Looking Outwards 20 February 2017

Biergarten Abbey


Many people know I’m a very keen skier. On a recent holiday in Austria I took a wrong turn and ended up in a small clearing in the forrest with a sign saying “Biergarten Abbey”. Intrigued, I followed the indicated path and found an ancient, run-down building with an amazing organ. After some diligent exploration and research with my iPhone torch I finally managed to decipher the registration and here it is. Do go and see for it yourself if you are ever in the Krankenhaus area of Higher Austria.




David Wakefield

I was the President of the Organ Club of Great Britain from 2009 to 2012 and I am a Vice president of the Eric Thompson Trust, which provides bursaries for specific educational projects for young professional organists; and I chair the Larkin Trust with similar aims but associated with St. Giles Cripplegate and the Royal College of Organists, of which I became a Trustee and Council Member in 2013. I was elected to the committee of SSLSO at the 2016 AGM.My interest in all things “organ” has gone from being an occasional hobby to something of an unpaid profession, through which I have developed a range of contacts and informants. I will try and find relevant items from the world of organs, organists and organ music to entertain and inform you each month.

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