Concert Details
| Title: | LUNCHTIME CONCERT ST LEONARD'S CHURCH SEAFORD. GERARD BROOKS, ORGAN |
| Promoted by: | St. Leonard’s Church, Seaford |
| Time: | Saturday, 21 May 2022, at 1:00pm |
| Place: | St Leonard’s Church, Seaford |
| Description: | Lunchtime Organ recital given by Gerard Brooks Programme Joseph Bonnet 1884-1944 Etude de Concert J.S.Bach 1685-1750 Concerto in G (after Johann Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Weimar) (Allegro) – Grave - Presto William Walond 1719-68 Cornet Voluntary Robert Schumann 1810-56 Four Sketches for pedal-piano 1.Nicht schnell un sehr markiert 2.Nicht schnell und sehr markkiert 3.Lebhaft 4.Allegretto Max Reger 1873-1916 Benedictus Louis-James Alfred Lefébure-Wély 1817-69 Sortie in G minor César Franck 1822-90 Cantabile Théodore Dubois 1837-1924 Toccata Gerard first studied the organ with John Webster, and was elected Organ Scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford. After further studies with Susi Jeans, he was the first organist to win the Stephen Arlen Memorial Award; this together with further grants from the Martin Musical Foundation amongst others enabled him to study for two years with Daniel Roth at Strasbourg Conservatoire in France, where he was awarded the Première Médaille in organ. On his return to the UK he spent a further postgraduate year in Cambridge, studying with Nicolas Kynaston. In 1987 he was appointed Associate Director of Music at All Souls Langham Place. During his time at All Souls he played regularly for BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service and Songs of Praise, and toured with the All Souls Orchestra, playing in many concert halls, including the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Moscow Conservatoire. His other musical work has included playing in West End Musicals, and musical arranging and composition: his school cantata Nativity News is published by Boosey and Hawkes. |
| Tickets: | Admission free with a retiring collection |
| Contact: | John Baker |
