Organ recital at Lamlash Church
Lamlash Church is delighted to host a recital by renowned organist Douglas Bruce on Sunday June 25 at 3pm.
Born in Perth, Douglas moved to Edinburgh at an early age. While preparing for a career in accountancy, he studied with Noel Rawsthorne (Liverpool Cathedral) and later obtained the ARCO, ARCM (magna cum laude) and LRAM diplomas, conferred by London’s three leading conservatories.
Douglas lived in Switzerland before moving in 2011 to Germany. He has continued his organ studies under Felix Pachlatko (Basel Cathedral), and participated in master classes under Kevin Bowyer, Dame Gillian Weir and Ludger Lohmann.
Douglas is a much-travelled recitalist, and has played around 100 recitals in 25 states of the USA. He has participated in recital series in New York, Boston, Chicago and West Point, which is home to the world´s largest church organ, and he has accepted multiple invitations from the universities of Harvard and Princeton, the Roman Catholic cathedrals of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and Washington National Cathedral.
In Canada and Europe, he has played in a further 23 cathedrals and appeared at various organ festivals in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Scotland and Ukraine, as well as civic venues such as Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum and Dundee’s Caird Hall.
Douglas is currently organist at the Parish Church of Wollbach, in the Black Forest of Germany. The first occasion on which he played for a church service occurred in 1959 at Lochranza Church, where he was one of a number of holidaymakers deputising for the incumbent organist during indisposition. Douglas and his wife are smitten with Arran and holiday here as often as they can.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a varied programme to suit all tastes, including J S Bach, Henry Smart, Noel Rawsthorne, Maurice Green and Cesar Franck. Tickets are £5 at the door. All welcome.