DARIUS BATTIWALLA
Concerts 2025-6
Monday 25 August
All Saints, Hastings
Organ
Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV542
Saint-Saëns: Fantasie in E flat
Lemare: Rondo Capriccio
Guilmant: Sonata I in D minor
Florence Price: Toccato (Suite no 1)
Franck: Choral no 1 in E major
Hollins: Intermezzo; A Song of Sunshine: A
Trumpet Minuet
Coates: Westminster
Lemare: Carmen Fantasy
Friday 12 September, 7.30pm
Belfast: St Philip &
St James' Church, Holywood
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
The Phantom of the Opera
(1923)
Monday 15 September, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV542
Hollins: Intermezzo
Cécile Chaminade: Pierrette - Air de ballet
Guilmant: Sonata 1 in D minor
Sunday 28 September, 7.30pm
Stafford, Holy Trinity Eccleshall
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Blackmail (Hitchcock 1929)
Saturday 4 October, 7pm
Newcastle, Jesmond Parish Church
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Nosferatu (Murnau 1922)
Saturday 11 October, 3pm
Rochdale Town Hall
Organ
Guilmant: Sonata in D minor
Bach: Pastorale
Fela Sowande: Kyrie
Hollins: Intermezzo; Song of Sunshine; A
Trumpet Minuet
Chaminade: PIerrette (Air de ballet)
Bizet: Farandole (L'Arlesienne)
Monday 27 October, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Glinka: Overture Ruslan & Ludmila
Bach: Trio Sonata 5 in C
Elgar: Sonata in G op 28
Friday 31 October, 7pm
Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Church
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Blackmail (Hitchcock 1929)
Saturday 1 November, 7.30pm
Sheffield, St Marie's Cathedral
Conducting
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Neil Taylor and James Mitchell, Organ
Works by Poulenc, Langlais, Lili Boulanger,
Coleridge-Taylor and others
Monday 3 November, 7pm
London, Christ Church Spitalfields
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Dawn (UK 1928)
Saturday 8 November, 7.30pm
Halifax, St Paul King Cross
Organ
with Halifax Choral Society
Anthony Gray, conductor
Organ recital and choral concert for the
opening of the new organ
Programme TBC
Sunday 16 November, 4pm
Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Organ
with the Hallé Choir
Matthew Hamilton, conductor
to include:
Duruflé: Requiem
Monday 17 November, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Overture
Bach arr Widor: Pastorale
Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C minor
Mendelssohn: Sonata 6 in D minor
Schmidt: "Hallelujah" Prelude & Fugue in D
Friday 21 November, 7.30pm
Manchester, RNCM
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Faust (F W Murnau 1926)
Monday 8 December, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Jongen: Sonata Eroïca
Gaston Litaize: Intermezzo Pastoral
Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Hedwige Chrétien: Offertoire
Dupré: Variations sur un Noël
Sunday 18 January, 3pm
London, Central Methodist Hall
Organ
Guilmant: Sonata in D minor
Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor
Fela Sowande: Kyrie
Howells: Master Tallis's Testament; Paean
Mendelssohn: "Prelude & Fugue" in E minor
Chaminade: PIerrette (Air de ballet)
Hollins: Concert Toccata in B flat
Monday 19 January, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Whitlock: Plymouth Suite
Fela Sowande: Kyrie
Howells: Master Tallis's Testament; Paean
Hollins: Concert Toccata in B flat
Saturday 24 January, 7.30pm
London, St Mary-at-Finchley
Silent Film Improvisation - Organ
Safety Last (Harold Lloyd)
Thursday 5 February, 8pm
Sheffield, St John's Ranmoor
Organ
Whitlock: Plymouth Suite
Fela Sowande: Kyrie
Mendelssohn: "Prelude & Fugue" in E minor
Rachel Laurin: Sweelinck Variations
Hollins: Intermezzo
Chaminade: Pierrette (Air de ballet)
Bizet: Farandole (L'Arlesienne)
Saturday 14 February, 8pm
Cambridge, Queens' College
Organ
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C minor
Fela Sowande: Kyrie
Chaminade: Pierrette (Air de ballet)
Blanche Rozan: Petite Priére
Mendelssohn: Sonata 1 in F minor
Monday 23 February, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Franck: Choral no 1 in E major
Rachel Laurin: Sweelinck Variations
Elfrida Andrée: Cantabile (Symphony no 1)
Grainger: Blithe Bells
Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue
Monday 30 March, 1.15pm
Leeds, St Anne’s Cathedral
Organ
Leeds Town Hall recital series
Reger: Hallelujah! Gott zu loben
Augusta Holmès: Clair de lune
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C minor
Karg-Elert: Ronda alla Campanella
Finzi: Forlana
Cocker: Tuba Tune