Pitt Street organ recitals
2023
10 March
Opening Gala Concert Stacey Xiaoyu Yang
(organ, piano, violin and violoncello -
works including William Walton’s ‘Crown Imperial’
and movements from the Rheinberger organ Trio and
Mendelssohn piano trio in D Minor)
17 March
Hans Uwe Hielscher (Germany)
24 March
Ross Cobb
14 April
Cynthia Bui and Bailey Yeates
(prize winners in the 2022 Sydney Organ Competition)
21 April - CANCELLED
David Drury
19 May
Colin Andrews (USA)
2 June
Andrej Kouznetsov
23 June
Simon Nieminski
2022
20 May
Kurt Ison
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) - Prelude for organ in F Major (1829)
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968) - Attende Domine
(from 12 Choral-preludes on Gregorian chant themes, opus 8)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) - Prélude (Trois Pièces op. 29)
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) - Pastorale
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) - III Stele pour un enfant défunt (from ‘Triptyque’ opus 58)
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) - (from 12 Monologues, opus 162, 1890), no. III in E Major
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV536
Paul Manz (1919-2009) - God of Grace (Cwm Rhondda)
3 June
Stacey Yang
Charles- Marie Widor (1844-1937) - Symphony for Organ No. 6
(Symphonie VI pour orgue) in G minor, Op.42, No. 2 (1878)
(Allegro. Adagio)
JS Bach (1685-1750) - Prelude and Fugue in D Major BWV532
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) - A Trumpet Minuet
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Excerpt from Sonata opus 65, no.4 in Bb Major
(Allegro maestoso e vivace)
10 June
Heather Boyd
Offertoire in D - Edouard Batiste (1820-1876)
Spring Song - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Priere et Berceuse - Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Marche Militaire - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Prelude in C# minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Traumerei - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantaisie in E flat - Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
17 June
David Drury
Improvisations
Fanfare
Melody
Arabesque
Dance
Interlude
Gregorian
Song without words
Gloomy night
March
5 August
Simon Nieminski
12 August
Sam Giddy
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) – Prelude and Fugue in C Minor Op. 37
César Franck (1822 - 1890) — Prière Op. 20
Samuel Giddy (b. 1999) – Choral and Variations
Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937) — Berceuse No. 19 from 24 Pièces en style libre Op. 31
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) – Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572
19 August
Andrej Kouznetsov
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Study in A minor, Op.56 No.2 - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Hymne à la splendeur des clartés - Jean-Jacques Grunenwald (1911-1982)
A Lullaby for Phyllida - Harold Wylde (1888-1975)
Prelude and Fugue in D, ‘Hallelujah’ - Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)
2 September
Brendon Lukin
2021
All recitals cancelled due to Covid
