Concert Schedule
| Last updated | Boston MA (26th February, 2010) | 2009 | October/November | Working on 'Le Tombeau de Durufle' for organ solo (commissioned by Dr John Prior)(completed 16th December) |
1 December | New CD release Chestnut Music CD 006: Improvisations 4 recorded at S Sulpice, Paris (Cavaille-Coll) St Sernin, Toulouse (Cavaille-Coll) Eglise St Vincent, Roquevaire Himmerod Abbey, Germany (Klais) Holy Trinity Catholic, NYC (Letourneau) Luther College, Decorah, Iowa (Robert Sipe) and First Presbyterian Church, Danville, KY (Taylor and Boody) Watch this space for more details! |
December | Working on 'Chorale Variations' (commissioned by John Cannon)(completed 18th December) | 2010 | January/February | Working on new organ work: St Clotilde Pentatych 5 sketches in the styles of Franck, Pierne, Bonnal, Tournemire and Langlais (commissioned by Leonardo Ciampa (Boston)) Te Deum Laudamus and Jubilate Deo (commissioned by St Davids Cathedral, Wales) and Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (commissioned by Rochester Cathedral, UK) and Fantasia on 'Mendelssohn' for Organ solo (commissioned by Mark Laubach) |
26 February | St Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, PA Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: Cecil B de Mille's 'King of Kings' POSTPONED DUE TO HEAVY SNOW STORMS (see March 14th) |
28 February | Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY (postponed until 2011) | 28 February | Mark Batten plays DJB 'Fugue on a theme of Gustav Holst' in concert at St Paul's Cathedral, London | 28 February | John Challenger plays DJB transcription of Cochereau 'Tryptique Symphonique Improvisee' St John's College, Cambridge, UK at 6pm |
14 March | St Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, PA Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: Cecil B de Mille's 'King of Kings' |
27 March | First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas Give after dinner speech |
28 March | First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: Cecil B de Mille's 'King of Kings' (1927) |
mid-April | Release of Hyperion CD recorded in Gloucester Cathedral last July with the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (directed by Stephen Layton) DJB Choral/Organ Music including Entree, Offertoire, Elevation et Sortie Improvisee (Grand Orgue) Messe pour Notre-Dame (2002) I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills (2005) Ubi Caritas est amor (a 8, 2006) Trinity College Service (2008)(Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) O Lord, support us all the day long (2005) Te Deum laudamus (Ton solennel, alternatim avec Grandes Orgues) Sortie improvisee sur le 'Te Deum' |
4 April | Church of the Advent, Boston, MA Messe pour Notre-Dame (DJB) sung during High Mass Choir of the Church of the Advent, directed by Mark Dwyer |
17 April | Cirencester Parish Church, UK Re-opening concert of Father Willis/Harrison and Harrison organ see www.cirencesterorganfestival.co.uk |
23 April | Teaching in Oxford | 24 April | First Performance of 'Cornish Cantata - The Sounding Sea' at St Endellion Parish Church, Cornwall, UK SATB choir. Children's choir, Soloist (tenor) and Orchestra Commissioned by the Wadebridge Choral Society - see www.wacsocsings.co.uk Texts by Sir John Betjeman |
25 April | St Ives Parish Church, Cornwall Joint concert with 'Laudate' Chamber Choir, directed by Neil Shepherd |
28 April | Westminster Cathedral, London, at 7.30pm Symphony No 5 in C# minor, Gustav Mahler (transcribed DJB) |
30 April | Gillingham Methodist Church, Dorset at 7.30pm Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) www.musicatgmc.org.uk |
1 May | Chester Cathedral, UK (now confirmed) Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) |
9 May | First United Methodist Church, Forrest City, AR at 4pm | 16 May | Ascension Memorial Episcopal Church, Ipswich, MA at 4pm Special concert for Ascension Day Third Orchestral Suite (JSB, transcribed DJB), Le Tombeau de Durufle (DB)(USA premiere), Tchaikovsky 4th Symphony (transcribed DJB) |
21 May | St John's Church, Worcester, UK at 7.30pm | 26 May | Glasgow University Chapel, Scotland at 7.30pm | 28 May | Gloucester Cathedral, UK Jo Prior Memorial Concert Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'King of Kings' (1928) |
30 May | Surrey Voices perform 'Trinity College Service' at Evensong Guildford Cathedral, UK |
21 and 22 June | Teaching in Cambridge | July | Release of Chestnut CD 008: 'Trompeta Magna' recorded in August 2009 on the 1962 Klais organ at the Abteikirche, Himmerod, Germany Music by Gigout, J S Bach, S S Wesley, Sir Charles Parry, Percy Whitlock, Herbert Howells, Max Reger and a 19' Improvised Tryptique on 'The Old Hundredth' |
4 July | National City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Washington DC at 4:30pm Halden Toy plays No.1 of 'Four Concert Etudes' (AGO Convention 'Rising Stars' Concert) |
8 July | 2010 National Congress of the A.G.O. (American Guild of Organists) Featured artist for the closing concert at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington D.C. |
16 July | Amberley Church, Gloucestershire at 7.30pm with HD Video screen |
17 July | Truro Cathedral Silent Movie Improvisation Concert 'Nosferatu' (now confirmed) |
September | Begin work on new transcription of Mahler Symphony No 3 (tbc) | 11-21 September | Tour to New Zealand (postponed until 2011) | 19 September | First Church, Wenham, Massachusetts at 4pm | 23-26 September | St Michael's Episcopal Cathedral, Boise, Idaho Concerts, Choral Workshops, Commissioned anthem etc |
2/3 October | Cathedral of the Redeemer, Calgary, AB including New anthem commission (text to be decided) and Canadian premieres of Messe pour Notre-Dame (2002) and Requiem (2003) |
8 October | Christchurch, Greenwich, CT Silent Movie Improvisation Concert |
12 October | Concertgebouw, Haarlem, Netherlands (Cavaille-Coll organ) Works by J S Bach, DJB, Widor, Stanford, Elgar, Improvisation |
13 October | Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland Silent Movie Improvisation Concert (1) |
14 October | Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland Silent Movie Improvisation Concert (2) |
18 October | Turin International Organ Festival, Italy | 20 October | Bristol Cathedral, UK Silent Movie Improvisation Concert |
22 October | Bath Abbey, UK Bath International Bach Festival Concert Works by J S Bach and Improvisations in the styles of Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Reger and Stravinsky |
23 October | St Merry, Paris including Messe pour Notre-Dame, Trinity College Service etc sung by Academie Vocale de Paris, directed by Iain Simcock (1700 hrs) |
24 October | St Sulpice, Paris Concert Spirituel Works by J S Bach, Mahler, Durufle, DJB (Le Tombeau de Durufle) and Improvisations |
31 October | Duke University Chapel, North Carolina Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) |
3 November | First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Hunchback of Notre-Dame' (1929) |
13 November | Piacenta International Organ Festival, Italy Silent Movie Improvisation Concert |
16/17 November | Teaching in Cambridge, UK | 18 November | Loretto School, Edinburgh Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) |
20 November | Belmont Abbey, Hereford, UK Re-opening concert |
23 November | Tonbridge School Chapel Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) |
2011 | 17 March | Ardingly College, Sussex, UK | 17 April | St Luke's Cathedral, Orlando, FL Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: Cecil B de Mille's 'King of Kings' (tbc) |
15 June | Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY Closing recital for the AGO Region V Convention (tbc) |
2 July | Leipzig Gewandhaus, Germany Silent Movie Improvisation Concert |
late July/early August | Tour to Sweden and Denmark (provisional) | 7 August | Maria Church, Helsingborg, Sweden Silent Movie Improvisation Concert |
2012 | Spring | Tour to South Africa (provisional) |