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Sunday Afternoon Organ Music 225
May 5, 2024 : 15:00 – 15:45
Which European Country?
Europe Day is a day marking “peace and unity in Europe” celebrated on 5 May by the Council of Europe and on 9 May by the European Union.
This month Sunday Afternoon Organ Music will take the form of a quiz.
The programme will consist of the pieces below, but not played in the order presented here. The audience can participate by working out the order in which the pieces are played. On the programme a few hints of what to listen out for will be given, and the correct order will be shared at the end.
The nine pieces featured in this programme are listed here alphabetically:
1. Austria: Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Three Pieces for Musical Clocks
2. Belgium: Flor Peeters (1903–1986) Suite Modale: i Koraal
3. Denmark: Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707) Präludium in D
4. Finland: Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Karelia-Suite: Alla Marcia
5. France: Marcel Dupré (1886–1971) Placare Christe Servulis
6. Germany: J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541
7. Great Britain: Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Imperial March
8. Italy: Pietro Yon (1886–1943) Toccatina for flute
9. Portugal: Frei Jacinto (1700-1750) Toccata in D minor
