Stanford 100 Recital Series: Stuart Nicholson

Name: Stanford 100 Recital Series: Stuart Nicholson
Start: 2024-09-22T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

Schedule

Sun Sep 22 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin | Dublin, DN

To mark the centenary of the death of Dublin born composer Charles Villiers Stanford, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral presents a series of five organ recitals given by some of Ireland’s leading organists.
Admission is free, no pre-booking needed.
Sunday 22 September | STUART NICHOLSON
Funeral March from Beckett (Op. 48, 1892)
(arranged Sydney H Nicholson)
Three Idylls (Op. 1942, 1922)
i. By the seashore
ii. In the country
iii. The Angelus
Sonata no.2 in G minor “Eroica” (Op. 151, 1917)
i. Rheims - Allegro moderato
ii. Tempo di Marcia solenne: Adagio molto
Verdun - Allegro moderato
Stuart studied at the Royal College of Music in London with John Birch, during which time he was awarded scholarships at the Temple Church and Saint Paul’s Cathedral; graduating with a first class honours in July 1997 and a postgraduate oboe prize – the latter by accident.
Following appointments at Birmingham & Edinburgh Cathedrals, Stuart was appointed Master of the Music at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in 2010. Under his direction the Cathedral Choir has made 6 critically acclaimed CD recordings, broadcast on both RTÉ & BBC, given many concert performances across Ireland including on the stages of both the National Concert Hall & Gaiety Theatre, toured the US, UK, Sweden & Denmark, all in addition to singing 12 weekly choral services.
A keen arranger, Stuart has had many of his arrangements published by Hal Leonard and OUP and performed across the globe including by groups such as the BBC Singers, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.