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
David Drury
19 May
Colin Andrews (USA)
2 June
Andrej Kouznetsov
9 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
