Organ Recitals
Most years, Southwell Minster hosts a number of organ recitals featuring highly-skilled performers from around the UK and beyond. However, due to the COVID-19 situation, the recitals this year (2020) were all cancelled but just because you can’t come to the organ recitals doesn’t mean we can’t bring the organ recitals to you! So we’ve decided to record a weekly (mostly) series, with Paul Provost, Rector Chori at Southwell Minster taking up the mantle on our magnificent Screen organ.
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25 November 2020
All good things must come to and end and so we present to you the LAST in our series of short organ recitals from Southwell Minster
We hope you've enjoyed these over the last 17 weeks, a huge thank you to Paul, Jonny and James for their beautiful playing and keeping our spirits up over the last few months.
If you've enjoyed listening to these recitals and would like to make a gratefully received donation to Southwell Minster, you can do this via our online donation page here
The 17th and final organ recital, 25 November 2020
18 November 2020
The 16th and penultimate in our series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster. This week, music by Dupré, Jackson, Hough, Farrington & Tournemire, played by Jonathan Allsopp, Assistant Director of Music at Southwell Minster
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #16, 18 November 2020
11 November 2020
As we commemorate Armistice Day today (11/11/20), we thought it would be apt to share this performance of 'Nimrod' from 'Enigma' Variations by Elgar, played on the screen organ by Paul Provost, Rector Chori at Southwell Minster
Lest we forget
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Special recital for Armistice Day, 11 November 2020
4 November 2020
The 14th in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster. This week, music by Elgar, Bach and Messiaen, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori at Southwell Minster
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #14, 4 November 2020
28 October 2020
The 13th in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster. This week, music by J.S. Bach and Louis Vierne, played by Jonathan Allsopp, Assistant Director of Music at Southwell Minster
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #13, 28 October 2020
21 October 2020
The 12th in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster. This week, music by Louis Vierne, played by James Furniss-Roe, Organ Scholar at Southwell Minster
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #12, 21 October 2020
14 October 2020
The 11th in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster. This week, music from C.P.E. Bach, Howells and J.S. Bach, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori at Southwell Minster
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #11, 14 October 2020
7 October 2020
The tenth in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster. This week, music from Widor, Bach, and Schmidt, played by Jonathan Allsopp, Assistant Director of Music at Southwell Minster.
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #10, 7 October 2020
30 September 2020
The ninth in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster, and the first played by our talented Organ Scholar, James Furniss-Roe. This week’s recital comprises Buxtehude, Howells, Widor, and Vierne..
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #9, 30 September 2020
23 September 2020
The eighth in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori. This week’s recital comprises Buxtehude and Willan.
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #8, 23 September 2020
16 September 2020
The seventh in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori. This week’s recital comprises Guilmant, Widor and Bruhns.
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #7, 16 September 2020
9 September 2020
The sixth in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori. This week’s recital comprises Bach and Böhm.
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #6, 9 September 2020
2 September 2020
The fifth in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori. This week’s recital comprises Bach, Vierne and Stanford
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #5, 2 September 2020
26 August 2020
The fourth in a series of short organ recitals from the Screen Organ of Southwell Minster, played by Paul Provost, Rector Chori. This week’s recital is exclusively the music of J.S. Bach.
Firsty, Sonata No 1 BWV 525
Followed by Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #4, 26 August 2020
19 August 2020
This week’s recital includes "Dietrich Buxtehude - 'Praeludium in C BuxWV 137', J.S. Bach - 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654', and Vierne - 'Final (from Symphony No 1 in D minor)'
Organ Recital #3, 19 August 2020
12 August 2020
This week’s recital includes J.S. Bach ‘Trio super “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her”’ BWV 664, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ‘Clair de lune’, and Felix Mendelssohn ‘Sonata No 1 in F minor’.
We hope you enjoy
Organ Recital #2, 12 August 2020
5 August 2020
The first instalment includes J.S. Bach 'Prelude and Fugue in C minor' BWV 546, Frank Bridge 'Adagio in E' and Herbert Howells 'Rhapsody No 3 in C sharp minor' and can be seen below.
We hope you enjoy
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And if you like what you see and hear, please consider making a donation to Southwell Minster at southwellminster.org/donate
Organ Recital #1, 5 August 2020
For your information, and to show the range of repertoire we would usually experience, please see what was our intended line-up for the rest of the year below.
To see the full programme of music at each of the organ recitals, view the leaftlet below.
Use the toolbar to move around the leaflet and to download a copy as a pdf, if you wish.