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Orphaned as a child and sent to live with his older brother, the young was forbidden from studying his brother’s prized collection of works by the great keyboard masters. Undeterred, he spent months secretly copying the book by hand – working only by moonlight to avoid discovery.

In this late-night recital, acclaimed organist (Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford) explores that same world of North German keyboard music – the tradition that shaped the mind of the composer would become. Featuring the music he was never meant to hear – by , and – the programme culminates in monumental .