PHELPS ORGAN

SUMMER SERIES

2017

COLIN ANDREWS

MARCUS WIBBERLEY

ROGER JUDD

MICHAEL HAYNES

PETER KING

STEPHEN FARR

Saturdays at 6pm, lasting

approximately one hour

Free admission • retiring collection

The Lawrence Phelps organ of Hexham Abbey is regarded as

one of the finest instruments in the country. It was built in

Pennsylvania, USA, where the workshop was based, and was

shipped to the UK and installed in the Abbey in 1974. It was

ordered to replace a failing instrument dating from the 19th

century, and to celebrate the Abbey’s 1300th Anniversary.

Unique in this country, it is built using a ‘werkprinzip’ design,

and has a fine tracker action intended to mimic that of a

harpsichord. Despite only having two manuals and thirty-

four speaking stops, its specification and voicing are such

that it is a completely versatile instrument, equally at home

with a vast array of recital repertoire and the demands of

accompanying the repertoire of the Anglican Choral

Tradition. It was inaugurated in 1974 by Dame Gillian Weir,

who last played in 2014 to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

The Phelps Organ Summer Series 2017 features recitalists

of international acclaim and some of the finest repertoire

written for the organ. For further info:

E directorofmusic@hexhamabbey.org.uk

T 01434 602031 (office) W www.hexhamabbey.org.uk

COLIN ANDREWS 8th July, 6pm (Indiana, USA)

Bach Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

O Mensch, bewein, BWV 622

Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 550

Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV 728

Patterson Toccata “Fluorescence”, Op. 22

Bonnet Variations de Concert, Op. 1

Messiaen Offrande et Alleluia Final (from Livre

du Saint Sacrement)

MARCUS WIBBERLEY 22nd July, 6pm (Hexham Abbey)

Bach Toccata & Fugue in F major, BWV 540

Kommst du nun, Jesu, BWV 650

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

Pierné Prélude (from Trois Pièces, Op. 29/1)

Franck Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18

Saint-Saëns Bénédiction nuptiale, Op. 9

Widor Marche Pontificale (from Symphony No

1, Op. 13/1)

ROGER JUDD 5th August, 6pm (St Laurence, Ludlow)

Bach Chaconne pour violon seul, BWV 1004

Pastorella, BWV 590

Ricercare à 6 (from The Musical Offering)

Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 655

Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 541

Buxtehude Magnificat primi toni

Lübeck Præludium in E major

MICHAEL HAYNES 19th August, 6pm (Hexham Abbey)

Bach Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

De Grigny Cromorne en Taille à2

Du Mage Basse de Trompette et Grand Jeu

S Wesley Air and Gavotte

Howells Rhapsody No 3 in C sharp minor

Jongen Petit Prélude

Vierne Impromptu (from Pièces de Fantaisie)

Franck Pièce Heroïque

PETER KING 2nd September, 6pm (Organist Emeritus, Bath Abbey)

Karg-Elert Toccata “Jerusalem, du hochgebaute

Stadt”

Valse Mignon, Op. 142ii

Liszt Prelude & Fugue on BACH

Guilain Suite du second ton

Mendelssohn Prelude & Fugue in E minor

Bach Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue

STEPHEN FARR 16th September, 6pm (St Paul’s, Knightsbridge)

Monnikendam Toccata

Schumann Vier Fugen Op 72

Buxtehude Præludium in G minor, BuxWV 148

Marchand Tièrce en Taille

Bingham Roman Conversions (2017)

Alain Choral Dorien

Preston Alleluyas