Lunchtime at Redcliffe - Free Organ Recital featuring Douglas Bruce
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St Mary <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
<strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
(Schopfheim, Germany)<br />
Thursday 10 October 2019<br />
1.15-1.55 pm
DOUGLAS BRUCE – a citizen of the United Kingdom and Germany – was born<br />
in Perth, and educ<strong>at</strong>ed in Edinburgh; while preparing for a career in<br />
accountancy, he studied with Noel Rawsthorne (Liverpool C<strong>at</strong>hedral) and<br />
obtained the ARCO, ARCM (honours) and LRAM diplomas.<br />
He subsequently became Deputy Head of Finance <strong>at</strong> the Bank for<br />
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Settlements, Basel, and lived in Switzerland before moving in<br />
2011 to Germany. He continued his organ studies under Felix Pachl<strong>at</strong>ko (Basel<br />
C<strong>at</strong>hedral), particip<strong>at</strong>ing in master classes under Kevin Bowyer, Dame Gillian<br />
Weir, and Ludger Lohmann.<br />
Leaving the world of finance in 2001, <strong>Douglas</strong> became a much-travelled<br />
recitalist, and has given some 100 recitals in 25 US st<strong>at</strong>es, appearing inter alia<br />
<strong>at</strong> St. Thomas´ Church, New York, Trinity Church, Boston, Holy Name<br />
C<strong>at</strong>hedral, Chicago, as well as USMA Cadet Chapel, West Point (home to the<br />
world´s largest church organ). He appeared several times <strong>at</strong> Harvard and<br />
Princeton Universities, the c<strong>at</strong>hedrals of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and<br />
Washington N<strong>at</strong>ional C<strong>at</strong>hedral. In Canada and Europe he has visited 25<br />
further c<strong>at</strong>hedrals – most recently Lausanne and Moscow – particip<strong>at</strong>ing in<br />
organ festivals in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Poland, Scotland and<br />
Ukraine (Lviv, 2014, 2018) as well as civic venues including Glasgow’s<br />
Kelvingrove Museum, Dundee’s Caird Hall, and Ayr Town Hall.<br />
<strong>Douglas</strong> is principal organist <strong>at</strong> Wollbach Parish Church, in the Black Forest. He<br />
frequently accompanies other instrumentalists and singers.<br />
For further inform<strong>at</strong>ion about organ recitals in the UK, please visit<br />
<strong>Organ</strong>recitals.com<br />
www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
0117 231 0060
<strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
(Schopfheim, Germany)<br />
Thursday 10 October <strong>at</strong> 1.15pm<br />
Henry Smart (1813-1879)<br />
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)<br />
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)<br />
Dudley Buck (1839-1909)<br />
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)<br />
Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019)<br />
Gordon Young (1919-1998)<br />
March in G major<br />
Two pieces for Musical Clock<br />
Menuetto; Presto<br />
Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H.<br />
Vari<strong>at</strong>ions on a Scotch Air<br />
A Trumpet Minuet<br />
Aria<br />
Prelude in Classic Style<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
Our Autumn Series continues on Thursday 17 October<br />
with Thomas Keogh (Holy Cross Priory, Leicester)<br />
Concerto in B fl<strong>at</strong> George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)<br />
Ciacona in E minor Dieterich Buxtehude (c 1637-1707)<br />
Liturgical Improvis<strong>at</strong>ion No 1 George Oldroyd (1887-1951)<br />
Tune in E George T Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)<br />
Etheldreda Rag Arthur Wills (b 1926)<br />
Tu es petra Henri Mulet (1878-1967)<br />
Autumn Term 2019<br />
24 Liam Cartwright All Saints, High Wycombe<br />
31 James Parsons Royal College of <strong>Organ</strong>ists<br />
7 Nov David Butcher Suffolk<br />
14 Michael Overbury Newark<br />
21 Elin Rees Bury Parish Church<br />
28 Jon<strong>at</strong>han Bielby <strong>Organ</strong>ist Emeritus, Wakefield<br />
5 Dec Andrew Kirk St Mary <strong>Redcliffe</strong> (Treefest)<br />
12 Andrew Kirk St Mary <strong>Redcliffe</strong>
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