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From 25th July until 9 August 2015 Robert will be playing eight recitals in Germany (see the concert diary for full details) and record a second CD. Recital venues include the St.-Jakobs-Kirche in Köthen with its 1872 Ladegast organ, the Friedenskirche in Potsdam, the Taborkirche in Leipzig, two churches in Berlin, the St.-Marien-Kirche in Pirna, the St.-Annen-Kirche in Annaberg-Buchholz and the Frauenkirche in Nuremberg. The recitals will feature works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Hubert Parry, Edward Elgar, Percy Whitlock, Healey Willan, Herbert Howells, Olivier Messiaen, Guy Bovet, Alastair Putt and Richard Gowers.  Today Robert's first solo CD, a portrait of the Franz Liszt Memorial Organ at the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Weimar, was released by the classical CD label JUBAL. A more detailed article about the album and an interview with Robert can be found on the Somerville College website. Click here for more information and full track listings. The CD is available for purchase from Amazon UK.  The first live recording from Robert's summer tour has been uploaded to YouTube: Bach's Prelude in C minor played on the 1735 Silbermann organ of the St.-Petri-Kirche, Freiberg (Saxony). Additional recordings (including works by Mendelssohn, Sweelinck, Boyce, Byrd and Gowers) will be added to the YouTube channel over the next few weeks. Robert's two summer tours and his upcoming CD release are mentioned in Somerville College's alumni magazine. Click here to read the article.
Robert will be undertaking an extensive solo recital tour of Germany starting this week. He will be playing a recital at the Auenkirche in Berlin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal College of Organists followed by six additional recitals in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia, including an evening recital on the famous 1735 Silbermann organ of the St.-Petri-Kirche in Freiberg. The programmes will feature works by Bach, Reger, Howells, Elgar, Gowers and Pärt as well as the first performance of Bright spark, shot from a brighter place, a newly commissioned piece written by Bertie Baigent, a former member of Somerville Choir. Please see Robert's concert diary for full details of all upcoming recitals.  This summer Robert will be undertaking his first US tour. The itinerary includes five services/concerts with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, in Washington DC, Delaware and Massachusetts as well as a full-length solo recital at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston): Tuesday 1st July 2014, 5:30pm Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C. Choral Evensong Plainsong Responses; Stainer/Beethoven: Psalm 143; Wood: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D; Wood: Expectans expectavi; Leighton: Paean (Organ Voluntary) Facebook Event Wednesday 2nd July 2014, 7:30pm National City Christian Church, Washington D.C. Music from the Dreaming Spires Programme - Poster - Facebook Event Thursday 3rd July 2014, 7:30pm Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, Delaware "Long Live the King!" - A Very British Independence Day Concert Programme - Poster - Facebook Event Saturday 5th July 2014, 7pm St. John's Episcopal Church, Northampton, Massachusetts "Long Live the King!" - A Very British Independence Day Concert Programme - Poster - Facebook Event Sunday 6th July 2014, 9:45am Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts Choral Prelude and Holy Eucharist Music by Somervell, Howells, Wood, Carter, Stanford, Wood, Byrd and Buxtehude Facebook Event Sunday 6th July 2014, 6pm Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts Recital on the Historic Hook & Hastings Organ (1875) Robert Pecksmith (organ) Works by Bach, Wesley, Howells, Williams, Reger, Vierne, Elgar, Walton and Sousa Facebook Event  This year Robert will be accompanying the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, for a tour of the North West of England. In addition to anthems by Holst, Parry and Mozart, the tour concerts will also include solo works for organ and piano. Robert will be playing pieces by Boëllmann, Franck, Saint-Saëns and Ireland. Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 12:15pm – St. Peter’s Arts Centre, Preston Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 1pm – Blackburn Cathedral Thursday, 28 June 2012, 8pm – Crosscrake Church Friday, 29 June 2012, 7:30pm – Lancaster Priory Saturday, 30 June 2012, 7:30pm – United Reformed Church, Clitheroe Click here to download a list of the tour repertoire.  |
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