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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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
Tickets priced £10 are available from
David Fisher 01737 243585 or fionab@globalnet.co.uk
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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:
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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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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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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Visit by Lionel Rogg to Cambridge
Cambridge Academy of Organ Studies
Spring Study Days
Friday April 23 and Saturday 24 2010
This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the greatest exponents of Bach’s
organ works lecture, teach and perform.
Lionel Rogg will lead an in-depth study of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein on the
Metzler organ of Trinity College.
Friday April 23
10.30am registration. 11.00am -12.30pm An introduction to the Orgelbüchlein.
2.30pm -5.00pm Masterclass with students from the university and music colleges.
Saturday April 24
11.00am -1.00pm Masterclass continues.
3.00pm - 4.00pm Concert by Lionel Rogg and masterclass students.
Price for one day £40, both days £70. Full-time students £20.
Further details and applications www.cambridgeorganacademy.org
Email to: andrewpj@waitrose.com
Post to: CAOS Secretary, 140 Oxford Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 3PL
Tel. 01223 240026
This is something we should ALL go to!
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