(English) Recital at Bromley Parish Church

I finished off my first concert tour abroad performing at Bromley Parish Church, on 21 November 2006. Quoting my previous blog:

Everything I had been struggling with in Norwich and Cambridge fell nicely into place this time. The organ was a pure joy to play. Magnificent! Perhaps my best performance was that of Widor’s Final from the sixth symphony. It was the piece I had practised the least, but I surfed a wave of a glorious tutti with a thundering 32 reed in the pedals. [A] wonderful conclusion of my tour. My deepest thanks to all who made it possible.

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in F major (BWV 540/1)
• Louis Lefébure-Wely: Bolero de Concert
• Louis Vierne: Scherzo (from 2nd Symphony)
• Maurice Duruflé: Sicilienne (from Suite)
• Mons Leidvin Takle: Grøne bøar («Green Fields»)
• Mons Leidvin Takle: Norsk bryllupsmarsj («Norwegian Wedding March»)
• Jon Kristian Fjellestad: Toccata for Organ

Organ by Walker (1991). 40 stops, three manuals and pedal.

(English) Recital at Selwyn College Chapel

Following my UK «debut» in Norwich three days earlier, I performed at Selwyn College Chapel, Cambridge, on 19 November 2006.

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia (transcription from Cantata 29 by Marcel Dupré)
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BWV 535)
• Louis Lefébure-Wely: Bolero de Concert
• Louis Vierne: Scherzo (from 2nd Symphony)
• Maurice Duruflé: Sicilienne (from Suite)
• Charles Ives: Variations on America
• Egil Hovland: Two chorales
  • Jesus, Frelser, vi er her
  • Overmåte fullt av nåde
• Mons Leidvin Takle: Grøne bøar («Green Fields»)
• Mons Leidvin Takle: Norsk bryllupsmarsj («Norwegian Wedding March»)
• Jon Kristian Fjellestad: Toccata for Organ

Organ by Letorneau (2004). 30 stops, three manuals and pedal.

(English) Recital at St Thomas, Norwich

My participation at the Oundle Summer School for young organists in July 2006 resulted in an invitation to give three recitals in England in November the same year. The first of these was at St Thomas’s Church, Norwich, on 16 November.

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in F major
• Louis Lefébure-Wely: Bolero de Concert
• Louis Vierne: Scherzo (from 2nd Symphony)
• Léon Boëllmann: Suite Gothique
  • Introduction
  • Menuet Gothique
  • Prière à Notre-Dame
  • Toccata
• (Interval)
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Marche Triomphale
• Egil Hovland: Two chorales:
  • Jesus, Frelser, vi er her
  • Overmåte fullt av nåde
• Mons Leidvin Takle: Grøne bøar («Green Fields»)
• Mons Leidvin Takle: Norsk bryllupsmarsj («Norwegian Wedding March»)
• Charles Ives: Variations on America

Organ by Storr (1977) and Bower (1997/2005). 36 stops, two manuals and pedal.