The Director of Music at Pusey House commented: "Thank you for such a wonderful and fitting programme – it was a delight to listen to".

At a reflective lunchtime recital at Pusey House, organist Gabriele Damiani offered a thoughtfully conceived programme of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach marking the beginning of Lent under the title Penitence and Providence. Framed by the sombre intensity of the Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534, the recital traced a spiritual journey through chorale settings and contrapuntal works including Wo soll ich fliehen hin, the Canzona in D minor, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, and the Fantasia “Duobus Subjectis”. Damiani highlighted the expressive breadth of Bach’s writing—from introspective penitence to serene trust—while the sequence of pieces unfolded as a coherent meditation on reflection, discipline, and faith. The programme’s careful architecture and the organ’s clarity of tone combined to create a compelling musical counterpart to the opening of the Lenten season.