DARIUS BATTIWALLA
Concerts 2024
Wednesday 10 January 2024,
12.45pm
Hull, City Hall
Organ
Widor: Symphonie V (complete)
Bach: Das alte Jahr; In dir ist Freude
Josephine Boulay: Andante
Johnson: Elfentanz
Coates: Westminster; Knightsbridge March
Monday 17 January, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
J S Bach recital
Fantasia & Fugue in G minor
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
In dir ist Freude
Violin Concerto in D minor (Vivaldi)
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
Fugue in E flat "St Anne"
Monday 5 February, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Request programme
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Alain: Litanies
Bonnet: Romance
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance op 46 no 6
Philip Glass: Mad Rush
Gray: Thunderbirds
Paul Mackin: Fantasia on Queen
Torres: Saetas no 4
Widor: Toccata from Symphonie V
Monday 26 February, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Heathcote Statham: Rhapsody on a Ground
Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in G minor
Mathias: Canzonetta
Reger: Fantasia & Fugue on BACH
Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 March,
7.30pm
Rochdale Town Hall
Organ
Reopening concert with
Black Dyke Band, including a new
commission from Iain Farrington
Saturday 9 March
London, Southwark Cathedral
Royal College of Organists
Conferment Ceremony
Bach: Prelude in E minor BWV548
Mathias: Canzonetta
Whitlock: Scherzetto
Boulay: Andante
Dupré: Prelude & Fugue in G minor
Coates: Westminster; Knightsbridge March
[not open to the public]
Saturday, 16 March, 7,30pm
Sheffield, St Mark's Broomhill
Conducting
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
James Mitchell, organ
National Festival Orchestra
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Imogen Holst: Three Psalms
Grace Williams: Ave Maris Stella
Gustav Holst: St Paul's Suite; Two Psalms
Friday, 22 March and
Saturday 23 March, 7pm
Heptonstall Church
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Comedy shorts by Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin
Monday 8 April, 1.30pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Fela Sowande: Jubilate
Franck: Pièce Héroïque
Karg-Elert: Drei Stücke op 142
Messiaen: Two movements from l'Ascension
Bach: "Jig" Fugue
Bizet: Farandole from "L'Arlesienne"
Saturday 27 April, 6pm
Bridlington Priory
Organ
J Strauss arr Scott: Die Fledermaus overture
Heathcote Statham: Rhapsody on a Ground
Bach: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam
Demessieux: Variations on "O Filii et Filiae"
Boulay: Andante
Widor: Symphonie V (complete)
Monday 6 May, 11am
Blackburn Cathedral
Organ
Strauss arr J Scott: Overture Die Fledermaus
Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto in D minor
Demessieux: Rorate Coeli; Variations on O
Filii et Filiae
Coates arr DB: Westminster (London Suite)
Bernard Johnson: Elfentanz
Vierne: Clair de Lune; Naiades; Carillon de
Westminster
Saturday 15 June
Huddersfield Town Hall
and
Saturday 22 June
Manchester Cathedral
Organ solo
St George's Singers
Slaithwaite Philharmonic
Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
Thursday 4 July, 1pm
Halifax Minster
Organ
Bach/Busoni arr D Battiwalla: Chaconne
Marianne Martinez: Allegro brillante
Franck: Prelude, Fugue & Variation
Fela Sowande; Go Down, Moses
Philip Glass: Mad Rush
Amy Beach: Prelude on an old folk tune
Charles Ives; Variations on America
Thursday 1 August
Blackburn Cathedral
Organ
James Wood:
Tempestas in Memoriam World premiere
Composed to commemorate the Great Storm of August 1, 1674, for four organs played simultaneously across Europe.
With Karolina Juodelyte (Epiphanien-Kirche Berlin), Dominik Susteck (Antonius Kirche Düsseldorf), and Jan Hage (Domkerk Utrecht)
[open to the public in Utrecht only]
Monday 16 September, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Duruflé: Suite op 5
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in D minor BWV539
Marianne Martinez: Allegro Brillante
Bliss: Things to Come - The Rout Trot
Whitlock: Carol (Four Extemporisations)
James Mitchell: Festival Toccata
Monday 14 October, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
with Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, violin
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Florence Price: Toccato (Suite no 1)
Bach: Violin & Keyboard sonata no 4
Olsen: Romance
Coleridge-Taylor: Two Pieces
Franck: Prelude, Fugue & Variation
Franck: Final from Violin Sonata
Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm
Manchester, RNCM
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
The General (Buster Keaton 1926)
Sunday 27 October, 7.30pm
Hebden Bridge, Wainsgate Chapel
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Film TBC
Thursday 31 October, 7.30pm
Leeds, Howard Assembly Rooms
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Friday, 1 November and
Saturday 2 November, 7pm
Heptonstall Church
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Helen of Four Gates (UK 1922)
Monday 11 November, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Overture
Maria Walpurgis: Overture to Talestri
Humperdinck: Angels' scene (Hansel & Gretel
Mendelssohn: Scherzo (Midsummer Nights' Dream)
Saint-Saëns: My heart at thy sweet voice
Strauss: The Blue Danube
Guy Bovet: Hamburger Totentanz
Monday 9 December, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
To include
Denis Bédard: Variations on In Dulci Jubilo
Elizabeth Mounsey: An Old Christmas Carol
Reger: Choralfantasie Wachet auf
plus Christmas requests
Saturday, 14 December, 2.30pm
Sheffield, City Hall
Conducting
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Black Dyke Band
Christmas concert