968)

14 July Frankie Tempest

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541
(1685-1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662
(1685-1750)

Dieterich Buxtehude Praeludium in C BuxWV 137
(1637-1707)

Percy Whitlock Plymouth Suite
(1903-1946)

i) Allegro Risoluto
      ii) Lantana
      iii) Chanty
      iv) Salix

Marcel Dupré Prelude and Fugue in B major
(1886-1971)