St Aidan's Music Festival
Saturday 16 June 2018
Last night was the opening night of the St Aidan’s Music Festival. The opening night was an organ recital given by Ian Tracey, Organist Titular at Liverpool Cathedral.
The recital was a mixture of pieces spanning several hundred years from the pure tones of Johann Pachelbel to the improvisations of Carlo Curley.
The organ at St Aidan’s is an Eminent DCS 400 installed in March 2007. Ian Tracey said he was “delighted to be asked to open the music festival and to be able to play this fine Eminent installation”.
More details about the 2018 St Aidan's Music Festival at: www.saintaidansfestival.co.uk
More details about Professor Ian Tracey: iantracey.com
The Programme
| G.F.Handel/W.T.Best | Suite from 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' |
| Johann Pachelbel | Partita 'Christus der du is Mein Leben' |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Fantasia in G (BWV 572) |
| Franz Josef Haydn | Three Pieces for a Mechanical Clock |
| Warlock/Tracey | Capriol Suite Peter |
| Carlo Curley | Two Improvisations |
| Nicholas Choveaux | Three Pieces |
| Ferdinand Hérold/Tracey | Clog Dance 'La fille mal gardée' |
| Théodore Dubois | Fiat Lux (Douze Pièces Nouvelles) |
And of course there was an encore. Of course it had to be the finale from Widor’s Symphony no 5 in F. All dashed off from memory with great strength and power. A superb evening!
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