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Darius Battiwalla
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Darius Battiwalla

Music by César Franck, Rachel Laurin, Elfrida Andrée, Percy Grainger, and Healey Willan
Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music
Mon 23 Feb 1.15 PM
Leeds Cathedral
Free admission
Mon 23 Feb
1.15 PM
Free admission

Programme

César Franck Choral No 1 in E major
Rachel Laurin Sweelinck Variations
Elfrida Andrée Organ Symphony No 1: iii Cantabile
Percy Grainger Blithe Bells (Sheep may safely graze)
Healey Willan Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue

Music in the grand Romantic style begins and ends this recital which has a definite international flavour, with music by composers from Canada, Australia, Belgium, and Sweden, where Elfrida Andrée was the first woman to lead a professional orchestra. Rachel Laurin and Percy Grainger provide two very different takes on music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Darius Battiwalla is Leeds City Organist. 

About the series

A very warm welcome to the 2025/26 Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music series. This is the fifth series kindly hosted by Leeds Cathedral. We’re hugely grateful to them for all their help, support and warm welcome over the last few years.

Our 2025/26 series welcomes recitalists from the USA, Norway, and France, as well as superb musicians from our own minster and cathedral here in Leeds. Repertoire highlights include landmark pieces by Franz Liszt and Maurice Duruflé, alongside much lighter music and jazzinfluenced pieces too.

We value your support enormously, both as enthusiastic audience members and through your donations, which play a huge part in supporting this series. Help us spread the word and keep live music accessible to everyone!

Darius Battiwalla
Leeds City Organist

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Running times

Approx. 50 minutes, no interval

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