Concerts

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:

March 2008 – York Minster
Fanfare (1940) – Whitlock arr. Riley
6 Pieces – Steel
Sonata No.1 in C sharp minor – Harwood

August 2008 – 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

March 2009 – Blackburn Cathedral
Symphony No. 1, Op. 42 Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837 – 1911)
Prelude Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) arr. Alan Ridout
Capriol Suite Peter Warlock (1894-1930) arr. Saunders
March Rustic Cavalry Percy Whitlock (1903-1946) arr. Gower

August 2009 – 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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2010 Organ Recitals

31st January – Pembroke College, Cambridge 9pm
http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/about/chapel/

15th April – Wells Cathedral 1.05pm
http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/

6th July – St Margaret’s Priory, Kings Lynn 12.30pm
Organ and Trumpet Recital
http://www.stmargaretskingslynn.org.uk/index.html

21st July – Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone 7.30pm
http://www.thetrinitybenefice-folkestone.org.uk/Friends/index.html

22nd July – St Mary-at-Hill, City of London 1.05pm
http://www.stmary-at-hill.org/

27th July – St Mary-le-Tower Church, Ipswich 1.10pm
Organ and Trumpet Recital
http://www.ipswich-church-choir.co.uk/

30th July – St Mary’s South Wootton (part of the Kings Lynn Festival) 2.30pm
http://www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk/

1st August – St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire 3pm
http://www.st-marys-church.co.uk/Music/music_frame.htm

3rd August – Tewkesbury Abbey 1pm
http://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/

Northern Germany Tour 2010
7th August – St. Michaelis Hauptkirche, Hamburg 12pm
http://www.st-michaelis.de/
9th August - Köln Dom 12pm
http://www.koelner-dom.de/
10th August – Uelvesbüll Kirche 4.30pm – Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organ
11th August – St. Petri Hauptkirche, Hamburg 5.15pm
http://www.petriorgel.de/index.htm

31st August – Bath Abbey 1.10pm
http://www.bathabbey.org/organ.htm

5th September – Westminster Abbey 5.45pm
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/

9th October – Brentwood Cathedral – Launch of third CD – Animal Parade 7.30pm
http://cathedral-brentwood.org/

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2011 Organ Recitals

18th July – St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich 1.10pm
http://www.standrewshall.co.uk/

19th July – Great St Mary’s, Cambridge 1.05pm
http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/

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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
Organ Recital Tour to Northern Germany
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

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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