We have arranged a ‘Social’ at the Crypt under St Giles’ Church, Camberwell, for Sunday 6th August 2.30pm – 5pm. This is a beautiful Gilbert Scott Gothic Revival church from the mid-eighteen hundreds.

After a quick change of plan, wished on us by the train strike, John Webber and Alan Langridge saved the day by driving five of us to Whitstable on Saturday 13^th May for a visit to three quite differing churches, kindly organised by Michael Cooke.

• 11:00am All Saints Church, 122 Oakleigh Road, Friern Barnet / North Whetstone, N20 9EZ, organ by Church and Co.
• 2.30p.m. St. Andrew’s Church, Chase Side, Southgate, N14 5PP; organ 1867 by Willis

Christ’s Chapel Dulwich

Saturday 1 April 2023

This brief account provides no answers to the question of how does one memorise music. It raises a few questions, leaving readers with ideas as to how to think about the process of how music is learned.

Our event on May 20th will be a recital and Q&A session with Gilbert Rowland, who the British Harpsichord Society describe thus: ‘Gilbert Rowland is one of Europe’s most senior and accomplished exponents of the harpsichord’. He has also recorded numerous CDs.

On March 24th, 8 members finally made the trip to Groningen organised by our member Pieter Shaw, the trip having been postponed from a year earlier due to the pandemic. The itinerary included visits to churches in Noordbroek, Bellingwolde, Groningen and Leens, to play the well preserved baroque organs of the region, including the 1696 Arp Schnitger organ of the Dorpskerk (Noordbroek) and the 1733 Hinsz organ at the Petruskerk, Leens. You can read more about the trip in the members’ thoughts below.

Saturday, May 13th. – visit to three churches in Whitstable, Kent arranged by our member Michael Cooke.

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