Mondays at 1.05pmLeeds Town Hall
LeedsLunchtimeOrganMusic2014/15
Welcome to the 2014/15 lunchtime concerts on Mondays. The magnificent Town Hall organ features in solo recitals and as a medium for accompaniment.
This season, unusually, there is one concert of entirely unaccompanied choral music – drawn in the main from the rich repertoire of the Renaissance and appropriate to the November liturgies of All Saints and All Souls on 1st and 2nd respectively.
Special guests include the University of Huddersfield Brass Band, the Choirs of Leeds Minster, Leeds Cathedral, Wakefield Cathedral, the University of Leeds and St Peter’s Singers.
Music includes repertoire appropriate for this special First World War Commemoration anniversary and 2015 marks the 150th birthdays of two great Northern organist-composers – the East Riding’s Alfred Hollins from Hull, who spent most of his working life in Edinburgh, and Blackburn’s William Wolstenholme; these English musicians also share a sesquicentenary with the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Special thanks go to everyone for their support and encouragement and not least to those who, week by week, contribute so generously to our retiring collections.
Very sincerely
Simon LindleyCity Organist
2014
Monday 22 September
Simon LindleyCity Organist
Smart Postlude in CCocker Interlude & Paean – Angelus & Trio Tuba TuneRawsthorne Celtic LamentLiszt Fantasia and Fugue on a theme from Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
Monday 29 September
No Recital
Monday 6 October
Yorkshire Three Choirs’Festival ConcertChoirs of Wakefield Cathedral& Leeds MinsterThomas Moore, Simon Lindley, David Houlder
Lest we forget – 1914/2014Ireland Greater love (1912)Stanford Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in CBainton And I saw a new heavenBurgon Nunc dimittisBlatchly For the FallenElgar We will remember themBritten Agnus Dei (War Requiem)Vaughan Lord, Thou hast been our refugeWilliams
Monday 13 October
Simon LindleyCity Organist
Handel/Ley Concerto in G minor, from the Second SetRheinberger Cantilena (Sonata XI)Lloyd Webber Eight Varied Pieces Arietta • Minuet – Recessional Andantino alla Cantilena Introit • Dedication March Pastorale • EpilogueBonnet Variations de Concert, Op 1
Monday 20 October
Simon LindleyCity Organist
Bach ProgrammeAlla breve in D, S589Six Schübler Chorales, S645-650Toccata & Fugue in D minor, S565God’s time is best (Cantata 106) – arr Harvey GraceChorale Trio: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, S684Concerto I in G, after Prince Johann Ernst, S590St Anne Fugue in E flat, S553
Monday 27 October
St Peter’s SingersSounds Seasonal –Music for All Saints and All Souls(1 November, 2 November)
Byrd Propers of All SaintsLassus Missa Bel Amfitrit’ AlteraLauridsen O magnum mysteriumMacMillan O Radiant DawnHarris Bring us, O Lord GodVictoria O quam gloriosum est regnumVictoria Versa est in luctum (Requiem a 6, 1605)
Monday 3 November
No Recital
Monday 10 November
Simon LindleyCity Organist
The War to end all wars...a hundred years onFilm and Music – presented in association with Leeds International Film Festival
Monday 17 November
Alice & Martin NearyCello and Organ
Bach Cello Suite in C, S109 Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Dorian), S538 Gamba Sonata in D major Fugue a la Gigue, S577
Monday 24 November
Alan HorseyHalifax
de Grigny Hymn: Veni, Creator Spiritus Bach Three Chorales: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, S676 Wir glauben all, S680 (the Giant Fugue) Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, S688Harwood Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 5Messiaen Le Banquet celesteWidor Final (Symphonie II in D)
Monday 1 December
David HoulderLeeds Minster
David German Trumpet TuneJ H Reginald Baroque SuiteDixonGuilmant Sonata IV in D minorPeeters Lied to the FlowersDuruflé Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain
Meet the Town Hall OrganSaturdays 25 October 2014 & 21 February 20159.30am – 11amThe City Organist’s popular armchair guide to the king of instruments.Admission Free
The 2014 Lord Mayor’sCarol ConcertsLeeds Town Hall
Thursday 18 December6.30pm & 8.30pm
Leeds Philharmonic ChorusRichard Wilberforce chorus master
Rothwell Temperance BandAlan Horsey organIntroduced and conducted by Simon Lindley
Tickets: £5 (concessions £2.50)
Box Office: 0113 224 3801Book online: www.leedsconcertseason.com
Monday 8 December
Combined Choirs of Leeds Cathedral & Leeds MinsterBenjamin Saunders directorSimon Lindley City Organist
A programme ofSeasonal Music
Tuesday 16 December
University of Huddersfield Brass BandPhillip McCann conductorSimon Lindley organ
Seasonal Musicincluding Carols for all to sing
2015
Monday 5 January
Phillip McCannCornet
Simon LindleyCity Organist
More of ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies’
Monday 12 January
Thomas TrotterBirmingham City Organist
Mendelssohn/ Overture: St PaulBestStanley Voluntary in F, Op 7 No 6Going Dutch: Two pieces by Netherlands composers:
Wammes Rejoice!Piet Kee Chorale Fantasia: Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme
Dupré Symphonie Passion (entire)
Monday 19 January
Gordon StewartHuddersfield Town Hall
Salomé Allegro SymphoniqueBach Trio in G, S1027a Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, S543Andrew Carter Three Variants on an Eriskay Love LiltHalley Outer HebridesCockroft ScherzettoBarié March, Lamento and Toccata
Monday 26 January
John Scott WhiteleyOrganist Emeritus, York Minster
The Last Strains of Christmas!Dupré Variations on Adeste, fideles (1929)Jongen/JSW Symphonie Concertante, Op 81 (1926/7)Dethier Christmas (1902)
Monday 2 February
Simon LindleyCity Organist
Candlemas ProgrammeBach Fugue: Magnificat, S733Bach Two Organ Chorales: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel aufMaleingreau Suite Mariale (1935)Guilmant Ave MariaMassenet The Last Sleep of the VirginPeeters Toccata, Fugue et Hymne: Ave, maris stella, Op 28
Monday 9 February
University of Huddersfield Brass BandPhillip McCann conductorSimon Lindley City Organist
Monday 16 February
St Peter’s SingersDavid Houlder organSimon Lindley conductor
Sacred Choral Classics‘Jesu, joy’ and all that jazz!Parry Coronation Anthem – I was glad (1902) Bach Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Cantata 147)Howells Like as the hart (from Four Anthems)Bach Flocks in pastures green abiding Gounod Ave verum corpusGibbons O clap your hands togetherDuruflé Ubi caritas et amorWood Hail, gladdening LightHowells Te Deum laudamus (Collegium Regale)
Monday 23 February
Simon LindleyCity Organist
Brewer March HeroïqueBrewer Cloister GarthHowells Master Tallis’s Testament (Six Pieces)Wolstenholme Romanza & AllegrettoSumsion Three PiecesElgar Sonata in G, Op 28
Monday 2 March
David HillLondon
Sibelius FinlandiaBach Ricercare à 6 (The Musical Offering)Lefébure-Wely OffertoireFranck Choral II in B minorGardonyi Mozart ChangeVierne Three Pieces: Hymne au Soleil Berceuse Carillon de Westminster
Monday 9 March
David Greedviolin
Simon LindleyCity Organist
Bach Concerto in EHollins Spring SongElgar Violin Concerto ii – AndanteHollins Song of SunshineLloyd Webber BenedictusKreisler Praeludium and Allegro
Monday 16 March
Leeds University Schoolof Music ChoirBryan White conductorDaniel Gordon organist
Macmillan Cantos Sagrados and other works for chorus and organ
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Monday 20 April
Professor Philip MeadenLeeds
Bach Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, S542Franck Choral I in E majorMendelssohn Sonata III in A major, Op 65Mulet Carillon-Sortie
Monday 27 April
Simon LindleyCity Organist
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Monday 23 March
Professor Ian TraceyLiverpool
French Fanciesdu Mage Suite from ‘Livre d’orgue’Vierne Stèle pour un enfant défunt (Triptych)Franck Pièce pour Grand Orgue (1854)Debussy La Cathédrale EngloutieGigout Scherzo (Dix Pieces)Widor Allegro (Symphonie VI)
Monday 30 March
Simon LindleyCity Organist
The Choir of Leeds MinsterDavid Houlder conductorChristopher Trenholme tenorQuentin Brown bass
John StainerThe Crucifixion
Monday 6 April
No Recital
Monday 13 April
Nigel OgdenThe Organist EntertainsOgden March: England’s GloryCoates from the Springtime SuiteMascagni Intermezzo & Easter HymnWaller Three from the pen of Mr T F...Luigini Themes from the Ballet EgyptienSibelius FinlandiaOgden Remembering the Ritz, Majestic, Odeon and others