STEPHEN DISLEY, ORGANIST
ENGAGEMENTS

1. ORGAN RECITAL
Wednesday 10 March. 1:10–1:50
St Mary's, Guildford
[location & travel information]
admission free / retiring collection

2. CONCERT
Saturday 20 March. 7:30
Christ Church, Christ Church Road,
Northampton
Northampton Philharmonic Choir
Stephen Disley, organ
Christopher Mabley, conductor

The John Armitage Memorial (JAM)
Trust [web] celebrates its 10th birthday
with two concerts, below, featuring
JAM commissions by Johnathan Dove,
Tarik O'Regan, Timothy Jackson,
Hannah Kendall and Richard Peat.
Performers include:
The BBC Singers
Onyx Brass
Stephen Disley, organ
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

4. JAM CONCERT
Thursday 25 March. 7:30
St Bride's, Fleet Street
[location & travel information]

5. JAM CONCERT
Friday 26 March. 7:30
St Leonard's, Hythe, Kent

6. ORGAN RECITAL
Saturday 27 March. 12:00
St Katharine's, Knockholt
[location & travel information]
admission £6

7. GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT
Friday 2 April. 6:30
Southwark Cathedral
[location & travel information]
Southwark Cathedral Girls' Choir
and Lay Clerks
Stephen Disley, conductor

8. THE NIGHT OF 1000 VOICES
10th Year Anniversary Concert
[more information]
Sunday 2 May. 8:00
The Royal Albert Hall
[location & travel information]
Massed Choirs from the British Isles
City of London Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Disley, organ
David Firman, conductor
Hugh Wooldridge, director
[full details & tickets]

9. ORGAN RECITAL
Monday 17 May. 1:10–1:50
Southwark Cathedral
[location & travel information]
admission free / retiring collection

10. CENTENARY ORGAN GALA
Saturday 29 May. 12:00
All Saints', Margaret Street
[location & travel information]
Stephen Disley, with Paul Brough,
Andrew Arthur, Harry Bramma, Henry
Parkes, John Birch, Nick Luff, and
Timothy Byram-Wigfield.
admission £20 / under-18s £15

11. ORGAN RECITALDuets with
Abbey Organist James O'Donnell

Sunday 20 June. 5:45–6:15
Westminster Abbey
[location & travel information]
admission free

12. ORGAN RECITAL – In memory of
Stephen's friend Paul Smith and in
aid of The Nicholas Danby Trust [info]

Thursday 24 June. 7:30
The Temple Church
[location & travel information]

13. GALA ORGAN CONCERT
Sunday 27 June. 7:30
The Royal Albert Hall
[location & travel information]
John Birch & Stephen Disley, organ
[full details & tickets]

14. ORGAN RECITAL – Part of
The City of London Festival
[info]
Monday 5 July. 1:10–1:50
Southwark Cathedral
[location & travel information]
admission free / retiring collection

15. ORGAN RECITAL
Wednesday 14 July. 7:45
Derby Cathedral
[location & travel information]

16. GALA ORGAN CONCERT
Saturday 30 October. 7:30
The Royal Albert Hall
[location & travel information]
Rakocszy March (Berlioz)
'Organ' Symphony (Saint-Saens)
Carmina Burana (Orff)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Choral Society
London Philharmonic Choir
English Concert Chorus
The Southend Boys' Choir
Charlotte Ellett, soprano
Colin Judson, tenor
Jacques Imbrailo, tenor
Stephen Disley, organ
Andrew Greenwood, conductor
[full details & tickets]

17. NSPCC CAROL CONCERT
7 December. 7:30
Southwark Cathedral
[location & travel information]
Southwark Cathedral Girls' Choir
Stephen Disley, conductor

18. CAROL CONCERT
Thursday 9 December. 7:30
Southwark Cathedral
[location & travel information]
In aid of
Marie Curie Cancer Care
[web]
Southwark Cathedral Girls' Choir
Stephen Disley, conductor

19. CAROL SERVICE – for
The City of London School

Thursday 16 December. 6:30
The Temple Church
[location & travel information]
Stephen Disley, organ
Paul Harrison, conductor

20. CONCERT & CAROLS
Friday 18 December. 7:30
Southwark Cathedral
[location & travel information]
Handel's Messiah, Part 1,
and Carols by Candlelight
Southwark Cathedral Choir
Stephen Disley, organ
Peter Wright, conductor
Also see
www.organrecitals.com

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DISCOGRAPHY
BBC Music Magazine
The Christmas 2009 edition included a CD of Benjamin Britten's cantata Saint Nicolas, performed at Lancing College Chapel by the BBC Singers, conducted by Paul Brough, with Stephen Disley, organ

Chess in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Starring multi-platinum artist Josh Groban, Tony-winning Idina Menzel, and Tony-nominated Adam Pascal, Chess In Concert features the music of ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and the lyrics of Tim Rice. Recorded in May 2008, this live spectacular is introduced by Rice and includes the City of London Philharmonic Orchestra together with the 100-voice West End Chorus. Stephen Disley, organ.

Timeless Love – The Hymn Tunes of John Barnard
(Herald CD HAVP321)
The Choir of Southwark Cathedral. Stephen Disley and David Pipe, organ. Peter Wright, Conductor.

Hail! Bright Cecilia
(Musicians Benevolent Fund)
Includes: God is gone up (Finzi), Live for ever (Dyson), Sing Mortals (Bliss), The voice out of the whirlwind (Vaughan Williams), King of Glory (Howells), Annunciation (Tavener), Come down, O Love Divine (Rutter), Christus Vincit (Macmillan). The BBC Singers. Stephen Disley, organ. Ronald Corp, conductor. [more details]

The Carol Collection
(Herald CD HAVP313)
Joy to the world. People, look East. A tender shoot. Go, tell it on the mountain. Once in Royal David's city. Ding-dong, ding. What child is this. God rest you merry, gentlemen. God is in Bethlehem. Love came down at Christmas. Come and sing. Bethlehem, we come to bring. Infant holy, infant lowly. Lift up your heart and raise your voice. Away in a manger. Ding-dong! Merrily on high. Child of Heaven born on Earth. I see your crib. Calypso Carol. Ring out the bells. Jesus Christ the Lord is born. Stranger in Bethlehem. O come, all you children. Silent night. Descend from heaven. O slumber, heaven-born treasure. It came upon the midnight clear. Bright mystical starlight. No small wonder. Hark! The herald angels sing. Stephen Disley and Martin Ford, organ. The Choirs of Southwark Cathedral. Peter Wright and Stephen Disley, Conductors.

Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi and
An English Mass
(Hyperion CD 66488)
John Mark Ainsley, tenor. Julie Kennard, soprano. Stephen Disley, organ. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir. Vernon Handley, conductor

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
(Classics for Pleasure CD)
James Loughran, Vernon Handley, Michael Rippon, Michael George, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Stephen Disley.

An Advent Procession
(Herald CD HAVP247)
Hymn: Creator of the stars of night (Plainsong). Bidding prayer. This is the truth sent from above (Vaughan Williams). Reading: Genesis 3 8-15. Remember O thou man (Ravenscroft). Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf BWV645 (Bach). Reading: Isaiah 45 2-8. O nata lux (Tallis). I said to the man (Maxim). Reading: Isaiah 9 2-7. People look East (French, arr. Bramma). Hosanna to the Son of David (Weelkes). Reading: Luke 1 26-34. Salutatio angelica (Moore). Reading: Luke 1 39-47. Advent antiphon: O Emmanuel (Chant). Magnificat in G (Stanford). Advent Antiphon: O Emmanuel (Chant). Reading: Luke 1 57-61a. This is the record of John (Gibbons). Advent Collect. Blessing. E'en so Lord Jesus quickly come (Manz). Hymn: Lo he comes with clouds descending. Toccata: Vom Himmel hoch (Edmundson). Stephen Disley, organ. Southwark Cathedral Choir. Peter Wright, Conductor.

Christmas Carols from the Liverpool Phil
(RLCD251)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir. Philharmonic Youth Choir (conducted by Simon Emery). Stephen Disley, organ. Ian Tracey, conductor

Suk: Ripening and Praga
(Virgin Classics 59318)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek, conductor
"Joseph Suk's Ripening is one of the most amazing of all post-Romantic orchestral works. It is immensely complex in its structure: a celestial introduction is followed by a cogent progress of scherzos and slow movements, of funeral marches and fugues, all concluded by a serene coda. Yet the work is immediately comprehensible as a musical drama, made clear through the coherence of the thematic and harmonic material. Pesek and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic perform like modern-day deities. They fall short of the heights of Talich and the Czech Philharmonic, but Talich gave the work its premiere. Nonetheless, Pesek gives Ripening his very considerable all: his concentration holds the gigantic structure together as a single arch. Plus, his players articulate every instrumental detail, right down to the beatific wordless women's choir at the work's close. Highly recommended." [James Leonard, All Music Guide]

Paul McCartney: Liverpool Oratorio
(EMI Classics CDS 7 54371 2)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Jerry Hadley,
Sally Burgess, Willard White
Liverpool Cathedral Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Disley, organ. Ian Tracey, Chorus Master. Carl Davis, conductor.
This recording was captured at the premiere in Liverpool Cathedral, with McCartney in attendance. The oratorio spent many weeks on top of the classical charts worldwide, and even made it to number 177 in regular album chart in the US.