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St Mary Redcliffe Church Organ Recital, Thursday 8 March - Paul Carr

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<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />

<strong>Paul</strong> <strong>Carr</strong><br />

(<strong>St</strong> <strong>Paul</strong>’s, Birmingham)<br />

<strong>Thursday</strong> 8 <strong>March</strong> 2018<br />

1.15-1.55 pm


<strong>Paul</strong> <strong>Carr</strong> is in demand as an organist and recitalist, accompanist, choral<br />

director and teacher. He studied organ with Dr Roy Massey MBE at Hereford<br />

Cathedral and Professor David Saint at Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating<br />

with first-class honours. <strong>Paul</strong> was Director of Music at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Paul</strong>'s, Birmingham<br />

until 2016, President of the Birmingham <strong>Organ</strong>ists Association until 2014, and<br />

in June 2015 was awarded Honorary Membership of Birmingham<br />

Conservatoire.<br />

<strong>Paul</strong>’s concert and recital schedule takes him all over the UK, where he has<br />

performed on many of the finest instruments. He has performed often in<br />

Germany, most recently a return visit to play in the Orgelpunkt series in<br />

Magdeburg Cathedral. He has given two organ recitals at Notre-Dame<br />

Cathedral in Paris, most recently in April 2017. There have been several visits<br />

to the USA, where <strong>Paul</strong> has performed solo recitals both in and around<br />

Chicago and at Washington National Cathedral. In April 2016 he played one of<br />

the dedication concerts on the new 5-manual Quimby organ in Fourth <strong>Church</strong>,<br />

Chicago.<br />

For more than twenty years <strong>Paul</strong> has given monthly organ recitals in the<br />

Midlands. His current series Sunday Afternoon <strong>Organ</strong> Music takes place at<br />

Holy Trinity Wordsley on the first Sunday of every month at 3pm. He can also<br />

regularly be heard at <strong>St</strong> Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham where he plays around<br />

half of the recitals in the monthly <strong>Thursday</strong> Live series.<br />

His début solo CD recording French Flavours was recorded at <strong>St</strong> Chad’s<br />

Cathedral, Birmingham and has received critical acclaim, including a five-star<br />

rating in Choir & <strong>Organ</strong> magazine and Editor’s Choice in <strong>Organ</strong>ists Review.<br />

<strong>Paul</strong> worked in education for 18 years until 2014, class-teaching throughout<br />

this time, he is now regularly engaged by Dudley Performing Arts for both<br />

accompanying and choral-training projects. <strong>Paul</strong> is Musician in Residence at<br />

Holy Trinity Parish <strong>Church</strong> Wordsley, <strong>St</strong>ourbridge; Director of Music to The <strong>St</strong><br />

Ignatius Singers; <strong>Organ</strong>ist to <strong>St</strong> Bartholomew’s Parish <strong>Church</strong> Penn,<br />

Wolverhampton and Musical Director of Selly Park Singers.<br />

Website: www.paulcarr.co.uk<br />

Twitter: @<strong>Organ</strong>ist<strong>Paul</strong><br />

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/<strong>Organ</strong>ist<strong>Paul</strong><br />

<strong>Organ</strong> <strong>Recital</strong>s: www.organrecitals.com/carr


<strong>Paul</strong> <strong>Carr</strong><br />

(<strong>St</strong> <strong>Paul</strong>’s, Birmingham)<br />

<strong>Thursday</strong> 8 <strong>March</strong> at 1.15pm<br />

Herbert Brewer (1865–1928)<br />

<strong>March</strong>e Héroïque<br />

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)<br />

Suite no.3: Air<br />

Roy Massey (b.1934)<br />

Introduction and Passacaglia<br />

Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)<br />

Sonata in C minor: Scherzetto<br />

Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)<br />

Prelude and Fugue in G minor<br />

Please turn off mobile phones before the concert begins<br />

Please do not take photos during the performance.<br />

No Recordings can be made of this concert<br />

without the permission of the performers.


Next week: <strong>Thursday</strong> 15 <strong>March</strong><br />

Eric Tyson (All Saints, Clifton)<br />

COULD YOU DONATE USING GIFT AID?<br />

If you are a UK Tax Payer, please would you consider gift-aiding your donation at the end<br />

of the recital? We are able to claim back 25p in every £1.<br />

Envelopes and pens available at the back of church.<br />

A donation of £3 with gift aid would be worth £3.75 to us,<br />

A donation of £4 would be worth £5 to us.<br />

The Arc Café in the Undercroft<br />

Open Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 3.00 pm<br />

Tel: 0117 929 8658<br />

Serving home made refreshments all day<br />

Lunch served from 12 – 2.30 pm<br />

(drinks without a food order may not always be available at busy<br />

lunch times)<br />

For further information about organ recitals in the UK, please visit<br />

<strong>Organ</strong>recitals.com<br />

www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />

( 0117 231 0060

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