Battle of The Organs

Martin Baker & John Scott Whiteley    Friday 1st September 2023 AT 7:00pm

After the success of the annual Recital Series since 2015, the Selby Abbey Trust has arranged a series of FREE Celebrity Organ Recitals to be performed in 2023 on the historic William Hill Organ from the nave console.

This prestigious series of concerts will feature cathedral and concert organists from the UK, Europe and the United States who are among the most distinguished performers in the world.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of Selby Abbey Trust.

 

 

Programme 2023

Commencing 12.30pm in the Abbey

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June 13th

Dr. Franz Hauk

Liebfrauenmünster Ingolstadt

June 20th

Professor Henry Fairs

Berlin Hochschule

June 27th

Geoffrey Coffin

York

July 4th

D’Arcy Trinkwon

Worth Abbey

July 11th

Robert Poyser

Beverley Minster

July 18th

Oliver Waterer

Director of Music

July 25th

Professor Bernard Haas

Munich Hochschule

August 1st

Luca Myers

YOST organ scholar Sponsored by Pam Cowell

in memory of Christopher Cowell

August 8th

Rosemary Field

Worksop Priory (late director of organ studies RSCM)

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This prestigious series of concerts will feature cathedral and concert organists from the UK and from Europe.

Chairman of Trustees John Engelhart

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Trustees:

The Right Reverend        Dr John Thomson            Bishop of Selby

The Reverend Canon John Weetman

Vicar of Selby Abbey

David Caulfield            North Yorkshire County Council

Angela Crossland        North Yorkshire County Council

Grace Pullan

Fraser Stewart

Dr. Martin Clarke

Paul Simpson

Vice Chairman

Jennifer Cooke

Tom Pilcher

Rachel Benson

High Steward of Selby Abbey

David Sherriff             Architect ___________________

Programme Including P&P

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