Glasgow University Memorial Chapel. Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 1.10pm. Organ Recital. Kevin Bowyer

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1 ! Glasgow University Memorial Chapel Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 1.10pm Organ Recital Kevin Bowyer Pastorales pour une flute d été Imants Zemzaris (b. 1951) Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le theme du Veni Creator, Op. 4 Maurice Duruflé ( )

2 The Wednesday Series October 17 Michael Bawtree October 24 Christopher Nickol William H. Harris: Flourish for an occasion James MacMillan: Kenga e Krushqve (world premiere performance) J. S. Bach: Passacaglia, BWV 582 Herbert Howells: Master Tallis's Testament (from 'Six Pieces') W. A. Mozart: Andante in F, K.616 Maurice Durufle: Fugue sur le theme du Carillon des Heures de la cathedrale de Soissons, Op.12 October 31 Tom Bell William Bolcom: Free Fantasia on O Zion, Haste and How Firm a Foundation Anthony Green-Foster: Variations on a Theme John Furse: Moot Points Stephen Paulus: A Refined Reflection James MacMillan: Le Tombeau de George Rouault November 7 Alan Taverner November 14 Tiffany Vong November 21 Bernhard Marx (St. Blasien) Music by: Jean-François Dandrieu, J S Bach, W A Mozart and Symphonie 1 by Louis Vierne 2019 January 16 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 1 The pedal organ rises from the mists of history and assumes its authority January 23 Alan Kitchen January 30 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 2 Buxtehude and the popularisation of pedal virtuosity February 6 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 3 Bach and his enthusiastic, pedal-playing students February 13 Steven McIntyre

3 February 20 Ian Pattinson (Lancaster Priory) February 27 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 4 Meanwhile, elsewhere in Europe March 6 March 13 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 5 Felix Mendelssohn and the first English Pedal Players March 20 April 17 Stephen Hamilton (USA) April 24 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 6 The German School of Romantics May 1 May 8 Jonathan Rennert (London) May 15 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 7 The possibilities, finally revealed in Paris May 22 May 29 Kevin Bowyer The Story of the Organ Pedals, 8 Just how difficult can this get?... November 9, 2018 Celebrity Recitals Fridays at 6pm Christopher Herrick Hans André Stamm: Toccata Giocosa Joseph Bonnet: Matin Provençal from Poèmes d'automne J S Bach: Trio Sonata No.5 in C major, BWV 529 Allegro / Largo / Allegro Hans André Stamm: Rapsodia alla Latina Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata No.1 in D minor Introduction et allegro / Pastorale / Final February 22, 2019 Paul Hale

4 May 10, 2019 Olivier Vernet and Cédric Meckler Organ Duet (Monaco and Nice) Programme of Romantic and 20 th century organ works Generously supported by the Ferguson bequest Sounds from the Silent Land, 4 Kevin Bowyer Friday, October 26, 2018 at 6pm Scherzo, Intermezzo and Toccata John Rose Hebridean Organ Symphony Erik Chisholm January 16, 2019 The Story of the Organ Pedals Kevin Bowyer explores the origins and development of the organ pedalboard and of music played by the feet from the 15th century to the present day in eight 40 minute lunchtime concerts Wednesdays, pm 1. The pedal organ rises from the mists of history and assumes its authority Music from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch, and by Adam Ileborgh, Arnolt Schlick, Leonhard Kleber, Hans Kotter, Hans Buchner, Bernhard Schmid the elder, Jakob Praetorius, Mathias Weckmann and Andreas Werckmeister

5 January Buxtehude and the popularisation of pedal virtuosity Music by Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude, Nicolaus Bruhns, Vincent Lübeck, Georg Böhm and Johann Sebastian Bach February 6 3. J S Bach and his enthusiastic, pedal-playing students Music by J S Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Johann Peter Kellner, Johann Christian Kittel and Johann Gottfried Müthel February Meanwhile, elsewhere in Europe Music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Johann Pachelbel, Charles Racquet, Nicholas de Grigny, François Couperin and Louis-Nicolas Clérambault March Felix Mendelssohn and the first English Pedal Players Music by John Keeble, Samuel Wesley, Egerton Webbe, William Russell, Thomas Adams, Felix Mendelssohn and Samuel Sebastian Wesley April The German School of Romantics Music by Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt (BACH), Max Reger (Prelude and Fugue in C, Op. 7, No. 1), and Wilhelm Middelschulte May The possibilities, finally revealed in Paris Music by A P F Boëly, César Franck, Charles Valentin Alkan, Marcel Dupré and the Final from Louis Vierne s Sixth Symphony May Just how difficult can this get?... Jean Langlais: Orage George Thalben-Ball: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for Pedals Jean Berveiller: Cadence Etude de Concert Leo Sowerby: Pageant Henry Martin: Prelude and Fugue in E flat (Vol. 1, No. 12) Jean Berveiller: Mouvement Jeanne Demessieux: Octaves (from Six Etudes) Kaikhosru Sorabji ( ) Second Symphony for Organ ( ) The three movements played separately in the Sounds from the Silent Land Series of organ concerts

6 Friday evenings at 6pm January 25, 2019 Sounds from the Silent Land, 5 Movement. 1 (70 mins.) May 24 Sounds from the Silent Land, 6 Movement 2: Thema cum Variationibus (4 hours) Sept 13 Sounds from the Silent Land, 7 Movement 3: Preludio, Adagio, Toccata e Fuga (2 hours, 40 minutes) 2019/20 season Festival of North American organ music of the last 130 years, featuring music by: Charles Ives, Healey Willan, Leo Sowerby, Henry Cowell, Samuel Barber, Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, Garth Edmundson, Frederick Marriott, Myron J Roberts, Everett Titcomb, Carl McKinley, Samuel Adler, William Albright, William Bolcom, Milton Babbitt, John Cage, Carson Cooman, George Crumb, Robert Cundick, Pamela Decker, Emma Lou Diemer, Dean Drummond, Morton Feldman, Ross Lee Finney, Philip Glass, Calvin Hampton, Jackson Hill, David N Johnson, Larry King, Dan Locklair, Gerald Near, Jonathan Orwig, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Joseph Hallmann, Christopher Marshall, Vincent Persichetti, Daniel Pinkham, Ned Rorem, Brian Schober, Roger Sessions, Ralph Shapey, David Sheinfeld, Alan Stout, Virgil Thomson, Timothy Tikker, Charles Wuorinen, Violet Archer, Gerald Bales, Denis Bédard, Barrie Cabena, Raymond Daveluy, Derek Healey, Derek Holman, Ruth Watson Henderson, Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Rachel Laurin, Bruce Mather, Heather Spry, Claude Vivier. 2020/21 season Charles Tournemire L Orgue Mystique, complete and other works. and finally, at the very edge of the known universe Kaikhosru Sorabji Third Organ Symphony ( ) Movements 1 & 2 (approx. 80/90 minutes each)

7 to be played in two separate concerts during 2022 Movement 3 (approx. 4 hours in length) to be played during unless I die, become disabled, chronically depressed (not unlikely), made redundant, or assassinated by a music lover. Can it be done? Or will they land on Mars first? It s certainly a race For future concerts, see organrecitals.com