Wednesdays at Christ Church
Hill, Norman & Beard organ
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Wednesday 15th May 12.30 Lunchtime Concert Guest organist: Katherine Dienes-Williams Organist & Master of the Choristers Guildford Cathedral |
Sponsors:
Julie West Solicitor Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society 
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Programme
Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946)
Prelude in C Allegro, ma con dignita (1907) John Ireland (1879-1962) Miniature Suite for Organ (1904) Intrada Villanella Menuetto - Impromptu César Franck (1822-1890) Prélude, Fugue and Variation in B minor Op 18, FWV 30 (1859-62) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Organ Sonata No 3 in A major (1844) Con moto maestoso – Andante tranquillo based on Luther's chorale Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir Out of the depths I cry to you Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) from Suite Gothique, Op 25 (1895) 3 Prière à Notre Dame Louis Vierne (1870-1937) from Première symphonie pour grande orgue Organ Symphony No 1 in D minor (1898-1899) VI Final Allegro (1895-1898) Concert duration: 35 - 45 minutes |
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Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
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Katherine Dienes-Williams
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Katherine Dienes-Williams, MA, BMus, FRCO, LTCL, Hon FRSCM, Hon FGCM was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral in January 2008 following six years as Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick. She is also the Musical Director of the Winchester-based chamber choir, Southern Voices.
Katherine was born and educated in Wellington, New Zealand and studied for a BA in Modern Languages and a BMus at Victoria University, Wellington. She was Organ Scholar at Wellington Cathedral from 1988 to 1991 when she was appointed Assistant Organist there. |
Katherine came to England in 1991 to take up the post of Organ Scholar at Winchester Cathedral and Assistant Organist at Winchester College. She has also held posts as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, Assistant Organist and Director of the Cathedral Girls’ Choir at Norwich Cathedral prior to moving to Warwick as Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary.
She is a Council member of the Royal College of Organists and a trustee of the Organists Charitable trust and is regularly asked to be a guest choral workshop leader for the Royal School of Church Music in the UK, South Africa, USA, Canada and Australia. Katherine has given several organ recitals in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, USA, Bermuda, Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Spain and Singapore. She has performed as organ soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé, the City of London Sinfonia, Southern Pro Musica and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and has taught a masterclass at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA.
In 2018 she performed the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony in the Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and again in May 2018 with Southern Pro Musica in Guildford Cathedral. She is also active as a composer, having received several commissions both in the UK, the USA and New Zealand.
Katherine holds a Master of Arts in Music and Liturgy from Leeds University. She features both as organist and choral conductor on several recordings, and is in demand as a choral workshop leader in the UK, USA and several European countries. In January 2016, she directed the RSCM Australia/NZ summer school in Canberra, Australia. In 2017 she directed the St Thomas’ girl choristers’ course at St Thomas’ Church Fifth Avenue, New York, and the RSCM Lincoln Cathedral summer girl choristers’ course. In summer 2019 she will again direct the St Thomas’ girl choristers’ course.
Other interests include languages (her BA is in French & German), travel, reading and fitness. She is a Knight of the Grand Order of Vitéz and a Knight of the Order of St Ladislau (Hungary).
Katherine is married to Patrick Williams, and they have a daughter (Guildford Cathedral girl chorister) Hannah.
She is a Council member of the Royal College of Organists and a trustee of the Organists Charitable trust and is regularly asked to be a guest choral workshop leader for the Royal School of Church Music in the UK, South Africa, USA, Canada and Australia. Katherine has given several organ recitals in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, USA, Bermuda, Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Spain and Singapore. She has performed as organ soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé, the City of London Sinfonia, Southern Pro Musica and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and has taught a masterclass at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA.
In 2018 she performed the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony in the Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and again in May 2018 with Southern Pro Musica in Guildford Cathedral. She is also active as a composer, having received several commissions both in the UK, the USA and New Zealand.
Katherine holds a Master of Arts in Music and Liturgy from Leeds University. She features both as organist and choral conductor on several recordings, and is in demand as a choral workshop leader in the UK, USA and several European countries. In January 2016, she directed the RSCM Australia/NZ summer school in Canberra, Australia. In 2017 she directed the St Thomas’ girl choristers’ course at St Thomas’ Church Fifth Avenue, New York, and the RSCM Lincoln Cathedral summer girl choristers’ course. In summer 2019 she will again direct the St Thomas’ girl choristers’ course.
Other interests include languages (her BA is in French & German), travel, reading and fitness. She is a Knight of the Grand Order of Vitéz and a Knight of the Order of St Ladislau (Hungary).
Katherine is married to Patrick Williams, and they have a daughter (Guildford Cathedral girl chorister) Hannah.
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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. In summer 2015 the nave organ was re-voiced to produce a more robust tone. |
The Hill Norman & Beard organ at Christ Church (United Reformed), Leatherhead
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Next month's guest organist, on Wednesday June 19th, will be Marion Bettsworth, Assistant Director of Music,
St Michael's Highgate • Organ Scholar, Alexandra Palace • Rehearsal Accompanist, Enfield Choral Society
St Michael's Highgate • Organ Scholar, Alexandra Palace • Rehearsal Accompanist, Enfield Choral Society
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Concert at Home
Here are some links to online recordings of works that feature in Katherine Dienes-Williams' concert:
Here are some links to online recordings of works that feature in Katherine Dienes-Williams' concert:
Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Prelude in C Allegro, ma con dignita (1907)
The first recording for Katherine's concert is by David Irwin playing the 4-manual Möller organ of Third Baptist Church, St Louis Missouri:
Prelude in C Allegro, ma con dignita (1907)
The first recording for Katherine's concert is by David Irwin playing the 4-manual Möller organ of Third Baptist Church, St Louis Missouri:
John Ireland (1879-1962)
Miniature Suite for Organ (1904)
1 Intrada
2 Villanella
3 Menuetto - Impromptu
For the Ireland work we hear Aldo Locatelli at the two manual, tracker action, 1764 Serassi organ in the Deanery Church of San Lorenzo, Mandello del Lario, on the shores of Lake Como.
This is also the home of Piaggio subsidiary Moto-Guzzi !
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Sonata No 3 in A
Con moto maestoso ~ Andante tranquillo
The recording on the left is of Ab Wegenaar playing on the Hinsz organ of the Bovenkerk (Upper Church) of St Nicholas, in Kampen, Netherlands.
On the right, you can enjoy following the score as Peter Hurford plays the Sonata on the Rieger organ at Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany:
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Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
from Suite Gothique, Op 25 (1895)
3 Prière à Notre Dame
On the left, Cameron Carpentr plays the International Touring Organ, Installation No 236, in the Academic Philharmonia anamed after DD Schostakovich, St Petersburg, Russia. I don't usually offer electronic organ versions, but then I don't usually offer a recording that is less than a month old at the date of our concert. This recording was made on 17th April 20191
On the right, and as a real tribute to the surviving Cavaillé-Coll 'grand orgue', Olivier Latry plays Prière à Notre-Dame in the cathedral itself:
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Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
from Première symphonie pour grande orgue
Organ Symphony No 1 in D minor (1898-1899)
VI Final Allegro (1895-1898)
Johann Vexo plays the Grandes Orgues Cavaillé-Coll in Notre-Dame-de-Paris, at the end of evening mass on Sunday 7th April 2013:
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home
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