Holy Trinity Parish Church High Street, Wordsley DY8 5RU
Paul's series at Holy Trinity, Wordsley, began in September 2003 following the ten-year series of Saturday lunchtime recitals at Cradley Heath.
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music takes place on the first Sunday in each month at 3.00pm and lasts for around 45 minutes.
A view of the organ console is usually projected onto a large screen at the front of the church, giving excellent views of the performer. Admission to the recitals is free. A retiring collection is taken to defray printing costs and to assist in funding the care and maintenance of the instrument.
Holy Trinity Parish Church is situated on the A491 which runs between Stourbridge and Kingswinford. Click for a map link The nearest railway station is Stourbridge Town Train Station.
There is ample car parking on the carparks behind the church hall and in front of the church gates.
Programmes
2008 Programme Outline
January 6th 2008
French Organ Music
Including Guilmant: Organ Sonata no.1 in D minor and works by Franck and Vierne.
February 3rd 2008
J.S. Bach
Organ works by J.S. Bach including Passacaglia in C minor, Preludes, Fugues and Chorale Preludes.
March 2nd 2008
Transcriptions
A programme of music not originally written for the organ.
April 6th 2008
Variations
Hymn tunes and other themes treated in interesting ways
ranging from Sweelinck in the sixteenth century to Briggs in the twenty-first century.
May 4th 2008
English Organ Music
Including works by Walton, Whitlock and Elgar.
June 1st 2008
Improvisation
Organ works originally improvised by the composer or inspired by an earlier improvisation.
July 6th 2008
Wedding Favourites
From Mendelssohn's famous Wedding March to Vierne's less well-known Marche Nuptiale.
August 3rd 2008
Paris
A chance to hear a preview of Paul's programme
for his 4.30pm recital on Sunday 17th August 2008 at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
September 7th 2008
Dance
Rawsthorne; Dance Suite and other works written for or inspired by dance.
October 5th 2008
Opera
Transcriptions of works by composers including Bizet, Wagner and Rossini.
November 2nd 2008
Marcel Dupré
Organ works by Marcel Dupré, one of the finest organist-composers of the twentieth century.
December 7th 2008
Organ Music for Advent and Christmas
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other festive works by J.S. Bach, Handel, Daquin and Dupré
Recital series by kind permission of
Holy Trinity P.C.C.
and Barrie Davis; Director of Music
Paul talks to Tony Stewart about the series at Wordsley during 'Classical Music'
