Thursday Live & Thursday Live Plus! Programmes 2026

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Thursday 8 January 2026 1.15pm
(one week later than usual)

Paul Spicer (b.1952)  
Fanfares and Dances
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)       
Prelude & Fugue in D minor
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Trio Sonata 1 in E flat BWV 525
Allegro; Adagio; Allegro
Philip Glass (b.1937) 
Prélude pour Orgue
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)    
Le Prophète: Coronation March
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)     
The Planets: Venus – The Bringer of Peace
Louis Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
arr. W.T. Best
La Damnation de Faust: Rákóczi March


Thursday 5 February 2026 1.15pm

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Jehan Alain (1911-1940)       
Litanies
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Pomp and Circumstance March no.4
Zsolt Gárdonyi (b.1946)        
Be thou my vision
John A. Behnke (b.1953)       
Go Tell it on the Mountain
César Franck (1822-1890)     
Choral no.3 in A minor
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Fugue in G minor BWV 578
Flor Peeters (1903-1986)      
Concert Piece
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)    
Symphony no.5: Toccata


Thursday 5 March 2026 1.15pm

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Prelude & Fugue in E minor
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto in A minor After Vivaldi BWV 593
Allegro; Adagio; Allegro
Georg Dietrich Leyding (1664-1710) 
Variations on Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)       
Prelude & Fugue in C minor


Thursday 9 April 2026 1.15pm 
(one week later than usual due to Holy Week).

Roderick Elms (b.1951)         
Carillon Festivo 
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)   
Prelude & Fugue in F minor 
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Trois Improvisations:
Marche épiscopale; Méditation; Cortège
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Pièces de Fantaisie: Impromptu
Franz Lizst (1811-1886)
Fantasia & Fugue on BACH


Thursday 7 May 2026 1.15pm

Naji Hakim (b.1955)  
Ouverture Libanaise
Paul Ayres (b.1970)   
The Lord’s my Shepherd
Paul Spicer (b.1952)  
Suite for Organ:
Prelude; Aria; Finale
Zsolt Gárdonyi (b.1946)        
EGATOP
David Briggs (b.1962)
Marche Episcopale


Thursday 4 June 2026 1.15pm

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Fugue in E flat (St Anne) BWV 552b
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)      
Chorale Prelude on Nun bitten wir
den heiligen Geist
BuxWV 208
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
Suite Gothique:
Introduction-Choral; Menuet Gothique;
Prière à Notre-Dame; Toccata
Craig Phillips (b.1961)
Prelude on Caithness 
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Psalm Prelude Set 1, no.3
Maurice Duruflé (1903-1986)
Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des
Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons


Thursday 2 July 2026 1.15pm

Philip Glass (b.1937) 
Satyagraha: Act III – Conclusion
César Franck (1822-1890)     
Choral no.2 in B minor
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653
Henri Mulet (1878-1967)      
Carillon-Sortie


Thursday 6 August 2026 1.15pm

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)    
Symphony no.6: Allegro                 
Joséphine Boulay (1869-1925)   
Trois Pièces:
Prélude; Andante; Fugue 
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)      
Praeludium in G minor BuxWV 149
George Haynes (b.1989)       
Toccata
Jessica French (b.1984)         
Variations on Jesu, dulcis memoria


Thursday 13 August 2026 1.15pm

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)   
Cortège et Litanie
Olivier Latry (b.1962)
Salve Regina
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)      
Symphony no.4: Final


Thursday 20 August 2026 1.15pm

Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Sonata no.1 in D minor
Introduction and Allegro; Pastorale; Final
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)      
Danse Macabre
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Psalm Prelude Set 2, no.1 De Profundis
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
tr. Mélodie Michel
Appalachian Spring:
Variations on a Shaker Melody
Sergeï Prokofiev (1891-1953)
tr. Jean Guillou
Toccata


Thursday 27 August 2026 1.15pm

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)    
Abdelazer: Rondeau
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV 582
Jehan Alain (1911-1940)       
Choral Dorien
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator
Andrew Carter (b.1939)        
Aria
Petr Eben (1929-2007)          
Sunday Music: Moto Ostinato


Thursday 3 September 2026 1.15pm

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)     
Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)   
Three Pieces for Musical Clocks
Alexandre P.F. Boëly (1785-1858)
Fantaisie & Fugue in B flat
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)  
Chant de Mai
Gaston Bélier (1863-1938)    
Toccata
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)    
Symphony no.5: Allegro Vivace


Thursday 1 October 2026 1.15pm

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)    
Praeludium in A minor BuxWV 155
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)       
Andante in D major
Julius Reubke (1834-1858)    
Sonata on the 94th Psalm


Thursday 5 November 2026 1.15pm

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata & Fugue (Dorian) BWV 538
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata 22: Ertödt’ uns durch dein’ Güte
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)   
Deuxième Symphonie:
Preludio; Intermezzo; Toccata


Thursday 3 December 2026 1.15pm

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)     
Fantasia in F minor K 608
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)         
Two Chorale Preludes on
O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)      
Pièces de Fantaisie: Clair de Lune
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)          
La Nativité du Seigneur: Dieu parmi nous