Philip Rushforth

Organ music of Bach and Messiaen

Thursday 24 July 2008 - 1pm
Chester Cathedral
Tickets: £8

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Olivier Messiaen
Apparition de l’Eglise eternelle,
La Nativite du Seigneur (I, II, III, IX)

Johan Sebastian Bach
An Wasserflussen Babylon
(BWV 653),

Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu
uns wend (BWV 709)

Giles Swayne
Riff Raff







Chester Cathedral's Director of Music, Philip Rushforth, well known for his recitals and broadcasts, plays an impressive and contrasting selection of works from two of the most renowned composers of organ music, Bach and Messiaen. Bach’s free ranging interpretations of hymn melody is matched by the ower and spirituality of the music of Messiaen whose centenary is celebrated this year.

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