Toccata!
St John’s Church, Taunton
JS BACH Toccata and fugue in D minor (BWV 565)
VIERNE Lied; Carillon de Westminster
PUCCINI Marcia in Sol maggiore
STANLEY Voluntary (from Op 5)
WIDOR Toccata (from Symphony No 5)
JS BACH Passacaglia and fugue in C minor (BWV 582)
JUDITH BINGHAM Summer solstice; Winter solstice
ELGAR (arr Grey) Salut d’amour
DUPRÉ Prelude and fugue in B major
We were delighted that Richard Pearce, one of the choir’s regular accompanists, agreed to launch our Amicus Recital Series. This series is an opportunity for us to showcase some very good friends of the choir, performing a programme of well-known and popular works, interspersed with something less familiar.
Fresh from his regular appearance at the Last Night of the Proms, Richard took time out to impress with a brace of the world’s most popular toccatas and a selection of beautiful organ music to suit all tastes. Richard started out as an organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, and is now a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; he plays and broadcasts regularly with the BBC Singers.
Free admission (retiring collection)
