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Recital in London (Ontario)

12/5/2015

 
19 May 2015, 12:15pm - Robert is playing a lunchtime recital at St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Ontario). Copies of Robert's debut album will be available for purchase after the recital.

Organ Recital at St. Paul's Bloor Street

24/4/2015

 
1 May 2015, 7pm - Robert will be playing a solo recital at St. Paul's Church Bloor Street, Toronto.

Click here to download the programme. Robert's debut CD will be available for purchase after the recital.

Live Recordings from Germany

14/2/2015

 
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.

Recital at Merton College

15/6/2014

 
19 June 2014, 1:15pm - Robert will be playing a lunchtime organ recital on the new Dobson organ at Merton College Chapel. Click here to see the full programme, which includes works by Bach, Vierne and Duruflé as well as Robert's organ arrangement of Sousa's The Stars and Stripes Forever.

One day later (20 June 2014, 1:15pm) he will be performing a piano recital of works by Händel, Schubert and Ireland at Somerville College Chapel. See the Facebook event for details.
Dobson Organ at Merton College Chapel, Oxford

Oxford Town Hall

17/2/2014

 
19 February 2014, 12pm - Robert is playing a lunchtime recital on the 1897 Father Willis organ at Oxford Town Hall.  Tickets are £4 and come with complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits. The programme will include works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Wesley, Reger, Gowers and John Williams.

Please see the Facebook event page for further details.
The 1897 Father Willis Organ of Oxford Town Hall

Compline Recital

2/11/2013

 
Robert will be playing a recital of rarely heard twentieth-century works on the new Kenneth Tickell organ at Keble College Chapel on Thursday evening.

The programme consists of Arvo Pärt's Annum per annum, the Adagio from Vierne's Organ Symphony No. 3 and Messiaen's L'Apparition de l'église éternelle. Admission is free. Please see the Facebook event page for more details.
Kenneth Tickell Organ at Keble College Chapel, Oxford

Recital at Exeter College Chapel

19/10/2013

 
On Tuesday Robert will be playing a lunchtime recital on the 1994 Walker organ at Exeter. The programme will include music by Bach, Wesley, Saint-Saëns, Vierne and Messiaen.

Exeter College Organ Recital Series: Robert Pecksmith (Somerville College)
Tuesday 22nd October 2013, 1:10pm, Exeter College Chapel, Oxford

See the Facebook event page for further details.
The Walker Organ at Exeter College Chapel, Oxford

Lunchtime Recital at Harris Manchester College

12/6/2013

 
Tomorrow Robert will be playing another organ recital at Harris Manchester College Chapel as part of the series The many sounds of Oxford's Organ Scholars:

HMC Lunchtime Recital: Robert Pecksmith (organ)
Thursday 13th June 2013, 1:30pm, Harris Manchester College Chapel, Oxford

The programme includes works by Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Howells, Schnittke and John Williams. See the Facebook event page for more details.
The organ of Harris Manchester College Chapel, Oxford

Organ Recital at Hertford College Chapel

7/5/2013

 
This week Robert is playing a 45-minute lunchtime recital at Hertford College Chapel. The programme includes works by Bach, Brahms, Reger, Elgar, Leighton and John Williams.

HCMS Lunchtime Recital: Robert Pecksmith (organ)
Wednesday 8th May 2013, 1:10pm, Hertford College Chapel, Oxford

Please see the Facebook event page for the full programme.
The 1930 Hunter organ at Hertford College Chapel

John Williams: Imperial March

23/2/2013

 
A recording of Robert's organ arrangement of the Imperial March (Darth Vader Theme) from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW4XS449EYU.

The arrangement was written for the Organ Scholars' Recital in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Somerville's chapel organ. The recording was produced and directed by Stefan Schwarz, who also played the percussion part.
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