Thomas Trotter Lincoln Organ Recital

Saturday 28 June, 12 noon

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Thomas Trotter Lincoln Organ Recital

J S Bach: Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572
W Russell: Voluntary in A minor
Voluntary in G major
G Holst: Three Pieces, arr. Trotter
B Matter: Fantaisie on ‘Une jeune fillette’
I Farrington: Raggle Taggle Tunes

Thomas Trotter is one of Britain’s most widely admired musicians, and received the Queen’s Medal for Music on St Cecilia’s Day 2020. In 2023 he celebrated 40 years as Birmingham City Organist. He performs with the world’s leading orchestras, as well as being a much sought-after soloist and recording artist. He has toured on four continents and appears at many International Festivals such as Bath, Salzburg, Edinburgh and the BBC Proms.

Thaxted Church’s Lincoln Organ is a rare example of an early Georgian organ which has remained largely unaltered since its construction in 1821. Since its restoration in 2014, the Lincoln Organ Recital has become an annual highlight of Thaxted Festival. Thomas will introduce each item in his programme to explain his choices of works and their relation to this instrument and its setting.

‘Trotter turns out performances that are top of the pile when it comes to compelling performances…’ The Gramophone Magazine

This concert is sponsored by Ann Pickhaver.

The concert will be followed by Thomas Trotter in conversation with Festival Artistic Director Christopher Weston.

Venue: Thaxted Parish Church
Tickets: £15, unreserved seating. Age 30 and under £10

“[The Tippett Quartet] concert as part of the 2023 Thaxted Festival revealed a group of musicians of profound interpretative depth, and capable of traversing a wide range of repertoire.”
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer
“A positively life-enhancing performance of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love in English with reduced ensemble by Wild Arts…”
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer
“The performance was a joy … and the quartet brought out its sense of both structural and linear perfection.” Holst’s Phantasy Quartet Op 36 performed by the Tippett Quartet.
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer
“The Tippett Quartet and Emma Abbate have performed Schumann’s Piano Quintet together many times. On this occasion they combined flawless execution with instinctive – and utterly engaging – musicianship.”
Claire Seymour, in Seen and Heard International.
“…this was a wonderfully enjoyable and engaging performance that really punched above its weight. The audience in Thaxted clearly loved it and were fully engaged, whilst this experienced reviewer was carried away as well.”
Wild Art’s production of The Elixir of Love, reviewed by Robert Hugill in Planet Hugill
“2 terrific concerts I heard with London Mozart Players.”
Thaxted Festival concertgoer
“I think Gustav is smiling down to see how his memory and that of his best friend and colleague Ralph Vaughan Williams are honoured by the expertly played pieces they both composed.”
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