Wednesday 14th May 2014
12.30 Lunchtime Concert John Sharples, organ organist of St Nicholas' Church, Charlwood |
Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society |
ProgrammeJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544 John Ireland (1879-1962) Miniature Suite for Organ Intrada Villanella Menuetto - Impromptu Peter Prelleur (c1705-1741) Voluntary III in A minor Denis Bédard (b1950) Cat Suite Prrrelude Cats at play Catnap Toc-cat-a 
The Hill Norman & Beard organ at Christ Church (United Reformed), Leatherhead
The Christ Church organ was built by Hill Norman & Beard in 1970 with 16 stops, using some pipes from previous organs plus some neo-baroque sounds typical of the 1960's and '70's (Chimney Flute and Fifteenth on open-foot voicing, like the Royal Festival Hall organ). In 1995, HNB moved some loud stops from the Great to a new double case in the nave, 6 stops were added, and the tone was refined.
Concert at Home: Here are links to online recordings of works John Sharples will be playing:
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We could find no online recordings of Peter or Pierre Prelleur, but if your French is reasonable, you might like to take a look at his CV.
Here is a translation:
Possibly born in London in December 1705 and died there 25 June 1741.
He could be the Pierre Prelleur, baptised 16 December 1705, in the French Church, Threadneedle St.
Of French origin, he became a public "letter-writer" and played harpsichord at the Angel and Crown Concert tavern.
By 1728 he was organist at St Alban, Wood St. Shortly after the opening of Goodman's Fields Theatre, in Ayliffe Street, Whitechapel, on 31 October 1739, he was employed as its harpsichordist. There he composed or arranged opera-ballades.
In March 1736 he became organist of Christ Church, Spitalfields.
After the Theatrical Licensing Act of June 1737, which imposed strict censorship on theatres, the Goodman's Field Theatre closed. Henry Giffard, its director, transferred his activities to the New Wells Theatre (or Goodman's Fields Wells), in Leman Street. There Prelleur composed pantomimes, and in 1740, he created his interlude Baucis and Philemon.
In August 1739 he was one of the founding subscribers of the Royal Society of Musicians.
Here is a translation:
Possibly born in London in December 1705 and died there 25 June 1741.
He could be the Pierre Prelleur, baptised 16 December 1705, in the French Church, Threadneedle St.
Of French origin, he became a public "letter-writer" and played harpsichord at the Angel and Crown Concert tavern.
By 1728 he was organist at St Alban, Wood St. Shortly after the opening of Goodman's Fields Theatre, in Ayliffe Street, Whitechapel, on 31 October 1739, he was employed as its harpsichordist. There he composed or arranged opera-ballades.
In March 1736 he became organist of Christ Church, Spitalfields.
After the Theatrical Licensing Act of June 1737, which imposed strict censorship on theatres, the Goodman's Field Theatre closed. Henry Giffard, its director, transferred his activities to the New Wells Theatre (or Goodman's Fields Wells), in Leman Street. There Prelleur composed pantomimes, and in 1740, he created his interlude Baucis and Philemon.
In August 1739 he was one of the founding subscribers of the Royal Society of Musicians.
