Organ Recitals with the St Francis Players Live at the Monastery

Name: Organ Recitals with the St Francis Players Live at the Monastery
Start: 2024-06-27T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-06-27T14:30:00+01:00
Location: The Monastery Manchester

Schedule

Thu Jun 27 2024 at 02:00 pm to 02:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Monastery Manchester | Manchester, EN

You are warmly invited to join us at the Monastery to enjoy the wonderful, live musicianship of Stephen Mann, the last organist of the Monastery (1989), as he performs several organ recital dates, live in the Great Nave. Stephen will be accompanied by James Hutton and Donald Turnbull on violin & John Hofton on flute & recorder.
An absolute treat for your ears and particularly poignant for those who remember hearing the original Monastery organ.
RECITAL DATES
All starting at 2.00pm
MAY 2024
Thursday 16th May – 2-2.30pm
Thursday 23rd May – 2-2.30pm
Thursday 30th May – 2-2.30pm
PROGRAMME
I) Cinq Improvisations – Rene Vierne
II) Gnossienne no.4 – Erik Satie
III) Instrumental Items (tba)
IV) Fuga in Eb Major – Mozart
V) Sancta Dorothea – Franz Liszt
VI) Instrumental items (tba)
VII) Concerto en sol (2nd movement) – Maurice Ravel
VIII) Allegresse/Sortie – Ermend Bonnal
JUNE 2024
Thursday 13th June – 2-2.30pm
Thursday 20th June – 2-2.30pm
Thursday 27th June – 2-2.30pm
PROGRAMME
I) Suite op.18 no’s 1, 5 & 6 – Hugo Distler
II) Fur Alina – Arvo Part
III) Instrumental Items (tba)
IV) Presto – Benedetto Marcello
V) Piano Concerto en sol (2nd movement) – Maurice Ravel
VI) Instrumental items (tba)
VII) Offertoire/Sortie Solennel – Louis Raffy
The recitals are free to attend, thanks to the musicians’ great generosity. There will be a collection at the end, to raise funds to install a replacement organ in the Monastery’s Great Nave, recently donated by Patricroft Church, Eccles.
You can read more about our organ campaign by clicking here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/monastery-organ-appeal
Online donations are also gratefully accepted. You can donate online quickly, easily and securely by clicking here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/monastery-organ-appeal