Wednesday November 19th 2008 at 7.30pm

Organist Daniel Moult (UK)

Daniel Moult has an active career as a concert organist and organ tutor. He performs throughout the U.K. in many major concert series, venues and festivals, with an eclectic repertoire stretching from the fourteenth century to the present day. He records frequently for BBC Radio and TV, has recorded for Radio Netherlands and has performed on various commercial and private recordings. A sought-after organ tutor, he teaches at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, Birmingham Conservatoire and St Giles' International Organ Shcool, London. He is in frequent demand for masterclasses and workshops, including regular visits to courses in Oundle, Salisbury (RSCM) and elsewhere. Passionate about promoting the organ to a wider audience, Daniel has been involved recently in various outreach projects. These have included working for the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester as organ animateur (where thousands of children have heard the organ in popular concerts), projects at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham and events for the Royal College of Organists and the Incorporated Association of Organists. In addition to examining ofr the Associated Board of the Royal Shcools of Music and the Royal college of Organists, his articles on performance practice and performance-related topics have appeared in various organ journals. He has recently been appointed Artistic Director of the London Organ Day.

Daniel was educated at the Manchester Grammer School and Oxford (where he won three prizes at F.R.C.O and was jointly awarded the University of Oxford John Betts Organ Scholarship). He was a postgraduate at the Amsterdam Conservatorium under Jacques van Oortmerssen: other organ teachers have included Gordon Stewart and Nicolas Kynaston. Previous posts have included visiting organ tutor at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester and seven years as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral. Daniel moved to London in 2003 to focus solely on his freelance career. His 2008/09 itinerary includes profile recitals for various concert series and organist societies in the UK, Australia and Germany and the launch of an organ duet partnership, choir accompaniments for concerts, services and BBC broadcasts, directing and tutoring on various national organ courses and two DVD recordings of Mozart's organ music and virtuosic twentieth-century repertoire. For further information, please visit www.danielmoult.com .

Programme

• Allegro Maestoso fromSonata in G (Op 28)
  Elgar
• Praeludium & Fuga in d-moll (BWV 539)
  JS Bach
• Sonata III (Op 65,3):
  Con moto maestoso - Andante tranquillo
  Mendelssohn
• Fantaisie in Eb
  Saint-Saens
• Danse Macabre
  Saint-Saens arr Lemare
• Toccata (from Suite, Op 5)
  Duruflé