The Hiking Organist Day 1: St James Church, Wetherby – Alex Woodrow plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wesley & Widor
The Hiking Organist Day 1: St James Church, Wetherby – Alex Woodrow plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wesley & Widor at St James Church, Wetherby
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The Hiking Organist Day 1: St James Church, Wetherby – Alex Woodrow plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wesley & Widor FREE
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About the show
Join Alexander Woodrow, Organist and Director of Music at Leeds Minster, for the second recital in his remarkable Hiking Organist challenge.
Over six days, Alex is walking the entire 104-mile White Rose Way from Leeds to Scarborough, giving a recital each evening whilst raising funds and awareness for the Leeds Minster Choral Scholarship Programme, which supports talented young singers and musicians.
Having completed the first stage of the journey from Leeds, Alex arrives in Wetherby for an exciting and varied 50-minute programme featuring some of the most popular and spectacular works in the organ repertoire:
J. S. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
C. M. Widor – Toccata from Symphonie V
Music by S. S. Wesley, Mendelssohn and Vierne
From dramatic virtuosity to moments of reflection and beauty, this concert showcases the organ at its finest.
Admission is free, with a cash retiring collection in aid of the Leeds Minster Choral Scholarship Programme.
Refreshments will be served following the concert.
Come and support Alex on the first day of this unique Yorkshire musical pilgrimage.
Support the Journey. Inspire the Future.
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.