WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE
PIPEWORKS AT THE MOVIES: film music transcriptions with Stuart Nicholson, Master of the Music at St Patrick’s Cathedral, performed by Stuart Nicolson and Harry Meehan.
Venue: St Patrick’s Cathedral, Saint Patrick's Close, Dublin D08 H6X3
Time: 7:30pm​
Pipeworks begins the 2025 festival with a concert with a difference!
Well known as an arranger, aided and abetted by Pipeworks Chair Harry Meehan, Stuart Nicholson will perform a block busting concert of your favourite movie themes, heard as never before in his own arrangements for organ solo and duet. Superman, Star Wars, Interstellar, Independence Day and many more feature in this unique concert!
Programme:
Superman (Williams)
ET: The Extraterrestrial (Williams)
Leia's theme from Star Wars (Williams)
Interstellar Suite (Zimmerman, arr. Richard McVeigh)
Gremlins in the machine (Various)
War of the worlds (Wayne)
Cape Fear (Herrmann)
Halloween (Carpenter)
Gremlin rag (Goldsmith)
Fantasy on ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ (finale) (Ayres)
Ghostbusters (E. Bernstein)
Cantina band from Star Wars (Williams)
Independence Day (Arnold)
Tickets: €20 / €15 concession / €10 student
THURSDAY 19 JUNE
YOUNG ORGANISTS' PLATFORM
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve’s), 4 Merchant's Quay, Dublin, D08 XY19
Time: 1:10pm
​Some of Ireland’s finest young organists will present an assorted programme in the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve’s), Merchants’ Quay. An opportunity to support and enjoy the next generation of organists!
Tickets: €5
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MYRIAD WORLDS
MORNINGTON SINGERS, Orla Flanagan, conductor | David Leigh, organist
Venue: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Pl, Wood Quay, Dublin, D08 TF98
Time: 8pm
​Mornington Singers, conductor Orla Flanagan and organist David Leigh will take listeners on a choral journey exploring our human existence in different spheres - earthly, spiritual, celestial, and alien. The choir will perform music by living European composers Eoghan Desmond, Arvo Pärt, Nana Forte and Judith Bingham alongside works by Elgar, Stanford, Parry and Vaughan Williams with texts contemplating our place in the world, from Newman's 'link in a chain' through Shakespeare's 'great globe' to Milton's 'Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse'.
Programme:
Nothing in Vain (Desmond)
The Deer's Cry (Pärt)
Iam non dicam and O sacrum convivium from Four Sacred Pieces (Forte)
‘Full fathom five’ and ‘The Cloud Capp'd Towers’ from Three Shakespeare Songs
(Vaughan Williams)
Beneath these alien stars (Bingham)
O wild west wind (Elgar)
God and the universe (Stanford)
Blest pair of sirens (Parry)
Tickets: €20 / €15 concession / €10 student
FRIDAY 20 JUNE
​​​LUNCHTIME RECITAL BY CLAUDIA GRINNELL in partnership with Sandford Summer Recitals
Venue: Sandford Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
Time: 1:10pm
​Outstanding young English organist Claudia Grinnell, recently appointed Director of Music at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, will present a varied programme including music from Bach, Mason and Walton, showcasing the fine three manual instrument in Sandford Parish Church, recently restored by Trevor Crowe.
Programme:
Spitfire Prelude (Walton, arr. Tom Winpenny)
Overture to Lohengrin (Wagner, arr. Edwin Lemare)
Light, Revealing (Mason)
Grand March from Aida (Verdi, arr. Lemare)
Benedictus (Lloyd Webber)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Bach)
The Sound of Music (Rodgers, arr. Claudia Grinnell)
Donations welcome
CELEBRITY ORGAN RECITAL BY MARTIN BAKER
Venue: Whitefriar Street Church, 56 Aungier St, Dublin 2, D02 YF57
Time: 7:30pm
​Widely hailed as one of the leading organists of his generation, Martin Baker's recital in Whitefriar Street Church promises to be a memorable event. Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral for many years, he now enjoys a solo career which takes him all over the world. His programme will mark the feast of Corpus Christi with movements from Messiaen’s last great work, Livre du Saint Sacrement, Mendelssohn’s first organ sonata, and an improvisation, an art in which he is internationally recognised.
Programme:
Sonata No.1 in F minor (Mendelssohn)
Salve Regina (Bull)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (Bach)
Prière avant la communion, La joie de la grâce, and Prière après la communion from Livre du
Saint Sacrement (Messiaen)
Improvisation (Baker)
€20 / €15 concession / €10 student
SATURDAY 21JUNE
​LUNCHTIME TALK - John Butt in conversation with Andrew Johnstone
Venue: Public Theatre (Examination Hall), Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2,
D02 PN40
Time: 2pm
Join us for a discussion between John Butt and Andrew Johnstone, both renowned scholars of early
organ repertoire.
​​Admission free, booking required.
ORGAN RECITAL BY JOHN BUTT
Venue: Public Theatre (Examination Hall), Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, D02 PN40
Time: 6pm
John Butt is one of the world’s leading performer-scholars: his ensemble The Dunedin Consort is feted as a leading early music ensemble, performing all over the world. His programme will explore the rich diversity of early organ repertoire, brought to life on the elegant and historically informed 2018 Goetze & Gwynn organ of the Public Theatre, Trinity College.
Programme:
Prelude, Fantasia and Fantasia for Double Organ (Gibbons)
Dialogue sur les grandes jeux, Et in terra pax a 5, Duo, Récit de tierce en taille,
Basse de trompette ou cromorne and Dialogue from Premier Livre d’Orgue (de
Grigny)
Capriccio sopra il cucho (1624), Tocata avanti il recercar, Ricercar Cromaticho post il
Credo and Bergamasca from Fiori Musicali (Frescobaldi)
Trio Sonata No. 5 in C, BWV 529 (Bach)
Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 (Bach)
Tickets: €20 / €15 concession / €10 student
SUNDAY 22 JUNE
RECITAL BY ANNA-VICTORIA BALTRUSCH
Venue: St Michael's Church, Marine Rd, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin A96K6C9
In partnership with Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts
Time: 8pm
​We are excited to welcome and co-present multiple award winning recitalist Anna Victoria Baltrusch to close this year’s festival, and we are also delighted to be returning to St Michael’s Church, partnering with the venerable recital series, Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts. Anna’s programme will feature masterpieces of the baroque including music by J S Bach, Scarlatti and Handel.
Programme:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (Bach)
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 633 (Bach)
The Bells (Byrd)
Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (Bach/Vivaldi)
Sonata in G minor (Scarlatti)
Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 3 (Handel, arr. Hermann Keller)
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Tickets: €15 / €10 concession
PIPEWORKS 2025 FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS SERIES
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THURSDAY 19 JUNE
MASTERCLASS WITH MARTIN BAKER
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's)
Time: 3pm
Renowned improviser Martin Baker will share his expertise in the art of improvisation with participants
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
FRIDAY 20 JUNE
MASTERCLASS WITH CLAUDIA GRINNELL
Venue: Sandford Parish Church
Time: 3pm
Open to players of any age or standard, playing repertoire of any era. Young players are especially welcome.
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
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SATURDAY 21 JUNE
MASTERCLASS WITH ANNA-VICTORIA BALTRUSCH
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam and Eve's)
Time: 10am
Participants are invited to play works of German Romantic composers (Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Reger, Karg-Elert, et al)
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
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MASTERCLASS WITH JOHN BUTT
Venue: Trinity College, Dublin Exam Hall
Time: 3pm
Participants are invited to play works of J. S. Bach, or any other music of the Renaissance or Baroque period.
€20 per playing participant (free for observers)
ORGANISTS WISHING TO PLAY IN ANY OF THE MASTERCLASSES SHOULD CONTACT DAVID O'SHEA: educationpipeworks@gmail.com​