Programme

Giuseppe Torelli

Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale (Op. 8 No. 6)

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana

O magnum mysterium

Giulio Cesare Arresti

Elevazione (from 18 Sonate, 1687)

Maurizio Cazzati

Che fò, che tardo, al mio Signor nascente (Op. 20)

Maurizio Cazzati

O Regina caeli porta

Thomas Charles Marshall is originally from County Westmeath. He began his musical education at St Finian’s College, Mullingar, where he studied under Shane Brennan as a member of the Schola Cantorum. He later served as organ scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, studying with the distinguished organist Peter Hurford.

From 1994 to 2008, Thomas lived in Japan, where he conducted in-depth research into traditional Japanese music and became a master of the Satsumabiwa — a historical lute associated with the samurai. Upon returning to Ireland, he completed a Master’s in Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, studying with David Adams.

Thomas is currently Organist and Director of Music at St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin, and also serves as Director of Music at St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare. He is the Artistic Director of TISOS, the Tullamore International Summer Organ Series, curates the St Ann's Church Lunchtime Recitals as well as the Kildare Organ and Choral Festival.

He is active as a recitalist throughout Ireland, performing regularly at events such as the Dún Laoghaire Organ Concert Series and the Tullamore International Summer Organ Series. Recent collaborations include performances with violinist Bogdan Şofei, leader of the ConTempo Quartet. His international appearances have included engagements in Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.

In addition to his work as an organist, Thomas maintains an active performance career with the Satsumabiwa. In October and November 2025, he will tour Japan with Irish harpist Tríona Marshall, presenting a unique programme that bridges Japanese and Irish musical traditions.

Francesco Giusti - Countertenor

Born in Bologna, Italy, after studies of pianoforte, organ, composition and musicology Francesco started singing as a countertenor and has performed in many concerts in Europe, Japan and the USA. After a London Guildhall School singing BMus he studied at HMT Leipzig and Amsterdam Conservatorium, where he obtained a MMus.

He moved to Ireland in 2017. He was a member of NIO studio in Belfast for the 2018/19 season and of the Irish National Opera ABL Studio for the 2021/22 season, during which he covered Tamerlano’s role in Vivaldi’s Bajazet, with IBO conducted by Peter Whelan, which saw his London ROH debut.

Oratorio and opera roles include Ottone in Handel's Agrippina and The Cheshire Cat in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as well as title roles in Scarlatti/Martini’s “La Dirindina”, Greg Caffrey’s “Pamplemousse”, Handel’s Messiah and “Fernando, Re di Castiglia”, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and B minor Mass.