St James Cathedral, Toronto MUSIC AT MIDDAY Spring 2016

St James Cathedral, Toronto MUSIC AT MIDDAY Spring 2016

 St James Cathedral, Toronto MUSIC AT MIDDAY Spring 2016 TUESDAY ORGAN CONCERTS by DAVID BRIGGS Artist in Residence ADMISSION FREE Retiring Collection Concerts start at 1pm and last between 45 and 55 minutes All are very welcome 12th January ORGAN FIREWORKS Grand Choeur Dialogué, Eugène Gigout Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, G F Handel Fantaisie in E flat, Camille Saint-­‐Saens Berceuse, Louis Vierne Toccata, Maurice Duruflé Improvisation Maurice Duruflé _____________________________________________________________________________ th
19 January Creative spirit: Organ compositions by David Briggs Prelude and Fugue in D major (2009) Variations on Greensleeves (2004) Three Motets for Soprano and Organ (2006) with Julia Morson (Soprano) Diptyque – ‘Mannahatta’ (2011) ________________________________________ 23rd February Gustav Mahler Symphony No.5 Transcribed for organ by David Briggs (1998) NB. This concert will last slightly longer than usual – finish time c. 2.10pm 1st March UNIVERSAL SPIRIT Organ Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-­‐1750) Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 Three Chorale Preludes from the Orgelbüchlein: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand, BWV 626 O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622 Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668 Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534 _____________________________________________________________________________ 22nd March Organ plus one! With Laura McAlpine (Mezzo-­‐Soprano) and David Briggs (organ/piano) Music by J S Bach, Georges Bizet, Sir Edward Elgar and David Briggs 29th March THE JOY OF THE RESURRECTION Choral-­‐Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae Paschali’, Charles Tournemire (1870-­‐1939) transcribed Maurice Duruflé Christ ist erstanden, BWV629, J S Bach (1685-­‐1750) Mors et resurrection, Jean Langlais (1907-­‐1991) (Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes) Te Deum, Jeanne Demessieux (1921-­‐1968) Improvisation sur ‘Victimae Paschali Laudes”, David Briggs (1962-­‐) Charles Tournemire at St Clotilde Jeanne Demessieux _____________________________________________________________________________ 12th April German teutonics Organ Music and transcriptions by Felix Mendelssohn and Max Reger Overture ‘A Midsummer night’s dream’, Felix Mendelssohn (transcribed E H Lemare) Chorale Fantasy on ‘Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn’, Max Reger Max Reger _____________________________________________________________________________ 24th May Pizzazz – à la Français! Sonata No 1 in D minor, Alexandre Guilmant Carillon de Westminster, Louis Vierne Cantem toto la Gloria, Pierre Cochereau (transcr. DJB) Toccata (Marche des Rois), Pierre Cochereau (transcr. DJB) Pierre Cochereau at Notre-­‐Dame de Paris 31st May The Art of Transcription Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068, J S Bach (arr. David Briggs) Ouverture (Grave – Vivace) Air Gavotte Bourrée Gigue ‘Komm, süβer Töd’ BWV 478 (arr. Virgil Fox) Prelude à l’après-­‐midi d’un Faune, Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Cellier) Toccata, Serge Prokofiev (arr. Meyer) Coronation March ‘Orb and Sceptre’, Sir William Walton (arr. Sir William McKie) Claude Debussy _____________________________________________________________________________