The St James' Lunchtime Concert on Wednesday the 11th of September at 1:15pm is presented by David Drury - Organ. Tickets are $10.

Programme:

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

Festival Fanfare

Georg Boehm (1661-1733)

Vater unser im Himmelreich

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Praeludium in G minor

Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

Adagio in E

Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

Cantilene (Suite Breve)

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

Choral

Born in 1961, David Drury is known to Australian audiences as an organist, choral conductor and composer of choral music. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, he is only Australian to win the ‘Tournemire prize’ for improvisation at the St Alban’s International Organ Competition (1987). He has been organist at Christ Church St Laurence, Director of Music at St James’ King Street and Director of Music at St Paul’s College. He has toured England, France, Germany, Canada, USA and New Zealand as a recitalist, and appeared as organ soloist with the Sydney, Adelaide and West Australian symphony orchestras, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He plays regularly with the Sydney Symphony, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Australian Baroque Brass and early music group Camerata Antica. David has recorded four solo compact discs as well as appearing on numerous recordings with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, The Song Company, Cantilation and a trumpet and organ recording with John Foster. David has recently toured the UK, Paris and Italy as organist with the choirs of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney and the Pilgrim Church, Adelaide. For something completely different, he and his nephew Matthew Roberts form the ‘Salisbury Institute’, an electronic dance music colaboration and have just released their third EP.