The Hiking Organist Day 5: All Saints' Church, Thornton-le-Dale – Alex Woodrow plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wesley & Widor
The Hiking Organist Day 5: All Saints' Church, Thornton-le-Dale – Alex Woodrow plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wesley & Widor at All Saints Church, Pickering
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The Hiking Organist Day 5: All Saints' Church, Thornton-le-Dale – Alex Woodrow plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wesley & Widor FREE
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About the show
Part of the remarkable Hiking Organist project, this recital features Alexander Woodrow, Organist of Leeds Minster, performing on the fifth day of his 104-mile walking journey across Yorkshire.
Over six days, Alex is walking the White Rose Way from Leeds to Scarborough, giving six organ recitals in six churches along the route while raising funds for the Leeds Minster Choral Scholarship Programme and the mission and ministry of All Saints’ Church, Thornton-le-Dale.
An exciting and contrasting organ programme including:
J. S. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
C. M. Widor – Toccata (Symphonie V)
S. S. Wesley
Mendelssohn
Vierne
Refreshments served after the recital: tea, coffee, cold drinks and biscuits.
Free admission, no booking required.
Featuring - Alex Woodrow
Alexander Woodrow has been Organist and Director of Music at Leeds Minster since 2020 and leads a busy professional life as a choral director, organ recitalist, church musician and teacher.
He directs two chamber choirs – St Peter’s Singers of Leeds and the Huddersfield Singers – and is accompanist to the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir. At Leeds Minster he leads a vibrant music department, directing the Choir of Leeds Minster in regular choral services and overseeing the Leeds Minster Children’s Choir in partnership with St Peter’s C of E Primary School. He also curates the Minster’s organ recital series, showcasing its renowned Harrison & Harrison organ.
Alexander directed the Choir of Leeds Minster for the live BBC One Easter Day broadcast in 2022. More recently he conducted the Choir of Leeds Minster and St Peter’s Singers in a recording of sacred choral and organ music by William Lloyd Webber for Priory Records, including the first commercial recording of the cantata The Saviour.
He studied music as Organ Scholar at Magdalene College, Cambridge and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists at the age of 19, winning first prizes in all categories including the Limpus Prize. An active recitalist, he has performed widely across the UK and regularly broadcasts on BBC radio and television.