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Journey through Shropshire

by OrganistPaul|Published July 5, 2018

Organist Paul Carr presents four free summer lunchtime organ recitals at four churches in Shropshire. Paul presents a different programme at each recital.

Bach
Church Stretton
Concert
Festival
Handel
Holy Trinity
Lunchtime
Organist
Paul Carr
Recital
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
St Chad's
Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Walton
Whitchurch
Wistanstow

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St Barnabas Linslade. 1889 Walker rebuilt Norman & Beard 1905/1913 and restored by Alan Goulding 2015. Duruflé Requiem here at 4pm with Open University Choir.

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St George’s Church Langton Matravers, Binns organ.

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St James’ Church Kingston. Marley Young & Oldknow organ 1880

Paul Carr in Chicago

“Paul Carr’s dedication concert of the new Quimby organ at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago was absolutely electrifying and he received an instant standing ovation from the hundreds of enthusiastic people that attended. He brought out so many colors from the organ, creating wonderful effects and a huge range of expression. His technical abilities made even the most difficult of pieces sound easy, yet he always played with a musical expression perfectly suited for each piece. His comments between pieces were delightful and helped the audience enjoy the concert even more. If every organ concert was as enjoyable as the one played by Paul Carr, organ concerts would be packed to the rafters.”

Dr John W W Sherer, Director of Music, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, USA, 2016

Other Reviews

‘Thanks for a superb recital Wednesday evening…. This was my first live experience of the Salisbury Willis and it certainly is an impressive instrument. Choice of programme also provided new experiences including the Bossi Etude, which was a real delight. Thanks especially for the Bach Sinfonia encore, which is a personal favourite transcribed for organ. Registered in a way I feel sure JSB would have used that mighty machine had it been available!….’

‘What tremendous pleasure it gave me to be present at your usual impeccable performance on that magnificent instrument, and I have a feeling, that to a greater or lesser degree, you are inspired by the particular organ you are playing at the time, and in this case I am literally running out of superlatives to describe what I was hearing… thanks for a memorable occasion.’

Salisbury Cathedral, 2017

“You played an outstanding Organ Prom again, and the audience really did appreciate it… Programme, playing and registrations were, as usual, to the highest standards, and I hope that you will return again.”

Victoria Hall Hanley, 2016

More reviews here…

“Ein glänzend aufgelegter Paul Carr zeigte in einem wahren Feuerwerk abwechslungsreicher Werke mit hohen Tempi und farbigen Registrierungen („More Organ Fireworks“) sein enormes virtuoses sowie künstlerisches Können und begeisterte das Publikum mit technischer Brillanz und musikalischem Einfühlungsvermögen.”

Orgelpunkt Magdeburg Dom, 2016

Recently…2019

17th November 2019
St Barnabas Linslade
Concert with Open University Chorus – Duruflé Requiem, etc.

14th November 2019
Christchurch Priory
Organ Recital

9th November 2019
Stoke Minster
Organ Recital

3rd November 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

2nd November 2019
Great Malvern Priory
Organ Recital

25th October 2019
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Open University Degree Ceremonies

16th October 2019
St Albans Cathedral
Organ Concert

6th October 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

3rd October 2019
St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

29th September 2019
St Francis Bournville
Directing The St Ignatius Singers for Choral Evensong

28th September 2019
Coventry Cathedral
Playing for Choral Evensong with the choir of St Bart’s Penn

14th September 2019
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Open University Degree Ceremonies

1st September 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

27th August 2019
Tewkesbury Abbey
Organ Concert

25th August 2019
St Mary’s Handsworth
Directing The St Ignatius Singers for James Watt Bicentennial Choral Evensong

16th August 2019
St Chad’s Church Shrewsbury
Concert in the Round

12th August 2019
Coventry Cathedral
Lunchtime Organ Recital

10th August 2019
St Mary’s Slough
Lunchtime Organ Recital

8th August 2019
St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham
Recital: Thursday Live Summer Organ Festival

6th August 2019
St Alkmund’s Whitchurch
Lunchtime Organ Concert

4th August 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

2nd August 2019
St Werburgh’s Church, Chester
First Friday Recital Series

21st July 2019
St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York
Kilgen Organ Recital

13th-14th July 2019
Worcester Cathedral
Choral services playing for Priory Voices

7th July 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

6th July 2019
St Hilda’s Warley
3-Shires Festival Recital

12th June 2019
St Mary’s Guildford
Bach Recital

7th June 2019
Emmanuel Wylde Green
Lunchtime Organ Recital

6th June 2019
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

2nd June 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

17th May 2019
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Open University Degree Ceremonies

14th May 2019
Neuadd Dewi Sant
St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Organ Concert

5th May 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

2nd May 2019
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

13th April 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Concert – Bernstein: Chichester Psalms and Duruflé: Requiem with Dudley Choral Society

7th April 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

1st April 2019
Royal Hospital School Chapel, Holbrook
Organ Recital

30th March 2019
St Cuthbert’s Church, Doveridge
Choral Concert with Uttoxeter Choral Society

23rd March 2019
St Thomas’ Church, Stourbridge
Handel Messiah with Gig Caritas

5th March 2019
St Andrew’s Church, Netherton
‘Pipes & Pancakes’ Organ Concert

3rd March 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

2nd March 2019
Coventry Cathedral
Directing the St Ignatius Singers for Choral Evensong

16th-17th February 2019
Gloucester Cathedral
Choral services playing for Priory Voices

7th February 2019
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

5th February 2019
Abbey Gate College, Chester
Adjudicating the Mary Caven House Music Festival

3rd February 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

2nd February 2019
St Mary’s Handsworth
Directing The St Ignatius Singers Choral Matins for The Prayer Book Society, Birmingham

6th January 2019
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

4th January 2019
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
Choral Evensong with The Choir of St John the Baptist, Devizes

During 2018…

30th December 2018
Birmingham Cathedral
playing for The Half Circle Singers

21st December 2018
Quaker Meeting House, Bournville
Christmas Organ Recital for Bournville Lunchtime Concerts

16th December 2018
St Alban’s Highgate, Birmingham
Nine Lessons & Carols with Birmingham Bach Choir

15th December 2018
Rocester Parish Church
Handel’s Messiah with Uttoxeter Choral Society

9th December 2018
Christ Church Coseley
Directing The St Ignatius Singers for the Advent Carol Service and Tree of Light

8th December 2018
St James’ Church Eve Hill
Concert with Dudley Choral Society

6th December 2018
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

2nd December 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

1st December 2018
St James’ Church Chipping Campden
Concert with Chipping Campden Festival Chorus

17th November 2018
Bournbrook Hall, Bournville Gardens
Concert directing Selly Park Singers

4th November 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Directing The St Ignatius Singers; Antonio Lotti’s Missa pro defunctis for All Souls’ Requiem

4th November 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

1st November 2018
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

22nd October 2018
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Open University Degree Ceremonies

20th-21st October 2018
Lincoln Cathedral
Choral services playing for Priory Voices

7th October 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

5th October 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Open University Degree Ceremonies

21st September 2018
Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff
Lunchtime Organ Recital

2nd September 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

29th August 2018
Lichfield Cathedral
Organ Recital; Music for Reflection Series

19th August 2018
St Michael’s Witley Court, Great Witley
Organ Recital

17th August 2018
St Chad’s, Shrewsbury
‘Concerts in the Round’ Organ Recital

11th August 2018
St Laurence’s Parish Church, Ludlow
‘Ludlow Arts’ Lunchtime Organ Recital

9th August 2018
Holy Trinity, Wistanstow
Stretton Arts Festival Lunchtime Organ Recital

5th August 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

2nd August 2018
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

31st July 2018
St Alkmund’s, Whitchurch
Lunchtime Organ Concert

21st-22nd July 2018
Bristol Cathedral
Choral services playing for Priory Voices

10th July 2018
Holy Trinity Llandudno, Wales
Grand Re-Opening Organ Concert

8th July 2018
St Hilda’s, Warley
Directing 3-Shires Festival Choir for Choral Evensong

7th July 2018
St James’ Eve Hill, Dudley
Fauré Requiem with Dudley Choral Society

7th July 2018
St Hilda’s, Warley
3-Shires Festival Lunchtime Organ Recital

1st July 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

30th June 2018
St Alban’s Birmingham
Espressivo! Concert of Italian music with Birmingham Bach Choir

28th June 2018
Christchurch Priory
Lunchtime Organ Recital

24th June 2018
St Alban’s Birmingham
Directing The St Ignatius Singers for Choral Evensong

16th June 2018
Malvern Priory
Espressivo! Concert of Italian music with Birmingham Bach Choir

8th June 2018
St John the Baptist, Cardiff
Lunchtime Organ Recital

7th June 2018
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

6th June 2018
St George’s Church, Edgbaston
Lunchtime Concert directing Selly Park Singers

3rd June 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

14th May 2018
St Michael’s Baddesley Clinton
Directing The St Ignatius Singers at Choral Evensong for the Bluebell Festival

11th May 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Open University Degree Ceremonies

6th May 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

28th April 2018
St Mark’s Pensnett
Concert with Dudley Choral Society

7th-8th April 2018
Exeter Cathedral
Choral services playing for Priory Voices

5th April 2018
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

Easter Day 1st April 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

24th March 2018
Dudley Town Hall
Gig Caritas Concert (Celeste/Choir)

22nd March 2018
Dudley Town Hall
Festival of Song – Dudley Performing Arts (Piano/Band)

17th March 2018
Selly Oak Methodist Church
Concert directing Selly Park Singers

16th March 2018
Quaker Meeting House, Bournville
Bournville Lunchtime Concerts

10th March 2018
Ellesmere College Chapel
Concert with Ellesmere Sinfonia & Choral Society

8th March 2018
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Lunchtime Organ Concert

4th March 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

18th February 2018
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
Sunday Grand Organ Recital

13th February 2018
St Andrew’s Netherton
Pipes and Pancakes Organ Concert for Shrove Tuesday

4th February 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Directing The St Ignatius Singers at the first Choral Evensong at Holy Trinity in over 25 years.

4th February 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

1st February 2018
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
‘Thursday Live’ Organ Recital

24th January 2018
Blackburn Cathedral
Lunchtime Organ Concert

18th January 2018
Ripon Cathedral
Lunchtime Organ Concert

7th January 2018
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wordsley
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music

Highlights… 2017

16th December 2017
St Nicholas Alcester
Concert with The Alcester Singers

24th November 2017
Bradford Cathedral
Wednesday@One Organ Recital

14th November 2017
Bristol Cathedral
Lunchtime Organ Recital

4th November 2017
Stoke Minster
Lunchtime Organ Recital

30th September 2017
Ellesmere College
‘Come & Sing’ Mozart Requiem with Paul Spicer

30th August 2017
Salisbury Cathedral
Evening Organ Recital

22nd-27th August 2017
Worcester Cathedral
Choral services playing for the choir of St Bart’s Penn

15th August 2017
Hereford Cathedral
Lunchtime Organ Concert

23rd July 2017
St Michael’s, Tenbury
Choral services directing The St Ignatius Singers

15th-16th July 2017
Ely Cathedral
Choral services playing for Priory Voices

17th June 2017
Tewkesbury Abbey
Organ solos and accompanying The City of Birmingham Choir

20th May 2017
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Walton and Finzi with Birmingham Schools Symphony Orchestra and The City of Birmingham Choir

21st April 2017
Stephansdom, Vienna
Mass and Choral concert with The City of Birmingham Choir
Handel’s Messiah with St Stephen’s Orchestra and The City of Birmingham Choir

8th April 2017
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Audition d’orgue

24th February 2017
St Bride’s Fleet Street, London
Lunchtime Organ Recital