Tours de Force: Choir and Organ Masterpieces
The Great Organ at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris where Widor served as organist from 1870–1933.
Saturday 28 June 2025, 7.30pm
St George’s Church, Buxton Road, Stockport
Pieces by Widor, Vierne, Saint-Saëns, Boulanger and Farrenc
| Conductor: | Neil Taylor |
| Organ: | Graham Eccles |
| Piano: | Pete Durrant |
| Mezzo-Soprano: | Joyce Tindsley |
This concert is for choral and organ music lovers alike! The 19th century saw a great revival in French organ music, at the forefront of which were Charles-Marie Widor and his pupil Louis Vierne. In addition to their grandiose symphonies and virtuosic organ solos, they also composed masses and sacred motets for choir and organ, illustrating the limitless range of sounds the organ is capable of creating, from loud and brash to mysterious and ethereal.
This concert brings together two great organ masses – Widor’s majestic Mass for double choir, and Vierne’s Messe Solennelle – alongside well-known solo organ works and sacred motets from another great French organist, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Lili Boulanger, a pupil of Vierne who died tragically young at the age of 24.
Pre-Concert Talk
Following the great success at our April Concert there will be a free, pre-concert talk at 6:45pm by Neil Taylor and Rosemary Broadbent, who will explain more about the background to the works to be performed. Entrance is included in the ticket price and there is no need to book for the talk, which will take place in the side chapel in the Church.
You can download a poster for this concert.
For group discounts or any other ticket queries please get in touch with our Ticket Secretary. Online tickets are available until midnight on 27/6/25. After that please contact the ticket secretary or buy a ticket on the door.