Joshua Simoes, the seventh Pettman scholar at the London Oratory

Programme: Charles Tournemire, Heinrich Schneidemann, Kenneth Leighton, Otto Olsson, Judith Weir, Thierry Escaich

Admission: free with a retiring collection for the church

Podcast

Listen to Joshua talk about his programme on the new Pipes, Pedals and Stops podcast

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Full Programme

Choral-Improvisation on ‘Victimae Paschali’, Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) (arr Durufle)

Dic nobis Maria WV51 (Intabulation after Bassano), Heinrich Schneidemann (1595-1663)

Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia op 41, Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

Prelude & fugue in D-sharp minor, Otto Olsson (1879-1964)

Ettrick Banks, Judith Weir (b1954)

‘Le cri de l’abime’ - The Cry of the abyss (from Quartieme Esquisse), Thierry Escaich (b.1965)

Biography

Joshua Simoes (RAM) The seventh Pettman organ scholar at the London Oratory. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, singing in a wide range of services and recordings, and most notably at the Royal Wedding in 2011. He began learning the organ at Harrow School, and from 2017 has studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Prof. David Titterington. During his undergraduate years, he received several prizes and awards at the Academy and is now pursuing a Masters degree in organ performance there. He has received generous support from The Countess of Munster Trust and the Eric Thompson Trust. In 2020 he was a prize winner at the International Organ Competition of Northern Ireland.