Concert Organ Evening. Performed by Thomas Trotter (Great Britain) World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for Organ Evening. Performed by Thomas Trotter (Great Britain) 2022
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Composer: Gioacchino Rossini Composer: George Frideric Handel Organist: Thomas Trotter
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Trotter an
evening of organ music
The programme includes: Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Robert Schumann
Studies in the Form of Canons, Op. 56 No 3, No 4 and No 5
Judith Weir The Wild Reeds
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in F Minor, KV 608
Julius Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm
Thomas Trotter is one
of Britain’s most widely admired musicians. The excellence of his musicianship
is reflected internationally in his musical partnerships. He performs as soloist
with, amongst many others, the conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink,
Riccardo Chailly and Sir Charles Mackerras. He has performed recitals in
Berlin’s “Philharmonie”, the “Gewandhaus” in Leipzig, both the “Musikverein” and
the “Konzerthaus” in Vienna and London’s Royal Festival Hall. He has played
inaugural concerts in places such as Princeton University Chapel USA, the
“Concertgebouw” in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall, and Moscow's International
Performing Arts Centre. He appears at major Festivals such as Salzburg,
Edinburgh and London’s BBC Proms, and he performs with leading orchestras such
as the Vienna, Berlin and London Philharmonic. In May 2002 he was the recipient
of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for Best Instrumentalist, the first
organist ever to win this award.
Thomas Trotter was appointed Birmingham
City Organist in 1983 in succession to Sir George Thalben-Ball, and he is also
Organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey and Visiting Fellow in Organ
Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. Earlier in his career he was
organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, winning the First Prize at the St
Albans International Organ Competition in his final year. He received an
Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University in 2003 and from Birmingham
University in 2006.
Alongside his weekly recitals in Birmingham, Thomas
Trotter regularly performs throughout the USA and Europe. He is an active
recording artist and several of his recordings have been named “Critics Choice”
by The Gramophone magazine. This season he will play two of the opening concerts
on the restored organ at Auckland Town Hall New Zealand, as well as inaugurating
the new organ at Llandaff Cathedral. Other engagements include concerts in
Europe, Russia, South Korea and Australia.
Schedule for Organ Evening. Performed by Thomas Trotter (Great Britain) 2022
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