Organ Recital Series 2015-16

2015

Friday 23 October 7.30pmSilent Film: Steamboat Bill JuniorBuster Keaton’s 1928 Classic with live improvised organ accompaniment by Edmund Aldhouse £10 (£8 for choir parents and Ely Film Society)

Saturday 7 November 7.30pmPrime BrassMusic for Brass and Organ with premier ensemble Prime Brass, Edmund Aldhouse (organ) and Paul Trepte (conductor) £10

Tuesday 8 December 7.30pmSalve ReginaA programme of music inspired by the Virgin Mary with Edmund Aldhouse (organ) and Tara Bungard (soprano). Followed by Compline in the Lady Chapel£5

2016Tuesday 12 January 7.30pmLa Nativité du Seigneur played by Ben Morris (York Minster)Messiaen’s deeply moving meditation on the Christmas story, brought to life with readings and movement£5

Tuesday 9 February 7.30pmMardi Gras CarnivalA popular programme for Shrove Tuesday, featuring the Cathedral organists, the famous Chorister Pancake Race and pancakes for the audience!£5

Tuesday 8 March 7pm (note time)A German Organ MassDritter Teil der Clavierübung played by Sarah MacDonald - Bach’s monumental German organ mass is presented as a meditation for Lent. You are invited to come for as much or as little as you are able. Followed by Compline in the Lady Chapel. (Free Admission)

Tuesday 12 April 7.30pmDances for OrganAlex Goodwin presents a programme of music inspired by dance, including works by Howells, J.S. Bach and Alain’s Trois Danses £5

Tuesday 10 May 7.30pmCathedral WindowsPaul Trepte plays Karg-Elert’s evocative Cathedral Windows as well as extracts from Mulet’s Esquisses Byzantines£5

Tuesday 14 June 7.30pmPictures at an ExhibitionIn Arthur Wills’ 90th birthday year, a celebration of his life and work. Ely organists past and present perform a programme of his own music, concluding with his transcription of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition£5

Tuesday 12 July 7.30pmCelebrity Recital by Jeremy FilsellIn association with Oundle for Organists, a recital by international virtuoso and recording artist Jeremy Filsell, formerly Assistant Organist at Ely£10

Thursday 21 July 7.30pmCelebrity Recital by Thomas OspitalA recital by the brilliant new organist of Saint Eustache in Paris, in association with the Royal College of Organists£10

Admission to all recitals is free for accompanied under 16s

Tickets available from Ely Cathedral Box Office 01353 660349 and online at tickets.elycathedral.org

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