Benedict is delighted to have been invited back to Blackburn Cathedral (where, from 2011 – 12 he was the Organ Scholar) to give a lunchtime organ recital.
The concert, which is part of the cathedral’s regular lunchtime recital series, will be on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 1pm and will last roughly 45 minutes. The programme will feature music by Andriessen, Leighton, Howells, Demesieux, Langlais, Buxtehude and Tournemire.
Music for Lent, Holy Week & Easter
- Thema met variaties Hendrik Andriessen
- Rockingham Kenneth Leighton
- Psalm prelude (Psalm 23, v.4) Op. 32, No. 3 Herbert Howells
- Chorale fugue on ‘Hosanna filio David’ Jeanne Demessieux
- Dominica in Palmis Jean Langlais
- Chorale prelude on ‘Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder’ BuxWV 178 Dietrich Buxtehude
- Choral-Improvisation sur le “Victimae paschali” Charles Tournemire
Blackburn Cathedral, looking from the north towards the south transept.