Darius Battiwalla – Leeds City Organist

James Mitchell Festival Toccata
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 539
Marianne Martinez Keyboard Sonata: Allegro brillante
Arthur Bliss arr Robert Gower Two Pieces: March (Things to Come), The Rout Trot
Percy Whitlock Four Extemporisations: Carol
Maurice Duruflé Suite Op 5

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Our series gets off to an energetic start with a prize-winning Toccata by the organist of Sheffield Cathedral, James Mitchell, and a couple of riotous pieces by Arthur Bliss. Maurice Duruflé’s Suite for Organ – concluding with the famous Toccata – finishes the programme.