The series of Abbey Saturday recitals continues with a varied programme of organ music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, played by Timothy Lambourn.
Timothy Lambourn has been the Assistant organist at Paisley Abbey since October 2014. Tim was the Senior Organ Scholar at Jesus College Cambridge where he studied geography but prior to his time there, he held organ scholarships at St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham and All Saints, Kingston-upon-Thames alongside academic and music scholarships at Hampton School. More recently, he was organist at High Church Hilton, Aberdeen
In 2005 he was awarded the Hall & Manton Trophy at the Croydon Music Festival, and he gained Associateship of the Royal College of Organists in 2007.
Tim studied with David Briggs, David Sanger and Gordon Stewart while projects with choirs have included tours in the UK, to the European continent and to the USA, live radio broadcasts for the BBC, and a performance of Britten’s St Nicolas in collaboration with the Britten Sinfonia in December 2009.
His programme includes…………..
Sonata in A, Op 65 No. 3 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
i. (Con moto maestoso)
ii. (Andante tranquillo)
Master Tallis’s Testament Herbert Howells (1892 – 1983)
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Choral Fantasia on ‘When I survey the wondrous cross’ Sir Charles Hubert Parry (1848 – 1918)
An Wasserflussen Babylon, BWV 653 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Tocatta & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
i. Tocatta
ii. Fugue
Tickets for the recital cost £5 and can be purchased at the door.
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