Charles Widor Film Screening
Charles-Marie Widor is the most famous composer of organ music since JS Bach and wrote 10 revolutionary organ symphonies that established the organ as a rival to the orchestra, pioneered the use of symphonic forms for the instrument and sublimated influences as diverse as Bach’s fugues, Wagner’s music dramas and mediaeval plainchant into an original musical language. On top of this, his Toccata is probably the best-loved piece of organ music ever written.
Fugue State Films have recently release
2pm
Admission: FREE but donations welcomed.
Gillingham Methodist Church, High St, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4AG
Sat 12 Mar 2016