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Darius Battiwalla

Name: Darius Battiwalla — Music by Percy Whitlock, Fela Sowande, Herbert Howells, and Alfred Hollins
Start: 2026-01-19T13:15:00+00:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

Music by Percy Whitlock, Fela Sowande, Herbert Howells, and Alfred Hollins

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 19 Jan 1.15 PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 19 Jan

1.15 PM

Free admission

Programme

Percy Whitlock Plymouth Suite
Fela Sowande Kyrie
Herbert Howells 6 Pieces: Paean; Master Tallis’s Testament
Alfred Hollins Concert Toccata in B flat

Percy Whitlock’s Plymouth Suite, composed for an organists’ conference in 1939, is one of his most popular works. Like Herbert Hollins’ Toccata, which closes the recital, it belongs firmly in the concert hall tradition of English organ music. The other works in the programme are more reflective of the church organ tradition, including Fela Sowande’s Kyrie, based on a Yoruba church melody, showing the influence of his time as organist of Kingsway Hall in London.

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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