Taken out of context, the Cantabile from Franck’s Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue was an airy and persistently uneasy change of pace. Leach continued with an unrelenting power and a sleekly turbulent, impeccably modulated conclusion. Next he tackled Bach’s Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572, rising quickly from a lilting, understated introduction to a literally imperceptible build into a resolute, similarly subtle yet powerful forward drive, a march arising from a single casual stroll. It was a shapeshifting, dynamic, sometimes rippling, sometimes strikingly anthemic piece in the Romantic tradition, with a precise, triumphantly spiraling coda ![]() He opened by premiering The Call to Care for Creation, by his wife Helen Leach. Yesterday’s performance, by Simon Leach, was a rewarding continuation of that tradition. It took a long time for the church to complete the renovations on the organ there, but in the couple of years leading up to the 2020 lockdown, there were some memorable concerts in that space. It’s good to have the mostly-weekly series of organ concerts at St. ![]() ![]() Simon Leach Plays a Stunningly Modulated Organ Recital at St.
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