Music for November

Sunday 4th November: anthem: Psalm 23 - Gélineau
congregational response: His goodness will follow me always to the end of my days.
Offering music: Pastorale in F - Bach
Recessional voluntary: Toccata in D minor - Bach

Sunday 11th November: anthem: Pie Jesu - Fauré
text: Sweet Jesu, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest everlasting.
Offering music: Nimrod - Elgar
Recessional voluntary: Voluntary in D minor - Handel

Sunday 18th November: anthem: Cantate Domino - Pitoni
text: Sing to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king. (psalm 149)
Offering music: Lento - Vivaldi
Recessional voluntary:  Allegro from Concerto in G major - Ernst/Bach

Sunday 25th November: anthem: Domine Deus - Vivaldi
text: O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Offering music: Largo - Vivaldi
Recessional voluntary: Allegro from Concerto in a minor - Vivaldi/Bach

Programme for Concert 2:

Organ Centenary series - Concert 1: October 7th 1.15 p.m.

Howells Sarabande for the Morning of Easter

Handel Organ Concerto Opus 4 no 2

Bach “St Anne” Fugue  BWV 552

Handel Organ Concerto Opus 4 no 5

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March no 4

Balbastre Cannonade

Liam Devlin (organ) with the Pollokshields Church Orchestra

Admission Free—Collection for Christian Aid

Many thanks to the performers on the orchestra:
Clive Thomas, Ben Buurman, Margo Smith & Sarah Perricone (violins),
Claire Griffiths (viola), Marian Miller (cello), Lucy Robertson (doublebass) & Jean Sharrock (oboe)
More than £250 was raised for Christian Aid.

 

Music for October 2012

Sunday 7^th: 

Anthem: “Serenity” – James MacMillan
Offering Voluntary: “Prière à Notre Dame” – Boëllmann
Recessional Voluntary: "Marche Pontificale" – Widor

Sunday 14^th: Scott playing

Sunday 21^st:
Anthem:  “Lord for tomorrow and its needs” - Faber
Offering voluntary: “Adagio” from Sonata no 2 - Mendelssohn
Recessional voluntary: “Allegro” from Sonata no 2 – Mendelssohn

Sunday 28^th: Scott playing

Osiligi Warriors

Many thanks to all who helped make the visit of the Osiligi Warriors such a success. They raised over £600 including £565 in ticket money.

"Westminster" Bridge

The organist who gave the inaugural recital, Sir Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) from Westminster Abbey hence his nickname "Westminster" Bridge, seems to have been rather an eccentric gentleman (very unusual for an organist) but he restored the Abbey choir to its former glory and presided over the coronations of Edward VII and George V.

Here is the rather grudging crit of his Pollokshields recital from the Glasgow Herald of Monday, September 27th 1913:



Westminster Bridge by Spy

"Glasgow Herald" 29/09/1913

Organ Centenary Recitals

There will be two Celebrity Recitals, the second being on the centenary of the inaugural recital:

 Ian Hare, Friday 7th June 2013 at 7 p.m.

As an organ recitalist and accompanist, Ian Hare has performed widely in Britain and abroad, including France, Germany, Holland, and the USA. He has played at many of the major London venues, notably Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Temple Church and an appearance at the BBC Proms. Performances in the past few years have also included engagements in Vienna and Berlin, and recitals at Queen's College, Oxford and King's College, Cambridge. He has made several recordings, including broadcasts for radio and television, and organ CDs In Pastures Green (2002) and Spirit of the North (2006). Ian is also a composer, specialising in choral and organ music, and has had a number of works performed and published in Britain and the USA.

website

John Scott Whiteley, Friday 27th September 2013 at 7 p.m.

John Scott Whiteley is Organist Emeritus of York Minster, having worked at that great cathedral from 1975 until 2010 when he retired from the Minster in order to pursue his freelance career. During the past ten years he has become well-known for his performances on BBC2 and BBC4 television of the complete organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach. 21st-Century Bach was a joint commission by BBC2 and BBC4 and began in 2001. The series continues and is planned to run for several more years, after which time some eighty programmes will have covered Bach's entire output for organ. The series was described by the British daily national newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, as "a triumph both nationally and musically."

website