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D'Arcy Trinkwon at Brighton University Wednesday 27 April 12 noon

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David Pinnegar

The Meeting House - University of Sussex
Wednesday 27 April 2016 # 12 noon

DT at the organ # 45 minutes of music
Free entrance



FRESCOBALDI          Aria detto Balletto
BUXTEHUDE            Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BuxWV149
MENDELSSOHN      Allegro, Chorale & Fugue in D minor
FRANCAIX                Suite Carmelite
J. S. BACH                 Passacaglia & Fugue, BWV582

The Suite Carmelite of Jean Françaix (1912-1997) was written in 1938 and was inspired by the novella The Last on the Scaffold by Getrud von Le Fort which was later adapted into a screenplay by Georges Bernanaos which in turn inspired Poulenc's dramatic 1956 opera Dialogue des Carmelites. Françaix presents us with simple and charming musical character sketches of the various nuns... 
Next month (May 25) I will include the UK premier of the Canadian Denis Bédard (b. 1950) Trois Esquisses for pedals solo. 


The Meeting House
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9QF

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/chaplaincy/