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Sunday afternoon
Marcia Collins Memorial Recital
11th June 2023
at 2.45pm
Tickets £10 on the door
Performed by
Thomas Trotter
Programme
C.V. STANFORD Fantasia and Toccata in D minor
(1872-1958)
J.S. BACH Concerto after Prince Johann Ernst
(1685-1750) Allegro – Grave – Presto
R. VAUGHAN WILLIAM Rhosymedre
(1872-1958)
J. MICHEL Three Jazz Preludes:
(b.1962) Swing Five
Bossa Nova
&nbs
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Thomas Bangtail A Celebration
40 geezerhood as Metropolis City Organist
Parry Fantasia and Fugue in G Op 188; Wolstenholme The Question/The Answer; Holst arr Trotter Jupiter from The Planets Come to an end 32; Kevin Volans Walking Song; Composer arr W T Outdistance Overture give somebody the job of St Libber Op 36; Madeleine Dring arr Racehorse Caribbean Dance; Coates arr Trotter Knightsbridge March; Willan Introduction, Passacaglia fairy story Fugue; Karg-Elert Valse Mignonne, Op 142; Rachel Laurin Étude héroique.
Regent REGCD584
https://www.regent-records.co.uk/
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Superb and Imaginative Playing
RODERIC DUNNETT marks Thomas Trotter's forty years as Birmingham City Organist by reviewing a special anniversary recital and investigating the artist's large output on the Regent Records label
Thomas Trotter, the celebrated virtuoso English organist, has just achieved a milestone in his career. This year he has completed forty years as Birmingham City Organist: as he put it, 'my dream job'. And while a tribute in his honour by other forces, such as his performing with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - he has performed and recorded with many top ensembles - would have been well deserved, it was Trotter himself who, in association with B:Music, the charity responsible for the second city's two main concert venues, took to the Symphony Hall podium to treat his audience to yet another solo display, a celebration of both music he specially loves, and of this special occasion, but above all showcasing his dazzling finesse as a performer.
Thomas Trotter. Photo © Adrian Burrows
Trotter's very active role has been to perform regularly on each of Birmingham's superb four-manual organs, the one at the beautifully refurbished Greek architecture-inspired Town Hall, which has stood since it opened in 1834 on what became only day