JAMES VIVIAN ORGAN RECITAL: 23 AUGUST 2006 - Archived
Issued Wednesday 2nd August 2006
The fifth in this year’s Organ Recital Series at the Cathedral on Wednesday 23 August at 7.30pm features James Vivian, the Organist of Temple Church and one of England’s most sought-after young musicians, known equally for his outstanding interpretation of the solo repertoire as for his colourful and inventive accompanying.
His programme includes Tournemire’s Victimae Paschali, Elgar’s Funeral March from Diarmid & Grania, Basil Harwood’s Sonata 1, Tournemire L’Orgue Mystique Suite 51, Saint-Saens Le Cygne and concludes with Jongen’s organ masterpiece, the spectacular Sonata Eroica. Jongen, the most important musical personality and composer of his generation in Belgium, wrote several works for organ which reveal his keen ear for the colouristic possibilities of the instrument and needs an organist of great imagination and showmanship.
Tickets £8.00 (concessions for children) available at door.