St. Swithun's Festival

St Swithun's Festival 2011

Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July

Thursday 14
7.30pm First Evensong of St Swithun's Day
  [Presentation of NADFAS Report. St Swithun's cake
  and refreshments after]
Friday 15 St Swithun's Day
11.00am Holy Communion [Quarter peel rung before]
1.00pm Organ Recital by Andrew McCrea
7.30pm Concert by The Songmen
  with John Donne [James Clarkson]
  Tickets from Worcester Live Box Office, Tel 01905 611427
Saturday 16
1.00pm Recital by The Liquorice Sticks 
7.30pm   Festival Celebrity Recital
    Thomas Trotter plays works for the organ
  by the Bach Family and Stanley, Mozart and Elgar
  Tickets from Worcester Live Box Office, Tel 01905 611427

Continuing our celebration of the recently restored Gray/Nicholson organ, we are delighted to welcome , one of Britain’s most widely admired musicians.
He is a recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Instrumental Award in recognition of his particular achievements and as ‘one of the foremost exponents of the organist’s art.’
Thomas Trotter's career is firmly founded on his relationship with the City of Birmingham. He was appointed City Organist in 1983, in succession to Sir George Thalben-Ball, based in Birmingham's recently renovated historic Town Hall. In addition he is Resident Organist of the magnificent new Klais organ at Symphony Hall. He is also Organist at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey in London, and Visiting Fellow in Organ Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Earlier in his career he was organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge, and he later continued his studies with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris where he took the Prix de Virtuosité in her class. He won First Prize at the St. Albans International Organ Competition in 1979 and made his début in London's Royal Festival Hall the following year.

Sunday 17
2.00pm Performance by Lady Georgiana Early Music Group  followed by afternoon tea party. Tickets from Worcester Live Box Office Tel 01905 611427