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Thursday LIVE at St Chad's Cathedral

40-minute organ recitals

Part of the Thursday LIVE 2017

Add to my Calendar 05-01-2017 13:15 05-01-2017 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

Programme

Marco Enrico Bossi – Entrée Pontificale
Samuel Sebastian Wesley – Air & Gavotte
Johann Sebastian Bach – Organ Concerto in C major, BWV 594
Hendrik Andriessen – Thema met Variaties
Dietrich Buxtehude – Chaconne in E minor, BuxWV 160
David Bruce-Payne – Flute-A-Peal
Alexandre Guilmant – Organ Sonata no.1 in D minor: Final

Performers

Nigel Morris – 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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