York Minster

Summer Organ Recitals

Published Friday 21st July 2006 by Eleanor Course

The summer season of evening organ recitals begins this year at York Minster on Saturday 29 July.  To commemorate the 250^th anniversary of the birth of Mozart, all his organ music will be performed over the series. The recitals will be performed every Saturday at 7.00pm, and the series ends on Saturday 9 September.  Tickets cost £6 (concessions £5), including a programme, and are available on the door.

The 2006 summer series of recitals features some of Britain’s finest organists.  The series will begin with a recital by Robert Gower of Glenalmond College, on 29 July.  York Minster’s own organist, John Scott Whiteley, will perform on 5 August, and Graham Barber of St Bartholomew’s Armley, will be playing on 12 August.

Francis Jackson, Organ Emeritus of York Minster, will be performing on 19 August, and 26 August will see Malcolm Archer of St Paul’s Cathedral playing.  The series will end with two of the Minster’s own musicians, with Lee Dunleavy, the cathedral’s Organ Scholar, on 2 September, and Philip Moore, the Minster’s Master of the Music, on 9 September.

York Minster’s organist, John Scott Whiteley said, “The summer series of organ recitals is always popular, and we hope that we attract more people than ever this year.  We have a marvellous programme of musicians this year, some from York and others from all around the country.  The special feature of the 2006 series is the complete organ music of Mozart, whose 250^th anniversary falls this year.”