Midlands Organ Day 2024

Saturday 5 October

St Peter’s Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton

Morning Session
St Peter’s Collegiate Church, WV1 1TY (map)

10.30am Registration and welcome

11.00am The rebuilding of the Willis organ
(Peter Morris)

11.30am Recital by two advanced students from the
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire,
Godfrey Leung and Piotr Maziarz.

Programme:
Widor
Allegro vivace from Symphony 5 op42
Schumann
Canonic Studies 2&3
Bach
Prelude & Fugue G major BWV 541
Franck
Final op21

Afternoon Session
St John’s Church, WV2 4BZ (map)

1.45pm Introduction
to the historic Renatus Harris organ

2.00pm
Choral music from the choir of
St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury
(director: Anthony Pinel)

followed by a Handel organ concerto
(Toby Barnard & members of
Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra)

3.15pm Return to St Peter’s for tea & cakes

4.00pm Celebrity Recital
JONATHAN SCOTT
plays
Rossini (1792-1868) arr Scott
Overture: The Thieving Magpie
JS Bach (1685-1750) arr Scott
Chaconne (Partita No. 2) BWV 1004
Dupré (1886-1971)
Prelude & Fugue in G minor op7 no3
Beethoven (1770-1827) arr Scott
Allegretto (Symphony No. 7 op92)
Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) arr Scott
Adagio (from Two Conversations about Bach)
Wagner (1813-1883) arr EH Lemare
Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

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Admission on the door: £30 (celebrity recital only: £12).

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