The Harrison & Harrison Organ of St John’s (1909) Swell Organ Open Diapason 8 ORGAN RECITAL Lieblich Gedact 8 Geigen Principal 4 Mixture (15.19.22) III TIM HARPER Contra Oboe 16 Trumpet 8 Saturday 5th September 2015 Tremulant Octave 12.30pm Octaves Alone

Great Organ St John’s Church, Grainger Street Bourdon 16 Open Diapason I 8 Open Diapason II 8 Rohr Flöte 8 Octave 4 Oc6th tave Quint 2 2/3 Super Octave 2 Mixture (15.19.22)* III Posaune* 8

Accessories: Choir Organ Double Salicional 16  Balanced Pedals to Choir & Swell Hohl Flöte 8  3 combination levers to Swell Viol d’Orchestre 8  3 combination levers to Great & Pedal Voix Célèstes 8  Great to Pedal reverser Harmonic Flute 4  Swell to Great reverser Piccolo 2  Couplers: Swell to Great, Choir to Clarinet 8 Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Posaune* (Gt) 8 Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal. Octave  All ranks on the Swell have an extra Pedal Organ twelve pipes in the treble for use with Harmonic Bass* 32 the octave couplers. Open Wood 16 Sub Bass 16 The organ was restored in 1996 by Harrison

Octave Wood 8 and Harrison who continue to maintain it.

Flute 8 During the restoration, those stops marked * Posaune* (ext Gt) 16 added. www.stjohnthebaptistnewcastle.co.uk Tim Harper moved to as Assistant Director of Music in September Programme 2014. He trained as successively at St Barnabas Church, Dulwich, Clare College, Cambridge, and St Paul’s Cathedral. During

this period he toured the USA and Austria, assisted at the services for the 2008 Lambeth Conference, accompanied several CDs, performed live on BBC TV and Nuages ensoleillés sur le Cap Nègre Eugène Reuchsel appeared with the City of London Sinfonia. A pupil of David Sanger, he gained (Promenades en Provence) (1900-88) the major prizes at ARCO and FRCO, including the RCO award; he was subsequently awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Toccata in F (BuxWV 156) Dietrich Buxtehude (c. 1637-1707) In 2010 he was appointed Assistant Director of Music at Birmingham Cathedral, playing for the first of several broadcasts in his first term there. He also appeared with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Ex Cathedra and the Birmingham Bach Chorale-Prelude & Chorale on Johann Sebastian Choir. During this time he studied organ with Andrew Fletcher and singing with Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend Bach Matthew Venner. (BWV 709, 726) (1685-1750) A frequent recitalist, particularly in London and the West Midlands, he also enjoys

continuo work, and is accompanist to the early music course NORVIS. An interest Sonata for Organ in E flat Edward C. Bairstow in jazz keeps his improvisational muscles flexed, finding more direct employment Andante serioso, ma con moto (1874-1946) as part of a trio accompanying jazz Eucharists at St Paul’s Cathedral, sung by the Allegro giocoso choir Aurora Nova Maestoso

Prélude (Pièces de Fantaisie) Louis Vierne Future recitals in the 2015 St John’s Series: (1870—1937) Saturday 3rd October – Graham Thorpe (Royal Academy of Music) Saturday 7th November – Quayside Quartet Saturday 5th December – Laura Ball (Viola) Sonata fort'e piano David Sanger (1947-2010) All recitals at 12.30 pm (Free admission-retiring collection).

For more information about organ recitals in the UK please visit: Orb & Sceptre (Coronation March William Walton www.organrecitals.com 1953) (1902-83) At St John’s, we are always delighted to hear from potential choir members. Please contact us by telephone (07854516933) or by e-mail: [email protected]