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Simon Hogan

Simon Hogan

Music by Rachel Laurin, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frank Bridge, William Walton, and Charles Villiers Stanford
Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music
Mon 9 Feb 1.15 PM
Leeds Cathedral
Free admission
Mon 9 Feb
1.15 PM
Free admission

Programme

Rachel Laurin Etude Héroïque
Charles-Marie Widor Symphonie V: ii Allegro Cantabile
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 547
Frank Bridge 6 Pieces: Allegretto Grazioso
William Walton Façade Suite No 2: Popular Song
Charles Villiers Stanford Fantasia and Toccata

Simon Hogan, assistant Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral, has held previous appointments at Southwell Minster and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Recent notable performances include the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne in a single day and the premiere of a new work for eight organs and electronics for the city of Karlsruhe’s 300th anniversary. Rachel Laurin, whose Étude Heroïque opens the concert, has become a regular feature in our Leeds series. The French influence continues in one of the beautiful but lesser-known movements from Charles-Marie Widor’s fifth symphony.

Simon Hogan is Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral.

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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