This summer, Chingford Parish Church will host a series of free lunchtime organ recitals on Wednesdays from 1.10pm to 1.50pm.
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The recitals offer a chance to enjoy beautiful organ music in the peaceful setting of Chingford Parish Church, with performers from our own parish and from churches and cathedrals further afield.
Lunchtime Organ Music
- When: Wednesdays in summer, 1.10pm-1.50pm
- Where: Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford E4 7EN
- Admission: Free, with voluntary donations invited towards maintaining the musical tradition at Chingford Parish Church
15 July – Luke Jones
Organ Scholar, Chingford Parish Church
- William Mathias – Fanfare
- William Harris – Prelude in G and Epilogue on ‘Dix’
- Charles Villiers Stanford – Postlude in G on a theme of Orlando Gibbons and Postlude in D minor from Six Short Preludes and Postludes, op. 105
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654
- Edward Bairstow – Andante and Adagio from Three Short Preludes
- César Franck – Chorale No. 3 in A minor
22 July – Michael Emerson
Director of Music, Chingford Parish Church
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541
- Oliphant Chuckerbutty – A Song of Triumph (Fanfare)
- Percy Whitlock – Five Short Pieces: Allegretto, Folk Tune, Andante Tranquillo, Scherzo, Paean
- Camille Saint-Saëns – No. 4 of Sept Improvisations
- Marcel Lanquetuit – Toccata
29 July – Joel Colyer
Director of Music, St Francis of Assisi, Welwyn Garden City
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude in E minor, BWV 548
- Amy Beach – Prelude on an Old Folk Tune
- Georg Muffat – Toccata duodecima et ultima
- Percy Whitlock – Scherzetto from the Organ Sonata in C minor
- Andrew Carter – St Wilfrid’s Suite: Procession, Gospel Fanfare, Offertory, Veni Creator Spiritus, Finale
5 August – Stuart Whatton
Director of Music, Esher Parish Church
- Richard Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549
- Clarence Lucas – Meditation, op. 27 no. 1
- John Reading – Double Voluntary in D: Adagio, Vivace
- Paul Fey – Fantasie on the Welsh Lullaby ‘Suo Gan’
- Edward Elgar – Imperial March, op. 32
- Evan Marsden – Tone Pictures from Foreign Lands: Spanish Gypsy Song, The Witch Doctor, Russian Folk Song, The Snake Charmer, A Rollicking Sea Shanty
12 August – John Rippin
Organist Emeritus, Chingford Parish Church
- Seth Bingham – Overture from Baroques Suite, op. 41
- William Walond – Voluntary in G: Adagio, Allegro
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539
- Edward Elgar, arranged by Ivor Atkins – Dream Children, op. 43: Andante, Allegretto piacevole
- Leo Sowerby – Prelude on ‘Malabar’
- Joseph Jongen – Toccata in D flat, op. 104
19 August – David Cook
Organist, All Hallows by the Tower
- William Faulkes – Jubilant March
- William Wolstenholme – Cantilene in F minor
- Craig Sellar Lang – Prelude and Fugue in G minor, op. 84
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Two Schübler Chorale Preludes: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645; Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
- Charles Tournemire – Choral-Improvisation sur le “Victimae Paschali”, reconstructed by Maurice Duruflé
26 August – Emma Gibbins
Director of Music, Chelmsford Cathedral
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Balletto del granduca
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
- Denis Bédard – Cat Suite: Prrrelude, Cats at play, Catnap, Toc-cat-a
- Josef Rheinberger – Cantilena from Organ Sonata No. 11, op. 148
- Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, transcribed by Herbert Austin Fricker
For more organ concerts, see organrecitals.uk and wherecanwego.com.
All are very welcome – whether you are a regular concertgoer, a lover of organ music, or simply looking for a peaceful musical break in the middle of the day.