Free Recitals in the Great Hall 2009

All concerts commence at 3.30pm in the Great Hall.
Pre-recital talks start at 3.10pm.

Sunday 26 April, 3.30pm

Catherine Ennis (St Lawrence Jewry, London)

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1837)
Ricercar a 6 (from The Musical Offering), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Andante in G (from Concerto no. 5 in D), James Hook (1746-1827)
Allegro vivace (Symphonie V/I), Charles-Marie Widor(1844-1937)
Naiades (from Pieces de Fantaisie), Louis Vierne (1870 -1937)
Five dances for organ: 1.Lavolta 2. Pavin 3. Jig 4. Lament 5. Fling, Composed for Catherine Ennis in 1988, John Gardner (b.1917)
Pomp and circumstance march no. 1 in D (arr. Lemare), Sir Edward Elgar(1857-1934)

Sunday 31 May, 3.30pm*

Amy Johansen (University of Sydney Organist)
Happy Birthday, Great Hall!
*Pre-recital talk on the Great Hall by Jeremy Steele at 3.10pm.

Epithalame, Healey Willan
Organ Concerto in F Major (Op4,Nr 5), George Frederic Handel
Sonata Nr 5, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Colonial Song, Percy Grainger
Handel in the Strand, Percy Grainger
Gaudeamus Igitur - Variations for Organ, Robert Ampt
Tune in E, George Thalben-Ball
Finale from Symphony I, Louis Vierne

Sunday 23 August, 3.30pm

Amy Johansen (University of Sydney Organist)
Harmony of the Spheres
Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy

Mars, the Bringer of War (The Planets, Op 32), Gustav Holst
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, Felix Mendelssohn
Venus, the Bringer of Peace, Gustav Holst
How brightly shines the Morning Star, J.S. Bach
To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse: The Morning Star, Graeme Koehne Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, Gustav Holst
Clair de lune (Pieces de Fantaisie, Op 53), Louis Vierne
Carillon-Sortie, Henri Mulet

Sunday 20 September, 3.30pm*

Christopher Wrench (Brisbane)
Mendelssohn & More
*Pre-recital tour of the Quadrangle by Dr Craig Barker at 3.10pm.

Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 532, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Sonata I in Eb, BWV 525, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Theme with Variations in D1844, Felix Mendelssohn.
Sonata II in c, op.65/2, Felix Mendelssohn.
Roulade, op.9/3, Seth Bingham.
Toccata, Joseph Jongen.

Sunday 18 October, 3.30pm*

John Wells (Auckland City Organist)
Bach, Mendelssohn & Wells
*Pre-recital talk Memories of the Great Hall at 3.10pm.

Sonata No. 4 in B-flat major, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Partita: Sei gegrusset, Jesu Gutig, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Fifth Suite, John Wells.

Sunday 29 November, 3.30pm

Amy Johansen and friends
Christmas Cheer