Saturday 15th March 2025
St John’s Parish Church, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1EJ
7.30pm
Sinfonia Chorale with Helix Ensemble and Michael Overbury (organ) directed by Richard Roddis
A Feast of Mozart
Credo Mass K 257
Regina Coeli K 276
Dixit Dominus et Magnificat K 193
Misericordias Domini K 222
Ave verum Corpus
V’amo di Core
Saturday 29th March 2025
Bishops Stortford
time tba
organ continuo with Mvsica Donvm Dei period-instrument orchestra
J.S. Bach St Matthew Passion
Saturday 5th April 2025
Bingham Parish Church, Nottinghamshire
7pm
Bingham and District Choral Society with Helixand Michael Overbury (piano)
conducted by Dr Stephen Bullamore
Brahms A German Requiem (the arrangement for reduced instrumental forces by Ian Farrington)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025
St Mary’s Parish Church, Melton Mowbray
1pm – 1.55pm
solo organ recital
15′ August Gottfried Ritter (1811-1885) Sonata 1 in D minor
14′ Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) Organ Mass (compiled from HeuresMystiques)
2′ Entrée in A (Messe 7)
1′ Verset in D (Messe 10)
4′ Offertoire in E flat (Messe 10)
2′ Élévation in G (Messe 2)
2′ Communion in A (Messe 4)
3′ Sortie in F minor (Messe 6)
4′ J. S. Bach Goldberg Variation 25
In this, the longest of the 30 variations, the treble melody expresses anguish through chromaticism, appoggiaturae and yearning dissonances. This expressive freedom is held in tension with the rhythmic strucure of the accompaniment.
13′ César Franck (1822-90) Choral 1
Franck‘s reputation rested on his formidable abilities as an improviser. He travelled widely in France to demonstrate new instruments built by Cavaillé-Coll, and spent most of his life as Organist of the Church of St Clotilde in Paris. His organ music is great because, like that of J.S. Bach, it deeply satisfies the two hemispheres of the brain, intellect and emotion. His three Chorals are effectively a single cyclic work; they date from the last year of his life 1890. Choral 1 is in variation form, includes a searching middle section in the tonic minor, and concludes in a triumphant tutti.
Saturday 10th May 2025
not 17th
St Peter’s Parish Church, Ruddington
7.30pm
Ruddington and District Choral Society with organ continuo, orchestra, vocal soloists
conducted by Paul Hayward
Welcome to all the pleasures an ode for St. Cecilia’s Day Henry Purcell
I was glad when they said unto me Henry Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord alway Henry Purcell
Te Deum (HobXXIIIc/2) Joseph Haydn
Coronation Mass in C K317 Wolfgang AmadeusMozart