Concerts

See below for the 2012 concert season

Each of William’s solo recital programmes is tailor-made for each venue. He takes into account the sort of the occasion, the audience expectations, the instrument which will be performed on and the building itself. William’s programming encompasses a wide variety of repertoire stretching from the early renaissance to premièring new works. He believes fervently that organ recitals should be both entertaining and educational. Below are just a few examples of concert programmes which have proved popular with audiences at recent concerts:

York Minster
Fanfare (1940) – Whitlock arr. Riley
6 Pieces – Steel
Sonata No.1 in C sharp minor – Harwood

Tewkesbury Abbey
Antiphon from “Five Mystical Songs” – Vaughan Williams arr. Ley
Alla Sarabanda from “Phantasy Quintet” for strings – Vaughan Williams arr. Ley
Six Pieces Opus 33 – Steel
Sonata No 5 in D major Op 65 No 5 – Mendelssohn
Symphony No.4 in F – Boyce arr. Hutchings
March upon Handel’s “Lift up your heads” Op.15 – Guilmant

Blackburn Cathedral
Symphony No. 1, Op. 42 – Félix Alexandre Guilmant
Prelude Gerald Finzi – arr. Alan Ridout
Capriol Suite – Peter Warlock arr. Saunders
March Rustic Cavalry – Percy Whitlock arr. Gower

St Petri Kirche, Hamburg
Grand Choeur in D Op. 18 – Alexandre Guilmant
Changing Moods Suite Op. 59 – Christopher Steel
Chorale – Tabakova (world premiere)
Capriol Suite – Peter Warlock arr. Saunders
Sei gegrüβet, Jesu gütig (Chorale Variations) BWV 768 – JS Bach

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2012 Organ Recitals

5th February Ipswich School Chapel 5.45pm
Organ Recital as part of the RSCM Candlemas Service

16th April St Michael’s Cornhill 1pm
Organ Recital

1st July St Peter’s Sudbury 3pm
HRH Diamond Jubilee Organ Recital Series

8th July Westminster Abbey 5.45pm
Organ Recital

17th July St Margaret’s Priory, Kings Lynn 12.30pm
(part of the Kings Lynn Festival)
Organ Recital

August Northern Germany Recital Tour
To include recitals at -
St Marien Kirche, Lubeck
St Michaelis Dom, Hamburg
St Petri Hauptkirche, Hamburg
St Nikolai Kirche, Flensburg

20th – 26th August
Organist for Ravenscroft Singers at St Alban’s Cathedral

Monday 27th August 11am
Organ Recital at Norwich Cathedral

21st-25th October Durham Cathedral
Organist for Ipswich School Chapel Choir residency

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2011 Organ Recitals

24th March – St Andrew’s Chelmodiston
30th March – St Edmundsbury Cathedral
7th May – St Peter’s, Sudbury
4th July – Corn Exchange, Ipswich all day
Keys, Hands, Feet and Pipes – Organ event for 1300 young primary school children with Dan Moult and William Saunders
12th July – St Margaret’s Priory, Kings Lynn
17th July – St Paul’s Cathedral, London
18th July – St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich
19th July – Great St Mary’s, Cambridge
Northern Germany Tour 2011
6th August – St Peter’s Kirche, Recklinghausen
9th August – Remonstranten Kirche, Friedrichstadt
10th August – St Petri Hauptkirche, Hamburg
12th August – St. Laurentius, Tonning
13th August – St. Michaelis Hauptkirche, Hamburg
22nd – 28th August – Organist for Ravenscroft Singers at Salisbury Cathedral
21st – 27th September – Director of Ipswich School Festival of Music
28th October St Edmundsbury Cathedral
30th October St Peter’s Church, Sudbury

2010 Organ Recitals

31st January – Pembroke College, Cambridge
15th April – Wells Cathedral
16th July – St Margaret’s Priory, Kings Lynn
21st July – Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone
22nd July – St Mary-at-Hill, City of London
27th July – St Mary-le-Tower Church, Ipswich
30th July – St Mary’s South Wootton (part of the Kings Lynn Festival)
1st August – St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
3rd August – Tewkesbury Abbey
Northern Germany Tour 2010
7th August – St. Michaelis Hauptkirche, Hamburg
9th August - Cologne Cathedral
10th August – Uelvesbüll Kirche – Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organ
11th August – St. Petri Hauptkirche, Hamburg
31st August – Bath Abbey
5th September – Westminster Abbey
9th October – Brentwood Cathedral – Launch of third CD – Animal Parade
8th November – Ipswich School Chapel

2009 Organ Recitals

Saturday 28th February – St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
Wednesday 18th March – Blackburn Cathedral
Bank Holiday Monday 25th May – Norwich Cathedral
Tuesday 30th June – Framlingham Parish Church, Suffolk
Saturday 11th July – Hexham Abbey
Wednesday 15th July – Brentwood Cathedral
Friday 17th July – St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Friday 24th July – St Stephen Walbrook, London
Tuesday 28th July – St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
Northern Germany Tour 2009
5th August - Recital at St Petri Kirche, Hamburg
6th August – Recital at  NikolaiKirche, Plon
7th August – Recital at Bremen “Unser lieben Frauen”
8th August – Recital at Grosse Kirche, Bremerhaven
8th August – Recital at Kirche am Markt, Hamburg-Niendorf
9th August – Recital at Peter-Paul-Kirche, Bad Oldesloe
Bank Holiday Monday – 31st August – Lichfield Cathedral
Saturday 26th September – Collegiate Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay
Tuesday 20th October – St Chad’s College Chapel, Durham

2008 Organ Recitals

Friday 7th March – York Minster
Friday 4th April – Chelmsford Cathedral
Friday 30th May – Dereham Parish Church
Tuesday 8th July – St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
Thursday 17th July – All Saints Northampton
Wednesday 30th July – St Michael’s Croydon
Tuesday 5th August – Tewkesbury Abbey
Sunday 28th September – Westminster Cathedral