Jeffrey Makinson

Name: Jeffrey Makinson — Music by Bach, Böhm, Bairstow, Jackson, Elgar and Jongen
Start: 2026-09-28T13:15:00+01:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

Music by Bach, Böhm, Bairstow, Jackson, Elgar and Jongen

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 28 Sep 1.15PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 28 Sep

1.15PM

Free admission

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasia in G), BWV 572
Georg Böhm Vater unser im Himmelreich
Edward Bairstow Scherzo in A flat
Francis Jackson Impromptu
Edward Elgar Sospiri
Joseph Jongen Sonata Eroïca

Francis Jackson’s Impromptu was dedicated to Sir Edward Bairstow, his predecessor as organist at York Minster. Jeffrey Makinson also performs Bairstow’s rarely heard Scherzo in A flat. Joseph Jongen’s Sonata Eroïca – a great favourite of former City Organist Simon Lindley – concludes the programme.

Jeffrey Makinson is organist at Lincoln Cathedral.

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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