Programme
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Rhapsody No. 1 in D flat major, from Three Rhapsodies, Op. 17
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20
Biography
Elijah Morris is Organ Scholar at Trinity College, Oxford University. He is an organ student of Stephen Farr, and is currently studying English and Music as a Visiting Student at Hertford College. His academic focus is on the literature of Medieval England between 800-1400. He will return next academic year to his home institution of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where he holds the position of Assistant Chapel Organist. He has also held Organ Scholar positions at various Episcopal parishes in the United States, most recently serving the formidable music program at St. John’s Church in West Hartford, CT. He has concertized regularly, appearing in solo performances, group recitals, and accompanying choirs in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Argentina.
About the Thursday Organ Recitals
The Thursday Organ Recitals are a series of 30-minute lunchtime concerts held in the College chapel. They centre on the College’s organ, installed in September 2024 by the Belgian firm Orgues de Facto, a 15-stop instrument conceived in the sound-world of the original William Hill organ of the late nineteenth century.
The recitals offer an opportunity to hear the instrument across a range of repertoire in the context for which it was designed.
Ticket information
Free event – no registration required
FAQs
Organ recitals at Brasenose College are played on the chapel organ built by Orgues de Facto (Belgium) and installed in 2024. The instrument is constructed in the English Romantic tradition of William Hill and is housed in the restored T. G. Jackson case of the original 1892 organ; the west-facing façade pipes from Hill’s instrument, which had become non-speaking in later versions, have been re-lengthened and returned to speaking use.
A full specification and stoplist is available via the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
The organ comprises Great, Swell and Pedal divisions. The Great provides the principal chorus and trumpet; the enclosed Swell offers flute, string and reed colours with tremulant; and the Pedal supplies bass, flute and reed registers.
The complete specification and stoplist for the Brasenose College Chapel organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).