Free entry, unticketed.

Intrada
Grayston Ives

Dignity
Deacon Blue

Fiesta!
Emma Lou Diemer

Interstellar theme
Hans Zimmer

Succession theme
Nicholas Brittel

A Song of Sunshine
Alfred Hollins

Chorale Was Gott tut, Op. 93
Alexandre Guilmant

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Praeludium in G, BWV 568
attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Voluntary on the 100th Psalm, Z.721
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Op. 93
Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

Trivium
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)

Where the Birds Sing
Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994)

Aria (Symphony No. 1, Op. 36)
Rachel Laurin (1961–2023)

from Flights of Fancy: Ballet for Organ
- Ragtime Lullaby
- Shimmy
- Hymn
William Albright (1944–1998)

from L’Ascension
- Prière du Christ montant vers son Père
- Transports de Joie
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Admission £10, tickets available on the door or from the Abbey shop.

Praeludium in G, BWV 568
attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Voluntary on the 100th Psalm, Z.721
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Op. 93
Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

from A Quaker Reader
- “…No darkness at all…”
- “Bewitching attire of the most charming simplicity…”
Ned Rorem (1923–2022)

Where the Birds Sing
Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994)

Aria (Symphony No. 1, Op. 36)
Rachel Laurin (1961–2023)

from Flights of Fancy: Ballet for Organ
- Ragtime Lullaby
- Shimmy
- Hymn
William Albright (1944–1998)

Transports de Joie (L’Ascension)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Free entry, unticketed.

programme TBC

Free entry, unticketed.

Praeludium in G, BWV 568 Johann Sebastian Bach

For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart) James Horner

Chanson de Matin Edward Elgar

Kyrie cum jubilo Roxanna Panufnik

A Song of Sunshine Alfred Hollins

Here Comes the Sun George Harrison

Toccata in G Théodore Dubois

Toccata in F, BuxWV 156
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Three chorales:
     Ein feste Burg – Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)
     Rockingham – Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
     Ját’ jsem v tom rozveselen – Peter Eben (1929–2007)

Sicilienne (Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80)
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) arr. Thomas Baugh (1953–2020)

Refined Reflection (Baronian Suite)
Stephen Paulus (1949–2014)

Miniature Suite
1.    Intrada
2.    Villanella
3.    Menuetto-Impromptu
John Ireland (1879–1962)

Allegro marziale, H.56
Frank Bridge (1879–1941)

—— Interval ——

Scottish Legend, Op.54
Amy Beach (1867–1944), arr. Gower

Sonata K.288
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

Here Comes the Sun
George Harrison (1943–2001) arr. Forbes

A Song of Sunshine
Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)

Toccata in G
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)

Free entry, all welcome.

Concert Fantasia in B flat
Albert Lister Peace (1844–1912)

 Three chorales:       
     Ein feste Burg – Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)
     Rockingham – Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
     Ját’ jsem v tom rozveselen – Peter Eben (1929–2007)

Prelude and Fugue in D, Op.16 No.3
Clara Schumann (1819–1896)

Sicilienne (Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80)
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) arr. Thomas Baugh (1953–2020)

 Chant de May
Joseph Jongen (1873–1952)        

A Song of Sunshine
Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)

Susanne un jour
Orlando di Lasso (c.1532–1594), intab. Duncan Burnett (c.1590–1651)

Toccata duodecima et ultima
Georg Muffat (1653–1704)

Those Americans (Five Dances for Organ)
Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)

Missa cum Jubilo
-       Kyrie
-       Agnus Dei [Scottish premiere]
Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

Toccata in G
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)

This concert features the world premiere performance of Roxanna Panufnik’s Agnus Dei cum jubilo, commissioned by NIIOC with funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s National Lottery Programme.

Free entry with retiring collection

Richard Yarr MBE DL, Chairman of NIIOC, said: ‘Andrew was the winner of our competition in 2014, and the St Alban’s International Organ Festival is our partner festival, so this performance will tie some of our connections together nicely. It’s a very exciting moment for us to premiere our second commission, by another wonderful woman composer, following Where the Birds Sing by Grace-Evangeline Mason, commissioned for our tenth anniversary in 2022 by the Commission for Victims and Survivors and premiered by our 2013 competition winner Richard Gowers.

Roxanna Panufnik will be present at the Belfast recital, which is part of First Church’s Music in May series and will be given on the church’s highly regarded Lewis organ. Commenting on the commission, the composer said: ‘Ever since composing Kyrie cum Jubilo 13 years ago, I’ve longed to complete a mass for solo organ. I’m so excited and grateful to Richard Yarr and NIIOC and organist Andrew Forbes, who have enabled me to complete my mass, starting in Belfast in May and finishing in Glasgow in September.’

‘Each movement of the Mass is based on a plainsong melody from a 12th-century Mass “In solemnities and feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary”, also known as “Cum jubilo”. In the Agnus Dei, sometimes the plainsong is implied as the top line of shifting harmonies or it becomes a high, “celestial” accompaniment to something else. There are references to the other movements in my Mass (although I’ve yet to compose the Sanctus & Benedictus!) especially in the last “have mercy on us”, where the scalic passages of my Kyrie Cum Jubilo take on modes from Japan, India, Turkey and Greece to form a global quest for mercy and then peace.’

Programme:

Fiesta!
Emma Lou Diemer (1927–2024)

Scottish Legend, Op.54
Amy Beach (1867–1944), arr. Gower

For the love of a Princess (Braveheart)
James Horner (1953–2015) arr. Forbes

Concert Fantasia in B flat
Albert Lister Peace (1844–1912)

Claire de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) arr. Machella 

Where the Birds Sing [NIIOC commission]
Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994)

Here Comes the Sun
George Harrison (1943–2001) arr. Forbes

Those Americans
Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)

Hymn (from Flights of Fancy: Ballet for Organ)
William Albright (1944–1998)

Missa cum Jubilo
-       Kyrie
-       Agnus Dei [first performance]
Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

Toccata in G
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)

Join Sowne of Organe and Glasgow Society of Organists for this free afternoon event profiling the endangered 1865 Father Willis organ at St Margaret’s Church in Knightswood, Glasgow. With the church having been closed by the Church of Scotland, there are two masterpieces in peril: the historic pipe organ and the exceptional building itself.

Famed Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer designed St Margaret’s Church, and it became the last church in Scotland to be built wholly of stone. This significant listed building is home to an equally important pipe organ, which was the first commission for a Scottish church by the leading Victorian organ builder, Henry ‘Father’ Willis.

The organ has already outlived homelessness once before, when its original church – Townhead Parish Church – was closed and subsequently demolished. In this joint event between Sowne & GSO, come and hear the instrument played by Chris Bragg, Andrew Forbes, Eilidh Harris and Steven McIntyre; learn about its remarkable survival; and help us fight for the future of two precious masterpieces.

Aesop Ensemble, which reimagines storytelling through song, consists of Jessica Leary (soprano), Andrew McTaggart (baritone), Andrew Forbes (piano), and Andrew Huggan (cello). They present a programme of specially arranged music with a sea-faring theme (including Stanford’s well-known ‘Songs of the Sea’) which was originally put together for the Tall Ships Festival in Aberdeen.

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The Revd Mustard His Installation Prelude —Nico Muhly (b.1981)

 Fiesta — Emma Lou Diemer (1927–2024)

Adoration — Florence Price (1887–1953)

 Through Eden’s gates (from The Garden of Eden) — William Bolcom (b.1969) arr. Forbes 

from A Quaker Reader — Ned Rorem (1923–2022)
• “There Is a Spirit That Delights to Do No Evil...”
• The World of Silence
• “Bewitching attire of the most charming simplicity...”
• A Secret Power
• “...No darkness at all...”
• One Sigh Rightly Begotten
• Return Home to Within 

Hymn (from Flights of Fancy: Ballet for Organ) — William Albright (1944–1998)

 Fantasia on ‘How Firm a Foundation’ (from Gospel Preludes) — William Bolcom

Free entry, unticketed.

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba George Frideric Handel

Andante (4 Orgelstücke) Elfrida Andrée

Larghetto (4 Orgelstücke) Elfrida Andrée

Nimrod (Enigma Variations) Edward Elgar

Tuba Tune Craig Sellar Lang

Morning Mood (Peer Gynt) Edvard Grieg

Piece d’Orgue, BWV 572 Johann Sebastian Bach

from Vesper Voluntaries, Op.14 — Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
• Adagio
• Andantino
• Allegretto piacevole & Intermezzo
• Poco lento
• Poco allegro & Adagio come prima

Sonata K.288 — Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

Kyrie cum jubilo — Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

Prelude and Fugue in D, Op.16 No.3 — Clara Schumann (1819–1896)

Prelude (Le Tombeau de Couperin) — Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), arr. Wiersinga

Offertorium — James MacMillan (b.1959)

Salve Regina — Olivier Latry (b.1962)

Tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-organ-concert-tickets-1020148691197

Free entry, unticketed.

Star Wars main theme John Williams

Air Gerre Hancock

Scottish Legend, Op. 54 Amy Beach

Braveheart love theme James Horner

Elegiac Romance John Ireland

Kyrie (Missa cum jubilo) Roxanna Panufnik

Prelude (Tombeau de Couperin) Maurice Ravel

Those Americans Calvin Hampton

Fiesta! Emma Lou Diemer

Part of Durham Cathedral’s Summer Organ Recital Series, tickets and info available here

• Concert Fantasia in B flat – Albert Lister Peace (1844–1912)

•  Two Pieces, Op. 53 – Joseph Jongen (1873–1952 )

  • Chant de Mai

  • Menuet-scherzo

• Prelude and Fugue on the name of ALAIN – Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

• Where the Birds Sing – Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994)

• Messe de la Pentecôte – Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

  • Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources)

• Orpheus: Symphonic Poem – Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

• Missa cum Jubilo – Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

  • Kyrie

  • Gloria

Chris Bragg, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre give a performance on the 1875 Walker organ of Weem Parish Church. After two days of thoroughly surveying and recording the instrument, the three organists will offer a short concert, interspersed with a presentation on what makes this organ special.

Free entry, unticketed.

Programme TBC

Free entry, unticketed.

The pipe organ of Govan Old Parish Church sits between two radically different musical styles, a dialogue captured in this late-night performance of kaledioscopic music by Pachelbel, Sweelinck, Buxtehude and Bach, featuring specially curated editions from the early 20th Century.

Originally built in 1888, this historic instrument underwent a major redesign just before the Second World War—the period when rich symphonic textures gave way to an era characterised instead by brightness and clarity. Blending these new ideals with the dazzling gestures and profound rhetoric of the Baroque organ tradition, editions by Karl Straube and Frederick Bridge showcase the Govan Old organ in this vibrant interpretation of historic masterpieces.

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• Praeludium in A minor, BWV 543 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

• Ciaccona in D minor – Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)

• Toccata in F, BuxWV 156 – Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

• Fantasia in echo style (Dorian), D.5 – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

• Ciaccona in E, BuxWV 160 – Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707 

• Nova Cyclopeias Harmonica – Georg Muffat (1653–1704)

• Fantasia super Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ – Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)       

• Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Aesop Ensemble, which reimagines storytelling through song, consists of Jessica Leary (soprano), Andrew McTaggart (baritone), Andrew Forbes (piano), and Andrew Huggan (cello). 

Tickets available at this link

Programme TBC

Free entry, unticketed.

• Toccata in F, BuxWV 156 – Dietrich Buxtehude

• Nova Cyclopeias Harmonica (from Apparatus Musico-Organisticus) – Georg Muffat

• Circuli – Franz Danksagmüller

• La lugubre gondola (from Mysteries for organ) – William Bolcom

• Orpheus, Symphonic Poem – Franz Liszt, arr. Jean Guillou                  

• Through Eden’s gates (from The Garden of Eden) – William Bolcom

• Where the Birds Sing – Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994) Irish premiere

• Fantasia on How Firm a Foundation (from Gospel Preludes) – William Bolcom

Tickets available here

Time and programme TBC

Chris Bragg, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre give a performance on the 1899 Binns organ of Abbotshall Kirk. The short concert, interspersed with a presentation on what makes this organ special.

Free entry, unticketed.

Chris Bragg, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre give a performance on the 1892 Willis organ of St Columba’s Parish Church, Largs. After two days of thoroughly surveying and recording the instrument, the three organists will offer a short concert, interspersed with a presentation on this exceptional organ. Built on a grand scale by 'Father' Henry Willis, the organ has remained both tonally and technically unaltered, unlike Willis's more famous instruments at the Royal Albert Hall, St Paul's Cathedral or the Cathedrals of Durham, Salisbury or Hereford, to name but three.

Free entry, unticketed.

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – George Frideric Handel

• Largo (Xerxes) – George Frideric Handel

• Morning Mood (Peer Gynt) – Edvard Grieg

• Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545 – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Movement in A flat – Elizabeth Stirling

• Allegro marziale – Frank Bridge

Free entry, unticketed.

Glasgow Bach Cantata Project aims to bring the glory of J.S. Bach’s 200+ cantatas to Glasgow under the musical direction of Frikki Walker and Michael Bawtree. Our 12th concert is our first in the mighty Glasgow Cathedral, featuring visiting singers from Eystanljóð choir (Faroe Islands). The conductor is Michael Bawtree, and the opening organ concerto within BWV 146 is performed by Andrew Forbes. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Glasgow City Mission.

BWV 146  Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen
BWV 561  Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
BWV 104  Du Hirte Israel, höre

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• Grand March from ‘Aida’ – Giuseppe Verdi

• Piece d’Orgue, BWV 572 – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Air from Orchestral Suite in D – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Theme from ‘Interstellar’ – Hanz Zimmer

• Aria (Symphony No.1) – Rachel Laurin

• Prelude on ‘Pange lingua’ – Kerensa Briggs

• March on a theme by Handel – Alexandre Guilmant

Free entry, unticketed.

with Andy McTaggart (baritone)

A varied programme of English songs, inspired by folk traditions and the rich heritage of British poetry. Spanning the Atlantic over the last century, the programme features works by Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Errollyn Wallen, Frank Bridge, Muriel Herbert, and includes the Scottish premiere performance of Nico Muhly’s Four Traditional Songs.

Tickets £12 (£2 students), more info here

• A Quaker Reader – Ned Rorem

  • “There Is a Spirit That Delights to Do No Evil...”

  • The World of Silence

  • “Bewitching attire of the most charming simplicity...”

  • “...No darkness at all...”

  • One Sigh Rightly Begotten

• Refined Reflection (from Baronian Suite) – Stephen Paulus

• The Revd Mustard His Installation Prelude – Nico Muhly

• Aria (from Symphonie No. 1, Op. 36) – Rachel Laurin

• Tango Fantastico (from Flights of Fancy) – William Albright

• Five Dances for Organ – Calvin Hampton

  • Those Americans

  • Everyone Dance

Tickets £5 (free for Music Centre members), more info here

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – George Frideric Handel

• Andante in E flat – Albert Lister Peace

• Prelude & Fugue in D – Clara Schumann

• Sonata in D, K288 – Domenico Scarlatti

• Spring Song – Herve Wilkins

• Allegro marziale – Frank Bridge

Free entry, unticketed.