Jeremy Spurgeon Organ
*A Special ERS Performance on the Winspear Centre’s Davis Concert Organ
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
7:30 PM
Jeremy Spurgeon’s satisfying solo recital leaves Winspear patrons wanting more
Mark Morris
Edmonton Journal
February 13, 2020
Winspear Centre for Music**
*Please note: this concert is not included in the Season Subscription
Tickets through the TIX on the Square, Eventbrite, and at the door
$40 Adult | $30 Senior [60+] & Student
British-born Jeremy Spurgeon won scholarships to study organ and piano accompaniment at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. He later studied organ at the Geneva Conservatoire where he gained the Premier Prix de la Classe de Virtuosité. In 1980, he came to Edmonton as director of music at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral and has since appeared with many Canadian and international ensembles, singers and instrumentalists. His teachers include Eileen Sullivan, Eric Pask, Dame Gillian Weir and Lionel Rogg. He has performed in Canada, Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Poland. In 2018, Jeremy Spurgeon was honoured by the University of Alberta with an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Program
Francis Jackson (b. 1917)
Fanfare 1956
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantasia in G major BWV 572
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren BWV 648
My soul magnifies the Lord
Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
Now come, Saviour of the nations
Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582
~~Intermission~~
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Carillon de Longpont Op. 31 No. 21 1914
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Les mages from La Nativité du Seigneur 1935
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Berceuse Op. 31 No. 19 1914
César Franck (1822-1890)
Choral No. 3 in A minor 1890
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird 1910
−arranged in 1922 by Maurice Besly (1888-1945)
Global News Morning Edmonton:
Well-known Edmonton organist, pianist and choir director Jeremy Spurgeon visited Global News Morning Weekend on February 8, 2020 to chat about his upcoming concert at the Winspear Centre. View →
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