Scottish organ legend Gordon Stewart is well known as a champion of lesser-known composers, and shows off the variety of colour on the new Eule organ of Magdalen College with a programme which balances well-known masterpieces with some unusual pieces that have faded into obscurity.

Grand Dialogue (1696)  Louis Marchand (1669 - 1732)
Ciacona in F Minor Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706)
Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 547 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) 
Celebration 1927 William Wolstenholme (1865 – 1931) 
The Black Rood of Scotland Helen Leach (b 1972) 
Trois Pièces Augustin Barié (1883 – 1915)
Marche – Lamento - Toccata

Gordon Stewart was born in Scotland and after studies in Manchester and Geneva he became a cathedral and borough organist.

He has played concertos with the BBC Philharmonic, the Northern Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North and Orchestra Victoria. For over 20 years he broadcast regularly on BBC, chiefly as a musical director on Daily Service, Sunday Half Hour and Songs of Praise. 

Gordon taught for several years at the Royal Northern College of Music and Cambridge University. He has appeared as visiting tutor at courses in the UK, Sweden, America and South Africa.

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