Evento

Organist Simon Johnson in Concert

Celebrate the New Year at Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS, on Sunday, January 7 at 3 p.m., with an organ concert by the internationally recognized Simon Johnson, organist of St. Pauls Cathedral, London. As the next concert in the GREAT SPACES Music & Arts Series Simon will perform a delightful program revolving first around the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and then on to England for a group of pieces ideal for performance in great Cathedral spaces including two of William Waltons infamous Coronation Marches.

Grace Cathedral is located at 701 SW 8th Avenue in downtown Topeka, KS. Tickets are only $10 for adults, $5 for students and children 12 and younger are free. Tickets will be available at the door (cash or check) or in advance with credit card by visiting www.GreatSpaces.org.

THE PROGRAM
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 633)
- Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun ruhen alle Wälder
- Jacques van Oortmerssen (b.1950)

from Sonata No 1 for Unaccompanied Violin (BWV 1001):
- Johann Sebastian Bach
1. Adagio arr. Simon Johnson (b.1975)
2. Fuga arr. Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 539)

Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (BWV 642)
- Johann Sebastian Bach
Wohl dem, der in Gottes Furcht steht
- Simon Johnson

Sinfonia from Cantata Wir danken dir (BWV 29)
- Johann Sebastian Bach / Trans. Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

BREAK

Crown Imperial (Coronation March, 1937)
- William Walton (1902-1983) / arr. Herbert Murrill (1909-1952)

A fancie from My Ladye Nevells Book
- William Byrd (c.1542-1623)

Adagio espressivo from Sonata in A minor
- William H. Harris (1883-1973)

Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March, 1953)
- William Walton (1902-1983) / arr. William Mckie (1901-1984)

Simon Johnson is one of the most versatile musicians of his generation, successfully combining life as a virtuoso organist with extensive work in choral direction, composition and arrangement.
As the Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral, London, he has been involved in all the national occasions that have taken place there since his appointment in 2008, including the funeral service of Baroness Thatcher, the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen and Her Majesty's 90th Birthday celebrations, for which he also arranged some of the music.
Recitals have taken him all over Europe and the USA, as well as to many of the premier venues in the UK, including the Royal Festival Hall in 2017.