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Light vs Darkness

Jonathan Lee, organ (Australia)
Donation €15.00; concession €12.00
Programme

On the Choir Organ:

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Est-ce Mars, SwWV 321

William Byrd (1540-1623)

Pavana lachrymae after Dowland

 

On the Gallery Organ:

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, BuxWV 210

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Kyrie, Gott Vater in ewigkeit, BWV 669

Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670

Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV 671

Julius Reubke (1834-1858)

Sonata on the 94th psalm

Biographies

Jonathan Lee is currently a Masters organ student studying at Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Laurens de Man and Matthias Havinga. Last year, he studied with Pieter van Dijk. He was previously organ scholar at Trinity College Cambridge where he worked with the world-renowned choir and with conductors Stephen Layton and Steven Grahl. Jonathan appears on the albums Let all the world in every corner sing, Anthems vol.1 and Briggs: Hail Gladdening Light on the Hyperion recording label.  At Trinity, he studied with Stephen Farr, Colin Walsh, Douglas Hollick, and David Briggs, and he graduated with a Music degree (B.A.) from the University of Cambridge.

Jonathan began his organ studies in Australia with Philip Swanton and Christopher Wrench. He was Organ Scholar at Hereford Cathedral under Geraint Bowen and Peter Dyke (2019-20). He received Australian Music Foundation’s Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award in 2022, Guy Parsons Award in 2023, and AMF Award (the Goodridge Foundation) in 2024. He received third prize at the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition in 2023, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.