Organ Pages

Whilst most visitors to this site will know me as a composer, conductor and former percussionist, it is less known that my earliest profession was as an organist. I started playing the organ at the age of eleven, became an ARCO (Associate of the Royal College of Organists) at fifteen, and a FRCO (Fellow of the same institution) at eighteen. Whilst studying composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (1971-72) I played regularly at the Église St. Georges - then the English Church in Paris - where Susan Landale was organist and Edward Higginbottom ran the choir). Having already won an organ scholarship to Cambridge University the year before, I then became organ scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1972-1975. For the next two years I was organist of St John's, Hyde Park Crescent in Paddington, London. This was the point at which I made the decision to put aside organ playing and concentrate on my other musical passions - composition, percussion and conducting. Almost fifty years later, thanks not only to the discovery of a wonderful organ in the beautiful nearby Marienkirche in Dahme/Mark but also to the encouragement and enthusiasm from several local church communities, I decided to resume my earlier profession. After twelve to eighteen months' concentrated work I began to regain my former technique. Since the summer of 2024 I have played regularly for the Gottesdienste in the Marienkirche in Dahme, and from 2025 I started once again giving organ recitals. At Christmas 2025 I had the honour to play Messiaen's complete organ cycle "La nativité du Seigneur" on the magnificent Cavaillé-Coll style organ built in 2013-16 by Orgelbau Karl Schuke in the Pauluskirche, Berlin-Zehlendorf. I returned there in 2026 to play Nicolas de Grigny's Messe from his Livre d'Orgue, and next June I will play Messiaen's complete Livre du Saint Sacrement. Details of all other upcoming concerts you can find on this page.

2027 Donnerstag 11.März 2027 | 12:30 Uhr LUISENKIRCHE, BERLIN CHARLOTTENBURG Gierkeplatz, 10585 Berlin Dietrich Buxtehude Praeludium et Fuga D-Dur (BuxWV 139) J.S. Bach Trio Sonata III d-Moll (BWV 527) J.S. Bach Toccata et Fuga d-Moll (dorisch) (BWV 538) Freitag 11.Juni 2027 | 18 Uhr PAULUSKIRCHE, BERLIN ZEHLENDORF Kirchstraße 6, 14169 Berlin Olivier Messiaen Livre du Saint Sacrement (Gesamtwerk) Samstag ?.Juni 2027 | 17:00 Uhr KIRCHE ST. MARIEN, DAHME Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6, 15936 Dahme/Mark Programm enthält... Dietrich Buxtehude Praeludium et Fuga D-Dur (BuxWV 139) J.S. Bach Trio Sonata III d-Moll (BWV 527) J.S. Bach Toccata et Fuga d-Moll (dorisch) (BWV 538) Sonntag 15.August 2027 | 15 Uhr DOM ST. MARIEN, FÜRSTENWALDE Domplatz 10, 15517 Fürstenwalde Olivier Messiaen Livre du Saint Sacrement (60-minutige Sequenz) Sonntag 5.September 2027 | 17 Uhr NIKOLAIKIRCHE, LUCKAU Kirchplatz, 15926 Luckau Nicolas de Grigny Messe aus dem Livre d'Orgue

2026

Donnerstag 6.August 2026 | 20 Uhr PAULUSKIRCHE, BERLIN ZEHLENDORF Kirchstraße 6, 14169 Berlin Nicolas de Grigny Messe aus dem Livre d'Orgue Samstag 29.August 2026 | 17 Uhr KIRCHE ST. MARIEN, DAHME Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6, 15936 Dahme/Mark J.S. Bach Praeludium et Fuga C-Dur (BWV 547) Aus dem Buxheimer Orgelbuch (c. 1460) No. 83: Se la fatze ay pale No. 219: Wolhin laß vögelin sorgen No. 90: Annabasanna 3m No. 94: Ellend No. 224: Benedicite Jehan Alain Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin (JA 118) Prélude (JA 75) Première Fantasie (JA 72) Deuxième Fantasie (JA 117) J.S. Bach Passacaglia et Fuga c-Moll (BWV 582) 2025 Samstag 10.Mai 2025 | 17 Uhr KIRCHE ST. MARIEN, Dahme Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6, 15936 Dahme/Mark J.S. Bach Fantasia et Fuga g-Moll (BWV 542) J.S. Bach Adagio aus Toccata, Adagio et Fuga C-Dur (BWV 564) Felix Mendelssohn 1.Orgelsonate f-Moll (Op. 65) Louis Couperin Allemande g-Moll Chacone c-Moll Chacone g-Moll J.S. Bach Praeludium et Fuga Es-Dur (BWV 552) Henri Mulet Carillon Sortie Samstag 20.September 2025 | 16 Uhr KIRCHE ST. MARIEN, DAHME Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6, 15936 Dahme/Mark J.S. Bach Praeludium et Fuga a-Moll (BWV 543) J.S. Bach Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott (BWV 721) Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen (BWV 613) J.S. Bach Praeludium et Fuga e-Moll Felix Mendelssohn 3.Orgelsonate A-Dur (Op. 65) Jehan Alain Aria Deux danses à Agni Yavishta Le jardin suspendu Freitag 26.Dezember 2025 | 18 Uhr PAULUSKIRCHE, BERLIN ZEHLENDORF Kirchstraße 6, 14169 Berlin Olivier Messiaen La nativité du Seigneur