headcase Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 Any info about the new organ? I remember the previous one when it was new - an extension job by Ralph Arnold (they had a 4 manual pipe organ in Sevenoaks parish church in those days, too!). The new organ is a combination organ by MPOS Ltd. Info on their website and also on the church website. Hoping to try it for myself soon.
John Erskine Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 ST SWITHUN’S: CHURCH STREET, WORCESTER www.swithun.org.uk Peter Nardone (Director of Music, Worcester Cathedral) lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ & the reconstructed Tudor ‘Wetheringsett’ organ 1.10pm Friday 5th July 2013 Four pieces from Parthenia: William Byrd (1540 - 1623), Pavana: The Earle of Salisbury William Byrd (1540 - 1623), Galiardo Secundo John Bull (1562 – 1628), Galiardo Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625), Fantazia of four parts J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750), Three Chorale Preludes: Christ lag in Todes Banden (BWV 718) Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 713) Jesus, meine Zuversicht (BWV 728) John Stanley (1712 – 1786),Voluntary Op. 6 No.3 in G minor Wide-screen projection of the main organ console Refreshments available St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH Church Street runs off the north end of Worcester’s pedestrianised High Street (opposite Debenhams). There are recitals each week through the season. Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of the organ fund
John Erskine Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 19th July 1.10pm at St Swithun's, Church Street, Worcester www.swithun.org.uk James Luxton (Worcester Cathedral) The 1795 Gray organ, the reconstructed Tudor ‘Wetheringsett’ Organ, and the ‘Queen Elizabeth virginals To be played on the ‘Wetheringsett’ Tudor organ:- Anonymous (sixteenth century), The Trowmppettus (MB LXVI.34) John Redford (d.1547), Eterne rerum conditor (MB I.74) Thomas Tallis (c1505 – 1585), Iste confessor (MB I.106) To be played on the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ virginals:- Peter Philips (c1560-1628), Amarilli (MB LXXV.1) Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), Fortune my foe (MB V.61) To be played on the 1795 Gray organ:- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), Balleth del granduca (SwWV 319) Heinrich Scheidemann (c1595-1663), Toccata Franz Tunder (1614-1667), Auf meinen lieben Gott Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707), Jesus Christus, unser heiland (BuxVW198) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot (BWV 679) John Stanley (1713-1786), Voluntary Op 5 No 3 in G Wide-screen projection of the main organ console Refreshments available Admission free, retiring collection
Contrabombarde Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 Dr David Pitches plays the 1854 Sprague at Hammerwood Park near East Grinstead this afternoon at 4pm (20 July): Stanley (1712 - 1786) Voluntary no. 9 in GSweelinck (1562 - 1621) Mein junges Leben hat ein EndZipoli (1688 - 1726) Elevazione in CBach (1685 - 1750) O Gott, du Frommer Gott choral partitaPachebel (1653 - 1706) Ciaconna in F minorBrahms (1833 - 1897) Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele Massenet (1848 - 1912) Elevation, from L'OrganisteVierne (1870 - 1937) Berceuse (from 24 pieces en style libre)SS Wesley (1810 - 1876) Choral Song (introduction) The organ is a one manual instrument, likely the only Sprague still in existence. It was built in 1854 but designed as a much older instrument and features much older pipework. The specification is Open Diapason / Stopped Diapason / Principal / Fifteenth: http://npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03181 This recital forms the first half of today's concert. In contrast the second half features the singer-songwriter and expert guitarist Bella Farny (outdoors, if the weather holds up!).
AJJ Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 METHODIST CENTRAL HALL, WESTMINSTER Sunday Matinée on the newly restored Hill/Harrison organ 66 stops, 4 manuals Sunday 21st July 2013 at 3pm Admission by Programme £3 Refreshments available AFNOM Exhibition-Concert given by Michael Bonaventure & Martin Stacey
John Erskine Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 26th July 1.10pm at St Swithun's (Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH) Hilary Norris (Leominster) The 1795 Gray organ & the reconstructed Tudor ‘Wetheringsett’ Organ To be played on the ‘Wetheringsett’ Tudor organ:- William Byrd (c1543-1623), A Fancy Anon (?Redford) Magnificat Vs 3, 5, 9 Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Aria detta la Frescobalda (Partes 1-5) To be played on the 1795 Gray organ:- Charles Avison (1709-1770), Concerto in C Major Op 9 No 5 John Stanley (1712-1786), Voluntary in G minor Op 5 No 7 John Stanley (1712-1786), Voluntary in D minor Op 5 No 8 John Keeble (c.1711-1786) Voluntary XVI Wide-screen projection of the main organ console Refreshments available Admission free, retiring collection http://www.swithun.org.uk
John Erskine Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 9th August 1.10pm at St Swithun's, Church Street, Worcester www.swithun.org.uk Gerdi Troskie (Worcester) The 1795 Gray organ & the reconstructed Tudor ‘Wetheringsett’ Organ To be played on the ‘Wetheringsett’ Tudor organ:- John Bull (1563-1628), Voluntary John Redford (d.1547), Primo dierum omnium Thomas Tallis (1505-85), Clarifica me Pater I-III) To be played on the 1795 Gray organ:- James Hook (1746-1827), Voluntary X (Largo - Fugue) James Hook (1746-1827), Voluntary I (Adagio - Allegretto) Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Jesus Christus, unser Heiland Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-80),Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan William Felton (1715-1769), Concerto in D, Opus 7 No 4 (Allegro - Larghetto – A Tempo di Gavotta) Wide-screen projection of the main organ console Refreshments available Admission free, retiring collection
John Erskine Posted August 14, 2013 Posted August 14, 2013 St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2R Peter Bassett (Newick): lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ 1.10pm Friday 16th August 2013 Edward Johnson (fl.1572-1601), Pavana (‘Delight’) and Galiarda set by William Byrd (1540-1623) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), Paduana Lachrimae George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) William Hayes (1708-1777), Keyboard concerto in G major (ed. R Langley) Wide-screen projection of the main organ console www.swithun.org.uk
Clarabella Posted August 17, 2013 Posted August 17, 2013 All Saints, Church Road, Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9NU (Small) William Hill organ Sunday 18 August at 6pm (one hour followed by refreshments) Michael Strange FRCO Stanley: Voluntary in A minor JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A, BWV 536 Czerny: Prelude in A SS Wesley: Choral Song and Fugue Elgar: Vesper Voluntaries Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation Mathias: Processional FREE (retiring collection) www.allsaintswarlingham.org.uk
John Erskine Posted August 27, 2013 Posted August 27, 2013 ST SWITHUN’S St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester WR1 2RH www.swithun.org.uk James Perkins (London): lunchtime recital on the historic 1795 Gray organ & the reconstructed Tudor ‘Wetheringsett’ organ 1.10pm Friday 30th August 2013 To be played on the ‘Wetheringsett’ Tudor organ:- William Byrd (1543-1623), Voluntary from My Ladye Nevells Booke William Byrd (1543-1623), The Seconde Pavin and the Galliarde to the same Benjamin Cosyn (c1570-c1652), Fantasia Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), Balletto del granduca To be played on the 1795 Gray organ:- Georg Böhm (1661 – 1733), Choral partita ‘Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig’ Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Three Chorale Preludes: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele O Gott, du frommer Gott Es ist ein Ros’ entspungen Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), Fantasia Super ‘Komm Heiliger Geist, herr Gott’ Wide-screen projection of the main organ console Refreshments Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of the music fund
JohnW Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON WC2H 8EP SATURDAY 28th September AT 4:00PM OURANIA GASSIOU THE FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH, LONDON AND ATHENS CONCERT HALL Dietrich Buxtehude (1636 - 1707)Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 150 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Stele pour un enfant defunt, from Triptyque, op. 58 Cesar Franck (1822-1890) Choral no.2 in B minor J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Vallee d' Oberman, transcribed for the organ by Johannes Geffert Ourania Gassiou was born in Athens and studied the piano at the Nakas Conservatory and the organ at the Athens Concert Hall. In 2004 she received an entrance scholarship to study under Nicolas Kynaston at the Royal Academy of Music. Whilst at the Academy she was awarded several of the major prizes and awards, including the DipRAM, the most prestigious award for an outstanding final recital. She was also nominated as the Pidem Organ Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. In 2006 she was awarded the Eric Thompson Trust Grant to continue her studies with Johannes Geffert in Cologne and Susan Landale in London. She has been a prize winner in the International Organ Competition of St.Maurice, Switzerland and in the First Mediterranean Piano Competition of Andros. Ourania maintains a busy schedule as a soloist and ensemble player. She has performed in several venues in the UK, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Slovakia. She has also participated in a recording project of the Royal Academy of Music with music by English composers. Ιn 2011 she was appointed Organist of the Athens Concert Hall and she is also the organist of the French Protestant Church in London. ADMISSION FREE - COLLECTION - BUFFET www.bloomsbury.org.uk
sjf1967 Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 READING TOWN HALL Thursday October 17th 7.30pm Works by Handel, d'Indy, Stanley, Boely, Coates, Grainger, Vierne, Christopher Steel
innate Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 St Francis' Church, Prince Charles Avenue, Mackworth, Derby, DE22 4FN Saturday, September 28, 2013 7:30 pm Organ Dedication Programme to include music by: Sweelinck, Bach, Haslam, Brahms, Stanley, Messiaen, Karg-Elert Organist: Michael Haslam THE ORGAN The first organ to be installed in St. Francis’ was a redundant instrument obtained from a church in Norwich in 1957. Although bearing the label of Norman & Beard Ltd. (of Norwich) and the date 1912, it was found on dismantling to have been based on earlier material, which to some extent accounted for the poor condition in recent times. Its small size (3 Great, 4 Swell, 1 Pedal) may have been just about sufficient in St Francis’ as first built, but in the enlarged church it was quite inadequate. The replacement organ was obtained in 2011 from Monyash Methodist Church, to which it had been moved 40 years earlier from its previous home at Darlaston Green, near Walsall. Though not carrying any builder’s label, it is without doubt a product of Nicholson & Lord (of Walsall). Its construction clearly indicates that it was begun as a 1-manual, with the Swell added on behind at a very early stage, perhaps even before it left the factory. The serial number 422, marked on pipework of both manuals, is consistent with the date 1884 found on the centre display pipe. As built there were two “prepared” stops on the Great and one on the Swell; by the time the organ reached Monyash pipework had been supplied to all except the 2’ stop on the Great; other alterations made over the years included conversion of the Pedal to pneumatic action, reconstruction of the console, provision of a balanced swell and removal of the hand blowing apparatus. In the programme of work completed at Easter 2013 the working parts of the organ have been fully restored, and the console returned to its original format (apart from the balanced swell pedal, which has been reworked). The three originally prepared slides are all now occupied by upperwork (previously entirely absent). GREAT Open Diapason 8 Original Clarabella 8 Original (drawing Stop Diap. Bass automatically) Principal 4 Original Stopped Flute 4 (v. Dulciana) 2013 ex stock Flageolet 2 2013 ex stock Mixture III 2013 ex stock (mostly from St Anne’s, Derby) SWELL Viol D’Amour 8 (v. Horn Diapason) 1906 N&I. Dulciana revoiced. Liebich Gedact 8 Original Geigen Principal 4 Original Fifteenth 2 2013 ex stock Oboe 4 Original from ten. C + bass ex stock PEDAL Bourdon 16 Original 3 unison couplers plus Swell Octave to Great 2 composition pedals to Great. Balanced swell (corner pedal)
Guy Russell Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Robert Quinney is giving the opening recital on the now completed Llandaff Cathedral organ in Friday 8th November at 7.30pm. The program will include Elgar's Organ Sonata in G. There will be a big screen. Tickets available on the door.
JohnW Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON WC2H 8EP SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER at 4:00PM DAVID PIPE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, YORK MINSTER C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) Fantasia & Toccata in D minor, op. 57 John Bull (1562-1628) Salve Regina (Five versets) Huw Morgan (b.1975) Triptych (2013) Ffanffare - Lullaby - Dialogues George Haynes (b.1989) Salve Regina: four meditations Harold Britton (b.1923) Variations on "I got rhythm" Born in London in 1983, David Pipe read Music at Cambridge University as Organ Scholar of Downing College, later studying organ at the Royal Academy of Music. His organ teachers have included David Titterington, Susan Landale and Lionel Rogg. David appears regularly as an organ recitalist, accompanist and conductor. Recent recitals have include Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral, as well as tours to the USA; he recently performed Poulenc’s Organ Concerto with Sheffield Symphony Orchestra. He has worked as both organist and conductor on BBC television and radio, and has featured on several recordings as organist and continuo player. His first solo recording, a disc of original organ works and transcriptions by Liszt and Brahms, was released last year to critical acclaim on the SFZ Music label. It was previewed on Radio 3’s In Tune programme and voted Record of the Month by MusicWeb International. David became Principal Conductor of York Musical Society in April 2012, and has conducted them in works including Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem and Bach’s St Matthew Passion. David came to work at York Minster in September 2008, and was appointed Assistant Director of Music in September 2010. He performs regularly with local groups and is increasingly in demand as a teacher. More details can be found at www.david-pipe.co.uk. ADMISSION FREE - COLLECTION - BUFFET www.bloomsbury.org.uk
Tony Newnham Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 Heaton Baptist Church, Bradford BD9 5PX Saturday 14th December 2:30pm. Christmas concert featuring Tony Newnham. Programme yet to be finalised, but will include Cesar Franck & Guillmant played on a Mustel Harmonium. Free admission - offering for Baptist Mission work.
JohnW Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON WC2H 8EP SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER at 4:00 p.m. NORMAN HARPER (St George's RC Cathedral, Southwark) ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLUS THE THALBEN-BALL PEDAL VARIATIONS FOLLOWED BY CHRISTMAS TEA IN THE CHURCH FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) Hymn Fantasias: Helmsley (Lo, he comes with clouds descending) Lumetto – Little canonic variations (Jesus bids us shine) Veni, Emmanuel (O come, O come, Emmanuel) George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987) Variation on a theme of Paganini Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (Sleepers, wake!) Flor Peeters (1903-1986) Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Wachet Auf! ruft uns die Stimme J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland (Saviour of the nations, come) 1. Canto Fermo in Soprano BWV 659 2. In Organo Pleno BWV 661 Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn BWV 648 (My soul doth magnify the Lord) Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn BWV 733 (The 'Magnificat' Fugue) Improvisation on Chosen Audience Carol Admission Free - Collection - Buffet Norman Harper was organ scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and is now organist and director of the Girls’ Choir at St George’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Southwark. In addition to his CD recordings, he has performed as soloist in many of the major venues in the UK, including St Paul’s Cathedral, St John’s College and King’s College Cambridge, the Temple Church, St Dominic’s Priory, Coventry Cathedral and Southwark Anglican Cathedral, as well as in Germany, France, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Australia and the USA. He has broadcast solo recitals on BBC Radio 3 and accompanied numerous choral services on BBC Radio and TV. Recital venues during 2013 & 2014 include Westminster Abbey, St Michael’s Cornhill, Grosvenor Chapel, Westminster Cathedral, Bromley Parish Church, St Michael & All Angels Beckenham, Godalming Parish Church, Christchurch Priory and Central Hall, Westminster. www.bloomsbury.org.uk
Jonathan Dods Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 This Friday, 31st January at 7.30pm, Jeremy Filsell will give the opening recital on the 25/IIIP St Martin organ at St Michael and All Angels Church, Chiswick (W4 1TT, next to Turnham Green tube). Both organist and organ are sounding great. Entry is free, do come along. J.S. BACH Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565 Pierre Du MAGE from Livre d’Orgue: Plein Jeu – Tierce en taille – Basse de Trompette – Récit – Grand Jeu J.S. BACH From the Leipzig Chorales: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' BWV 662 Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' BWV 664 Marcel DUPRÉ Prélude et Fugue en Sol (G) mineur Op. 7 no. 3 Jehan ALAIN Litanies Postlude pour l'office de Complies Alfred HOLLINS Concert Overture in C minor (1899) Intermezzo Louis VIERNE Symphonie no I Op. 14: Final
Jonathan Dods Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 StMichael and All Angels Bedford Park (St Martin 2013 25/IIIP). The first of our monthly recitals (first Friday of every month at 12.30) will be given this Friday, 7th March, by Nick Wearne organist of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Bach, Mendelssohn, Jeffcoat, Durufle P&F/Alain. Free admission. Future recitals include Neil Wright on June 6th in a programme of improvisations on pieces from the Bedford Park Festival art exhibition.
Christine Jose Rigby Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 C E L E B R I T Y O R G A N R E C I T A L 'THE GREAT PARISIAN TRADITION' PARR HALL, WARRINGTONbyI A N T R A C E YLiverpool Cathedral & Liverpool City OrganistWednesday 12th March, 2014, 7.45pm PROGRAMME St. Gervais Passacaglia in b Louis Couperin St. Eustache Lamento & Elves (Douze Pièces Nouvelles) Josef Bonnet St. Trinité Le Banquet Celeste Olivier Messiaen Pastorale (Organ Symphony no 1 Op 42.) Alexandre Guilmant St. Augustin Grand Choeur Dialoguée Eugene Gigout La Madeleine Prelude in B major (Op.99) Camille Saint-Saens Toccata in G (Douze Pièces) Theodore Dubois INTERVAL St. Sulpice Basse et Dessus de Trompette Louis Nicholas Clerambault Adagio (Sinfonie V) Charles Marie Widor Ste. Clotilde Pastorale (Six Pièces) Cesar Franck Improvisation sur le 'Te Deum' Charles Tournemire/Duruflé Modal en La (Huit Pièces Modales) Jean Langlais Notre Dame Te Lucis Anteterminum (Tombeau de Titelouze) Marcel Dupré Allegro Vivace (Symphonie I) Louis Vierne Scherzo Symphonique Pierre Cochereau oooOooo
Justadad Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 I don't know if this has been posted before so please accept my apologies if it has. Christopher Herrick Organ Recital Wednesday, 19th March at 19:45 Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace (Supper and refreshments available from 17:30 at the Palace's Privy Restaurant) "The internationally acclaimed organist will give a recital in aid of the Choral Foundation organ fund on the historic Schrider-Hill organ, recently overhauled by Harrison & Harrison."Tickets £12 available online from www.hrp.org.uk Call 0844 4827799 Several years ago, when Justason was Justoutofnappies, he was asked to dep for a depping choir at Kingston Parish Church for a service of Evensong. Justamum and I turned up with Justason on the preceding Saturday so he could familiarise himself with the Frobenius, only to find someone sat on the bench doing their stuff. I hesitantly explained that Justason had to prepare for a service the next day, and the gentleman kindly removed himself. Some weeks later I learned that the kind gentleman was, indeed, Christopher Herrick: a gentleman indeed, and a very fine organist.I don't know what the programme is but I hope you'll consider joining Justamum and I on Wednesday.Best wishesJ
JohnW Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 8EP SATURDAY, 29th MARCH at 4:00pm TOM BELL St Michael’s, Chester Square Carillon de Westminster - Vierne Rhosymedre - Vaughan Williams Overture 'Caesar and Cleopatra' - Bliss arr.Gower Seven Waves Away - Bliss arr.Gower Bridal Ceremony (Adam Zero) - Bliss arr.Gower Intermezzo (Miracle in the Gorbals) - Bliss arr.Gower The Rout Trot - Bliss arr.Gower Vesper Voluntaries nos.3, 5, 6 - Elgar The Tame Bear - Elgar arr.Walker Variations de Concert - Bonnet Tom Bell enjoys a varied freelance solo career as an organist, based in London and active across the UK. He has played additionally in mainland Europe and the USA, undertaking two tours to the latter encompassing the East Coast and Mid West in 2013. Tom's debut CD, featuring music by Bliss, Elgar and Malcolm Williamson recently was released on the Regent label, and was described by one reviewer as "...a marvellous recording, full of light, from a charismatic and virtuosic musician" (Organists' Review). His performance on the same disc of Williamson's unjustly neglected Symphony for Organ was described in American Record Guide as "brilliant". Tom's playing has been heard on the radio in the UK, Europe and the United States, including (from the Temple Church in London) a live solo recital on Dutch Radio 4 as part of their Handel Day, 2009. Highlights in 2014 include the release of a double CD of contemporary music, the formation of a duo with organist Richard Brasier, and his debut at the Royal Festival Hall, London as a featured artist in the Pull Out All The Stops festival. Tom will give two concerts at the RFH, both to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and featuring first performances of works by Neil Hannon and Shlomo. Tom teaches in a freelance capacity for the Royal College of Organists, and also on courses run by the Royal School of Church Music and Oundle for Organists, for whom he will direct a course in 2014. He is organ tutor both at Sevenoaks School and the Royal Hospital School in Suffolk, and regularly gives masterclasses (recently Birmingham Conservatoire and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia). A passion for education and outreach has led to involvement with many different schemes, and he is organist to the long-running Organworks project, based at Eton. Tom is Artistic Director to the London Organ Day, a trustee of the ON Organ Fund, and serves as Organist and Choir Master at St Michael's Church, Chester Square in central London. He also writes occasionally, and his work has been published in BBC Music Magazine, Organists' Review and others. Tom studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Kevin Bowyer, also travelling to Amsterdam to see Jacques van Oortmerssen on an occasional basis. His repertoire is broad but he harbours a particular love of new music, something which has led him to premiere many pieces in the last few years. Besides tea drinking he likes fell walking, good beer and (most of all) steam locomotives. Free Admission - Collection - Buffet Also at Bloomsbury - Two Evening Recitals by Young Performers: WEDNESDAY 2ND APRIL at 6:00pm TAK MAN CHOW (RCM) WEDNESDAY 9TH APRIL at 6:00pm MATT BLAIDEN (Cambridge) Details of the organ on the NPOR at: www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257 www.bloomsbury.org.uk
JohnW Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 8EP SATURDAY, 26th APRIL at 4:00pm LUKE BOND (TRURO CATHEDRAL) J. S Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 655 C.H. Parry (1848-1914) Chorale fantasia on The Old Hundredth Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Handel in the Strand Norman Cocker (1889-1953) Tuba Tune Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Psalm Prelude Set 1 Number 1 Alexander Guilmant (1837-1911) Sonata in D minor: 1. Introduction and Allegro 2. Pastorale 3. Finale Luke Bond is currently Assistant Director of Music at Truro Cathedral where he works with the Cathedral Choir in its six choral services per week and also accompanies the Choir in broadcasts, tours and recordings on the Cathedral's famous Father Willis organ. He grew-up in Gloucester and became the Cathedral Organ Scholar aged 17, studying with David Briggs. Subsequent posts were held at Bristol Cathedral, St Mary's Church, Warwick and Clifton College. In Truro Luke also directs St Mary's Singers and Orchestra with whom he has programmed a diverse repertoire of works from Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks to Copland's Old American Songs. The choir recently performed Bach's St Matthew Passion in a liturgical context. He works regularly as organ and piano accompanist, most recently with Julia Hwang (BBC4 Lark Ascending) and Grace Davidson (in Handel's Gloria). Luke is collaborating with the trumpeter Ross Brown in a programme of new trumpet and organ transcriptions for publication and recording on the Regent Label, with whom he made a solo organ disc last year which has received numerous five star reviews. Luke has given first performances of works by numerous composers, most recently works by David Bednall and Paul Drayton. Luke recently accompanied the first broadcast of Julian Philips' anthem Church Music (from Choirbook for the Queen). His freelance work takes him out of Truro and often includes being Organist on the Eton Choral Course, and working with Andrew Nethsingha on a summer course in Chinon, France, and a tour to Sweden in 2014. Free Admission - Collection - Buffet Details of the organ on the NPOR at: www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00257 www.bloomsbury.org.uk
combineharvestersam Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 St Paul's, Mill Hill The Ridgeway NW7 1QU Sunday 27th April at 6pm Admission Free http://www.stpaulschurchmillhill.co.uk Samuel Austin S S Wesley (1810-1876) Choral Song and Fugue Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Rhosymedre J S Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Air and Gavotte Cesar Franck (1822-1890) Chorale no. 3 in A minor Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 Nigel Ogden (b 1954) Penguin's Playtime Georgi Mushel (1909-1989) Toccata
Jonathan Dods Posted May 6, 2014 Posted May 6, 2014 The next Lunchtime recital at St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, London W4 (part of the regular first Friday of every month series) will be on Friday 6th June at 12.30 pm. Neil Wright (Farnborough Abbey) Improvisations on entries in the Bedford Park Festival art exhibition We're really excited about this one. Neil is a great improviser. Here is a series of improvisations on 'Picardy' which he filmed at Farnborough admission free
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