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Thursday Live Organ RecitalsThursday Live Organ Recitals
by Paul Carr & Guests

St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter,
St Paul's Square, Birmingham B3 1QZ

On the first Thursday of every month     ●
1.15pm - 1.45pm     ● Admission free
 
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Recitals last 30 minutes and are followed by light refreshments.

St Paul's is blessed with some of the finest acoustics in the city of Birmingham. It is a Grade I listed building, built in 1779 and set in a timeless Georgian square with beautiful rolling lawns and tree-lined walks; An oasis of calm in the heart of the city.  

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   Next Recital  

Thursday February 2nd 2012 at 1.15pm
Paul Carr

Allegro Vivace (from Symphony no. 5) - Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Air (from Suite no.3 in D) - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Petite Suite in Blue - Johannes Matthias Michel (b. 1958)


St Paul's BirminghamSt Paul's Birmingham
2011 - 2012

July 7th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr

August 4th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr

September 1st 2011 1.15pm
Tim Harper (Birmingham Cathedral)

St Paul's BirminghamOctober 6th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr

November 3rd 2011 1.15pm
Henry Fairs (Birmingham University)

December 1st 2011 1.15pm
St Paul's BirminghamPaul Carr

January 5th 2012 1.15pm
Paul Carr

February 2nd 2012 1.15pm
Paul Carr

St Paul's Birmingham
March 1st 2012 1.15pm
Paul Carr

April 5th 2012 1.15pm
Paul Hayward (Nottingham City Parish)

May 3rd 2012 1.15pm
St Paul's BirminghamPaul Carr

June 7th 2012 1.15pm
Jon Payne (St Thomas' Stourbridge)




   Past Programmes  

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Thursday January 5th 2012 1.15pm Paul Carr
Minué from Concerto no. 6 - Antonio Soler (1729–1783)
Organ Concerto no 10 in D minor - G F Handel (1685–1759)
Sursum Corda - John Ireland (1879–1962)
Alla Marcia - John Ireland (1879–1962)
Sortie in E flat - Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)

Thursday December 1st 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

March upon Handel's "Lift up Your Heads" - Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
In Dulci Jubilo  BWV 729 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Noël Suisse - Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
Variations sur un vieux Noël (Op. 20) - Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)

Thursday November 3rd 2011 1.15pm Henry Fairs
(Birmingham University)
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) : The Small Scale Works

Thursday October 6th 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

Processional - William Mathias (1934-1992)
From 'Eight Short Preludes and Fugues' - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
  Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 554  
  Prelude and Fugue in F BWV 556  
  Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 558  
  Prelude and Fugue in B flat BWV 560   

Toccata and Fugue: Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré - Gerald Hendrie (b. 1935)

Thursday September 1st 2011 1.15pm Tim Harper
(Birmingham Cathedral)
Praeludium in C BuxWV 137 - Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)  
Trio Sonata in E flat BWV 525 - J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
Ladies in mercedes - Steve Swallow (b. 1940)
March for 'A History of the English Speaking Peoples'  - William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Tom Winpenny

Thursday August 4th 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

Mein junges Leben hat ein End' - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Daphnis et Chloé (trans David Briggs) - Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Thursday July 7th 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

Ouverture Libanaise - Naji Hakim (b.1955)
Three Pieces for Musical Clocks - Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Allegretto from 7th Symphony - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Toccata "Songs of Praise" - Robert Prizeman (b.1952)

Thursday June 2nd 2011 1.15pm Keith Hearnshaw
(Droitwich Spa)
Greensleeves - Trad arr Richard Purvis (1913-1994)  
Grand Choeur in D major - Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)  
Fantasia in G  BWV 572 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)     
Cavatina; theme from "The Deer Hunter" - Stanley Myers (1930-1993)  
Final (Symphonie 1) - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Thursday May 5th 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

Etude Symphonique - Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
Fantasia in C minor  BWV 562 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Variations on Greensleeves - David Briggs (b.1962)
Choral Dorien - Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
Grand Choeur in D - William Faulkes (1863-1933

Thursday April 7th 2011 1.15pm Ian Ball
(Worcester)
Fantasia in F minor K608 - W A Mozart (1756-1791)  
Mozart Changes - Zsolt Gardonyi (b.1946)
Attende Domine - Pange lingua - Ecce lignum crucis
(from Le Tombeau de Duruflé)
- David Briggs (b.1962)
Gershwinesca - Naji Hakim (b.1955)

Thursday March 3rd 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

March from "The Love of Three Oranges" - Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Präludium und Fuge in D "Halleluja" - Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
Variations on a theme by Herbert Howells - Derek Bourgeois (b.1941)
Popular Song from Façade - Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
Postlude in D - Henry Smart (1813–1879)    Recital Dates  

Thursday February 3rd 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

Präludium, Fuga und Ciacona in C - Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707)
Trio in D minor  BWV 583 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Peer Gynt Suite no 1 - Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) 
   Morning - The Death of Ase - Anitra's Dance - In the Hall of the Mountain King  
Toccata from The Plymouth Suite - Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)

Thursday January 6th 2011 1.15pm Paul Carr

Overture to The Occasional Oratorio - G F Handel (1685–1759)
Prelude in G BWV 568 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie - Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
Adagio in E major - Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Final from Symphony no. 1 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937) 

Thursday December 2nd 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr
Präludium in D - Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707)
Noel sur les Flutes - Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
Organ Concerto no 2 in B flat  - G F Handel (1685–1759)
Prelude on 'The Holly and the Ivy' - Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)

Thursday November 4th 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872–1958)
Allegretto in E flat - William Wolstenholme (1865-1931)
Final from Symphony no. 6 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937) 

Thursday October 7th 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr

March from "The Birds of Aristophanes" - C.H.H Parry (1848–1918)
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier  BWV 731 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation - César Franck (1822–1890)
Finale from The Organ Symphony - Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)   

Thursday September 2nd 2010 1.15pm Anna Myeong
(Kansas City, USA)
Litanies - Jehan Alain (1911-1940)  
Récit de Tierce en taille - Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Variations on America - Charles Ives (1874-1954) 
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)


Thursday August 5th 2010 1.15pm John Pryer
(Birmingham Oratory)
Toccata in G - Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
March of the Magi Kings - Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
Elegy - George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
Introduction and Passacaglia in E minor - Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901)


Thursday July 1st 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr

Marche Américaine - Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Concerto in D minor (After Vivaldi)  BWV 596  - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Elegy - Malcolm Archer (b.1952)
Choral et Fugue (Op. 57) - Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)


Thursday June 3rd 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr
Radetzky March - Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
'Short' Prelude and Fugue in C  BWV 545 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Trois Pièces - Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
Forlana (from Five Bagatelles) - Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)  
Toccata - Georgi Mushel (1909-1989)


Thursday May 6th 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr

Choral Song and Fugue - S.S. Wesley (1810–1876)
Badinerie from Suite no. 2 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Introduction and Passacaglia - Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901)
Benedictus - Max Reger (1873–1916) 
Boléro de Concert - Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869) 


Thursday April 1st 2010 1.15pm

Svyati Duo: Rebecca Hewes cello and Julian Collings organ
Variations on a Hungarian Chorale - Zsolt Gárdonyi (b.1946)  
Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Vitis Flexuosa - Timothy Salter  *UK premiere in the presence of the composer*    
Kol Nidrei - Max Bruch (1838-1920) 


Thursday March 4th 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr

Carillon - Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) 
Toccata in F  BWV 540 (a) - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Reverie - Sir William Harris (1883-1973) 
Grand Offertoire in D - Edouard Batiste (1820-1876)


Thursday February 4th 2010 1.15pm Paul Carr

Trumpet Tune in D (Te Deum) - Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
'Great' Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 546 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Largo from ‘Xerces’ - G F Handel (1685–1759)  
Turkish March from ‘The Ruins of Athens’ - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Grand Choeur - Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)



Thursday January 7th 2010 1.15pm Thomas Corns
(St Mary's, Warwick)
Sonata V in D - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Choral No.3 in A minor - César Franck (1822-1890)


Thursday December 3rd 2009 1.15pm Paul Carr
Toccata on 'Veni Emmanuel' - Andrew Carter (b. 1939)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750) 
Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn  BWV 601 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Gottes Sohn ist kommen  BWV 600 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia to Cantata  BWV 29 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Noel Étranger - Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
Rhapsodie sur des Noëls - Eugène Gigout (1844–1925)


Thursday November 5th 2009 1.15pm Paul Carr

Fanfare pour précéder "La Péri" - Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
Fugue in G minor BWV 578 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Pavane - Gabriel Fauré - (1845–1924)          
Kiwi Fireworks - Paul Spicer (b.1952) 


Thursday October 1st 2009 1.15pm Paul Carr
 
Concert Overture in C minor - Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Concerto in G After Ernst  BWV 592 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750) 
Rondeau from Abdelazer - Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Villanella - John Ireland (1879-1962)
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor - Max Reger (1873-1916)


Thursday September 3rd 2009 1.15pm David Saint
(St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham)
Sonata op 65 no.1 in F minor/major - Felix Mendelssohn
Fugue on the Carillon of the Cathedral of Soissons, Op. 12 - Maurice Duruflé  
Adagio (Suite Modale) - Flor Peeters
An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary - Patrick Gowers


Thursday August 6th 2009: 1.15pm Paul Carr
Allegro Maestoso from Symphony no. 3 - Vierne
Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 534 - J.S. Bach         
La Danserie - Susato/Carr
Pomp and Circumstance March no.4 - Elgar 


Thursday July 2nd 2009: 1.15pm Paul Carr

Fanfare in D - Lemmens
'Great' Prelude and Fugue in A minor  BWV 543 - J.S. Bach
Air and Gavotte - S. Wesley
The Star Spangled Banner Concert Variations - Buck 


Thursday June 4th 2009: 1.15pm Paul Carr
Marche in F - Lefébure-Wély
"St Anne" Prelude and Fugue in E flat (BWV 552) - J.S. Bach
Serenade - Bourgeois
Carillon-Sortie - Mulet    


Thursday May 7th 2009: 1.15pm Paul Carr

Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla - Glinka
'Great' Prelude and Fugue in C  BWV 547 - J.S. Bach
Prelude - Harris
Rosace (from Esquisses Byzantines)  - Mulet
Toccata: Tu es Petra - Mulet


Thursday April 2nd 2009: 1.15pm: Paul Carr
Alla Danza (Hornpipe) from The Water Music - Handel
'Great' Prelude and Fugue in B minor  (BWV 544) - J.S. Bach
Impromptu (from Pièces de Fantaisie) - Vierne
Gymnopédie I - Satie
Coronation March "Le Prophète" - Meyerbeer


Thursday March 5th 2009 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr

Imperial March - Elgar
Concerto in A minor (After Vivaldi)  BWV 593 - J.S. Bach
Adagio in D flat (Consolations) - Liszt
War March of the Priests  - Mendelssohn


Thursday February 5th 2009 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr
Etude de Concert - Bonnet
'Gigue' Fugue in G BWV 577 - J.S. Bach
Three Pieces for Musical Clocks - Haydn
Rhapsody no. 1 in D flat - Howells
Canon in B minor - Schumann
Nun Danket alle Gott - Karg-Elert


Thursday January 1st 2009 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr
SPECIAL NEW YEAR’S DAY 45 minute programme

Die Fledermaus Overture - Strauss (arr. Carr) 
Es ist ein' ros' entsprungen - Brahms
In dir ist Freude - J.S. Bach
Be thou my vision - Gárdonyi
Blues Chorale: 'Die ganze Welt hast du uns überlassen' - Kiefer
Carillon de Westminster from Pièces de Fantaisie - Vierne
The Skaters' Waltz - Waldteufel (arr. Carr)
Pastorale - Bonnet
Hungarian Dance no.1 - Dvorak (arr. Briggs)


Thursday December 4th 2008 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr

Paraphrase: 'See the conq'ring hero comes!' - Guilmant
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland  BWV 659 & 661 - J.S. Bach
Noël Grand jeu et duo - Daquin
Noël from Esquisses Byzantines - Mulet
Gesu Bambino - Yon
Toccata from Symphony no. 5 - Widor


Thursday November 6th 2008 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr

Music for the Royal Fireworks: Bouree, Minuet & Trio, La Rejouissance - Handel
'Great' Prelude and Fugue in G  BWV 541 - J.S. Bach
Sonata no 3 in A  - Mendelssohn
Allegro giocoso: No. 7 from Seven Improvisations - Saint-Saëns


Thursday October 2nd 2008 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr

Allegro from Symphony no. 2 - Vierne
Fantasia in G  BWV 572 - J.S. Bach
March Militaire - Schubert
Elfes - Bonnet
Final from Sonata no. 1 - Guilmant


Thursday September 4th 2008 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr
Grand Choeur Dialogué - Gigout
'Great' Fantasia and Fugue in G minor  BWV 542 - J.S. Bach
Schmücke dich,  O liebe Seele - Brahms
Will o' the Wisp - Nevin
Grand Choeur in D major - Guilmant


Thursday August 7th 2008 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Toccata and Fugue in D minor  BWV 565 -  J.S. Bach
Träumerei - Schumann
Suite Gothique - Boëllmann
     Introduction-Chorale
     Menuet Gothique
     Priere a Notre Dame
     Toccata


Thursday July 3rd 2008 at 1.15pm: Paul Carr (FIRST Thursday Live Recital)

Variations de Concert - Bonnet
Prelude and Fugue in D  BWV 532   - J.S. Bach
Vocalise - Rachmaninoff/Carr
Toccata in B minor - Gigout
 

   Organ Specification  

As remodelled in 1964 by Hill, Norman & Beard Ltd

Pedal
1 Open Diapason 16 
2 Bourdon 16
3 Gedeckt 8
4 Principal 8
5 Fifteenth 4
6 Bassoon 16 (from Swell Contra Oboe)


The organ of St Paul's BirminghamGreat
7 Open Diapason I 8
8 Open Diapason II 8
9 Stopped Diapason 8
10 Dulciana 8
11 Principal 4
12 Twelfth 2 2/3
13 Fifteenth 2
14 Mixture II
15 Trumpet 8



Swell
                                                                 
16 Open Diapason 8   
17 Clarabella 8
18 Salicional 8
19 Voix Celeste 8
20 Lieblich Flute 4
21 Principal 4
22 Mixture III
23 Contra Oboe 16
24 Cornopean 8
25 Clarion 4

Couplers
26 Swell to Pedal
27 Swell to Great
28 Great to Pedal
29 Swell Octave

Paul at the consoleAccessories
Pistons: 10 general, 5 Swell, 5 Great, 5 Pedal-toe, 5 Swell-toe
Reversible thumb pistons: Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Swell to Great
Reversible toe pistons: Great to Pedal
General cancel thumb piston
Illuminated switches: Great and Pedal pistons coupled Generals on Swell toe pistons
64-level lockable memory system.


The organ is in the care of Peter Spencer and Co Organ Builders

   How to get to St Paul's  


Click here for a map link

On foot:  Approximately 10 minutes' walk from Colmore Row, crossing Great Charles Street at the traffic lights on Newhall Street or via the footbridge on Ludgate Hill. The most obvious guiding landmark is the BT tower.

By train:
Birmingham Snow Hill Station or Jewellery Quarter Station (approximately 10 minutes' walk from both)

By metro:  St. Paul's, line 1 (approximately 3 minutes' walk)

Car parking: 
Metered parking on the square or in nearby streets.
Multi-storey NCP car park with 500 spaces in Newhall Street, with access through to St Paul's Square.
See details of this car park, and a map, by clicking here and entering the church postcode (B3 1QZ)

Limited parking in the churchyard with priority given to disabled visitors.

Click here for further information about St Paul's.
Church website: www.saintpaulbrum.org  



Thursday Live
Organ Recitals
on the first Thursday of every month
1.15pm - 1.45pm
St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter
St Paul's Square, Birmingham B3 1QZ

Founded in 2008 by Paul Carr

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