Many events are live-streamed
St Mary-le-Tower Lunchtime Concerts 2024
Tuesday Lunchtimes 1.10-1.55pm
Light refreshments served from 12.45pm
Free Admission with retiring collection
Concerts are broadcast online at www.stmaryletower.org/concerts where you can also
download a programme
Colin Walsh organ
Stanford: Fantasia and Toccata in D minor
Elgar: Salut d’amour
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March in G no.4
Whitlock: Folk tune
Harwood: Dithyramb
Francesca Massey organ
Alfred Hollins: Concert Overture in C minor
Louis Vierne: Arabesque
Robert Schumann: Six studies for pedal-piano, Op. 56
Charles Burney: Cornet Piece No. 1, with Introduction for the Diapasons
Andrew Fletcher: Dithyramb (Song of Dionysus)
Sponsored by a Member of the Audience
Debbie Rogers flute, Rob Rogers oboe, & Daniel Law piano
Music by Telemann, Kalliwoda & Dring: at times serene and then witty and
cheeky!
G.P. Telemann: Trio sonana in A minor
J.W. Kalliwoda: Concertino for flute and oboe
M. Dring: Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Sponsored by a Member of the Congregation
Nicholas Freestone organ
‘British & Irish Anniversaries’
Music by Bairstow, Stanford, Mathias & Weir
Sponsored by Suffolk Organists’ Association
Kay Dawson horn, John Jermy trumpet, & Owen Dawson trombone
Poulenc: Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
& music by Plog & Bach
Sponsored by a Member of the Congregation
Rebecca German mezzo-soprano & Thomas Carr piano
‘Vienna: Fin de Siècle’
Early works by Berg & Korngold
Adam Chillingworth organ
‘The English Organist’
Music from the Middle Ages to the present day
Sponsored by Suffolk Organists’ Association
Zephyr Baroque
A selection of 17th & 18th Century pieces, including works by Handel,
Telemann & Vivaldi, for Recorder, Bassoon & Harpsichord
Gainsborough Quartet with Andrew Leach piano
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Matthew Sheeran: Languet Anima
Sponsored by a Friend of St Mary-le-Tower
Lewis Kingsley Peart piano
From introspective depths to celebratory heights: Grieg’s piano sonata takes
centre stage in this programme, flanked by evocative miniatures and
Grainger’s vibrant folk-inspired gems.
Niels Gade: Second Movement from Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 28
Edvard Grieg: Piano Sonata, Op. 7
Edvard Grieg: Op. 38 No. 3, Melody; Op. 47 No.7, Elegy; Op. 54 No. 4,
Notturno; Op. 65 No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Percy Grainger: Country Gardens
Matthew Heyburn piano
Works from the 18th & 19th Centuries
Sponsored by a Member of the Congregation
Claire Baughan clarinet, Imogen Retey soprano, Yalda Davis cello, & Andrew Leach piano
Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
Reade: Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 11
Sponsored by a Member of the Congregation
Jenny Haxell soprano & Peter Willsher piano
Songs by Barber, Quilter, Strauss & Wolf exploring themes of landscape,
memory, and emotion
Sponsored by a Member of the Audience
Anthony Gritten organ
Christopher Maxim: Prelude and Fugue on the name Duruflé (2014)
Nigel Gaunt-Allcoat: Tombeau in memoriam M.D.
Louis Vierne: Triptyque, Op. 58
Daniel Roth: from Livre d’Orgue pour le Magnificat: Et Misericordia
Maurice Duruflé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7
John Chillingworth cello & Tim Carey piano
‘The Magic of Beethoven’
Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’
Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Christine Stevenson piano
‘Chopin and Liszt - the Patriot and the Pilgrim’
includes Mazurkas, a Nocturne and a Polonaise by Chopin, and pieces from
Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage)
Sponsored by a Member of the Audience
David Poulter organ
‘Te Deum’
Music by Reger, Langlais & Tournemire
Sponsored by a Member of the Congregation
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Fr Nicholas Elder, The Elms
on Zoom
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Fr Nicholas Elder, The Elms
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Fr Anthony Lury, The Elms
on Zoom
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Fr Anthony Lury, The Elms
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
St John Passion (J S Bach)
St John Passion - J S Bach
Daniel Joy - Evangelist
Christopher Borrett - conductor
Tower Sinfonia
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Rev Derek Grimshaw, Museum Street
on Zoom
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Rev Derek Grimshaw, Museum Street
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Rev Tom Mumford, The Tower
on Zoom
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Rev Tom Mumford, The Tower
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org
Lent with the Beloved Disciple
A joint Lent group, exploring ‘Lent with the Beloved Disciple’ by Bishop Michael Marshall, with St Mary le Tower, St Mary at the Elms and Museum St Methodist Church. Join in person or online. Study books cost £10.99 but this should not be prohibitive. Speak to your Vicar/Minister if this is an issue.
Thursdays in Lent, at Museum St Methodist Church 10.30 am - 11-30 am OR on Zoom 7.45 pm - 9.00 pm.
Rev Tim Barnes, The Tower
on Zoom
To sign up, email parishoffice@stmaryletower.org