Mark Williams Organ Recital

Mark Williams Organ Recital
1 March 2025 | 12:00 | Magdalen College Chapel, High Street, Oxford
Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 37 No. 3
Bach Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669
Bach Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670
Bach Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671
Mendelssohn Sonata in A major, Op. 65 No. 3
Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Mark Williams organ
At the stunning new Herman Eule organ in Magdalen College’s chapel, the college’s Informator Choristarum presents a recital exploring the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and its legacy in the works of Mendelssohn. Surrounding the three stern Kyrie preludes from Bach’s Clavierübung, Mark Williams combines the composer’s magnificent A minor Prelude and Fugue and its flurry of pedal solos with the organ music by Mendelssohn that carried forward Bach’s tradition: the third of the Preludes and Fugues with which he set out his stall as an organ composer and the third of his imposing organ sonatas, based on the Lutheran chorale Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir.
Free entry with retiring collection (no tickets required)
Saturday 1st March, 2025 – 12:00
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