Summer Organ Festival 2010: Thomas Trotter
13 July 2010 at 7:00 pm
Thomas Trotter
Birmingham City Organist; Organist, St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey
J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in G BWV 541
Bairstow Sonata
Goss-Custard Chelsea Fayre
Ketelbey Bells across the Meadows
Coates The Princess Elizabeth March
Kulkova Stalactites
Stravinsky Three movements from Petroushka (arr Trotter)
i. The Magic Trick & Danse russe
ii. Chez Petroushka
iii. La semaine grasse
‘… astonishingly musical playing … delivered by Trotter with clarity and a profound sensitivity.’ The Herald
Thomas Trotter is one of Britain’s most widely admired musicians. The excellence of his musicianship is reflected internationally in his musical partnerships. He performs as soloist with, amongst many others, the conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly, and Sir Charles Mackerras. He has performed recitals in Berlin’s Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, both the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, and London’s Royal Festival Hall. He has played inaugural concerts in places such as Princeton University Chapel, USA, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall, and Moscow's International Performing Arts Centre. He appears at major festivals such as Salzburg, Edinburgh, and London’s BBC Proms, and he performs with leading orchestras such as the Vienna, Berlin, and London Philharmonic. In May 2002 he was the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for Best Instrumentalist, the first organist ever to win this award.
Thomas Trotter was appointed Birmingham City Organist in 1983 in succession to Sir George Thalben-Ball, and he is also Organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey and Visiting Fellow in Organ Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. Earlier in his career he was organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, winning the First Prize at the St Albans International Organ Competition in his final year. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University in 2003 and from Birmingham University in 2006.
Alongside his weekly recitals in Birmingham, Thomas Trotter regularly performs throughout the USA and Europe. He is an active recording artist and several of his recordings have been named ‘Critics Choice’ by Gramophone magazine. This season he will play two of the opening concerts on the restored organ at Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand, as well as inaugurating the new organ at Llandaff Cathedral. Other engagements include concerts in Europe, Russia, South Korea, and Australia.
Tickets
Single tickets £10 (concessions £7)
Season tickets £40 (concessions £28)
Book online at www.westminster-abbey.org/shop
Tickets are also available from Westminster Abbey Shop and on the door
General information
Entry is through the Great West Door from 6.15 pm.
Concerts last approximately 65 minutes with no interval.
All seats are unreserved.
Booking conditions
Concessions apply to children, full-time students, disabled and senior citizens, and members of the Royal College of Organists (on presentation of membership card).
Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.