Music at Midday - Organ recital by Kevin Duggan

KEVIN DUGGAN, Dunblane 

Mendelssohn, Prelude and Fugue in D minor

Ropek, Variations on “Victimae pascali laudes”

Duruflé, Scherzo

Messiaen, l’Ascension

Kevin Duggan seemed to be destined for an illustrious singing career after repeating the opening motif of Beethoven’s Fifth at the age of two. According to his music teacher, he made an unpleasant sound, but this didn’t stop him from singing in church choirs and tea-ching himself to read music the wrong way up.

Kevin read music at Bath University and the Royal College of Music in London, and was taught by Dudley Holroyd, David Ponsford, George Odam, Richard Popplewell and Nicolas Kynaston. Further inspiration came from participating in masterclasses and Competitions, and since then he has performed widely as an international recitalist. For many years he worked in Rønne on the Danish island of Bornholm, where he made the CD recording Notes from a Small Island and was the driving force behind Skt. Nicolai  International Music Summer. Kevin has been Director of Music at Dunblane Cathedral since 2015. He also con-ducts the Rosenethe Singers and accompanies RSCM Scottish Voices

Kevin’s most recent CD recording, Hymne til Ærø comprises Danish music performed on the superb Flentrop organ in Dunblane Cathedral. Produced by Odradek Records, this recording has received favourable reviews in Choir and Organ, RSCM Church Music Quarterly and in the Danish press.

A light lunch will be held in the Cathedral Halls following the recital, offering soup, bread, tea and coffee. All are welcome.