Douglas Hollick at St. Peter Mancroft Church

On Saturday 16th June 2012 I attended the Douglas Hollick organ recital at St. Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich which was part of the Mancroft Music Summer Recital Series 2012. Douglas Hollick is an organist and harpsichordist with an international reputation who teaches in Cambridge and at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

With the title Bach and the Hamburg connection the programme consisted of Praeambulum Primi toni a 5 - Weckmann, Fugue in G minor - Reinken, Lobet den Herren, den er ist sehr freundlich - Scheidemann, Praembulum in F major - Praetorius, Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott Bux WV 199 - Buxtehude, Fugue in C major Bux WV 174 - Buxtehude, An Wasserflussen Babylon BWV 653 - Bach and Dorian Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 538 - Bach.

This was a wonderful organ recital at St. Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich which was enjoyed by the large audience in attendance. Douglas Hollick gave a talk before playing his programme of music. He was awarded a year 2000 Churchill Fellowship to visit North Germany and Denmark to research the organs and other keyboard instruments from the period of Buxtehude and the young J S Bach.