Organ Recitals February 2020 Organ Recitals Tickets March February 2020 Recitalists All funds directly support the maintenance of the organ. Thursday 5 Andrew Wyatt • Adults £5.50 (Chester Cathedral) Thursday 12 • Concessions £4.50 Richard Lea (Liverpool) • Book of ten Adult tickets £40 Thursday 19 • Book of ten Concessionary Tony Pinel tickets £35 (Shrewsbury)

Tickets may be purchased in advance Thursday 26 or on the day from the cathedral Alexander Palotai Welcome Desk. (Chester Cathedral)

For more information about organ recitals in the area and further afield, click to: organrecitals.com Holy Week and Easter Music at Chester Cathedral Palm Sunday 5 April Wednesday 8 April St Mark Passion by Charles Wood | 6.30pm Lenten Choral Preludes by J S Bach and Thursdays | 1.10pm The Nave of Chester Cathedral interspersed with Bible and Andrew Wyatt, director poetry readings | 7.30pm following Compline Monday 6 April Philip Rushforth, organ Le Chemin de la Croix by Marcel Dupré 7.30pm following Compline Good Friday 10 April Andrew Wyatt, organ St Mark Passion by John Joubert | 8pm Four Penitential Motets by Francis Poulenc Tuesday 7 April Chester Cathedral Choir following Compline Philip Rushforth, director Lamentations by Thomas Tallis | 7.30pm following Compline Chester City Passion | from 10.30am The Lay Clerks of Chester Cathedral Join over 5,000 people for this spectacular Philip Rushforth, director and commemorative event to remember the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ. @chestercath ChesterCathedral chester_cathedral Organ Recitals February 2020 Organ Recitals February 2020

6 February Benjamin Newlove (London) 20 February John Hosking (Runcorn)

Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) J S Bach Allegro maestoso (Sonata in G, Op 28) (1685-1750) (1857-1934)

Andante (Sonata No 1 in C# minor) Basil Harwood Folk Tune (Five Short Pieces) Percy Whitlock (1903-46) (1859-1949) Passacaglia and Fugue on BACH (Op 150) Sigfrid Karg-Elert Sonata in G (Op 28) Edward Elgar (1877-1933) (1857-1934) (ii) Allegretto (iii) Andante espressivo (iv) Presto (comodo)

13 February Philip Rushforth (Chester Cathedral) 27 February Daniel Clark (Berlin)

Sonata in G (1920) Oskar Lindberg No 5 (Op 47) Louis Vierne (1887-1955) (i) Marcia elegiaca (1870-1937) (ii) Adagio (i) Grave (iii) Sarabanda (ii) Allegro molto marcato (iv) Finale (iii) Tempo di scherzo ma non troppo vivo (iv) Larghetto Wo sol ich fliehen hin (BWV 646) J S Bach (1685-1750) (v) Final

Caprice William Faulkes (1863-1933)

Two Pieces Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)

Meditation on the name BACH Elegy Toccata John Sanders (1933-2003)