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David Hirst

Name: David Hirst — David's programme combines the English concert hall and French organ traditions
Start: 2026-11-16T13:15:00+00:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

David's programme combines the English concert hall and French organ traditions

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 16 Nov 1.15PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 16 Nov

1.15PM

Free admission

Programme

Marcel Dupré Prelude & Fugue in G minor, Op 7, No 3
Claude Debussy Clair de lune
Gustav Holst The Planets: Mars; Venus; Jupiter

David Hirst is one of only a handful of British organists to have built a career in France. His programme combines the English concert hall and French organ traditions with the brilliance of Marcel Dupré’s early Prelude and Fugue and Arthur Wills’s virtuoso transcription of Gustav Holst’s Planets suite.

About the series

Our recital series in 2026/27 will be the final full season to take place at St Anne’s Cathedral before our return to Leeds Town Hall, and we are immensely grateful to the Dean and all the staff here for their hospitality and support over the last five years.

This season we welcome organists from the cathedrals of St Paul, Winchester, Wakefield, Ripon, and Lincoln as well as many eminent concert organists. For the first time in the series, we celebrate the link with one of Leeds’ twin cities, Dortmund, and we also have the Leeds Lunchtime Organ series premiere of one of the organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach newly discovered (or rather newly attributed) last year.

We’re very grateful to you, our audience, for your support and enthusiasm – please continue to give as generously as you can to enable the series to continue and grow as we return to Leeds Town Hall.

Darius Battiwalla
Leeds City Organist

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