Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:15 PM
Organ Recital: Gary Desmond
Gary Desmond
Guest organist Gary Desmond from Bristol, England, plays a recital on the Cathedral’s great organ. $10 suggested donation.
Program
Variations de Concert
Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
Invention in D
Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber (1702–1775)
Invention in C
H. N. Gerber
Variationen über ‘Frère Jacques’
Hans Uwe Hielscher (b. 1945)
Trumpet Tune in D
David N. Johnson (1922–1987)
Elegy
Richard Popplewell (b. 1935)
Symphonie Improvisèe (Boston, 1956)
Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)
transcribed by Jeremy Filsell
Toccata
About Gary Desmond
Gary Desmond first studied the organ with Clifford Harker at Bristol Cathedral and then spent four years at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After leaving the Academy, he became a pupil of Susi Jeans and has since studied with David Sanger and David Briggs.
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