Andrew Henderson, organist, will be performing at Greyfriars followed by a brief talk on Church Music of the Reformation.
Recital Programme
Fanfare (1966) Kenneth Leighton (1929 – 1988)
Rhosymedre (from Three Hymns Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes, 1919) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
A Trumpet Minuet (1929) Alfred Hollins (1865-1943)
Liebster Jesu, wir sind Hier, BWV 731 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allabreve, BWV 589 Bach
Prelude on ‘Beach Spring’ (1996) John Weaver (1937-2021)
Toccata (1959) Weaver
Brief Talk: Church Music of the Reformation by Dr. Andrew Henderson
Dr. Henderson will describe the different ways in which music was sung and played in the different reformed traditions, including psalm singing, organ music, hymnody, and a chance to sing a few hymns as an impromptu congregation.
Andrew Henderson has served as Director of Music & Organist at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City since 2005, where he oversees an extensive liturgical and choral program, including the Saint Andrew Chorale and the Saint Andrew Music Society’s Music on Madison concert series. He also serves on the organ faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, as organ instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University, as Associate Organist at New York City’s Temple Emanu-El, and as the Executive Director and principal accompanist of the New York City Children’s Chorus. Dr. Henderson, a native of Thorold, Ontario, holds degrees in music from Cambridge and Yale Universities. While at Cambridge he held the position of Organ Scholar at Clare College, Cambridge, and at Yale he completed his graduate studies in organ performance on a full scholarship from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. The recipient of a C.V. Starr Foundation fellowship, he was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Juilliard School in 2007. He was a finalist in the international competition Grand Prix de Chartres in France in 2002 and won first prize in the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ biennial National Organ Playing Competition the following year. Recent performances include organ and continuo playing with the New York Philharmonic, Musica Sacra, Voices of Ascension and The Oratorio Society of New York. He has been featured as a recitalist and workshop leader at national and regional gatherings of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Worship and Music Arts, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the American Guild of Organists. His performances have been featured on the radio programs Pipedreams, With Heart and Voice, and Sounds from the Spires. A Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, his teachers have included John Tuttle, Barrie Cabena, David Sanger, Thomas Murray and John Weaver.
