Barnaby Silverstone – RCM
Organ Recital
Wednesday 1 May 2024 – 1 pm to 1:45 pm
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On Wednesday 1 May we greatly enjoyed an organ recital performed by Barnaby Silverstone from the RCM. An excellent variety of splendid music played in a truly masterful fashion! |
Programme
| J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) | ‘Dorian’ Toccata and Fugue, BWV 538 |
| Grayston Ives (b. 1948) | Partita on ‘Grosser Gott’ |
| Samuel Barber arr. Strickland (1910 – 1981) | Adagio for Strings |
| Max Reger (1873 – 1916) | Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, Op. 67 No. 3′ |
| David Bednall (b. 1979) | Toccata on ‘Aberystwyth’ |
Biography
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An undergraduate organist from West London, Barnaby Silverstone is the organ scholar of St. Mary’s, Barnes. He started his organ journey in 2019 at his local church St. Mary’s, Osterley where he began playing in services, and subsequently in 2021 he was appointed organ scholar at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond, a post which he held for 2 years. In this role Barnaby combined accompanying weekly choral eucharists and choral evensongs with the taking of the choir, some highlights with the choir of St. Mary Magdalene include tours to Southwark Cathedral and Queens’ College, Cambridge. Barnaby is currently studying as a second-year undergraduate at the Royal College of Music, where he studies organ with David Graham, Charlie Andrews and Martin Schmeding. With the RCM Barnaby has gone on organ trips visiting and playing organs across Leipzig, Hamburg and Haarlem, and more recently has performed Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony with the Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Chloe van Soeterstede. Aside from the organ, Barnaby enjoys playing the recorder, having played with the National Youth Recorder Orchestra and in productions in the Claybody Theatre, Going forward Barnaby looks forward to organ recitals at Croydon Minster and Holy Trinity Sloane Square, and from September, joining HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace as organ scholar. |
Refreshments will be available in the Song School afterwards
Admission is free, but we welcome your contribution towards our expenses. If you are a UK tax payer please consider using Gift Aid to increase the value of your donation by a quarter.
Photos & Recording ©Graham Hillman
PRS Music Licence- LE-0032994–Brentwood Cathedral Music©2024 – Photos©Graham Hillman