Thursday 31 July 2008, at 8.00 pm

Peter Barley

Peter Barley took up the position of Organist and Master of the Choristers at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin in January 2002. Prior to this he spent eleven years as Director of Music at St Marylebone, London, where he recorded three CDs with the church’s professional choir. In 2005 the choir of St Patrick’s Cathedral released their first recording with Peter as conductor.

Concurrently with his posts in Dublin and London, Peter was also Director of the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy from 1998 to 2003.

As an organist, Peter has appeared at many major venues, including the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and Westminster Abbey. He received his training as an organist at King's College Cambridge, where he was organ scholar, and at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He studied with Nicolas Kynaston, Peter Hurford and Nicholas Danby.

Last season Peter gave recitals at Westminster and St Paul’s Cathedrals, and the Temple Church, London. He has given a number of recitals in Ireland over the past five years, playing at the National Concert Hall, Christ Church Cathedral and St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, Dublin, and engagements in Belfast (including the Ulster Hall) and Tullamore. Recent recital venues include Magdalen and Queen’s College, Oxford.

In addition to his post at St Patrick’s and his activities as a solo organist, Peter is active in promoting organ and choral music in Dublin and beyond, most notably as the Chair of RSCM Ireland. He is also on the Dublin Diocesan Church Music Committee and Pipeworks.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Sinfonia from cantata no. 29

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
Praeludium in F sharp minor

Eric Sweeney (1948-)
Introit, from Mass of St Patrick (2007)
The widening gyre
Postlude, from Mass of St Patrick

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Symphony no. 3, op. 13 no. 3
- Prelude
- Minuetto
- Marcia
- Adagio
- Final (allegro molto)

Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Fête