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
Saturday 18 January 2025, 7.30pm
Macclesfield, Kings School
Harpsichord solo
Northern Chamber Orchestra
To include:
Bach: Harpsichord concerto in D minor
Saturday 25 January, 7.30pm
London, St Mary-at-Finchley
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Blackmail (Hitchcock 1929)