Viscount Classical Organs and Regent Classic Organs are delighted to present this 2018 concert series on instruments installed recently, featuring internationally renowned organist, Dr Joseph Nolan. You can read more about Dr Nolan at the bottom of this page.
Concert Dates and Programme
5 Magnificent Venues, 1 Marvellous Musician as follows (see details further down):
- St Mary’s, Chalgrove: 19th May at 7.30pm
- Crescent Church, Belfast: 23rd May at 7.30pm
- St Joseph’s, Dundalk: 24th May at 7.30pm
- Cavan Cathedral, : 25th May at 7.30pm
- St. Mary’s, Witney: 27th May at 7.30pm
Dr Joseph Nolan will perform the following programme:
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor by J.S. Bach
- Symphony No. 1 in D minor Op. 14 by Louis Vierne (complete)
- Variations sur un Noël (Op. 20) by Marcel Dupre.
For Address and ticketing information please read below under each concert.
Venue Details
Address: St Mary’s Church, Church Ln, Chalgrove, OX44 7SD
Ticket and Other information: No tickets needed. Admission on the door for a suggested donation of £7 per person.
Address: Crescent Church, 6 University Rd, Belfast, BT7 1NH
Ticket and Other information: No tickets needed. Admission is free but with a voluntary donation can be made to cover costs (light supper will be provided).
Address: St Joseph’s Church, St Alphonsus Road, Dundalk, A91 F3FC
Ticket and Other information: No tickets needed. Admission is free with a retiring collection.
Address: Cavan Cathedral (Cathedral of St Patrick and St Felim), Farnham St, Kinnypottle, Cavan
Ticket and Other information: No tickets needed. Admission is free with a retiring collection.
Address: St Mary’s Church, Witney, OX28 4AW
Ticket and Other information: No tickets needed. Admission is free with a retiring collection.
About Dr Joseph Nolan
Multiple award winning British-Australian organist Dr Joseph Nolan has been hailed by ABC Classic FM as ‘an extraordinary musician’ and BBC Radio 3 CD Review as a ‘virtuoso’
Joseph graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music, London, undertaking postgraduate studies with the legendary Marie-Claire Alain in Paris for two years supported by scholarships from the Countess of Munster Trust and Hattori Foundation.
Joseph then returned to London and was appointed to Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal, St James’s Palace where he performed many times at Buckingham Palace, including giving the opening concert of the refurbished Grand Ballroom organ.
Joseph Nolan’s recordings of the complete organ works of Charles Marie Widor on the most famous French organs for award winning label, Signum Records, have been awarded multiple Editor’s Choices and five star reviews in Limelight, Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. Very notably, Gramophone named the final disc of the Widor/Nolan cycle as a Critics Choice of 2017.
Joseph Nolan was made a Chevalier des Arts des Lettres by the French government in 2016 and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Western Australia in 2013. Appointed Master of Music at St George’s Cathedral, Perth in 2008, the Cathedral music programme has been described as ‘elite, faultless and world-class’ by the Australian and West Australian newspapers.
Joseph has just returned to Perth having made his double solo concerto debut with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra at Petronas Concert Hall.
Below is a video from the Regent Classic DVD recorded in 2016 at Selby Abbey with Joseph.
I have had a passion for church organs since the tender age of 12. I own and run Viscount Organs with a close attention to the detail that musicians appreciate; and a clear understanding of the benefits of digital technology and keeping to the traditional and emotional elements of organ playing.
