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Sunday
25th September 2011
4.45pm
Westminster Cathedral
London

Grand Organ Recital

Paul Carr plays:
Etude Symphonique - Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
Cortège et Litanie - Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Deux Esquisses I - Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Deux Esquisses II - Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Toccata and Fugue: Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré - Gerald Hendrie (b. 1935)

Thursday August 4th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr plays:
'Mein junges Leben hat ein End' - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
An Wasserflüssen Babylon  BWV 653 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Daphnis et Chloé (trans David Briggs) - Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)



Thursday LIVE Organ Recitals
by Paul Carr & Guests

St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter,
St Paul's Square, Birmingham B3 1QZ

● On the first Thursday of every month     ● 1.15pm - 1.45pm     ● Admission free

Click here for a map link and scroll down for more information on how to get to St Paul's

Recitals last 30 minutes and are followed by light refreshments.

St Paul's is blessed with some of the finest acoustics in the city of Birmingham. It is a Grade I listed building, built in 1779 and set in a timeless Georgian square with beautiful rolling lawns and tree-lined walks; An oasis of calm in the heart of the city. 

Holy Trinity Parish Church
High Street, Wordsley,
Stourbridge,
West Midlands DY8 5RU

Sunday 7th August 2011: 3.00pm
Sunday Afternoon Organ Music no. 95
"Encore!"
Gopak - Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
'Gigue' Fugue in G  BWV 577 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Petite Suite in Blue - Johannes Matthias Michel (b. 1958)
Variations on Greensleeves - David Briggs (b.1962)
Allegretto from the 7th Symphony - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Scherzo - Gaston Litaize (1909-1991) 
Nuages ensoleillés sur le Cap Nègre - Eugene Reuchsel (1900-1988)

Sunday Afternoon Organ Music™  takes place on the first Sunday of every month at 3.00pm and lasts for around 45 minutes.

A view of the organ console is usually projected onto a large screen at the front of the church, giving excellent views of the performer.

Admission to the recitals is free. A retiring collection is taken to defray printing costs and to assist in funding the care and maintenance of the instrument.

Holy Trinity Parish Church is situated  in Stourbridge's historic Glass Quarter.

It lies the A491 which runs between Stourbridge and Kingswinford. The nearest railway station is Stourbridge Town.  There is ample car parking on the car parks behind the church hall and in front of the church gates.

http://www.paulcarr.co.uk/SAOM.htm

Fourth Presbyterian Church on Michigan Avenue in Chicago is where Dr John W. W. Sherer has been the Organist and Director of Music since 1996 and where 2,000 people worship each Sunday.

USA Today recently picked Fourth Presbyterian Church as one of top ten places in America to be "enthralled by heavenly music." 

The church has a 126-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ and nine choirs and instrumental groups including The Morning Choir, a twenty-six voice professional ensemble and Tower Brass, a professional octet. Dr. Sherer manages an active concert series at the church with over eighty events each year.

The Morning Choir and Dr. Sherer were in the film 'My Best Friend's Wedding' the wedding being at The Fourth Presbyterian Church.

In addition to his work at Fourth Presbyterian Church he is a frequent guest conductor with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, has done numerous lectures and clinics on church music and is a published author and composer.

Dr Sherer will be performing an all-American programme at St Chad's Cathedral Birmingham on Tuesday 21st June at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5/£3

Do come along. A chance to hear one of the finest instruments in the Midlands played by a top organist, and for just a fiver!

I heard John play at Wombourne last Tuesday - 'stunning' just about sums it all up!!

Come and hear for yourself!

Very best wishes,
Paul
www.paulcarr.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/paulcarr.organist

Another 12 Organ Recitals have been commissioned by St Paul's Birmingham.

Thursday Live
Organ Recitals at St Paul's Birmingham
First Thursday of every month: 1.15pm – 1.45pm. Admission Free.

2011 - 2012

July 7th 2011
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

August 4th 2011
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

September 1st 2011
Tim Harper  Birmingham Cathedral

October 6th 2011
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

November 3rd 2011
Henry Fairs  Birmingham University

December 1st 2011
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

January 5th 2012
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

February 2nd 2012
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

March 1st 2012
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

April 5th 2012
Paul Hayward  Nottingham City Parish

May 3rd 2012
Paul Carr  St Paul's Birmingham

June 7th 2012
Jon Payne  St Thomas' Stourbridge

Thursday Live Organ Recitals
by Paul Carr & Guests
St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter,
St Paul's Square, Birmingham B3 1QZ

On the first Thursday of every month
1.15pm - 1.45pm
Admission free

Recitals last 30 minutes and are followed by light refreshments.

St Paul's is blessed with some of the finest acoustics in the city of Birmingham. It is a Grade I listed building, built in 1779 and set in a timeless Georgian square with beautiful rolling lawns and tree-lined walks; An oasis of calm in the heart of the city. 

More at:
Websites:
http://www.paulcarr.co.uk/ThursdayLive.htm and http://www.saintpaulbrum.org/thursdaylive.php and http://www.organrecitals.com/1/recitals0.php?venue=spjq
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/paulcarr.organist
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/ThursdayLive
Organ details:
http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N07367

Best wishes,
Paul

If you're in the West Midlands this coming Tuesday you may be interested in:

"Pipes & Pancakes"

St Andrew's Parish Church, (High Bridge Road) Netherton, West Midlands, DY2 0HN
Shrove Tuesday 8th March 2011 at 7.30pm

An organ concert by Paul Carr to celebrate the installation of the new Trompette stop along with other console updates by Peter Spencer Pipe Organs Ltd. Large screen projection of the console.

Admission £10.00 to include a pancake supper during the interval

Eugène Gigout (1844–1925)
Grand Choeur Dialogué

Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
Etude Symphonique

David N. Johnson (1922-1987)
Trumpet Tune in D major

Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
The Lost Chord

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Peer Gynt Suite
Morning; The Death of Ase; Anitra's Dance; In the Hall of the Mountain King

Gordon Balch Nevin (1892-1943)
Will o' the Wisp

Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
Toccata from The Plymouth Suite

Interval

C.S. Lang (1891-1971)
Tuba Tune

P I Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Waltz of the Flowers from 'The Nutcracker'

Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Adagio in E major

Eric Coates (1886–1957)
March: "The Dam Busters"


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194909563870093

http://www.paulcarr.co.uk/PDF%20files/St%20Andrew's%20Netherton%202011.pdf

http://www.paulcarr.co.uk

Best wishes,
Paul