DURHAM POLYPHONY
German Renaissance Masterpieces
St Margaret’s Church, Crossgate
Tuesday 15th March
7.30pm
Piano Works of Herbert Howells
28th February 2011 – 1pm
Newcastle Cathedral
A rare opportunity to hear some of the piano music written by Herbert Howells. Influenced by Rachmaninov, Debussy and Ravel, yet uniquely English, Howells’ music is amongst the finest written in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Oxford Organ Recital
Somerville College, Oxford
11th February 2011 – 1.15pm
J.S. Bach – Fantasia & Fugue in G minor
John Caldwell – Canonic Variations on ‘Veni Creator’ (1st Performance)
Harold Darke – Fantasy
Herbert Howells – Psalm Prelude set 2 no 3
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Organ Recital
Parry & Pupils
23rd January 2011 – 4:45pm
Fantasia & Fugue in G (early version c. 1882)* – Hubert Parry
Elegie in C (1918)*
Chorale Prelude on St Peter – Harold Darke
Psalm Prelude Set 2 no.3 “Sing unto Him a new song: play skilfully with a loud noise.” – Herbert Howells
*Unpublished work
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Christmas Services @ St Mary’s Brookfield (NW5 1SL)
Christmas Eve – Friday December 24th at 11.30pm Midnight Mass
and blessing of the crib
Mozart – Mass in D
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Christmas Day – Saturday December 25th at 11.00am
Family Carols
followed at 11.45 by a Short Eucharist (no sermon)
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Christmas Carol Service
St Mary’s Brookfield (NW5 1SL)
Service of Nine Lessons & Carols – Sunday 19th December – 6.30pm
Includes music by Howells, Dyson, Darke and Vaughan Williams
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St Oswald’s Church, Durham
Christmas Concert
Saturday 11th December 2010 7.30pm
Suite Pastorale – Emmanuel Chabrier
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor – Francis Poulenc
Symphony No 4 in A, ‘Italian’ Op 90 – Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor – Francis Poulenc
Symphony No 4 in A, ‘Italian’ Op 90 – Felix Mendelssohn
Jonathan Clinch (Organ)
Alex Fox (Conductor)
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Dr Jonathan Clinch 