Music for piano and organ performed by Robert Greenhill and Nicholas Miller.

This recital immediately follows the 10am Parish Eucharist (with just enough time between the two for drinks to be grabbed!)

FREE ADMISSION

See this classic silent horror film on the Big Screen in a candlelit church this Halloween. Live, improvised organ accompaniment will be provided by Nicholas Miller and a bar will be available.

Tickets £10 in advance via Eventbrite or the Parish Office, or £15 on the day subject to availability.

Join us for a short piano trio concert including several of our professional orchestral players, featuring the Jenny Clark memorial piano.

This concert immediately follows the 10am Parish Eucharist.

Mendelssohn, Trio in D minor (1st mvt)

Beethoven, Archduke Trio (1st mvt)

Arbos, Seguidilla

FREE ADMISSION

Join us to celebrate the 160th birthday of our wonderful Hill & Son organ “Betty” and the 10th anniversary of her full rebuild by Nicholsons of Malvern (2015), with a recital by the incredible Prof. Dr. Ian Tracey, titular organist of Liverpool Cathedral and world-renowned concert organist.

Drinks will be available on arrival and the recital will be followed by a party!

Tickets £16 in advance via EventBrite or the Parish Office, or £20 on the door subject to availability.

50% concessions for under-18s and those in full time education, and one free ticket for attendees named Betty or aged 160 or over (proof of age required at the door for this).

PROGRAMME

            Introduction & Passacaglia in d (Op.127)            Max Reger

            Benedictus (Op.59.no.9)                                                   

            Concerto in D (Op.3, no.9) Allegro, Largo, Presto         Antonio Vivaldi

            Fantaisie en La (Trois Pièces)                                           César Franck

            Four Sketches for Pedal Piano                                         Robert Schumann

            Scherzo in g (Op 49. no. 2)                                    Marco Enrico Bossi

            Toccatina for the Flutes                                                      Pietro Yon

            Lied to the Flowers & Sun (Lied Symphony Op 66)       Flor Peeters

PROFESSOR IAN TRACEY has had a life-long association with Liverpool Cathedral and its music and, with his two illustrious predecessors, continues the tradition of an almost apostolic succession. He studied organ with Lewis Rust and then with his immediate precursor Dr. Noel Rawsthorne. Studies at Trinity College, London, culminated in Fellowship, after which, scholarship grants enabled him to continue his studies in Paris, with both Andre Isoir and Jean Langlais. A further scholarship enabled him to study conducting with the late Dr. Vernon Handley CBE.

In 1980 he became the youngest Cathedral Organist in the Country, a post he has held for the past 45 years. Since his appointment, he has played most of the major venues in this country, and an increasing number in Europe; very much in demand in the U.S.A., he has made 25 extensive tours, playing in all the major Cities and in 1999 & 2003 undertook major tours of Southern Australia, recitaling, examining and teaching. Recent seasons have included concerts in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Bermuda, Paris, Jersey, Germany, Spain, Italy & The Netherlands; and he returned to Germany this Summer; 2026 sees him again in Holland and Germany.

On the wider musical canvas, he is a frequent broadcaster with the B.B.C., and his recordings on the Cathedral Organ have met with wide acclaim from the critics, recording for E.M.I., CHANDOS and PRIORY. He regularly examines and adjudicates and, over the 38 years of his tenure as Chorus Master to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, until his retirement in 2023, conducted over 250 concerts with the RLPO and Chorus; his association continues as Organist to the Society.

He was Guest Director of Music for the BBC Daily Service for 20 years and is a past president of the Incorporated Association of Organists of Great Britain. He is Organist to the City of Liverpool and curator of the historic 'Father' Willis organ at St. George's Hall, Liverpool where he plays monthly recitals and officiates at City functions. He is also Professor, Fellow and Organist at Liverpool, John Moores University, and Tonal Director for Church Organ World.

In 1994, he was awarded the North West Arts Award for Classical Music, and in 2006 the University of Liverpool conferred him Doctor of Music, in recognition of his long and distinguished service to music in Liverpool and of his national and international reputation. The Royal College of Organists, the Royal School of Church Music and the Guild of Church Musicians have each awarded him Fellowships for distinguished services to church music and to mark his international reputation as a musician. He was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Merseyside in 2015. His website is to be found at www.iantracey.com