• Selected events 26 June 2010 and through the summer

    23Jun
    Categories: Notices


    Saturday 26 June 1100-1530 at St. Giles International Organ School

     

    Charity Fair of Used and New Organ Music

     

    We have a huge sale of organ music, books and recordings in aid of charity* - an ideal opportunity to find out-of-print music, to amplify your music library at minimal cost and to explore hundreds of pieces.

    This year’s sale is boosted by many exciting donations, including a large quantity of excellent new music, all at knock-down prices.

    Entrance is free, and do bring organ music and CDs for us to sell, if you like.

    (*the money raised helps to fund the maintenance of the church’s three pipe organs, all of which enjoy daily use)

    St. Giles Cripplegate Church

    Fore Street

    Barbican

    LONDON

    EC2Y 8DA

    Nearest stations: Moorgate, St. Paul’s.

    The church is opposite the Barbican Centre, across the lake.

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    WESTMINSTER ABBEY SUMMER ORGAN FESTIVAL 2010

    Tuesdays at 7.00 pm, 13 July to 10 August

    Westminster Abbey is the imposing setting for five concerts by some of the world’s leading organists. The versatility of the Abbey’s magnificent five-manual Harrison and Harrison organ will be explored in a fascinating range of music spanning six centuries.

     

    13 July: Thomas Trotter performs works by Bach, Bairstow, Ketelbey, Goss-Custard, Coates, Stravinsky, and Katya Kulkova

     

    20 July: John Scott performs works by Sweelinck, Bach, Schumann, Jongen, Howells, Alain, Jonathan Harvey, and Eugenio Maria Fagiani

     

    27 July: Robert Quinney performs works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Dvořák, Widor, Hindemith, and Tarik O’Regan

     

    3 August: James O’Donnell performs works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, and Franck

     

    10 August: James McVinnie performs works by Byrd, Bach, Handel, Widor, Willan, Berveiller, and Alain

     

    TICKETS
    Single tickets £10 (concessions £7)
    Season tickets £40 (concessions £28)
    Available from Westminster Abbey Shop and on the door (doors open 6.15 pm)
    Book online at www.westminster-abbey.org/shop

    Further information is available from www.westminster-abbey.org

    Organ details from the NPOR at:

    www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N00646

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    Monteverdi Vespers at Southwark Cathedral this Saturday 26 June 2010 at Southwark Cathedaral, London Bridge, SE1.

    London Early Opera Orchestra, the Cathedral Girls choir and New Renaissance Voices will be joining forces to celebrate the 400th anniversary of this stunning music originally written in 1610. Concert starts at 7pm and tickets are £15, available on the door.

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  • Christ’s Chapel Dulwich

    12Jun
    Categories: Notices

    CHRIST’S CHAPEL, DULWICH, LONDON SE21

    SERVICES AND ORGAN RECITALS ON THE NEWLY RESTORED GEORGE ENGLAND ORGAN

    Sunday 25 April 2010  
    6.30pm
    Evening Service led by the London Gallery Quire (director Francis Roads)

    7.45pm
    Organ Recital by
    Riccardo Bonci (St Barnabas Dulwich)

    Sunday 9 May 2010
    3pm
    Timothy Penrose (countertenor) and Norman Harper (organ)

    A vocal and organ recital featuring unpublished musical delights from the eighteenth century

    Sunday 23 May 2010
    2.30pm
    Organ Recital by
    Adrian Adams (St John’s Upper Norwood)

    6.30pm
    Choral Evensong sung by Poscimur (director Cathie Shore)

    Sunday 20 June 2010
    6pm
    Choral Evensong sung by Dulwich College Chapel Choir (director Richard Mayo)

    Organ Music will be played by students from Dulwich College and James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich at 5.40pm, during and after Evensong.

    PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE TO THIS ARRANGEMENT (previously recital at 7pm)

    Admission free/retiring collection to recitals; collection taken during services.

    All recitals will last approximately 30-40 minutes

    Nearest stations: Herne Hill and West Dulwich (Victoria); North Dulwich (London Bridge): P4 bus stops outside-Dulwich Picture Gallery stop: buses 37 and 3 are routed nearby. Check with tfl before travel. Some parking on the road and nearby streets.

     

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  • Evensong in Rochester

    01Jun
    Categories: Notices

    Evensong in Rochester sung by Amici Cantantes

    This is an invitation to individuals and groups to come and sing Evensong at Rochester Cathedral with me on Saturday 15 January 2011.  We shall again call ourselves “Amici Cantantes” (”Singing Friends”).  Graham Powell from St. Peter’s, Limpsfield will play the organ.  He and I have done a large-scale Evensong like this every other year  since 1999.
    You and your friends are invited!
    Music:   Introit: “The First Disciples,” by John Webber
    Responses - William Smith of Durham (five parts in A flat)
    Psalm 78, vv.1-17 (anglican chant)
    Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Basil Harwood in A flat
    Anthem: “Then shall a star,” by Felix Mendelssohn
    Two hymns, to be announced.

    Copies:  (a) From September, I shall be able to lend copies of the Smith, Harwood and Mendelssohn.  I shall also provide the introit, plus the psalm and hymns as we shall sing them.  I shall post music when it is possible to do so, but for bigger groups we may have to arrange collection.  (b) If you wish to buy your own copies, I recommend Britten’s Music.  You can ‘phone them on 0800 052 1900 or 01932 350606 or e-mail Kim Thornewell at kim@brittensmusic.co.uk (please mention my name as the link).  Here are the details: the Smith is only available from “Tudor Preces and Responses”, published by RSCM (£3-80 in 2008); the Harwood is available from Music Sales (originally Novello) and the Mendelssohn is published by two firms, at cheap prices.  Differences we shall have to sort out in rehearsal.  The Mendelssohn  is also in the New Church Anthem Book (OUP) as anthem no.97; this is the version which I shall use.  It is preceded by a short soprano solo (”When Jesus, our Lord”) and a trio for TBB “Say, where is he born?”) which we’ll probably sing with all the men.

    Rehearsals: the early date in January means that one rehearsal will be in the autumn:
    Sundays, November 21st.and January 9th. from 2.00 to 4.00p.m. at Beckenham Baptist Church, Elm Road, (off Beckenham Road) Beckenham, BR3 4JB (near my house)

    Related matters:
    Timing on the day: please arrive by 1.15; 1.30p.m. rehearsal; approx. 2.45p.m. a drink will be provided; 3.15 Choral Evensong, all at Rochester Cathedral
    Robes:  everyone will need to be robed (except the young people from Beckenham, who will have their choir uniform).  At the Sunday rehearsals, we always manage to find robes for those needing to borrow them.  Please be prepared to lend robes if you have spares.
    CD recording:  I hope to record the service and offer copies to singers and their friends.
    Meal:  I aim to book a nearby restaurant for a meal after the service.  Please add your names to the list at a Sunday rehearsal.
    Cost:  there will be a charge of £2-50 per adult singer to cover expenses and library loans;
    please pay this at the Sunday rehearsals.

    I should love to hear from everyone and hope that you will want to take part.  Do ask your friends along!  Please post or e-mail your reply slip, completed, as soon as you like.  It would be helpful to hear from singers from September 1st.  Please don’t send money with your replies.  The reply slip below can be used for one person or for members of an entire choir.  I shan’t respond to replies until September, when music is sent.

    REPLY SECTION

    Rochester Evensong with Amici Cantantes, January 2011
    For individual and small-scale replies, names of singers would be helpful.
    If you replying as a choir representative, it will suffice if you give
    numbers per voice part and your personal contact details.  Thanks!

    To: John Webber (by e-mail or reply in writing to 8 Elm Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4JB) (include the following information).

    My / our name(s): ___________________________  Voice part(s)soprano / alto / tenor / bass

    I / we should like / cannot come to sing in the Evensong.

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