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Darius Battiwalla

Name: Darius Battiwalla — Music by Max Reger, Augusta Holmès, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Gerald Finzi, and Norman Cooker
Start: 2026-03-30T13:15:00+01:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

Music by Max Reger, Augusta Holmès, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Gerald Finzi, and Norman Cooker

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 30 Mar 1.15 PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 30 Mar

1.15 PM

Free admission

Programme

Max Reger Hallelujah! Gott zu loben
Augusta Holmès Clair de lune
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
Sigfrid Karg-Elert Rondo alla Campanella
Gerald Finzi 5 Bagatelles: Forlana
Norman Cocker Tuba Tune

Our final Lunchtime Organ Music concert of the season concludes exuberantly with Yorkshire composer Norman Cocker’s famous Tuba Tune, well suited to the cathedral organ. Gerald Finzi’s Forlana, originally for clarinet and piano, and Clair de lune by Augusta Holmès - César Franck’s favourite pupil - provide a couple of calm interludes after the grand opening piece, Max Reger’s final choral fantasia.

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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