Anthony Cairns - 2013 Organ Recitals
Wednesday 3 April at 11:15am (coffee from 10:30am)
Centenaries and Half-Centenaries UT, RE, MI, FA, SO, LA - John Bull Voluntary in G, Opus 6 No 7 - John Stanley and works by Zachow, Umbreit, Smart, West, and Andrew Gant Wednesday 1 May, 11:15am (coffee from 10:30am) Mein Junges Leben - Sweelinck Prelude and Fugue in D - J S Bach Sonata No 3 in A - Mendelssohn Paean - Kenneth Leighton Mariales - Naji Hakim |
WEDNESDAYS AT CHRIST CHURCHa series of free lunchtime concerts aligned with Music on Thursdays
Our catering sponsor, Vecchia Trattoria, will be selling sandwiches, cakes, and drinks in the church after each concert Wednesday 19 June, 12:30 lunchtime Music from Canada Anthony Cairns plays works by Healey Willan, John Cook, Violet Archer & Denis Bédard Wednesday 17 July, 12:30 lunchtime Robert Woolley, organist of St Mary's Stoke d'Abernon, and Professor of Harpsichord & Clavichord, Royal College of Music biographical notes on this link Wednesday 18 September, 12:30 lunchtime Anthony Cairns, organ J S Bach - Allabreve in D major, BWV 589 Lefébure-Wély - Sortie in E flat and works by Dubois, Mathias, Fletcher Wednesday 16 October, 12:30 lunchtime Graham Davies, organist of St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes Middlesex programme details on this link Admission free Charity Collection at the end of each concert |
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Saturday 9th November, 2013, 7.30pm
Anthony Cairns will be the organ soloist in a performance of Handel's 10th Organ Concerto, with Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra, under conductor Nicholas Smith, Director of Music, St John's School, Leatherhead.
Venue: Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead
Anthony Cairns
Anthony Cairns, MA, BMus, ARCM, has been organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, Leatherhead since 1965, and was consultant for organ rebuilds there in 1970 and 1995. He briefly studied piano teaching, cello, and choir training at the Royal College of Music and holds degrees in law (Cambridge, 1961) and music (London, 1977).
Anthony taught class music in Surrey secondary schools, becoming Head of Music at Esher College in 1977. He taught academic music and keyboard harmony at the Purcell School 1987-97. He was conductor of Leatherhead Choral Society 1991-2000, and formed the Leatherhead chamber choir AntiphoniA in 2007.
As an organist Anthony is largely self-taught, and particularly admires Peter Hurford and Olivier Latry. He is regarded as one of the friends of Leatherhead Parish Church's restored Thomas Parker organ, having given several recitals on the instrument, and played the Parker for the annual Service of Lessons and Carols for which Leatherhead's URC, Methodist and Anglican churches come together in the Parish Church.