LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SEASON
Organ Listings 2015/16
www.leedsconcertseason.com
music@leeds.gov.uk
Tickets: 0113 224 3801
Monday 21 September 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Jackson
Wolstenholme
Sibelius
Brewer
Hollins
Reger
Fanfare (1956)
Sonata in D major, in the style of Handel
The Swan of Tuonela, Op 22 No 2
Triumphal Song
Song of Sunshine
Chorale Fantasia: Hallelujah! Gott zu loben, Op 53 No 2
Admission free
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Monday 28 September 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Richard Gowers
Organ Scholar, King’s College, Cambridge
Bach
Bach
Mendelssohn
Schumann
Reger
Karg-Elert
Wagner/Lemare
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, S564
Chorale Prelude: Aus tiefer not, S686
Sonata III in A major, Op 65
Fugue on the name BACH – Lebhaft, Op 60 No 5
Fantasia on BACH, Op 46
Sequenz in C minor
Prelude: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
Admission free
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Monday 5 October 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Angelina Warburton
harp
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Handel
Grandjany
Harp Concerto in B flat
Aria in Classic Style and solos for harp and organ
Admission free
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Monday 12 October 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Margaret McDonald
Simon Lindley
mezzo soprano
City Organist
Bach
Bach
Pescetti
Vierne
Vierne
Berkeley
Kosma
Gershwin
Have mercy upon me, O Lord (Matthew Passion)
Slumber, beloved (Christmas Oratorio)
Sonata in C minor
Les Angélus, Op 57
Berceuse
Three Greek Songs
Autumn Leaves
Medley
Admission free
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Monday 19 October 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Bach Programme
Concerto IV in C major, S595
Trio Sonata I in E flat major, S525
Chorale Partita: Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, S770
Pastorale in F, S590
Air (Suite III in D)
Aria from Cantata 208 Sheep may safely graze
In Jesu’s hand my spirit resteth (Cantata 127)
Prelude & Fugue in B minor, S544
Admission free
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Monday 26 October 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Jason Roberts
Saint Bartholomew’s Organist, New York City
Mozart
Widor
Dupré
Ravel
Fantasia in F minor, K618
Symphonie V: Allegro cantabile
Variations sur un Noël, Op 20
Suite: Le tombeau du Couperin
Prélude – Rigaudon – Menuet – Toccata
Improvisation on a submitted theme
Admission free
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Monday 2 November 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Phillip McCann
Simon Lindley
cornet
City Organist
More of the World’s Most Beautiful Melodies
Admission free
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Monday 9 November 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Film and Music
Presented in association with Leeds International Film Festival – film to be
announced in the LIFF brochure and at www.leedsconcertseason.com
Admission free
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Monday 16 November 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Nathan Beguin
Claire Strafford
Simon Lindley
reciter/actor
soprano
City Organist
Elgar/Brewer
Elgar
Jongen
Elgar
Jongen
Elgar
Elgar
Prelude & Angel’s Farewell (The Dream of Gerontius)
Le Drapeau Belge
Two Pieces, Op 53 Chant de Mai – Menuet-Scherzo
Une voix dans le Désert
Pensée d’Automne
The sun goeth down (The Kingdom)
Carillon
Admission free
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Monday 23 November 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Christopher Trenholme tenor
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Vaughan Williams
Peeters
Handel
Peeters
Finzi
Rise, heart, thy Lord is risen
Ubi caritas
Waft her, angels, to the skies
The Ivory Tower: The Ivory Tower Bride and Mother –
Maria
Dies Natalis
Admission free
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Monday 30 November 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Echoes
Organ Music in memory of Alan Spedding (1937 – 2014) by Andrew Carter, Francis
Jackson, Simon Lindley, Philip Moore, John Scott Whiteley and music by Alan
himself.
Admission free
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Monday 7 December 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
David Houlder
Leeds Minster Organist
Rawsthorne
Lubeck
Callahan
Sanger
Tomlinson
Sortie: Nun danket alle Gott
Praeludium in E major
Bell Prelude
Marche Européenne
Two Pieces:
Andante semplice – Berceuse
Sonata VII
Guilmant
Admission free
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Monday 14 December 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Combined Choirs of Leeds Cathedral & Leeds Minster
Benjamin Saunders
Simon Lindley
director
City Organist
Ledger
Thompson
Willcocks
Pettman
Holst
Britten
Sussex Carol
The Holly and the Ivy
Ding, dong! merrily on high
The Infant King (Basque Noel)
Personent hodie
A Ceremony of Carols
Admission free
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Tuesday 15 December 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
University of Huddersfield Brass Band
Phillip McCann
Simon Lindley
conductor
organ
Seasonal Music including Carols for all to sing
Admission free
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Monday 11 January 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Alan Horsey
Halifax Organist
Murrill
Harwood
Thiman
Bach
Rawsthorne
Reger
Carillon
Paean, Op 15 No 3
Air & Variation in the Old English style
Prelude & Fugue in D major, S532
Aria in F
Chorale-Fantasia: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Admission free
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Monday 18 January 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Dr Gordon Stewart
Huddersfield Town Hall Organist
Bach/ Rawsthorne
Bach
Lemare
Cockroft
Reger
Carter
Sowerby
Sinfonia to Cantata 29
Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541
Berceuse & Scherzo Fugue
Melody for Marion
Toccata & Fugue in D, minor and major, Op 59 Nos 5 & 6
Two Pieces: Cantilena – Dance for Joy
Pageant
Admission free
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Monday 25 January 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Elgar
Howells*
Sonata II in B flat, Op 87a
Psalm Prelude Set 1 No 1 (1915) – Psalm 34, Verse 6
Lo, the poor crieth and the Lord heareth him
Variations: Weinen, klagen, sorgen, sagen
Liszt*
Howells*
Guilmant
Psalm Prelude Set 2 No 1 (1939) – Psalm 130, Verse 1
Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord
Sonata V in C minor, Op 80
* works are included to mark the week of Holocaust Memorial Day
Admission free
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Monday 1 February 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Benjamin Saunders
Leeds Cathedral Organist
By special arrangement – the art of the transcriber
Vivaldi
Bach
Kéler-Béla
Pergolesi
Saunders
Dick Hyman
Concerto in C for Mandolin
Brandenburg Concerto III in G
Hungarian Comedy Overture
Rondo
Odyssey on the Spring Carol: Tempus adest floridum
Variations on Shenandoah
Admission free
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Monday 8 February 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
University of Huddersfield Brass Band
Phillip McCann
Simon Lindley
conductor
City Organist
Admission free
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Monday 15 February 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
St Peter’s Singers
Bach Cantatas
Principals of the National Festival Orchestra
Sally Robinson
David Houlder
Simon Lindley
leader
organ
conductor
O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht, S118
Sehet, wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem, S159
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, S68
Christ lag in Todesbanden, S4
Admission free
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Saturday 20 February 2016
9.30am – 11am
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Meet the Town Hall Organ
The City Organist’s popular armchair guide to the king of instruments.
Admission free
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Monday 22 February 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
40th Anniversary Recital
Simon Lindley
City Organist
Dr Lindley was appointed fourth City Organist in late January 1976
Reger
Carter
Camidge
Jackson
Cockroft
Thalben-Ball
Reubke
Dankpsalm, Op 145 No 2
Aria
Concerto IV in G
Hymn Prelude: East Acklam
Two Pieces: A little Pastorale –
Prelude: Seelenbräutigam
Tune in E in the style of John Stanley
Sonata in C minor, the Ninety-Fourth Psalm
Admission free
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Monday 29 February 2015
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Thomas Trotter
Birmingham City Organist
Bach
Three Spanish Dances:
Anon 17th century
Kagel
Moskowski/ Trotter
Dove
Schumann
Bizet/Lemare
Toccata & Fugue in F, S540
Espagnoleta
Rondeña
Spanish Dance
The Dancing Pipes
Two Fugues on BACH
Carmen Fantasy
Admission free
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Monday 7 March 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Professor Ian Tracey
Liverpool Organist
Vive la France!
Franck
Dupré
Vierne
Cochereau
Délibes/Tracey
Dubois
Choral I in E major
Cortège et Litanie
Berceuse (24 Pièces en style libre)
Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne
Pizzicato Polka (Sylvie)
Fiat lux (Douze Pièces nouvelles)
Admission free
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Monday 14 March 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
Paul Bowen
Organist to the United Grand Lodge of England
Bach
Bourgeois
Duruflé
Prelude & Fugue in G minor, S546
Variations on a theme of Howells
Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le Thème du
Veni, Creator, Op 4
Fantasia on Mozart’s Turkish March, Op 142
Weiner
Admission free
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Monday 21 March 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
The Choir of Leeds Minster
Simon Lindley
City Organist
David Houlder
Christopher Trenholme
Quentin Brown
conductor
tenor
bass
William Lloyd Webber
The Saviour
Admission free
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Monday 4 April 2016
1.05pm
Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
David Greed
Jessica Burroughs
Simon Lindley
violin
cello
City Organist
A programme of music for violin, cello and organ culminating in a famous Trio.
Rheinberger
Trio in C minor, Op 151.
Admission free
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