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Thomas Heywood: A Christmas Fantasia

  • Wesley Uniting Church 20 National Circuit Forrest, ACT, 2603 Australia (map)

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]

  1. Marche des Rois Mages [‘March of the Magi Kings’], No. 9

  2. 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

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