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Festival 150 Premiere Organ Recital – Thomas Trotter (UK)
Friday, August 30, 2019 at 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Recital tonight! Tickets available at the door – cash and card payments accepted.
“City of Birmingham-based organist Thomas Trotter is rightly regarded as one of the most brilliant concert organists currently on the world stage.” James Hildreth – The American Organist, December 2013
We are thrilled that Thomas Trotter has agreed to give the inaugural recital on our magnificent Hill, Norman & Beard organ, restored in 2018 by Harrison & Harrison. Book your tickets here!
Programme
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) – Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542
H. Howells (1892-1983) – Master Tallis’s Testament
A. Rowley (1892-1958) – Rustic Suite [Sunlit Morning – In Memoriam – June Idyll – The Gentle Shepherd – Rustic Scherzo]
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961) – Étude Héroïque Op. 38
– Interval –
E. Elgar (1857-1934) – Sonata in G major [Allegro maestoso – Allegretto – Andante espressivo – Presto (comodo)]
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) – Overture: St Paul [arr. W.T. Best]