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David Hirst plays Charles-Marie Widor’s 5th Symphony in F minor, including the famous Toccata, live at a recital in Coventry Cathedral on 2nd September, 2024.
David Hirst plays a recital on the Kilgen organ of St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on 9 June 2024.
David Hirst plays the Fifth Symphony for organ (complete) by Charles-Marie Widor, including the famous ‘Widor Toccata’, at a recital on the Lively-Fulcher organ (2019) of the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Washington DC on 29 May 2024.
I. Allegro vivace (from 19:37)
II. Allegro cantabile (from 31:45)
III. Andantino quasi allegretto (from 40:45)
IV. Adagio (from 48:55)
V. Toccata (Allegro) (from 54:15)
David Hirst plays the Prelude in G major by J.S. Bach on the Cogez organ of Notre-Dame de Mantes-la-Jolie (France). Recorded live in October 2023.
David Hirst plays the organ of Chester Cathedral (UK) at a recital on 19 October, 2023:
David Hirst plays Elgar’s Nimrod at a recital in Bath Abbey (UK) on 1st August, 2023.
David Hirst plays the famous Toccata & Fugue in d minor by J.S. Bach on the Danion organ of Notre-Dame de Mantes-la-Jolie (France). Recorded live in June 2022.
David Hirst plays Bach’s Trio Sonata in C major BWV 529 (1st movement: Allegro) at a recital in Bourges Cathedral (France) on 14th August, 2022.
David Hirst plays Alexandre Guilmant’s 5th Sonata in C minor at a recital in St Germain-en-Laye church on 17th July, 2021.
David Hirst plays a transcription by Arthur Wills of ‘Mars’ from Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite ‘The Planets’ at a recital in Chartres Cathedral on 16th August, 2018.
David Hirst plays the Final from Vierne’s 1st Symphony for organ in a live recording from his recital at the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam on 29th August, 2017.
David Hirst accompanies the vocal group l’Offrande Lyrique (Versailles) in a performance of Charles Gounod’s Prière du Soir recorded in November 2019.