Organ Recitals 2022

Equinox

Teena Lyle (Van Morrison’s percussionist)
Catherine Harris (Organist at the Parish of S Maximilian Kolbe

S Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Beeston
Sunday, 27th March at 6.00 pm

Celebrate new beginnings and the dawning of spring with Teena Lyle (Van Morrison’s percussionist) and Catherine Harris (Organist at the Parish of St Maximilian Kolbe). An immersive ‘sound bath’ experience with Teena playing a range of percussion instruments including gongs, tibetan singing bowls and koshi bells alongside Catherine on the organ.

 

David Pipe (organ)
S Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Beeston
Sunday, 30th January at 6.00 pm

Programme:
G. F. Handel – Overture from An Occasional Oratorio, HW 62
(i) Grave
(ii) Allegro
(iii) Adagio
(iv) March

William Byrd – Fantasia in A minor

Johannes Brahms – from Elf Choralvorspiele, op. 122:
– Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (1833-1897)
– Herzlich tut mich verlangen

Huw Morgan – Leaves (2014)

Dietrich Buxtehude – Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137

David Pipe read Music at Cambridge University as Organ Scholar of Downing College, later studying organ at the Royal Academy of Music. He has given recitals at major international venues, and festival performances as soloist have included the Bergen International Festival and the St Albans International Organ Festival. His solo recordings include original organ works and transcriptions by Liszt and Brahms, and organ music by Huw Morgan; both recordings attracted critical acclaim in the international music press, with performances described as “electrifying”.

 
David became Director of the Keyboard Studies Programme and Cathedral Organist in the Diocese of Leeds in 2016, having been Assistant Director of Music at York Minster. He is founding Artistic Director of the Leeds International Organ Festival, and Guest Curator of Huddersfield Town Hall’s organ recital series. David is an examiner and member of the Academic Board of the Royal College of Organists, and has been Musical Director of York Musical Society since 2012.
 
In 2018, David was elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, awarded to past students who have distinguished themselves in the music profession and made a significant contribution to it in their particular field.
 
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