At 7.30pm on Saturday 24th July 2010 organist Stephen Bell will be giving an organ recital at St Peter’s Church.

Programme
Gaudeamus – Sidney Campbell
Prelude, Fugue & Chaconne in C – Dietrich Buxtehude
Chorale Preludes: “Ich Ruf zu Dir”; “In Dir ist Freude” -J S Bach
Choral no 3 in A minor – Cesar Franck
Grand Choeur en Re (alla Handel) – Alexandre Guilmant
Adagio and Scherzo (Suite Modale) – Flor Peeters
Carillon de Westminster – Louis Vierne

Biography
Stephen read music at Pembroke College, Oxford. After a year at Cambridge, during which he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists, he won a British Council/Italian Government scholarship to Rome Conservatoire to study with the famous organist Fernando Germani. After a successful teaching career, he is currently Musical Director of Taunton Choral Society, has conducted and played percussion with the Somerset County Orchestra and is also director of The Kingsbury Singers, who act as a visiting choir at cathedrals twice a year.

Come along and hear what promises to be an exciting evening of music on St Peter’s outstanding three manual organ and see a master at work close up via a video-screen.

Tickets £7 from St Peter’s Parish Office (01202 749085) or on the door.

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