Experience the brilliance of Australia’s most acclaimed concert organist, Thomas Heywood, in an exclusive recital for A Luminous Christmas. Performing festive gems of the organ repertoire, this is a rare and unmissable opportunity to hear a master of this mighty instrument.
60 minutes, no interval.
Presented in partnership with Canberra International Music Festival and Wesley Music Centre.
ARTISTS
Thomas Heywood, organ
PROGRAMME
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Fiat lux [Let there be light] from 12 Pièces Nouvelles pour Orgue [1893]
Two pieces by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) from 12 Pièces pour Orgue [1886]
Marche des Rois Mages [‘March of the Magi Kings’], No. 9
Grand Choeur [in B-flat major], No. 12
Alan Gray (1855-1935)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), transcribed by Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901)
Pastorale from Concerto Grosso – ‘Christmas Concerto’, Op. 6 No. 8
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Rhapsodie sur des Noels from Dix Piéces [10 Pieces for Organ] (1892)
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), trans. Dr Frederick Hohman (b.1955)
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a No. 3
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Sortie (Grand Choeur) [in E major] from 10 Pièces pour Grand Orgue [1921]
John Ebenezer West (1863-1929)
Fantasy on Two well-known Christmas Carols
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude on In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Choral-Improvisation on In dulci jubilo, Op. 75 No. 2