Thursday 14 August 2008, at 8.00 pm
Niall Carroll
Niall
Carroll, originally from County Louth, has been living in Galway
for the past 20 years. At the age of eleven he began piano lessons with
Fiona Currie of Renmore. Having studied the piano up to Senior Certificate
level he turned his attention to organ studies. His first organ teacher
was Mark Keane, and since 2005 Niall has been studying the organ under
the tutorship of Raymond O’Donnell. In 2006 Niall took up the post of
Organ Scholar at Galway Cathedral, where he continues to study and play
organ music, alongside gaining experience in choral conducting and church-music
direction. Over the years he has won several prizes for organ performance
at the Dublin Féis Ceol, including the Fitzgerald Trophy for advanced
organ playing in March 2008. Niall is also a former student of NUI Galway,
where he graduated in 2006 with a BA in English and Classical Civilisation.
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Præludium in GFrançois Couperin (1668-1733)
Messe pour les couvents
- Plein jeu
- Fugue sur la trompette
- Cromorne sur la taille
- Dialogue sur la voix humaine
- Tierce en taille
- Dialogue sur les grands jeuxJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & fugue in F minor, BWV 534Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
Rorate cæli
Hosanna filio David
Attende Domine
O filii et filiæOlivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son père, from L'AcensionHarold Darke (1888-1976)
Meditation on Brother James' Air
Toccata, from suite in D minor