SSLSO quiz on Zoom. Do join us! Three of our members will be setting the questions, some on music and some not, some straight forward and some decidedly tricky! A lighthearted event, for which the link will be sent nearer the time. Congratulations to last year’s winner, Alan, who is one of the Quiz Masters this year.
Category Archives: Events
Annual Dinner, Saturday 3rd October 2026, St Peter’s Church, Battersea, 6:30pm for 7pm
Class on English Organ Repertoire, September 19th, 2:30-4:30pm, Christ’s Chapel, Dulwich
Summer Social, Sunday 16th August, 2026, 2:00-5pm
We have again booked the Crypt under St Giles’ Church, Camberwell, for our Summer Social on Sunday 16th Aug 2026, from 2.00pm – 5pm, at Camberwell Church Street, Camberwell, SE5 8RB.
Continue readingMembers Recital at the Penge Festival, Penge Congregational Church, June 6th 2026, 1pm
Visit to St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, and St Paul’s, Covent Garden, 22nd May 2026
Visit to Freemasons’ Hall and St. Alban’s, Holborn – Saturday, 25th July 2026
Education Day 2026, Saturday 18th April, 2:30pm, at St John’s, East Dulwich
Annual General Meeting, March 25th, 2026 – 7:30pm
Wednesday 25th March at 7.30pm – AGM at Malcolm Aldridge’s home, 104 Newlands Park, Sydenham, London SE26 5NB. The AGM will include reports by the Chair and Treasurer, as well as elections to the committee to replace members standing down. It will be followed by a short presentation given by Malcolm entitled “Why real pipes always sound better” and an opportunity for members to try out a home-built digital organ using the Hauptwerk system.
Repertoire Session, Saturday 24th January 2026, 2pm-5pm, Forest Hill, SE23
A well-attended repertoire event focusing on ceremonial music was held at Nicky Jones’ home on Saturday 24th January from 2 to 5pm. A 4 manual Wyvern organ was available for demonstration purposes.
Afternoon tea and refreshments were provided. Organ music for purchase was kindly provided by the South London Music Shop.
Those attending were Alan Langridge, Malcolm Aldridge, Gary Wannan, David Garner, Irene Wolstenholme, Andrew Chadney, Richard Pilliner, Nicky Jones and Sam Gover.
Richard Pilliner kindly helped to steer the discussions. His knowledge and expertise were much appreciated.
Several compositions were demonstrated as follows:-
- Irene played Fanfare by Kenneth Leighton
- Malcolm and Richard both played the Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 546) by JS Bach
- Gary played Quasi Allegro by Franck and the Allegro from the Concerto in C by Albinoni
- Andrew played Funeral Music by Sibelius
- Alan played the Wedding March by Guilmant
- Sam played Oh I do like to be beside the seaside by John A Glover-Kind (1880-1918)
- Nicky played Flourish for an Occasion by Noel Rawsthorne
- Finally, David played Intrada by John Ireland
