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1:10 PM, 16 Mar 2018 - , 1.10pm St. Fin Barre's Cathedral

Concert - Henry Fairs, organ


Arrangements and Fantasias: music by Bach, Franck, Rachmaninoff and Mozart

British organist, Henry Fairs combines positions at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Universities of Birmingham and St Andrews (UK) with a busy recital career. He has won ten prizes in international organ competitions, including the Prix Maurice Duruflé, Chartres; Concerto Gold Medal, Paris; First Prize & Special Prize, Odense. Henry has appeared in festivals throughout Europe and in North America, Canada, Russia and Japan, performing solo recitals, broadcasts (BBC, BR, MDR, Danish Radio) and concertos on both historic and modern instruments. He is regularly invited to serve as a jury member (Odense and Wadden Sea competitions, Denmark; Silbermann Wettbewerb, Germany), examiner, guest tutor and speaker. His students include a number of prize-winners in international competitions.

 

PROGRAMME

JS Bach, arr. Marcel Dupré - Sinfonia to Cantata 29

JS Bach (after Vivaldi) - Concerto d minor

Franck - Fantasie in A

Free Admission. Organised by FUAIM

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