The 2014 London Organ Day takes us to St George's Hanover Square, famous for having been Handel's church, and home to a beautiful new organ by Richards, Fowkes & Co of Tennessee. This landmark instrument is possessed of a wealth of beautiful colours, and to my mind is one of the most interesting new arrivals on the London organ scene in some time. We'll have plenty of opportunities to hear it during the day. Appropriately enough, our theme is American music: Ann Elise Smoot will play the new organ at the end of the day, performing a diverse and fascinating programme, and we also welcome Kimberly Marshall who will introduce us to some early American organ music. This recital will use a Goetze and Gwynn organ built for the Handel House Museum in 1998, and now kept at St George's. Throw in some choral music, American hymnody and an astonishing new CD release from James McVinnie and New York composer Nico Muhly, and it seems we will have a music-filled day! Come and join us!
Programme
1000 Welcome & introduction to St George's Hanover Sq
1045 RCO 150 recital by Anthony Daly
1145 Kimberly Marshall (Goldman Professor of Organ, Arizona State University)
1230 Skirmish 1 (Tom Bell)
1300 Lunch
1400 Skirmish 2 (James McVinnie)
1430 American vocal music with choral director Matthew Glandorf (Curtis Institute and St Mark's Church, Philadelphia)
1600 Ann Elise Smoot (International Concert Organist)
1700 Finish