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. A recording of one of Robert's performances at St. Paul's Cathedral is now on YouTube: The Choir of Somerville College and soloist Stephen O'Driscoll (baritone) sing Charles Villiers Stanford's Nunc Dimittis in G: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvj7Nd6LCgM. Robert Pecksmith will be making his debut as guest organist at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, today. He will be accompanying the Choir of Somerville College in works by Vaughan Williams and Stanford as well as playing the National Anthem at the end of the service. The Accession Day service forms part of the celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee.
The choir will be conducted by David Crown and the solo parts in the coronation anthems and canticles will be sung by Kate Piddington (soprano), Tal Katsir (soprano) and Stephen O'Driscoll (baritone). |
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