The Royal College of Organists (RCO) run an Academy programme to train young organists. Each summer they run ‘The Organ Scholar Experience‘ (TOSE), a residential course for young organists. This course itself is fully booked but if you are a young aspiring organist then email Simon Williams, or telephone 020 3865 6998 to have your name added to a waiting list, should places become available.
Members of the public are warmly invited to attend the organ recitals and events during the course. Choral services will be directed and performed by students – who will sing, accompany and conduct.
Tuesday 18 to Sunday 23 July 2017 in Oxford. Please note that ADMISSION IS FREE TO ALL EVENTS (with retiring collection at recitals).
Below is a list of the recitals that are coming up, as well as some details around them.
Tuesday 18 July
Choral Compline – 9.15pm in Trinity College Chapel, Oxford
Officiant – The Revd Canon Dr Emma Percy, Chaplain, Trinity College
- NUNC DIMITTIS: Gibbons from the Short Service
- MOTET: Bourgeois O gladsome light
Wednesday 19 July
Lunchtime Organ Recital – 1.15pm in The Queen’s College Chapel, Oxford
Matthew Owens plays
- J S Bach Fantasia in C (BWV 562) completed by James Dalton
- Judith Bingham The Gift
- J S Bach Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott (BWV 721)
- J S Bach Fantasia – Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 713)
- Howard Skempton Feuille d’album
- J S Bach Prelude and Fugue in C (BWV 531)
ORGAN MADE IN 1965 BY FROBENIUS, DENMARK
Choral Evensong – 5.15pm in Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford
Officiant – The Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College
- INTROIT: Bairstow I sat down
- PRECES and RESPONSES: Radcliffe
- CANTICLES: Murrill in E
- ANTHEM: Leighton Solus ad victimam
Thursday 20 July
Organ Recital – 1.15pm in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Christian Wilson plays
- Arvo Part Annum per annum
- Franz Schmidt O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort and Was mein Gott will
- Maurice Duruflé Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’A.L.A.I.N.
- Oskar Lindberg Gammal fabodpsalm fran Dalarna (‘Old Shepherd’s Song’)
- Gaston Litaize Prélude et Danse fugue
ORGAN MADE IN 1978 BY RIEGER, AUSTRIA
Choral Compline – 9.15pm in Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
- NUNC DIMITTIS: Weelkes from the Short Service
- MOTET: Sheppard In pace
Friday 21 July
Lunchtime Organ Recital – 1.15pm in Brasenose College Chapel, Oxford
Daniel Moult plays
- G F Handel (arr. Walsh) Organ Concerto in B flat (op. 4 no. 2)
- Henry Purcell Voluntary in G and Double Voluntary in D minor
- G F Handel: Minuet – Air – A flight of angels (pieces for ‘clock organs’)
- W A Mozart Fantasia in F minor (K608)
ORGAN MADE IN 1972 BY PETER COLLINS, REBUILT BY RICHARD BOWER IN 2002 AND BOX ORGAN BY HENK KLOP
Choral Evensong – 5.15pm in The Queen’s College Chapel, Oxford
Officiant – The Revd Mrs Katherine Price, Chaplain, The Queen’s College
- INTROIT: Blow Let my prayer come up
- PRECES and RESPONSES: Radcliffe
- CANTICLES: Purcell in G minor
- ANTHEM: Greene Let me know mine end
Saturday 22 July
Lunchtime Organ Recital – 1.15pm in Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Nathan Laube plays
- J S Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 721)
- Felix Mendelssohn (transcr. Laube) Prelude in G minor (op.28 no.5)
- Sergei Rachmaninov (transcr. Federlein) Variations
- Charles-Marie Widor Allegro vivace (from Symphonie 5)
ORGAN MADE IN 2013 BY DOBSON, IOWA, USA
Prospective Organ Scholars’ Signature Recital – 7.30pm in Merton College Chapel, Oxford
- FEATURING TEENAGE ORGANISTS AUDITIONING THIS YEAR FOR ORGAN SCHOLARSHIPS
Sunday 23 July
Choral Evensong – 3.30pm in Merton College Chapel, Oxford
- INTROIT: Howells God be in my head
- PRECES and RESPONSES: Radcliffe
- CANTICLES: Brewer in D
- ANTHEM: Gardiner An Evening Hymn
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