Monday 11, Wednesday 20 and Saturday 30 August 2008.

The Church of St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh.

Oliver Messiaen (1908-92)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Sunday 24 August 2008.  The Church of St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh.

Duo da Chiesa : Louisa Gard (flute) & Philip Sawyer (organ)

Henk Badings (1907-87)

Dialogues for flute and organ

Dominic Sewell (b. 1973)

Four Seasonal Poems for solo flute  (2006)

(first performance in Scotland)

JS Bach (1685-1750)

The second movement (Lente) from the Trio Sonata in G BWV530 for organ

Piet Kee (b.1927)

Flight for flute solo  (1992)

(first performance in Scotland)

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude for organ on the chorale Wo soll ich fliehen hin?  BWV646

Leon Coates (b. 1937)

Suite for flute and organ  (1982)

This work was commissioned by the Edinburgh Organ Week, with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council.

Sunday 17 August 2008.  The Church of St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh.

A recital with Heather Kennedy (violin)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1712)

Sonata in F Opus 5 no.4 for violin and continuo

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Partita III for Violin Solo without Bass

Piet Kee (b. 1927)

Bios (1997) for organ

Wim de Ruiter (b. 1943)

Whim (1997) for violin and organ

(first performance in Scotland)

Friday 30 May 2008. Westerkerk, Amsterdam.

Duo da Chiesa : Louisa Gard (flute) & Philip Sawyer (organ)

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)

Fantasia in C for flute and organ

Piet Kee (b. 1927)

Flight for solo flute

Nicolas de Grigny (1671-1703)

3 versets on Pange Lingua

Jacques Berthier (1923-94)

Three movements from the Suite pour le berger David (Suite for the shepherd David)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

‘Les Bergers’ from La Nativité du Seigneur

Georg PhilipTelemann (1681-1767)

Fantasia in A minor for solo flute  TWV 40:3

Henk Badings (1907-87)

Dialogues for flute and organ

Sunday 09 December 2007. The Church of St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh.

 Duo da Chiesa : Louisa Gard (flute) & Philip Sawyer (organ)

Jacques Berthier (1923-94)

Three movements from the Suite pour le berger David (Suite for the shepherd David)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude for organ on the Advent chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland  BWV659

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)

Fantasia in C for flute and organ

Georg PhilipTelemann (1681-1767)

Fantasia in A minor for solo flute  TWV 40:3

Anton Heiller (1923-79)

Partita for organ on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)

Sonata in E minor for flute and continuo

Henk Badings (1907-87)

Dialogues for flute and organ

Tuesday 28 August 2007. Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh

Dieterich Buxtehude (b. 1637-1707)

Praeludium in D  BuxWV139

Piet Kee (b. 30^th August 1927)

Bios (1997)

César Franck (1822-90)

Fantaisie in A

Cantabile

Pièce Héroïque

Saturday 21 April 2007. Engelse Kerk, Begijnhof, Amsterdam

Anonymous English composer (early 16^th century)

Upon la mi re

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Fantasia on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Piet Kee (b. 1927)

Ciaconna

Koraal Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Fancy for two to play (with Olja Bučo)

John Stanley (1712-86)

Voluntary in C  Opus 5 no.1

Cor Kee (1900-97)

Reeks-Veranderingen I in 4 secties

Piet Post (1919-79)

Est-ce Mars? Lied met 7 variaties.

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Magnificat primi toni BuxWV204

Saturday 29 April, 2006. The Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh

Anonymous English composer (early 16^th century)

Upon la mi re

Jean-François Dandrieu (c.1684-1740)

Offertoire pour le jour de Pâques O filii et filiae

Jehan Alain (1911-40)

Le jardin suspendu (Chacone)

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Passacaglia in C minor

Henri Mulet (1878-1967)

Vitrail from Esquisses Byzantines

        Cor Kee (1900-97)

Reeks-Veranderingen I en 4 secties (Variations on a note-row I, in 4 sections)

Piet Post (1919-79)

Variations on ‘Est-ce Mars?’

        Franz Liszt (1811-86)

Fantasia and Fugue on ‘BACH’

Friday 27 January 2006. Monaco Cathedral

The following pieces were played as part of  ‘Hommage to René Saorgin,’ a recital given by former students to mark the retirement of René Saorgin from the post of Titulaire des grandes orgues at the cathedral:

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Passacaglia in D minor  BuxWV161

Nicolas de Grigny (1671-1703)

Tierce en Taille

Monday 08 August 2005. Osawa auditorium, Karuizawa, Japan.

William Boyce (c.1710-1779)

Voluntary in D major

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)

Fantasia on Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Schmüke dich, O liebe Seele  BWV654

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C   BWV564

Interval

John Stanley (1713-1786)

Voluntary in D minor  Opus 6 no.1

Jean-François Dandrieu (c.1682-1738)

O filii et filiae

Jehan Alain (1911-40)

Le jardin suspendu

Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)

Variations de Concert

     Sunday 07 August 2005. Oiwake Church, Karuizawa, Japan.

Organ music by JS Bach (1685-1750)

1. Prelude:  Prelude in E flat BWV552/i

2. As part of the liturgy:

Vater unser im Himmelreich  BWV683

Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot  BWV679

3. Organ meditation:

Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit  BWV669

Christe, aller Welt Trost  BWV670

Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist  BWV671

Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit  BWV672

Christe, aller Welt Trost  BWV673

Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist  BWV674

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr  BWV675

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr  BWV676

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr  BWV677

4. As part of the liturgy:  Wir gläuben all an einen Gott  BWV681

5. Postlude:  Wir gläuben all an einen Gott  BWV680

Friday 15 April 2005. Church of Agia Kyriaki, Kato Paphos, Cyprus

Attrib. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ballo del Granduca (theme and 5 variations)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor  BWV565

Prelude on the chorale Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV662

Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)

Tierce en taille

Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)

Variations de Concert

Interval

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Passacaglia in D minor  BuxWV161

Fantasia on the chorale Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern  BuxWV223

Praeludium in F sharp minor  BuxWV146

John McLeod (b. 1934)

The Water of the Spirit (Commissioned by Philip Sawyer with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council; first performed by Philip Sawyer during the 1980 Edinburgh Organ Week).

C-M Widor (1844-1937)

Toccata from the 5^th symphony for organ

Friday 28 January 2005. Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Toccata and Canzon

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Six variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in C major  BWV547

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Passacaglia in D minor  BuxWV161

Fantasia on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern  BuxWV223

     Monday 11 October 2004. Osawa auditorium, Karuizawa, Japan.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Voluntary for Double Organ

John Stanley (1713-1786)

Voluntary in C major Opus 5 no.1

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Master Tallis’s Testament

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata in F minor/major opus 65 no.1

INTERVAL

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland à 2 claviers et pédale BWV659

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland a due bassi e canto fermo BWV 660

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland in organo pleno, il canto fermo nel pedale BWV661

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Passacaglia in D minor  BuxWV161

Nicolas de Grigny (1671-1703)

Tierce en Taille

Louis Marchand (1669-1732)

Dialogue sur les grands jeux (3^rd book)

     Sunday 10 October 2004. Oiwake Church, Karuizawa, Japan.

John Stanley (1713-1786)

Voluntary in A minor Opus 6 no. 2

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Praeludium in D major  BuxWV139

JP Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Variations on the song-tune Mein junges Leben hat ein End

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Trio sonata 1 in E flat  BWV525

Chorale-prelude Nun danket alle Gott  BWV657

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata in C minor/major  Opus 65 no.2

Saturday 09 October 2004. The Fuuga restaurant, Karuizawa, Japan

Attributed to Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ballo del Granduca

John Stanley (1713-1786)

Voluntary in D minor Opus 5 no.8

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Andante in F  KV616

William Walton (1902-1983)

Three pieces for organ  (arranged from the score for the film Richard III)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Seven variations on the melody Est-ce Mars

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Pièce d’Orgue  BWV572

        Wednesday 29 September 2004. Reinanzaka Church, Tokyo, Japan

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Passacaglia in D minor  BuxWV161

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr  BWV662

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata in F minor/major  Opus 65 no.1

Saturday 25 September 2004. Tojo Eiwa School, Tokyo, Japan.

A recital as part of a lecture-recital (‘The voluntaries of John Stanley in context’) given to the Japan Organ Society.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Voluntary for Double Organ

Anon. (late 17^th century)

Voluntary for Cornet and Diapasons

John Stanley (1713-1786)

Voluntary in A minor   Opus 6 no.8

Voluntary in C major   Opus 5 no.1

Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)

Nos.8 and 9 of Twelve Short Pieces with a Full voluntary added (London, 1815)

Matthew Camidge (1774-1844)

Adagio from the Concerto in G minor Opus 13 no.2 (London, c1815)

John Stanley (1713-1786)

Voluntary in D minor   Opus 5 no.8

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Master Tallis’s Testament

Friday 03 September 2004. Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Master Tallis’s Testament

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

        Sonata in G major Opus 28

Herbert Howells

Sarabande (In Modo Elegiaco)

Alan Ridout (1934-1996)

Three Nativity Dances (comissioned and first performed by Philip Sawyer in 1971)

Wednesday 25 August 2004. The Church of St Andrew and St George, Edinburgh

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Ciacona in e  BuxWV160

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Six variations on the melody ‘Mein junges Leben hat ein End’

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Trio sonata 3 in D minor  BWV527

Prelude on the chorale melody ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV662

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata 4 in B flat major  Opus 65 no.4

Wednesday 18 August 2004. The Church of St Andrew and St George, Edinburgh

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Passacaglia in D minor  BuxWV161

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Four variations on the melody ‘Onder een linde groen’

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Trio Sonata 2 in C minor  BWV526

Prelude on the chorale melody ‘An Wasserflüssen Babylon’ BWV653

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata 2 in C minor  Opus 65 no. 2

Wednesday 11 August 2004. The Church of St Andrew and St George, Edinburgh

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Ciacona in C minor  BuxWV159

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Seven variations on the melody ‘Est-ce Mars’

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Trio Sonata 1 in E flat major  BWV525

Prelude on the chorale melody ‘Von Gott will ich nicht lassen’  BWV658

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata 1 in F minor  Opus 65 no. 1

Saturday 10 July 2004. The Chapel of Peterhouse, Cambridge

Louis Marchand (1669-1732)

Dialogue in C major (Troisième livre d’orgue)

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Ciacona in E minor  BuxWV160

JP Sweelinck (1562-1621)

4 variations on the melody ‘Onder een linde groen’

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Trio-sonata in C minor  BWV526

Henk Badings (1907-1987)

‘Morning has broken.’ Introduction, Choral and Finale on the Gaelic melody.

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Master Tallis’s Testament

Alan Ridout (1934-1996)

3 Nativity dances (1971)

Thursday 31 July 2003. St Bavo's Church (the Grotekerk), Haarlem, Netherlands

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-97)

Praeludium in E minor (shorter)

Naji Hakim (b. 1955)

Mariales

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Trio-sonata no. 1 in E flat

Jan Peterson (b. 1957)

Drone, Hymn and Complement

Louis Marchand (1669-1732)

Dialogue sur les grands jeux

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV662

Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV548

Monday 27 January 2003. Monaco Cathedral

Louis-Claude d’Aquin (1694-1772)

Noël X, Grand Jeu et Duo

APF Boëly (1785-1858)

Fantaisie et Fugue en Si bémol

César Franck (1822-1890)

Vieux noël (‘Or dites-nous Marie’)

Noël angevin

Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

La Nativité (no. 2 of the Poèmes Evangéliques d’après les textes sacrées)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Les Anges (no. 6 of La Nativité du Seigneur)

Les Mages (no. 8 of La Nativité du Seigneur)

Cor Kee (1900-1997)

Variations on Merck toch hoe sterck

Monday 04 November 2002. Peterhouse Chapel, Cambridge

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1737)

Ciacona in E minor

attrib. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ballo del granduca (5 variations)

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Trio Sonata 3 in D minor

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

4 variations on the chorale melody Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her

Piet Kee (b.1927)

Four pieces for manuals

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Passacaglia in C minor BWV582

Saturday 26 October 2002. The Kirk of the Canongate, Edinburgh

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Praeludium in D BuxWV139

Piet Kee (b.1927)

Four manual pieces (1966)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Sonata 1 (1937)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

4 variations on the chorale melody Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Trio-sonata in E flat BWV525

Cor Kee (1900-1997)

Variations on the old Dutch melody Merck toch hoe sterck

Sunday 11 August 2002. St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

6 variations on the melody Mein junges Leben hat ein End

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Magnificat primi toni BuxWV204

Henk Badings (1907-1987)

‘Morning has broken.’ Introduction, Chorale and Finale on the Gaelic melody.

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV542

Piet Kee (b.1927)

4 manual pieces

        Cor Kee (1900-1997)

        Variations on the old Dutch melody Merck toch hoe sterck

Wednesday 07 August 2002. The Church of St Andrew and St George, Edinburgh
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Magnificat primi toni BuxWV204

Henk Badings (1907-1987)

‘Morning has broken.’ Introduction, Chorale and Finale on the Gaelic melody.

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV676

Piet Kee (b.1927)

4 manual pieces

        César Franck (1822-1890)

Cantabile

Cor Kee (1900-1997)

Variations on the old Dutch melody Merck toch hoe sterck

Sunday 04 August 2002. St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington

Concert given by:
Brigitte Harris (recorder)
Susan McKenzie (saxophone)
Michael Harris (organ*)
Philip Sawyer (organ and electric keyboard)

attrib. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ballo del Granduca

Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657)

‘Engels Nachtegaeltje’ from Fluyten Lust-Hof (1646)

Piet Kee (b.1927)

‘Aus tiefer Not’ (from Four manual pieces)

Piet Kee

Network*

1.       Vibrations

2.       Song 1

3.       Song 2

4.       Encounters

        Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)

Tema met Variaties

Piet Kee

Network*

Friday 23 November 2001. Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh

JS Bach (1685-1750)

From part 3 of the Clavier-übung:

1.       Prelude in E flat BWV552/i

2.       Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV682

3.       Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV683

4.       Fugue in E flat BWV552/ii

Flor Peeters (1903-1986)

Largo Opus 71 no.2

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Sonata 3 (‘Pastoral’) in G major Opus 88

Sunday 22 July 2001. The Parish Church (known as the ‘Cathedral’), Dunkeld. 

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor

WA Mozart (1756-1791)

Andante in F K616

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude in C BWV545/i, Trio in A minor BWV529/ii and  Fugue in C BWV545/ii

From Das Orgelbüchlein:

1.       Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BWV616 (Purification)

2.       Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf BWV617 (Purification)

3.       Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622 (Good Friday)

4.       Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV623 (Good Friday)

        Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)

• Sonata 3 ('Pastoral') in G major Opus 88

     Sunday 15 April 2001. St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington

Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)

Tema met variaties (Theme with variations)

JS Bach (1685-1750)

From Das Orgelbüchlein:

1.       Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV599 (Advent)

2.       Gottes Sohn ist kommen BWV600 (Advent)

3.       Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottessohn BWV601 (Christmas)

4.       Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ BWV 604 (Christmas)

Prelude in C BWV545/i, Trio in A minor BWV529/ii and  Fugue in C BWV545/ii

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Praeludium in F sharp minor BuxWV146

JS Bach (1685-1750)

From Das Orgelbüchlein:

1.       Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BWV616 (Purification)

2.       Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf BWV617 (Purification)

3.       Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622 (Good Friday)

Max Reger (1873-1916)

        Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor

Sunday 11 February 2001. The High Kirk of St Giles, Edinburgh

Solo and chamber organ in a programme of Dutch music, with Brigitte Harris (recorder), Susan McKenzie (saxophone) and Michael Harris (organ).

attrib. JP Sweelinck : Ballo del Granduca

Jacob van Eyck : Variations on a dance melody, for recorder.
Piet Kee: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
Piet Kee: Network for organ, chamber organ, saxophone and recorder.
Hendrik Andriessen: Tema met variaties
Piet Kee: Network

Tuesday 01 August 2000. St Bavo's Church (the Grotekerk), Haarlem, Netherlands

Georg Muffat (1653-1704)

Passacaglia in G minor (Apparatus musico-organisticus)

Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

'Elevation: Tierce en Taille' (Messe pour les Convents)

JS Bach (1685-1750)

'Vater unser im Himmelreich' BWV 682 (Clavier-übung III)

Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 547

'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr' BWV 676 (Clavier-übung III)

Anonymous, English late 17^th century (Restoration period)

Voluntary for the Cornet and Diapasons

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia  Opus 41

Saturday 20 November, 1993. The chapel of the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk.

Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

Apparition de l’église éternelle

Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)

In Paradisum

Jean Langlais (1907-91)

La Nativité

Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)

Variations de Concert

Interval

John McLeod

The Seven Sacraments of Poussin

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