Paul Carr

Organist

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 St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham


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Paul was appointed as Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, in September 2003.

The main Sunday service with the organ and choir is at 6.30pm each week. St Paul's is blessed with some of the finest acoustics in the city. It is a Grade I listed building, built in 1779 and set in Birmingham's only remaining Georgian square. 


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Organ Voluntaries played after the 6.30pm service since September 2003
(alphabetical by composer)

 
Alain                 Litanies
Andriessen     Praeludium - O Filii et Filiae
Andriessen     Thema met Variaties
Andriessen     Veni Creator Ricercare
Andriessen     O Filii et Filiae
Archer              Elegy
J.S. Bach          Andante from Trio Sonata no. 2 BWV 528
J. S. Bach         Toccata in F BWV 540i
J.S. Bach          "St Anne" Prelude and Fugue in E flat  BWV 552
J.S. Bach          'Dorian' Toccata and Fugue  BWV 538
J.S. Bach          Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott BWV 721
J.S. Bach          Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537
J.S. Bach          Fantasia in C minor  BWV 562
J.S. Bach          Fantasia in G  BWV 572
J.S. Bach          Fugue in G minor BWV 578
J.S. Bach          'Gigue' Fugue in G  BWV 577
J.S. Bach          'Great' Fantasia and Fugue in G minor  BWV 542
J.S. Bach          Great' Prelude and Fugue in A minor  BWV 543
J.S. Bach          'Great' Prelude and Fugue in B minor  BWV 544
J.S. Bach          'Great' Prelude and Fugue in C  BWV 547
J.S. Bach          'Great' Prelude and Fugue in C minor  BWV 546
J.S. Bach          'Great' Prelude and Fugue in G  BWV 541
J.S. Bach          Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn  BWV 601
J.S. Bach          In dir ist Freude  BWV 615
J.S. Bach          In Dulci Jubilo  BWV 729
J.S. Bach          'Little' Prelude and Fugue in E minor  BWV 553
J.S. Bach          Allegro: First movement of Trio Sonata no.1
J.S. Bach          Badinerie from Suite no. 2
J.S. Bach          Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland  BWV 661
J.S. Bach          Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor  BWV 582
J.S. Bach          Prelude and Fugue in D BWV 532
J.S. Bach          Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 534
J.S. Bach          Prelude in G   BWV 568
J.S. Bach          'Short' Prelude and Fugue in C  BWV 545
J.S. Bach          Sinfonia to Cantata 29
J.S. Bach          Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564
J.S. Bach          Trio in D minor BWV 583
J.S. Bach          Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 649
J.S. Bach         Gottes Sohn ist kommen
J.S. Bach         Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Bairstow          Allegro giocoso from Sonata in E flat
Batiste             Grand Offertoire in D
Boëllmann      Toccata
Bonnet             Pastorale
Bossi               Etude Symphonique
Bossi               Scherzo in G minor
Bourgeois       Variations on a theme by Herbert Howells
Brewer             Marche Héroïque
Briggs              Marche Episcopale
Briggs              Variations on Greensleeves
Briggs              Improvisation on a theme by Holst
Briggs              Sortie on 'In Dulci Jubilo'
Bull                   Rondo in G
Buxtehude       Präludium in D
Buxtehude       Präludium in G minor
Buxtehude       Präludium, Fuga und Ciacona in C
Buxtehude       Magnificat noni toni
Carr                  Sortie Improvisée
Carter               Toccata on "Veni Emmanuel"
Choveaux        March (from Three Pieces)
Choveaux        Toccata (from Three Pieces)
Cochereau      Tambourin from Suite de danses
Cochereau      Gigue from Suite des danses
Daquin             Noel Étranger
Daquin             Noël Suisse
Dubois             Toccata
Dubois             Grand Choeur
Dukas              Fanfare pour précéder "La Péri"
Dupré              Choral et Fugue (Op. 57)
Dupré              Cortège et Litanie
Dupré              Final from Sept Pièces
Dupré              Le monde dans l'attente du Sauveur
Dupré              Prelude and Fugue in G minor (Op. 7. no. 3)
Dupré              Résurrection (From Symphonie-Passion)
Dupré              Variations sur un vieux Noël (Op. 20)
Duruflé            Choral varié et Final ("Veni Creator")
Duruflé            Fugue (Soissons Carillon)
Duruflé            Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain
Duruflé            Toccata (from Suite Op. 5.)
Edmundson   Toccata on 'Vom Himmel Hoch'
Elgar                Allegro Maestoso (1st movement from Sonata in G)
Elgar                Imperial March
Elgar                Presto (comado) from Sonata in G
Faulkes           Grand Chouer in D
Ferguson        Toccata for Joy
Finzi                 Forlana from Five Bagatelles
Finzi                 Carol
Franck             Choral no. 3 in A minor
Franck             Pastorale
Franck             Pièce Héroïque
Franck             Prelude, Fugue and Variation
Franck             Choral no. 1 in E major
Frickenstein   Praeludium in C minor
Gigout             Grand Choeur Dialogué
Gigout             Toccata in B minor
Gigout             Rhapsodie sur des Noëls
Glinka              Overture
Guilmant         Final (from Sonata no. 1)
Guilmant         Grand Choeur in D "Alla Handel"
Guilmant         Introduction and Allegro (From Sonata no. 1)
Guilmant         March upon Handel's "Lift up Your Heads"
Hakim              Bagatelle
Hakim              In Organo, Chordis et Choro
Hakim              Final (Hommage à Igor Stravinsky)
Hakim              Ouverture Libanaise
Hakim              Vexilla Regis prodeunt (for Passion Sunday)
Handel             Allegro in D (from Organ Concerto no 10 in D minor)
Handel             Organ Concerto no 4 in F (1st movement)
Handel             Overture to The Occasional Oratorio
Harris               Reverie
Harris               Maestoso from Organ Sonata in A minor
Harris               Moderato con moto (1st Movement, Organ Sonata)
Harris               Fantasy on 'Easter Hymn'
Harwood          Allegro Appasionato (from Sonata in C sharp minor)
Harwood          Maestoso - Con moto from Sonata in C sharp minor
Hendrie            Toccata and Fugue: Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré
Hollins              A Song of Sunshine
Hollins              A Trumpet Minuet
Hollins              Concert Overture in C minor
Høvland            Nu La Oss Takke Gud
Howells            Rhapsody no. 1. Op. 17.
Howells            Rhapsody no.3 in C sharp minor
Howells            Saraband for the Morning of Easter
Howells            Siciliano
Ireland              Alla Marcia
Jongen             Sonata Eroïca
Karg Elert        Now thank we all our God
Langlais          Bells from Three Characteristic Pieces
Langlais           Fête
Langlais           Final from Triptyque
Langlais           Hymne d'Actions de Grâce: "Te Deum"
Langlais           Incantation pour un jour saint
Lanquetuit       Toccata in D major
Lefébure-Wély            Marche in C
Lefébure-Wély            Marche in F
Lefébure-Wély            March in E flat
Lefébure-Wély            Sortie in B flat
Lefébure-Wély            Sortie in E flat
Leighton          Fanfare
Lemare            Scherzo (from Symphony in G minor)
Lemmens       Fanfare in D
Lemmens       Finale
Lübeck             Prelude and Fugue in F
Mathias            Processional
Mendelssohn   Allegro moderato e serioso (from Sonata no 1)
Mendelssohn   Allegro assai vivace (from Sonata no 1)
Mendelssohn   Allegro maestoso e vivace and Fugue (from Sonata no 2)  
Mendelssohn   Sonata no 3 in A
Mendelssohn   Allegro maestoso e vivace (from Sonata no 4)
Mendelssohn   Allegro maestoso (from Sonata no 5)  
Messiaen          Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père
Messiaen          Transports de joie from l'Ascension
Messiaen          Dieu Parmi Nous
Messiaen         Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle
Meyerbeer        Coronation March "Le Prophète"
Mozart                Fantasie in F minor
Mulet                  Carillon-Sortie
Mulet                  Tu es Petra
Murrill                Carillon
Mushel              Toccata
Nibelle              Carillon Orléanais
Pärt                    Trivium
Parry                  March from "The Birds of Aristophanes"
Peeters             Koraal from Suite Modale
Peeters             Toccata  from Suite Modale
Pierné               Prélude from Trois Pièces
Pierné               Scherzando de Concert (from Trois Pièces)
Preston             Alleluyas
Prizeman          Toccata "Songs of Praise"
Purcell/Dupré   Trumpet Tune in D
Ravel                  Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Reger                 Benedictus
Reger                  Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
Reuchsel           Nuages ensoleillés sur le Cap Nègre
Rheinberger      Introduction and Passacaglia from Sonata no. 8
Saint Saëns       Fantaisie in E flat
Saint-Saëns       Allegro giocoso: (No. 7 - Seven Improvisations)
Saint-Saëns       Finale from The Organ Symphony
Schmidt              "Halleluja" Präludium und Fuge in D
Schumann          Canon in B minor
Sibelius               Intermezzo from Karelia-Suite
Sibelius              Alla Marcia from Karelia-Suite
Sibelius              Finlandia
Smart                  Postlude in D
Soler                  Minué from Concerto no. 6
Spicer                Prelude from Suite for Organ
Spicer                Finale from Suite for Organ
Stanford            Postlude in G minor
Stanley              Introduction and Allegro (Voluntary in A minor)
Sweelinck         Mein junges Leben hat ein End'
Thalben-Ball     Elegy
Vierne                Carillon de Westminster (from Pièces de Fantaisie)
Vierne                Impromptu (from Pièces de Fantaisie)
Vierne                Allegro Vivace (from Symphony I)
Vierne                Final (from Symphony I)
Vierne                Allegro (from Symphony II)
Vierne                Final (from Symphony II)
Vierne                Allegro Maestoso (from Symphony III)
Vierne                Final (from Symphony III)
Vierne                Final (from Symphony IV)
Vierne                Final (from Symphony VI)
Vierne                Hymne au Soleil (from Pièces de Fantaisie)
Vierne                Toccata (from Pièces de Fantaisie)
Vierne               Allegro (from Symphony IV)
Vierne               Naïades from Pièces de Fantaisie
Vierne               Marche Nuptiale
Vierne               Andantino from Pièces de Fantaisie
Vivaldi/Bach     Allegro (Concerto in A minor)
Walton               Orb and Sceptre
Weaver              Passacaglia on a theme by Dunstable (Agincourt Song)
Wesley              Choral Song and Fugue
West                  Fantasy on two well-known Christmas Carols
Whitlock           Allegretto from Five Short Pieces
Widor                Allegro (from Symphony no.6)
Widor                Allegro Vivace (from Symphony no. 5 )
Widor                Intermezzo (from Symphony no. 6)
Widor                Toccata (from Symphony no. 5)
Widor                Moderato (from Symphony no 7)
Widor                Choral (from Symphony no 7)
Widor                Allegro ma non troppo (from Symphony no 7)
Widor                Finale (from Symphony no 7)
Widor                Marche Américaine Op 31 arr. Dupré
Willan               Epilogue on 'St Theodulph'
Yon                   Toccatina for flute

 

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The  Organ

St Paul’s has some of the finest acoustics in the city of Birmingham and this helps the existing instrument to still sound rather fine, mainly due to the presence of some unaltered 1830s pipework by James Bishop. However, during the next few years the instrument is going to require much drastic and very expensive work. Although currently it sounds fine the poorly conceived mechanics are now in a bad state of repair and have are increasingly unreliable. The soundboards are in a very poor condition and some of the pipework is showing signs of collapse. Unfortunately only some of the pipework, mainly the original Bishop ranks, will be worth restoring either economically or artistically. The church is planning a major appeal to build a new organ which incorporates the historic Bishop pipework in a remodelled case. 

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The Choir

Interior of St Paul's Church, Birmingham
St Paul's has an adult choir which plays a central role in the main Sunday service at 6.30pm each week. Their repertoire ranges from plainsong to Tudor anthems and motets, to modern works. The choir rehearses at  5.30pm immediately prior to the service. This commitment of one-visit-per-week makes it ideal for those who would find committing to a weeknight rehearsal difficult. New members are always welcome. The ability to sight sing is not essential, but does help as rehearsal time is limited. It is a real joy to sing in the fine acoustic of St Paul's.

Enquiries are welcome: choir@paulcarr.co.uk


Church website: www.saintpaulbrum.org/music.php


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