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  • 08Jan
    Categories: Notices

    London Handel Festival  Wednesday 28 March  2012 7pm  St George’s, Hanover Square, St George Street, W1

    Talk by Dominic Gwynn on the chamber  organ in Georgian musical life.

    Organ Recital by Robert Woolley

    The organ is based on the chamber organs of Richard Bridge and Thomas Parker, who built the organ which belonged to Charles Jennens, the librettist of Messiah, which still exists close to its original condition.

    The programme will include works by:
    Handel - Thomas Roseingrave
    (organist of St George’s 1725-1737)
    William Walond - Maurice Greene
    John James - Starling Goodwin
    and James Nares

    Tickets: £12 unreserved seating; students free
    http://booking.london-handel-festival.com/
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  • 06Jan
    Categories: Features and articles

    The correct forms for subscription for new and existing members are now available on the “Join the Society” page. Please remember to fill in the ‘Gift Aid’ details on the standing order form, as the benefit to the society is very much appreciated.

    Here are the direct links:

    A membership/renewal form can be downloaded here : Subscription Form.doc
    Standing Order to the Society can be downloaded here: Standing Order Form.doc

  • 28Dec
    Categories: Notices

    St. John’s Church East Dulwich
    WALKER ORGAN AT ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
    St. John’s Church, in East Dulwich Road, SE22, will be celebrating the recent arrival of its new organ by holding a concert on Saturday, January 21st. at 7pm, to which everyone is welcome.  The church boasts several organists and they will demonstrate the organ.  There will also be music for other instruments and for voices.
    The organ, built in 1985 and restored just ten years later, is by Walkers of Suffolk.  It was formerly in Trinity College of Music in central London but when the College moved to Greenwich in 2002 it could not be accommodated and so was kept in storage in Leicestershire. It has been given to the Church on permanent loan and has been up and running for services since September.  St. John’s Church is very grateful to the College (now known as Trinity Laban Conservatoire).
    We are particularly fortunate that this organ is a three-manual one, whereas its predecessor had two manuals.  There is a considerable variety of sounds available and the players are having a wonderful time discovering all the sounds that can be created.  We are also very happy that Tyrone Whiting, a post-graduate student at Trinity, will be amongst the organists performing.
    Concert at St. John the Evangelist, 62 East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AT
    Saturday 21 January at 7pm
    Tickets at the door, £10 including glass of wine or juice, under-16s free.
    www.stjohnseastdulwich.org

    John Webber (Director of Music)
    31.10.2011

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  • 27Dec
    Categories: Notices

    Organist required as soon as possible for St Matthew’s Camberwell, London SE5.

    Please contact Rev Stanley Nkoja at stanley.njoka@nhs.net for further information.

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  • 27Dec
    Categories: Notices

    Peter Wright plays a lively programme on Saturday 21 January 2012 at 6 pm. Admission free/ retiring collection.

    Three Chorale Preludes: J S Bach

    In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (1685-1750)

    Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (BWV 614)

    In dir ist Freude (BWV 615)

    Fantasia on the Vesper hymn E H Turpin

    (1835-1937)

    Adeste fideles (12 Chorale Preludes) Jeanne Demessieux

    (1921-1968)

    Fantasia in F minor (K 608) W A Mozart

    (1756-1791)

    Con moto maestoso (Sonata No 3 in A) Felix Mendelssohn

    (1809-1847)

    Variations on: “King Jesus hath a garden” Flor Peeters

    (Op 39, No 10) (1903-1986)

    La Nativité Jean Langlais

    (1907-1991)

    Final (Symphony No. 1) Louis Vierne

    (1870 - 1937)

    Refreshments in the south aisle

    Additionally, at the half-way point in the organ recital on Saturday 21 January, we will have a presentation by John Mander of Mander Organs who will talk about the process and techniques used in the restoration and refurbishment of the St Mary-at-Finchley Pipe Organ, which will be rededicated by the Bishop of London during the 10am Eucharist on 4th December 2011. There will also be displays of photographs in the south aisle for viewing before and after the recital.

    We are so grateful to all our many donors to the St Mary-at-Finchley Organ Appeal. Over £130,000 has been raised. There is a We are so grateful to all our many donors to the St Mary-at-Finchley Organ Appeal. Over £130,000 has been raised. There is a shortfall of just £5,000. Please use the pink Gift-Aid envelopes if you are a UK taxpayer.

    Location: St Mary-at-Finchley is on Hendon Lane N3, next to the library, and close to the junction with Regents Park Road. St Mary-at-Finchley is a few minutes’ walk from Finchley Central underground station (zone 4); parking is available in marked boxes (pay by mobile phone, allowing time to set up an account with Barnet Council if you don’t already have one) or you might get a space in the church hall car park ( just beyond the church and visible from the road). If you are coming from a distance by car and don’t mind a little walk there are free parking spots in the side roads further down Hendon Lane. There is one disabled toilet at the church, in the vestry area.

    Entry to this recital, as for all our concerts, is free; all seating is unreserved. Doors open at 5.30pm. There will be a retiring collection for the St Mary-at-Finchley Organ Appeal. Refreshments will be served in the south aisle at the end of the recital.

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  • 02Dec
    Categories: Notices

    Parish of East Greenwich
    Parish musician required to play the piano at the 9.30 a.m. Parish Communion at Christ Church East Greenwich and the organ (mainly) at the 11 a.m. Parish Communion at St. George’s Westcombe Park, and to develop the music of the parish.
    Pay £3,780 p.a.
    For further details contact the Rev’d Derek Clacey, Christ Church Vicarage,  52 Earlswood Street, London SE10 9ES, 020 8853 5950, derekclacey@aol.com.
    Must have own transport.

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