Lunchtime Recital
đź“… Tuesday 10 March, 1 pm
đź“Ť Moot Hall
Claudia Grinnell has been Organist and Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral since 2024, becoming the first woman to hold the post. She oversees the cathedral’s five choirs and directs a vibrant programme of concerts and recitals. A graduate of the University of Cambridge and former organ scholar at Peterhouse, she trained at Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals, where she served as assistant organist and sub-organist, directing choirs and teaching at Winchester College.
Programme
Spitfire Prelude (from The First of the Few) – William Walton, 1902-1983 (arr. Tom Winpenny)
The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) – Camille Saint-SaĂ«ns, 1835-1921 (arr. Alexandre Guilmant)
Line Dance (from Dance Suite) – Noel Rawsthorne, 1929-2019
Largo (from Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World) – AntonĂn Dvořák, 1841-1904
Humoresque ‘L’organo primitivo’: Toccatina for flute – Pietro Yon, 1886-1943
Light, Revealing – Grace-Evangeline Mason, b.1994
The Sound of Music – Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979 (arr. Claudia Grinnell)
Admission Free Retiring Collection in aid of the Friends of the Moot Hall Organ
Colchester Town Hall High St, Colchester