As well as playing standard organ repertoire (e.g., J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Widor, Vierne, Mendelssohn, et al) Simon also enjoys programming material which may be unfamiliar even to organ music cognoscenti, but is attractive and deserves wider exposure.

Here are some recent programmes, illustrating a small proportion of the total repertoire offered.

St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, June 2012:
  • George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) (arr. W.T. Best) Zadok the Priest
  • Sir William Walton (1902-83) Three pieces from Richard III
    • i. March
    • ii. Elegy
    • ii. Scherzetto 
  • Sir William Walton (arr. William McKie) Orb & Sceptre
  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Fantaisie sur deux Melodies Anglaises
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (arr. Stanley Roper) Greensleeves
  • Max Reger (1873-1916) Variations & Fugue on “God Save the King”
  • Gustav Holst (1874-1934) (arr. Peter Sykes) Jupiter (from The Planets)
  • Otto Nicolai (1810-49) (arr. Edwin Evans) Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor

St Mungo’s Cathedral, Glasgow, 12th May, 2012.
Recital for the centenaries of the Glasgow Society of Organists, and the death of Albert Lister Peace, former Organist of St Mungo's Cathedral.
  • Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) Concert Fantasia in B flat minor and major
  • Chevalier Sigismond Neukomm (1778-1858) "adapted to the Modern Organ by Albert Lister Peace" Grand Dramatic Fantasia (A Concert on a Lake interrupted by a Thunderstorm)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) tr. by A. L. Peace Andante cantabile con moto, from Symphony Nº1
  • Albert Lister Peace First Sonata da Camera:
    • i. Allegro
    • ii. Romanza
    • iii. Allegro maestoso
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 568 & 577
  • Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) transcribed by Albert Lister Peace Overture to “Gugliemo Tell”

St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, March 2012:

"Water Music"
  • G.F. Handel (1685-1759) arr. Osborne Peasgood Hornpipe (Water Music)
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Variations on ‘Ich fuhr mich über Rheine’
  • Frederic Wood (1880-1963) Suite: Scenes in Kent:
    • i. Aylesford Bridge, on the Medway
    • ii. Allington Lock
    • iii. Orchard Blossom
    • iv. Rochester Bells
  • Maurice Guillaume (1899-1983) Berceuse Marine
  • Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) arr. Albert Lister Peace Grand Dramatic Fantasia: A Concert on a Lake Interrupted by a Thunderstorm
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653b (for 2 manuals & double pedal)
  • Bedřich Smetana (1824-84) arr. Barbara Bannasch Vltava (‘Die Moldau’, from 'Ma Vlast’)
Southwell Minster, September 2012:
  • Naji Hakim (b. 1955) Overture Libanaise
  • Sir Frederick Bridge (1853-1929) Flowers of the Forest
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV544
  • Seth Bingham (1882-1972) Roulade
  • Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) Concert Fantasia on Scottish Melodies

INTERVAL

  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Symphony Nº5, Op.47
    • i. Grave
    • ii. Allegro molto marcato
    • iii. Tempo di scherzo ma non troppo vivo
    • iv. Larghetto
    • v. Final
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, August 2011:
  • Giles Swayne Stations of the Cross
    With Jessica Leary (soprano) and Judy Brown (alto.)
    The first performance of Swayne's Monumental organ work to include his
    integral plainsong tropes between each organ movement.
Church of St Maroun, Beirut, Lebanon, May 2011:
(Recital postponed, owing to the general situation in the Middle East,
but this is what would have been played!)
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Marcel Dupré Sinfonia from Cantata Nº29
  • Naji Hakim (b. 1955) Overture Libanaise
  • J.S. Bach arr. Thomas Murray Badinerie (from Overture in B minor, BWV1067)
  • Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) arr. Simon Nieminski Salve Regina and Easter Hymn (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
  • Seth Bingham (1882-1972) Roulade
  • Sir George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987) Variations on a Theme by Paganini (for organ pedals)
  • Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) arr. Norman Strafford from Highland Memories Suite
    • i. By the Burnside
    • ii. Harvest Dance
  • Eugène Reuchsel (1900-88) from Promenades en Provence:
    • i. Tambourinaires sur la place des Vieux Salins
    • ii. Voiles multicolores au Port de Toulon
    • iii. Nuages ensolleillées sur le Cap Nègre
York Minster, September 2010:
  • Philip Moore (b.1943) Fanfare for St John’s
  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-49)
    • tr. William Faulkes Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9, Nº2
    • tr. W.T. Best Polonaise in A, Op. 40, Nº1
  • Giles Swayne (b.1946) Mr Bach’s Bottle Bank
  • John Scott Whiteley (b.1950)  Scherzetto and Fugue on the name FRANCIS JACKSON
  • Frederick Wood (1880-1963) from Suite: ‘Scenes on the Wye’
    • iii. Tintern
    • iv. Symonds Yat
  • Francis Jackson (b.1917) Improvisation on a Chant
  • Max Reger (1873-1916) Symphonic Fantasia and Fugue ‘The Inferno’, Op. 57
Sande Church, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, July 2010:
  • John Weaver (b.1937) Toccata
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Allein Gott in der Höh sei her, BWV676
  • Richard Purvis (1913-94) from ‘Four Dubious Conceits’:
    • i. Cantilena (‘Green Boughs’)
    • iv. Marche Grotesque
  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-49)
    • (transcribed by William Faulkes) Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, Nº1
    • (transcribed by W.T. Best) Polonaise in A, Op. 40, Nº1
  • W.A. Mozart (1756-92) Andante in F, K616
  • Moondog (Louis T. Hardin) (1916-99) Logrundr No. 17
  • Eugene Thayer (1838-89) Variations on “Auld Lang Syne” Op 30
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, April 2010:
“Polskie Pryncypały i Puzony” (“Polish Principals & Posaunes”)
  • Felix Borowski (1872-1956) Toccata (from Première Suite)
  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-49) tr. William Faulkes Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9, Nº2
  • Karol Szymanowski  (1882-1937) tr. Alistair Wightman Study in B flat minor, Op. 4, Nº3
  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin tr. W.T. Best Polonaise in A
  • Feliks Rączkowski (1906-89) Tema con variazioni (1936)
  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin tr. W.T. Best Prelude in D flat, Op. 28, Nº15
  • Marian Sawa (1937-2005) Spotkanie z Kalinką
  • Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin tr. William Faulkes Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, Nº1
  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) tr. Simon Nieminski Polonia, Op. 76

Bath Abbey, October 2009:

  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847) tr. Edwin Lemare Overture: Ruy Blas
  • W.A. Mozart (1756-91) tr. J. Wodehouse Adagio (from 44th Symphony)
  • Frederick Wood (1880-1963) Suite: ‘Scenes on the Wye’
    • i. Rhayader
    • ii. Monmouth
    • iii. Tintern
    • iv. Symonds Yat
  • John Hyatt Brewer (1856-1931) Echo Bells
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Symphonie VI
    • i. Allegro
    • ii. Adagio
    • iii. Intermezzo
    • iv. Cantabile
    • v. Final

All Saint's, Northampton, July 2009:

  • Flor Peeters (1903-86) Concert Piece, Op. 52a
  • Mendelssohn Sonata V
  • Jan Novák (1921-84) Iubilationes
    • i. Iubilatio matutina
    • ii. Iubilatio nocturna
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Sonata VI, BWV530
    • i. Vivace
    • ii. Lento
    • iii. Allegro
  • Frederick Wood (1880-1936) ‘Scenes on the Wye’ (excerpts)

First Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas, May 2008:

  • Raffaele Manari (1887-1933) Concert Study: Salve Regina
  • Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Toccata in F, BuxWV156
  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Choral & Fugue, Op. 57
  • Brig. Gen. Charles Dawes (1865-1951) tr. Marie Edwards Von Ritter Melody in A
  • André Raison (c. 1645-1719) Offerte du Cinquième Ton: le Vive le Roy des Parisiens
  • Frederick Wood (1880-1963) Suite: 'Scenes on the Wye'
  • Max Reger (1873-1916) Symphonic Fantasia & Fugue, Op. 57, “The Inferno”
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, June 2008:
  • Thomas Roß (b. 1969) Let’s get Rhythm! (from Jazz-Stücke für Orgel)
  • Jules Massenet (1842-1912) transcr. Alfred J. Silver Méditation (from Thaïs)
  • J.S. Bach (1685-1750) transcr. Thomas Murray Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite Nº2, BWV1067)
  • Lajos Schmidthauer (1882-1956) Magyar Fantázia Orgonára: Vihar a Balatonton (Grand Hungarian Fantasia for Organ: Storm on the Balaton)
  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) tr. Alexandre Cellier Clair de Lune
  • Max Reger (1873-1916) Symphonic Fantasia and Fugue ‘The Inferno’, Op. 57