• 08Mar
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    ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC presents


    Thursday 11 March 6.00pm

    St Marylebone Parish Church

    Magnificat anima mea Dominum

    Michael Belotti organ
    Organ Music from North and Central Germany:
Works by Buxtehude, Briegel, Pachelbel, Praetorius, Scheidemann and JS Bach

    Free, no tickets required



    The distinguished musicologist and organist Michael Belotti, whose editions include the complete works of Dietrich Buxtehude (published by the Broude Trust, New York 1998),  Pachelbel  and others will also be giving two masterclasses in St Marylebone Church on Wednesday 10 March 2pm-5pm and Thursday 11 March 10am-1pm.
    These masterclasses are free and all are welcome.

    This looks really good; we should all go to some of this but those of us at work will have to miss out. (MH)
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  • 25Feb
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    The North Hampshire Organists’ Association is hosting the South of England Organ Competition for under 18’s and under 23’s on 23 October 2010 at the United Reformed Church in Guildford. There is £500 prize money and the closing date for entries is 31 May 2010.

    Visit www.nhoa.org.uk  and click on competition for for further details and entry forms.

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  • 16Feb
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    David Pipe

    (Assistant, York Minster

    Organ Recital at Redhill URC

    Shaw’s Corner, Redhill

    Saturday 6 March 2010  7.30pm

    Organ by J W Walker & Sons (1903)

     

    Marche Hongroise from La Damnation de FaustHector      Berlioz  arr Henri Busser

    Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End                        Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck  (1562-1621)

    Arabesque and Scherzetto from “24 pièces en style libre”  Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

    Sonata in D major Op 65 No 5                                                   Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    (i)   Andante

    (ii)  Andante con moto

    (iii) Allegro maestoso

    Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541                                               J S Bach  (1685-1750)

    From Symphonie V Op 42 No 1                                               Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

    (iv) Adagio

    (v)  Toccata

     

     

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    Tickets priced £10 are available from

    David Fisher 01737 243585 or fionab@globalnet.co.uk

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  • 14Feb
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    London Organ Improvisation Course 2010

    The ability to improvise, however simply, is increasingly a goal for many organists, not only to enhance their service playing but also as as a means of personal musical expression. For ten years, the London Organ Improvisation Course (LOIC) has sought to encourage and teach organists of all standards to broaden their musical experience through improvisation.

    Tutors are:

    OTTO KRÄMER

    DANIEL MOULT

    DUNCAN MIDDLETON

    GERARD BROOKS

    Venues for 2010 will include:

    St. James, Clerkenwell

    Historic organ by George England 1792, rebuilt Mander 1978

    two manuals, twenty-two stops, mechanical action

    St. Giles, Cripplegate

    Mander two and three manuals organ, Tickell practice organ

    Notre Dame, Leicester Square

    Organ in French romantic style. Three manuals, electric action

    St. Botolph’s, Aldgate

    Historic 18th century English organ

    Brochure with application form can be downloaded from the website:

    www.loic.org.uk

    Click on the website above for the July dates, photos and reviews of last year’s course. This is another aspect of our playing we should all improve!

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  • 10Feb
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    A classically designed electronic organ needs repairing and a possible new home. If anyone knows how to fix one (circuit boards probably need replacing), please get in touch with Marilyn Harper via the website.

    The organ would be an ideal practice instrument. There is a need to shift it from its present location.

    I should add that if it can be fixed easily and inexpensively it ought to stay where it is. If it can’t, then someone who can afford to fix it may be able to use it.

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  • 09Feb
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    Organ Concert at Westminster Abbey

    GARY SIELING

    Director of Music, Bromley Parish Church

    Sunday 14 February 2010 1745-1815

    On the eve of the 100th birthday of Dr Stanley Vann, sometime Master of the Music at Peterborough Cathedral, Gary Sieling plays a selection of his major organ works -

     

    A Fancy for Tuba

    Saraband for a Wake

    Exultate

    Aria

    Elegy

    Versets on the Plainsong ‘Jesu dulcedo cordium’

    Details of further events to mark Dr Stanley Vann’s Centenary are available on the website www.stanleyvannmusic.org.uk

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