2017 recitals & lectures

Paul Hale at St Mary Magdalene, Newark, May 2016

January 2017

Saturday, 21st January: 11.30 am
St Wulfram’s, Grantham
Coffee-time Organ Recital

Programme
Præludium in E minor Nicolaus Bruhns (c.1665-1697)
Chorale Partita: ‘How brightly shines the morning-star’ Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)
Theme and Variations Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Choral No 1 in E César Franck (1822-1890)
Variations on ‘Amazing Grace’ Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
Photograph

Wednesday, 25th January: 1.10 pm
The Queen’s College, Oxford
Organ Recital

Programme
Præludium in E minor Nicolaus Bruhns (c.1665-1697)
Thema met Variaties Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Chorale Partita: ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’ Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)
Southwell Suite Christopher Rathbone (b. 1948)
Photograph 1
Photograph 2

Saturday, 28th January: 6.00 pm
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, London
3.15 pm – Lecture on J.J.Binns organ builder
6.00 pm – Organ Recital

Programme
Fanfare Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
Variations: An old Netherlandish Song Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Quatrième Choral Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Clair de Lune (from Pièces de Fantaisie) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Southwell Suite Christopher Rathbone (b. 1948)
Homage to Handel (54 variations on a theme by Handel) Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Photograph 1
Photograph 2

February 2017

Wednesday, 8th February: 7.30 pm
Farnsfield Village Centre
Talk: Ramblings of a Rector Chori – a cathedral organist looks back over his 40-year career in cathedral music


Saturday, 11th February: 7.30 pm
Canterbury Cathedral
Organ Recital

Programme
Fanfare Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
Variations: An old Netherlandish Song Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Chorale Prelude: ‘Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele’, BWV 654 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Quatrième Choral Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Clair de Lune (from Pièces de Fantaisie) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Southwell Suite Christopher Rathbone (b. 1948)
Homage to Handel (54 variations on a theme by Handel) Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Photograph

March 2017

Saturday, 11th March: 7.30 pm
Southwell Minster
Sinfonia Chorale and orchestra
Bach Mass in B Minor
Paul Hale  organ continuo

April 2017

Wednesday, 12th April: 11.00 am
Vale of Belvoir Probus Club
Talk: The work of a cathedral organist
Cancelled due to illness

June 2017

Thursday, 8th June: 1.00 pm
St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen
Organ Recital – part of the Carmarthen Arts Festival

Programme
Flourish for an Occasion Sir William Harris (1883-1973)
Prelude & Fugue in C (‘Weimar’), BWV 545 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude: ‘Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele’, BWV 654 J. S. Bach
Trumpet Tune in D William Boyce (1710-1779)
Four pieces for Musical Clocks Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
Thema met variaties Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Clair de lune (from Pièces de Fantaisie) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Maytime Gavotte Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Choral No.3 in A minor César Franck (1822-1890)
Photograph

Saturday, 10th June: 7.00 pm
St Mary’s Church, Kidwelly
Organ Recital in memoriam David Gedge

Programme
Nun danket alle Gott Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Voluntary in C minor Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
Sonata No.2 in C minor/major Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Four pieces for Musical Clocks Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
Choral No.3 in A minor César Franck (1822-1890)
Cantabile César Franck
Toccata in B minor Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Photograph

Saturday, 24th June: 7.00 pm
Hinckley United Reformed Church
Organ Recital

Programme
Nun danket alle Gott Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Variations on an old Netherlandish Song Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Chorale Prelude: ‘Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele’, BWV 654 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 J. S. Bach
Four pieces for Musical Clocks Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
War March of the Priests Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Interval
A Southwell Suite Christopher Rathbone (b. 1948)
Clair de lune (from Pièces de Fantaisie) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Troisième Choral César Franck (1822-1890)
Photograph

July 2017

Sunday, 9th July: 7.30 pm
Southwell Minster – Great Hall
‘Music in the Great Hall’ concert series
Stephen Cooper baritone with Paul Hale piano


Thursday, 13th July: 7.00 pm
Aylsham Parish Church, Norfolk
Organ Recital

Programme
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata No.2 in C Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Cantabile César Franck (1822-1890)
Choral No.3 in A minor César Franck
Berceuse (from 24 Pièces en style libre) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Toccata in B minor (from Dix Pièces pour Orgue) Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Photograph

Sunday, 16th July: 3.00 pm
St Mary the Virgin, Kidlington
Gala Concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of the organ

Programme
David Hewett (St Mary’s, Kidlington)
Fantasia in G (BWV 572) J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Paul Hale (Organist Emeritus, Southwell Minster)
Chorale prelude “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele” J.S. Bach
Theme and variations Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Richard Vendome (Oxford)
Concerto in G, first movement (BWV 592) J S Bach, after Johann Ernst
Veni creator spiritus (En taille | Récit | Dialogue) Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Andante in G minor (“Quatuor”) A-P-F Boëly (1785-1858)
George Inscoe (Organ Scholar, Temple Church, London)
Toccata in E (BWV 566) J.S. Bach
Éclats (composed for 40th anniversary of Kidlington Organ) Richard Vendome (b.1949)
Photograph 1
Photograph 2

August 2017

Tuesday, 1st August: 12.30 pm
Selby Abbey
Lunchtime recital on the restored organ

Programme
Flourish for an Occasion Sir William Harris (1883-1973)
Variations: An old Netherlandish Song Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Choral No.1 in E César Franck (1822-1890)
Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Sketch in D flat, for pedal-piano Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Homage to Handel (54 variations on a theme of Handel) Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Photograph 1
Photograph 2

Thursday, 3rd August: 12.30 pm
St Botolph, Boston
Organ Recital

Programme
Flourish for an Occasion Sir William Harris (1883-1973)
Cantabile César Franck (1822-1890)
Prelude & Fugue in C (‘Weimar’, BWV 545) J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Maytime Gavotte Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Photograph

September 2017

Saturday, 9th September: 5.00 pm
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Organ Recital

Programme
Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux (from ‘Messe pour les couvents’) François Couperin (1668-1733)
Variations on an old Netherlandish Song Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Chorale Prelude on ‘Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele’ (BWV 654) J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Choral No.2 in B minor César Franck (1822-1890)
Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Elegy Harrison Oxley (1933-2008)
Homage to Handel (54 variations on a theme of Handel) Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Photograph

October 2017

Saturday, 28th October: 7.30 pm
Stamford Methodist Church
Organ and Harp Concert
with Eleanor Turner (Head of Harp at Birmingham Conservatoire)

Programme
Nun danket alle Gott Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Fantasia in G (BWV 572) J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Harp Solo : Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Harp & Organ : Air in the Classic Style Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975)
Sketch in D flat for pedal-piano Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Toccata in B minor Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Interval
Harp Solo : Pride & Prejudice Suite Dario Marianelli (born 1963)
Cantabile César Franck (1822-1890)
Theme and Variations Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)
Harp Solo : Le Rossignol Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Harp & Organ : Crown Imperial William Walton (1902-1983)
Photograph

November 2017

Saturday, 4th November: 11.00 am
St Peter’s Church, Nottingham
Song Recital in the Coffee Concert series
Stephen Cooper baritone, Paul Hale piano

Programme
Damask roses ; My life’s delight Roger Quilter
Childhood among the fens ; Epeisodia ; Channel firing Gerald Finzi
Two Henry Reed songs: Morning ; Naming of parts
Now sleeps the crimson petal ; The rainbow ; The silver swan ; I wandered lonely as a cloud Eric Thiman
Photograph

December 2017

Wednesday, 6th December: 7.30 pm
Birmingham Organists’ Association Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker