Organ Concert Online: Gordon Stewart 7 December, 1pm

With Christmas just round the corner Gordon Stewart plays a programme featuring music based on Christmas themes from four countries. Local composer Robert Cockroft is included with his charming Variations on a New Noël

Richard Purvis - Carol Rhapsody
Pachelbel - Prelude on From Heaven above
Rawsthorne - Prelude on Christians Awake
James Biery - Prelude on Patapan
Hollins - Christmas Cradle Song
Cockroft - Variations on a New Noël
Guilmant - Noël écossais
Aaron Shows - Prelude on the Wexford Carol
Aaron Shows - Prelude on Joy to the World

The project, funded by Kirklees Council’s Concert Series in partnership with the Lawrence Batley Theatre (LBT) and The University of Huddersfield, uses Facebook and Youtube to broadcast the popular lunchtime concerts to anyone, anywhere in the world, pleasing existing and creating new and wider audiences.

You will be able to watch the concerts at 1pm on the day by visiting either the LBT YouTube or Facebook pages. If you can’t tune in at 1pm on the day you’ll be able to download the concert at any time to suit you via the LBT YouTube channel youtube.com/user/TheLBTHuddersfield.

For more information on the series go to the website below

The concerts are free but there is an online option to ‘pay as you feel’ for anyone who wishes to support the Organ Concert series by making a donation. You can make a donation at https://tickets.kirklees.gov.uk/en-GB/donations/organ%20concert%20season

For more information visit https://www.thelbt.org/whats-on/organ-concert-season-online/