Pipe Organ Recital by Andrew Cantrill-Fenwick

 

27.1.2024 (Sat) 4pm

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall

 
Free admission with ticket (Online Registration)

Andrew Cantrill-Fenwick

Andrew Cantrill-Fenwick is one of the UK’s most experienced and versatile church musicians. His career has taken him to three continents, working in schools, churches and cathedrals, and he has appeared in some of the world’s most prestigious venues as conductor and organist. He is a Fellow, prize winner, and examiner of the Royal College of Organists, tutor for the RCO Academy, and examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Andrew Cantrill-Fenwick was educated at Durham University, and studied the organ with Lady Susi Jeans, Peter Wright, James Lancelot and Gerre Hancock. Appointed Master of the Choristers at Grimsby Parish Church at the age of just 23, Andrew went on to hold similar positions at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, New Zealand; St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY, USA; Croydon Minster, London; and The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk. His recital career has taken him around the globe, with recent concerts including the Marktkirche, Wiesbaden; Liverpool Anglican Cathedral; Altenberg Cathedral; Santa Maria di Castello, Reggio Emilia; St. Aposteln, Cologne; St. Michaelis, Hamburg; and a series of recitals in Denmark. He was organist for the BBC’s Benjamin Britten Centenary Celebrations in Aldeburgh and has been a featured soloist in both the Edinburgh and Cheltenham Festivals. His first solo disc, ‘Fete’, was released to critical acclaim in 2002, and he has spent the last two decades working continuously for Concert FM (Radio NZ), NPR (USA) and BBC Radio 3 (UK). He is a soughtafter improviser and has appeared regularly as a concerto soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and others. In recent years, Andrew has been increasingly in demand as a teacher, and as a writer and lecturer on the organ and organ performance. His articles have appeared in Organists’ Review and Cathedral Music, and he has lectured for the RCO and IAO. He is responsible for much of the digital media on the RCO’s virtual campus, iRCO, as producer and presenter, and is the director of the RCO’s flagship Summer Course, held annually in London. He is currently engaged in doctoral research at Newcastle University, England, in French organ culture 1801- 48.

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Programme

E. Bairstow (1874 – 1946) Allegro giocoso from Organ Sonata in E Flat Major F. Bridge (1879 – 1941) Adagio in E Major C. V. Stanford (1852 – 1924) Rheims – Allegro moderato from Organ Sonata no 2 in G minor, Op. 151 S. Eftestøl (b.1952) Seven Allegorical Pictures based the Norwegian folktune Kling no, klokka  Sound  Tonal Tide  Playful Call  Angels Sing  Hark the Joy  Hidden Treasure  To a New Feast M. L. Tackle (b.1942) Yes!

Free tickets will be available, limited to four per person, on a first-come-first-served basis at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre enquiries counter between 9 am and 9 pm, or through online registration starting from 29 December (Fri). Children aged 6 and above are welcome. The programme lasts approximately 45 minutes without intermission.

The presenter reserves the right to substitute artists and change programme should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary.

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