Tom Bell

Name: Tom Bell — Music by Gray and Liszt
Start: 2026-11-09T13:15:00+00:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

Music by Gray and Liszt

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 9 Nov 1.15PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 9 Nov

1.15PM

Free admission

Programme

Alan Gray Elegy
Franz Liszt Fantasia on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam

Tom Bell has a notable reputation as a teacher and solo recitalist, particularly championing new music, but here he tackles one of the largest pieces in the entire organ repertory, Franz Liszt’s formidable fantasia on a chorale from Giacomo Meyerbeer’s opera Le Prophète. The Fantasia’s huge range of drama and expression will bring out all the colour and variety of sound in the Leeds Cathedral organ. Tom begins the concert with Alan Gray’s Elegy, inspired by the composer’s loss of two of his sons in the First World War.

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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