Concert Details
| Title: | St Leonard's Church Seaford Lunchtime Concert. Gerard Brooks, Organ |
| Promoted by: | St. Leonard’s Church, Seaford |
| Time: | Saturday, 16 November 2024, at 1:00pm |
| Place: | St Leonard’s Church, Seaford |
| Description: | GERARD BROOKS St.Leonard’s Church, Seaford 16th November 2024 1pm * * * * * Georg Böhm 1661-1733 Praeludium en Ut major Dietrich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Ciacona in C minor BuxWV 159 Jan Peterson Sweelinck 1562-1621 Mein junges Leben hat ein End Samuel Wesley 1766-1837 Voluntary Op. 6 no.3 Largo – Moderato Edward Elgar 1856-1934 Salut d’Amour Alexandre Pierre François Boëly 1785-1858 Fantaisie & Fugue in Bb major Eugène Gigout 1844-1925 Minuetto Théodore Dubois 1837-1924 Fiat Lux Chant Pastoral Toccata ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GERARD BROOKS is Director of Music at Methodist Central Hall Westminster and Curator Organist of Richard Bridge’s eighteenth century organ at Christ Church, Spitalfields. He is a professor of organ at the Royal Academy of Music and a tutor for the Royal College of Organists, of which he is a past president. He also teaches the organ at Sevenoaks School. His many recordings include the complete works of Eugène Gigout and Camille Saint-Saëns, as well as a CD of 18th century English music recorded at Christ Church Spitalfields. He is the presenter and a performer on the Fugue State Films DVDs “The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll” (which won the BBC Music Magazine Award for Best Documentary in 2014) and “Widor: Master of the Organ Symphony”. As a solo concert artist he has performed in many major venues in the UK and across Europe. Lunchtime Organ Recital in aid of Christian Aid lasting approximately an hour given by Gerard Brooks. |
| Tickets: | Admission Free with a retiring collection to Christian Aid |
| Contact: | John Baker |
