The Royal College of Organists Organ Recitals Admission free–Retiring collection ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 31 March 2016, 8pm–9pm Christ Church Cathedral, St Aldates, OX1 1DP Hans Davidsson Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen Stylus Fantasticus Music by Böhm, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Scheidemann, Weckmann ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 1 April 2016, 8pm–9pm Chapel of Keble College, Parks Road, OX1 3PG Stephen Farr London A celebration of modern British organ music Judith Bingham, Sebastian Forbes, Kenneth Leighton, James MacMillan, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Martin Stacey, Huw Watkins, Judith Weir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Promoted by the Royal College of Organists, a registered charity, number 312847 www.rco.org.uk Hans Davidsson Christ Church Cathedral Thursday 31 March 2016, 8.00pm Georg Böhm (1661–1733) Preludium in C Wer nun den lieben Gott lässt walten (Partita) Heinrich Scheidemann (1596–1663) Magnificat VIII. Toni –– Fantasia (“Auf zwei Clavier”) Matthias Weckman (1616–1674) Ach wir armen Sünder Primus Versus Secundus Versus à 2 Clav: è Ped Tertius Versus Es ist das Heil uns kommen Her Sextus versus 2 Clavier Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707) Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ, BuxWV 188 Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697) Praeludium in e (”large”) The Rieger organ (1979) of Christ Church Cathedral Hauptwerk Rückpositiv Schwellwerk III Man IV Bourdon 16 Montre 8 Salicional 8 Bombarde 16 Montre 8 Bourdon 8 Voix Celeste 8 Trompette 8 Flûte à cheminée 8 Prestant 4 Flûte bouchée 8 Clairon 4 Prestant 4 Flûte à fuseau 4 Octave 4 Flûte conique 4 Cor de chamois 2 Flûte 4 Pedal Doublette 2 Sesquialtera II 2 2/3 Nazard 2 2/3 Montre 16 Cornet V Larigot 1 1/3 Quarte de Nazard. 2 Soubasse 16 Fourniture VI 2 2/3 Cymbale IV 1 Tierce 1 3/5 Flûte de pedale 8 Cymbale IV 2/3 Cromorne 8 Plein Jeu V 2 Bourdon 8 Trompette 8 Tremblant Cor anglais 16 Basse de chorale 4 Clairon 4 Vox humaine 8 Fourniture V 2 2/3 Tremblant Basson 16 Trompette 8 Clairon 4 Stephen Farr Keble College Friday 1 April 2016, 8.00pm Huw Watkins (b. 1976) Kenneth Leighton (1929–88) Pièce d’orgue Ode Credo (Missa de Gloria) Judith Bingham (b. 1952) Annunciation Judith Weir (b. 1954) Wild Reeds James MacMillan (b. 1959) Gaudeamus in loci pace Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934) Reliqui Domum Sebastian Forbes (b. 1941) Tableau Martin Stacey (b. 1975) Totentanz The Tickell organ (2011) of Keble College Pedal 23 Stopped Diapason 8 (wood) 1 Open Wood 16 24 Gamba 8 (tapered) 2 Bourdon 16 25 Principal 4 3 Violone 16 26 Wald Flute 4 (open wood) 4 Quint 10 2/3 27 Fifteenth 2 5 Octave 8 28 Sesquialtera II 12:17 6 Bass Flute 8 29 Mixture IV 19:22:26:29 7 Fifteenth 4 30 Trumpet 8 8 Mixture III 17:19:22 9 Trombone 16 Swell 32 Gedackt 8 Solo-Choir 33 Salicional 8 10 Open Flute 8 34 Vox Angelica 8 11 Viola 8 35 Principal 4 12 Flauto Traverso 4 36 Rohrflute 4 13 Fugara 4 37 Fifteenth 2 14 Nazard 2 2/3 38 Mixture III-IV 15:19:22:26 15 Flageolet 2 (open wood) 39 Contra Fagotto 16 16 Tierce 1 3/5 40 Cornopean 8 17 Cor Anglais 16 41 Oboe 8 18 Clarinet 8 42 Clarion 4 19 Vox Humana 8 43 Tremulant 20 Tremulant Great Bombarde 21 Double Diapason 16 (stopped) 44 Posaune 8 22 Open Diapason 8 45 Cornet Hans Davidsson is professor of organ at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen. From 2001–2012 he served as professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music and Project Director of the Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative in Rochester, NY, USA. Prior to that, from 1987–2005, he was professor of organ at the School of Music at Göteborg University, and from 1994–2009 was the Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Academy (GIOA), founding the Göteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt). In 2007 he was appointed professor of organ at the Hochschule für Künste, Bremen, Germany where he continues to serve as the director of the Arp Schnitger Institute of Organ and Organ Building. He performs and teaches at major festivals and academies throughout the world. He has made many recordings including, most recently, the Photo Stephen Kennedy complete works of Dietrich Buxtehude and Georg Böhm on the Loft label. Stephen Farr is Director of Music at St Paul’s Church Knightsbridge, a post which he combines with a busy freelance playing career at home and abroad. He was organ scholar of Clare College Cambridge, graduating with a double first in Music and an MPhil in Musicology; he also holds a PhD from the University of Surrey. He has an established reputation as one of the leading recitalists of his generation, with a wide-ranging discography to his credit: he is currently recording the complete organ works of Kenneth Leighton for Resonus Classics. He has appeared in the UK in venues including the Royal Albert Hall (where he gave the premiere of Judith Bingham’s The Everlasting Crown in a solo recital in the BBC Proms 2011, and appeared with the BBC SO under Sakari Oramo as a concerto soloist in the 2015 season); Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Westminster Cathedral; King’s College, Cambridge; St Paul’s Celebrity Series; and Westminster Abbey. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 3. Other ensemble work has included engagements with the Berlin Philharmonic, the CBSO, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the Philharmonia; he made his debut in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 2005. He has also worked as continuo player and soloist with many other leading ensembles including Florilegium, the Bach Choir, the BBC Singers, Polyphony, The English Concert, St James Baroque, City of London Sinfonia, Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia, the Dunedin Consort, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He also served as a Trustee of the Royal College of Organists, including a term as chair. www.stephenfarr.co.uk The Royal College of Organists has supported and represented organists and choral directors for more than 150 years. With members in nearly 40 countries around the world, we work together to promote the best in organ playing and choral directing, to encourage anyone who is interested to learn more about this fascinating and versatile musical instrument, and to explore its history and repertoire. Our aim is to make the College an organisation which supports organists and choral directors of every age and all levels of attainment. To achieve this, we provide for our members: effective advocacy; readily accessible support, advice and subject materials; an educational programme that develops and maintains high standards of competence and artistry; relevant professional and vocational qualifications of high integrity. www.rco.org.uk / http://i.rco.org.uk .