Concerts
| Last updated | Saturday 4th February, 2012, Gatwick Airport, UK | 2012 | 9-12 January | Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, St Joseph's Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio | 11 January | Recital on the Paul Fritts Organ at St Joseph's Cathedral | 14 February | Community Arts College, Forrest City, AR Silent Movie Improvisation Concert (postponed until 2013) | 9 March | NEXT CONCERT: Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, KY at 7.30pm Music by J S Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Cesar Franck and Improvisations | 18 March | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey J. S. Bach, Dukas, Dupre, Rachmaninoff, Souza, Improvisations | 19 March | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NY Improvisation Masterclass (Montclair State University) | 23 March | (Postponed due to late installation) St Michael-and-all-Angels, Exeter, Devon on the recently relocated organ which was previously in St Jude's Church, Birmingham (and played by my grandfather for over 40 years...) | 24 March | Truro Cathedral, UK Concert with the Three Spires Singers Magnificat (J S Bach) Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (Poulenc) Requiem (2003), David Briggs | 25 March | Truro Cathedral, UK Silent movie improvisation concert 'King of Kings' (Cecil B de Mille, 1928) | 27 March | Concert in the Inauguration Festival for the Studio Acusticum Organ in Pitea, Sweden postponed due to Japanese earthquake | 27/28 March | Teaching in Cambridge, UK | 31 March | Gillingham Methodist Church, Dorset, UK Silent movie Improvisation Concert: Cecil B de Mille's 'King of Kings' (1928) | 16-19 April | Recording Elgar Symphonies 1 and 2 for Acclaim Productions on the Kenneth Tickell Organ at Worcester Cathedral | 24 April | Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Part of opening series on new organ by C B Fisk Inc. | 29 April | Ascension Episcopal Memorial Church, Ipswich, MA at 3pm | 5 May | Metropolitan United Church, London, Ontario (After dinner speech for Choir Association) | 6 May | Metropolitan United Church, London, Ontario at 3pm | 18 May | Christchurch, Cambridge, MA accompany Haydn's 'Creation' (Stuart Foster, director) | 19 May | Ascension Episcopal Memorial Church, Ipswich, MA at 7.30pm Silent movie improvisation concert - Fritz Lang 'Metropolis' (IMADA Benefit Concert) | 10 June | River Road Church, Baptist, Richmond, VA Choral workshop and Concert, including 'Messe pour Notre-Dame' | 13 and 14 June | Teaching at Cambridge, UK | 15 June | St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, UK at 7.30pm | 21 June | Warwick Festival, UK | 23 June | Warwick Festival, UK with Choirs of St Mary's, Warwick - including first performance of new anthem 'Gaudeamus Omnes' | 6 July | Boone United Methodist Church, Boone NC Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) | 9-15 July | St Michael's Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC Organist for North Carolina Course of the Royal School of Church Music | 13 July | St Michael's Epsicopal Church, Raleigh, NC part of opening series of new Nicholls and Simpson organ (2011) | 27 July | Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Mark Bebbington gives premiere of new Piano Sonata (2011) | 31 August | Riverside Church, New York Silent movie Improvisation Concert: Cecil B de Mille's 'King of Kings' (1928) (tbc) | 26 October | First Congregational Church, Wenham, MA Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) (tbc) | 10 November | Lancaster Priory, UK Silent Movie Improvisation Concert: 'Phantom of the Opera' (1929) Opening Series on new organs | 2013 | 18 April | Philharmonie, Essen, Germany Three Preludes and Fugues 'Hommage a Marcel Dupre' (DJB) Symphony No 1, Sir Edward Elgar (transcribed DJB) | 20 April | St Mary's Church, West Byfleet, Surrey, UK | 27 September | St Wenzel, Naumberg, Germany Improvisation concert on 1746 Hildebrandt Organ | 2010/2011 | Recital highlights included: | BBC Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London (broadcast live to an audience of over 2 million) | St Sulpice, Paris (Concert Spirituel) | International Performing Centre, Moscow, Russia (including Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4) | King's College, Cambridge, UK (Elgar Symphony No 1 transcription) | Worcester Cathedral, UK (Elgar Symphony No 1 transcription) | Cirencester Parish Church, UK (re-opening recital) | St Joseph's Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio | Philharmonie Concert Hall, Haarlem, Holland | Harrow School, UK Opening recital on new Peter Collins Organ | Turin and Piacenza Music Festivals, Italy | National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC Final Concert of the American Guild of Organists National Convention | Belmont Abbey, UK (Opening recital) | Leipzig Gewandhaus, Germany (Hunchback of Notre-Dame) | York Minster (Symphony No. 3 Gustav Mahler - transcribed DJB) | Worcester Cathedral, UK (Three Choirs Festival Recital) Premiere of new transcription of Symphony No 2 in E flat (1911) | St Sernin Basilica, Toulouse, France 2 concerts in the Festival 'Toulouse les Orgues' | St James Church, Muswell Hill, London, UK Re-opening concert on refurbished Harrison and Harrison organ | Church of the Sacred Heart, Wimbledon, London, UK Re-opening recital of organ by J W Walker | King's College, Cambridge, UK Elgar Symphony No 2 transcription | St Edmundsbury Cathedral, UK at 7.30pm Dedicatory Series of new organ by Harrison and Harrison | Cathedral of the Redeemer, Calgary, AB Canadian premiere of 'Messe pour Saint-Sulpice' (2011) |