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Concerts 2012-2015

Monday 2nd November 2015, 6pm, St. Wilfrid's Church, York
Sung Latin Requiem Mass (organ accompaniment)
Fauré: Requiem

Sunday 9th August 2015, 7pm, Frauenkirche, Nuremberg (Germany)
Organ Mass
Works by Wesley, Howells, Parry, Liszt and Putt

Saturday 8th August 2015, 5pm, St.-Annen-Kirche, Annaberg-Buchholz (Germany)
Recital on the 1884 Walcker Organ
Works by Brahms, Elgar, Howells and Vierne

Thursday 6th August 2015, 7:30pm, St.-Marien-Kirche, Pirna (Germany)
Recital on the 1842 Jahn Organ
Works by Parry, Whitlock, Willan, Messiaen and Bovet

Sunday 2nd August 2015, 6pm, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin-Wilmersdorf (Germany)
Recital on the 1927/2008 Steinmeyer-Elsemann Organ
Works by Elgar, Parry, Bridge, Gowers and Putt
Poster

Saturday 1st August 2015, 5pm, Martin-Luther-Gedächtniskirche, Berlin-Mariendorf (Germany)
​Recital on the 1935 Walcker Organ
Works by Willan, Parry, Elgar and Bovet
Poster

Wednesday 29th July 2015, 7:30pm, Friedenskirche, Potsdam (Germany)
Recital on the 2004 Woehl Organ (XXV. Internationaler Orgelsommer)
Works by Howells, Vierne, Franck and Alastair Putt

Sunday 26th July 2015, 5pm, Taborkirche, Leipzig (Germany)
Recital on the 1904 Eule Organ
Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Boyce, Pärt and Richard Gowers
Poster

Saturday 25th July 2015, 7:30pm, St.-Jakobs-Kirche, Köthen (Germany)
​Recital on the 1872 Ladegast Organ
Works by Bach, Liszt, Willan, Putt and Elgar

Tuesday 19th May 2015, 12:15pm, St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Canada)
Lunchtime Recital
Works by Bach, Bridge, Whitlock, Pärt and Bovet

Friday 1st May 2015, 7pm, St. Paul's Bloor Street, Toronto (Canada)
Organ Recital

Works by Brahms, Elgar, Whitlock, Howells and Bovet

Saturday 29th November 2014, 7:30pm, Arcadian Court, Toronto (Canada)
Christmas Concert for Esri Canada (musical director + piano accompaniment)

Saturday 15th November 2014, 10am, Lawrence Park Community Church, Toronto (Canada)
Masterclass with Isabelle Demers

Sunday 2nd November 2014, 6pm, St Luke's Anglican Church, Creemore (Canada)
Evensong with the Choir of St. Paul's Bloor Street (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Dyson, Pitoni and Händel

Sunday 10th August 2014, 7:30pm, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Weimar (Germany)
Organ Recital
Works by Reger, Parry, Liszt, Bertie Baigent and others
Poster

Saturday 9th August 2014, 7:30pm, St.-Petri-Kirche, Freiberg (Germany)
Recital on the 1735 Gottfried Silbermann Organ
Works by Bach, Clarke, Boyce and others
Poster

Wednesday 6th August 2014, 7pm, Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche, Templin (Germany)
Organ Recital
Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Gowers and others

Tuesday 5th August 2014, 8pm, Klosterkirche St. Trinitatis, Neuruppin (Germany)
Organ Recital
Works by Bach, Wesley, Leighton and others

Sunday 3rd August 2014, 7:30pm, St.-Marien-Kirche, Treuenbrietzen (Germany)
​Recital on the 1740 Wagner Organ
Works by Bach, Sweelinck, Pärt and others
Poster

Saturday 2nd August 2014, 7pm, St.-Marien-Kirche, Angermünde (Germany)
Recital on the 1744 Joachim Wagner Organ
Works by Bach, Byrd, Boyce and others

Friday 1st August 2014, 7:30pm, Auenkirche, Berlin (Germany)
Organ Recital
Works by Elgar, Howells, Parry, Bertie Baigent and others
Poster - Facebook Event

Sunday 13th July 2014, 2pm, Bethel Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minnesota (USA)
Organ Recital
Works by Buxtehude, Elgar, John Williams and Sousa

Sunday 6th July 2014, 6pm, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Recital on the 1875 Hook & Hastings Organ
Works by Vierne, Elgar, Reger, Walton and Sousa

Sunday 6th July 2014, 10am, Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Holy Eucharist with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Somervell, Howells, Rutter, Stanford, Wood and Buxtehude

Saturday 5th July 2014, 7pm, St John's Episcopal Church, Northampton, Massachusetts (USA)
"Long Live the King!" - A Very British Independence Day Concert
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ/piano accompaniment + solo)
Works by Wood, Somervell, Whitacre, Williams and Sousa

Thursday 3rd July 2014, 7:30pm, Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, Delaware (USA)
"Long Live the King!" - A Very British Independence Day Concert
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Händel, Mendelssohn, Rutter, Williams and Sousa

Wednesday 2nd July 2014, 7:30pm, National City Christian Church, Washington, D.C. (USA)
Music from the Dreaming Spires
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Wesley, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Howells, Joubert and others

Tuesday 1st July 2014, 5:30pm, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. (USA)
Evensong with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Wood and Leighton

Friday 20th June 2014, 1:15pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Piano Recital
Works by Händel, Schubert and Ireland

Thursday 19th June 2014, 1:15pm, Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Organ Recital
Works by Bach, Reger, Vierne, Duruflé and Sousa

Saturday 10th May 2014, 2pm, Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Oxford Organ Scholars' Concert: Parisian Romantic Organ Composers
Vierne: Adagio (from Symphony No. 3)

Saturday 3rd May 2014, 2pm, Keble College Chapel, Oxford
Masterclass with Thomas Trotter

Saturday 26th April 2014, 6:15pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Fauré: Requiem

Friday 16th March 2014, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Performance of Bach's St John Passion with the Choir of Somerville College and the Musicians of the Dreaming Spires (harpsichord continuo)

Friday 14th March 2014, 7:45pm, St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock
Performance of Bach's St John Passion with the Choir of Somerville College and the Musicians of the Dreaming Spires (organ continuo)

Wednesday 19th February 2014, 12pm, Oxford Town Hall
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Wesley, Elgar, Reger, Gowers and Williams

Sunday 2nd February 2014, 3pm, St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College (organ/piano accompaniment)
Choral music by Mozart, Howells, Whitacre and Rutter; organ works by Buxtehude and Schumann

Saturday 1st February 2014, 4pm, Coventry Cathedral
Evensong with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Rubbra, Howells and Vierne

Saturday 30th November 2013, 7:45pm, Douai Abbey
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College
(organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Fauré, Wood, Mozart, Rutter, Messiaen and others

Wednesday 27th November 2013, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Choral Scholars' Recital (piano/organ accompaniment)

Friday 22nd November 2013, 6:30pm, Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College, Oxford
Performance for the Global Ocean Commission (piano solo)

Saturday 9th November 2013, 7:30pm, University Church of St Mary, Oxford
Britten in Oxford: Festival of Choirs (organ and piano accompaniment)
Works by Benjamin Britten, Daniel Saleeb and Eric Whitacre
(to be recorded by BBC Radio 3)

Thursday 7th November 2013, 8:30pm, Keble College Chapel, Oxford
Compline Recital
Works by Arvo Pärt, Olivier Messiaen and Louis Vierne

Tuesday 22nd October 2013, 1:10pm, Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Works by Bach, Wesley, Saint-Saëns, Vierne and Messiaen

23-25 June 2013, Keble College Chapel, Oxford
Recording Sessions for Stone Records (organ accompaniment)
Choral works by Wood, Gardner, Archer, Rudolph and Sartin

17-21 June 2013, Netherlands
Tour of Amsterdam, Den Haag, Haarlem and Rotterdam with the organ department of Birmingham Conservatoire 

Thursday 13th June  2013, 1:30pm, Harris Manchester College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Organ music by Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Howells, Schnittke and Williams

Wednesday 5th June 2013, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Performance of choruses from Hanns Eisler's Die Maßnahme (piano/organ accompaniment)
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Saturday 25th May 2013, 2:30pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Memorial Service for Dr Olive Sayce (organ/piano accompaniment + solo)
Works by Bach, Mozart and Goodall

Tuesday 21st May  2013, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Choral Scholars' Recital (piano accompaniment)
Arias and songs by Händel, Giordani, Pergolesi, Mozart, Schumann and Puccini

Monday 13th May 2013, 5pm, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Evensong with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Choral works and organ music by Stanford and Wesley

Wednesday 8th May  2013, 1:10pm, Hertford College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Works by Bach, Brahms, Reger, Elgar, Leighton and Williams

Friday 3th May  2013, 1:15pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Recital with Daniel Wyman (baritone)
Songs and arias by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Debussy, Korngold and Vaughan Williams

Saturday 20th April  2013, 2:30pm, Keble College Chapel, Oxford
Masterclass with David Goode
Organ works by Max Reger

Sunday 31st March  2013, 10:30am, Ampleforth Abbey
Pontifical High Mass with the Arcadian Singers (organ accompaniment + solo)

Friday 8th March  2013, 1:15pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Recital with Andreas Kyrris (tenor)
Arias by Verdi, Sorozábal and Bach

Thursday 7th March 2013, 7:30pm, St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
End of Term Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment)
Choral music and organ works by Wesley, Parry and Ireland

Thursday 28th February  2013, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Choral Scholars' Recital (piano accompaniment)
Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Donizetti, Offenbach and Saint-Saëns

Saturday 23rd February 2013, 2pm, University Church, Oxford
Bach's Leipzig Chorales
(performed by the organ scholars of Oxford University)

Monday 18th February 2013, 5pm, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Evensong with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Choral music and organ works by Noble, Balfour Gardiner and Howells

Saturday 16th February  2013, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Organ Scholars' Recital - 75th Anniversary of Somerville Chapel's Organ
Works by Mendelssohn, Howells, Elgar and Williams
Poster

Thursday 17th January 2013, 1:30pm, Harris Manchester College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Works by Mendelssohn, Howells, Leighton, Messiaen and Saint-Saëns

Friday 16th November 2012, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
CD Launch Concert (organ accompaniment + solo)
Organ works and anthems by Balfour Gardiner, Leighton and Parry
Poster

Friday 16th November 2012, 1:15pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Recital with Simon Grange (bass)
Arias and Songs by Mozart, Loewe, Strauss, Purcell, Armstrong Gibbs and Britten

Friday 9th November 2012, 1pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Choral Scholars' Recital (piano accompaniment)
Arias, songs and duets by Purcell, Mozart, Schubert, Gounod, Donizetti, Humperdinck, Elgar and Vaughan Williams

Saturday 3rd November 2012, 7:30pm, Jewish Liberal Synagogue, London
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + organ solo)
Anthems and organ works by Wesley, Holst, Mendelssohn and Parry

Monday 20th August 2012, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
Northern Ireland International Organ Competition
Works by Bach, Messiaen and Saint-Saëns

Sunday 8th July 2012, 3:30pm, Birmingham Cathedral
Choral Evensong with the Choir of Thomas Hardye School, Dorset

Saturday 30th June  2012, 7:30pm, United Reformed Church, Clitheroe
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + piano solo)
Works by Holst, Parry, Ireland and others

Friday 29th June 2012, 7:30pm, Lancaster Priory
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + organ solo)
Works by Holst, Mozart, Parry and others

Thursday 28th June 2012, 8pm, Crosscrake Church
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + organ solo)
Works by Mozart, Bach, Wesley and others

Wednesday 27th June 2012, 1pm, Blackburn Cathedral
Lunchtime Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + organ solo)
Works by Boëllmann, Holst and others

Tuesday 26th June 2012, 12:15pm, St. Peter's Arts Centre, Preston
Lunchtime Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + piano solo)
Works by Mozart, Wesley and others

Sunday 24th June 2012, New College Chapel, Oxford
Recording Session (organ solo)

Wednesday 13th June 2012, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
End of Year Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + organ solo)
Works by Ireland, Wesley, Mozart and others

Monday 11th June 2012, 6pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Evensong with Christ Church College Choir (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Noble, Balfour Gardiner and Saint-Saëns

Saturday 9th June 2012, 7:30pm, St. Mary's Church, Charlbury
Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (choral music + organ solo)
Works by Attwood, Parry and Wesley 

Friday 8th June, 2012, 1:15pm. Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Margaret Irene Seymour Award Holders' Recital (piano solo)
Piano music by John Ireland

Wednesday 6th June 2012, 8:30pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
A Summer Night at the Opera with Simon Grange (bass), Andreas Kyrris (tenor) and Stefan Schwarz (guitar)
Works by Mozart, Rossini and Verdi

Friday 1st June 2012, 1:15pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Lunchtime Recital (organ and piano)
Works by Franck, Boëllmann, Beethoven and Dudley Moore

Thursday 10th May 2012, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Choral Scholars' Recital (piano/harpsichord accompaniment)
Songs and arias by Purcell, Offenbach, Halévy, Wagner, Donizetti, Britten and Weill

Friday 4th May 2012, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Arts Week Concert (piano accompaniment + organ solo)
Organ works by Alfred Schnittke

Friday 9th March 2012, 7:45pm, St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
Choral/Orchestral Concert with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, and the Musicians of the Dreaming Spires (organ continuo)
Works by Schubert and Bach

Thursday 9th February 2012, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
Margaret Irene Seymour Award Holders' Recital (organ solo)
Works by Bach and Vierne

Monday 6th February 2012, 5pm, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Evensong with the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford (organ accompaniment + solo)
Works by Vaughan Williams, Stanford and Brahms


Robert Pecksmith playing the organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
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