Organ Elevenses

Organ Elevenses is a monthly Saturday morning recital series. Come and enjoy coffee, tea and cake served from 10.30am and a 40-minute recital on the newly-restored organ of the parish church from 11am with a large screen projection of the performer. The recitals are given in aid of the parish church organ fund.

11 February 2012 - Paul Walton, Bristol Cathedral

Paul Walton studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, and was the Sydney Nicholson Organ Scholar at Manchester Cathedral from 1999 - 2001. In September 2001, Paul became Assistant Organist at Bristol Cathedral. He accompanies the Cathedral Choir, regularly gives recitals, and directs the Cathedral Chamber Choir and the Cathedral Consort.

Paul's programme will be:

Prélude (from Te Deum) Marc-Antoine Charpentier, arr. Paul Walton
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G major (BWV 592) Johann Ernst, arr. Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No.2 in C minor (op.65, no.2) Felix Mendelssohn
Adagio and Finale from Symphonie 2 (op.13, no.2) Charles-Marie Widor

10 March 2012 - John Davenport, All Saints', Clifton

John Davenport was a Chorister at Portsmouth Cathedral and Winchester College and was awarded the Henry Smart Organ Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He has been involved in the Bristol musical scene since 1982, when he was appointed Director of Music at Clifton College. He is Director of Music at All Saints, Clifton.

14 April 2012 - Oliver Condy

Oliver won a music scholarship to Ellesmere College and subsequently spent a year in Paris where he studied with Susan Landale at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rueil Malmaison. In 1997, as part of an English and French degree at Cardiff University, he returned to Paris where he continued studying the organ with Mme Landale while teaching English at Lycée Montaigne. The year culminated in him being awarded a ‘Premier Prix’. After graduating in 2000, Oliver completed an MA in organ performance studies at Cardiff University, studying under the renowned Bach scholar Peter Williams. He has been the editor of BBC Music Magazine since 2004 before which he was deputy editor of Classic FM Magazine. Oliver's Organ Elevenses recital programme will include Bach, Howells and Vierne.

For future local and national concerts, see www.organrecitals.com