Recitals are held on the fourth Sunday of the Month at 2.30pm, St Francis of Assisi, Paddington
Praise for the new digital organ:
“This is truly a unique instrument and music creation”
Daniel Brace, Limelight Magazine 10 May 2021
2022 Recitals
23 October 2022
St Francis and the Animals
Cynthia Bui
Guest Artists: Josie and the Emeralds
25 September 2022
Simon Nieminski
Guest Artists: St Francis Choir
directed by Noel Debien
28 August 2022
Toccata
Bransby Byrne
Works by: J.E. Bach, Martini, J.S. Bach, Gigout, Holland, Vierne, Flor Peeters
Guest Artists: Consort 8
Recorder music by composers from the 15th to 20th centuries, including Josquin des Prez, Michael Praetorius and Georg Telemann, as well as Philippe Goudour and Soren Sieg.
24 July 2022
Titus Grenyer
Works by: Elgar; Sweelinck; J.S. Bach; Guilmant (Sonata 1)
Guest Artists: The St Francis Chorale and Brett McKern (organ)
conducted by Bransby Byrne
Works on the theme of ‘The English Anthem’
26 June 2022
Brett McKern
Guest Artists: Sutherland Shire Choral Society
directed by James Paul
Works by: Felix Mendelssohn; George Thalben-Ball; Herbert Howells
Alexandre Guilmant; Théodore Dubois; Brett McKern
22 May 2022
A Journey from Introspection to Jubilation
Bransby Byrne
Guest Artists: PLEKTRA Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble
directed by Stephen Lalor
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cesar Franck
Works by Frank Bridge, Herbert Howells, Peter Hurford, Francis Jackson
Jehan Alain, Jeanne Demessieux, Nadia Boulanger, Cesar Franck
2021 Recitals
25 April 2021
Thomas Wilson
St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
St Mary’s Cathedral Lay Clerks
directed by Thomas Wilson
“Wilson was incredible, technically and musically. A real one to watch as his career continues to unfold”
Daniel Brace, Limelight Magazine 10 May 2021
23 May 2021
James Goldrick
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City
The Choir of St Francis, Paddington
directed by Noel Debien
“The observer was compelled to remark on the rapport between the choir and organ…Mr Goldrick’s programming proved superb…both a musician’s organist and an organist’s musician”
David Nikolas Brodsky, The Sydney Organ Journal, 2021
28 November 2021
Music for Advent
Bransby Byrne
Noel Debien
St Francis of Assisi, Paddington
Guest artist: Kate Moloney, Harpist
More information on the organs at St Francis here