Classical music: British razzle-dazzle concert organist Thomas Trotter returns for a fifth appearance in Overture Hall on this coming Tuesday night.

By Jacob Stockinger

On this coming Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in Overture Hall, the virtuoso British concert organist Thomas Trotter (below) will return for a fifth recital to mark the 10th anniversary of his unforgettable inaugural recital on the colossal custom-made Klais organ.

Trotter’s performance that night drew a sold-out crowd and he extraordinarily performed “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov — with his feet! (At the bottom, you can hear him play in “The Ride of the Valkyries” by Richard Wagner in a YouTube video.)

Admission is $20.

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Student Rush Tickets: $10 day of concert at Overture Box Office.

Adds the magazine The American Organist: “… Thomas Trotter completely deserves his high repute in the organ world…”

For more information and background about Trotter and the remaining organ concerts on the overture Concert Organ (below) this season, visit:

http://www.madisonsymphony.org/trotter

Here is the program, a mix of old and contemporary music, for Tuesday night:

Charles Villiers Stanford (below, 1852-1924)

Fantasia and Toccata in D minor

John Stanley (1712-1786)

Voluntary in F, Op. 7 no. 6

Andante-Vivace

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Trio Sonata No. 1 BWV 525

Allegro-Adagio-Allegro

Jonathan Dove (below)

The Dancing Pipes (2014)

INTERMISSION

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

The World Awaiting the Saviour

(1st movement from Passion Symphony)

William Bolcom (below, b. 1938)

Two Gospel Preludes: Sweet Hour of Prayer; Free Fantasia on “O Zion, Haste” and “How Firm a Foundation”

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

arranged by Thomas Trotter

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Overture to St. Paul

arranged by W.T. Best

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