{"id":8917,"date":"2022-05-07T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=8917"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:30:00","slug":"southwark-and-south-london-society-of-organists-newsletter-may-7th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=8917","title":{"rendered":"Southwark and South London Society of Organists Newsletter May 7th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

From the Chair of the Society, John Webber<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the monthly newsletter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today at 3.00p.m.<\/span> we have a select few members at St. John\u2019s Church, East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AT for Richard Pilliner\u2019s repertoire session. Members will be preparing a piece in readiness for advice from Richard. At this late stage, we can still admit observers – just turn up. Our friends in the Bromley and Croydon Association are visiting Tonbridge School later today, including some of our own folk who belong to both groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Membership<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We welcome Ross Johnston to our number. Ross says that he “moved to UK during lockdown, previously Director of Music Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney and various other churches across Sydney\/ Brisbane on a locum basis”. He lives in SE1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forthcoming events<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Committee met last Sunday and we have progressed in our plans for the year\u2019s meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Saturday, June 11th. from 11.00a.m.<\/span> – Peter Smith has set up this meeting and he says: \u201cBoth churches and the pub are all within reasonable walking distance of each other. It will probably be best for people to come by public transport as parking could be difficult. 11am Visit Sacred Heart Church, Edge Hill, Wimbledon SW19 4LU. Sacred Heart is a large Roman Catholic Church with a substantial three-manual Walker organ, originally built in 1912 and subsequently altered by Manders, most recently in 1985. More information about the organ is here<\/a>.

    1pm Lunch at the Hand in Hand, 6-9 Crooked Billet, Wimbledon, SW19 4RQ. The pub\u2019s web site is     here<\/a>.

    2.30pm Visit St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, SW19 4NZ. St. John\u2019s has three-manual organ built in 1904 by Norman and Beard, rebuilt by Walker\u2019s in 1926 and restored by GO Organ Builders in 2015. More information     here<\/a>.

    4pm Depart.\u201d

    Please     let Peter know<\/a> if you would like lunch booked.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    1. Summer Social<\/span> – Martin Callingham is the person to contact <\/a>if you would like to attend. The Social will be in the Crypt of St. Giles\u2019 Church, Camberwell, 81 Camberwell Church Street, London SE5 8RB on Sunday, August 7th. from 2.30p.m. and there will be a staffed bar and an area set aside for SSLSO. Sounds idyllic\u2026..almost rural!<\/li>
    2. Saturday, September 10th. from 3.00 to 6.00p.m.<\/span> – our member Peter Wright, former Director of Music at Southwark (anglican) Cathedral will be giving a workshop on the organ music of Flor Peeters (and touching on Cesar Franck, significantly born in 1822). Peter studied with Flor Peeters at one stage. The workshop will be held at St. John\u2019s Church, Upper Norwood. Peter would love to have a good number of members offering a piece, so if you would like to play, please let me know <\/a>in good time<\/strong>.<\/li>
    3. Saturday, October 15th.<\/span> \u2013 annual dinner at The Prince Regent, Herne Hill (as in 2020). Our speaker will be Revd Canon Dr Gordon Giles, Canon Residentiary of Rochester.<\/li>
    4. Saturday, November 19th. \u2013 2.30p.m.<\/span> Christ Church, Streatham (the Italianate building on the South Circular Road) and 4.00\/4.30p.m. St. Peter\u2019s, Leigham Court Road.<\/li>
    5. 2023<\/span> – plans are well under way for next year, including the deferred visit to the Netherlands \u2013 please note March 24th. to 28th. and there will be more on this and other plans another time.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Please remember to contact us<\/a> for events 1,2,and 3 above, where you are asked to say that you intend to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Other news<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Elmers End Free Church \/ URC<\/span> \u2013 this is a small and welcoming Church tucked away in Goddard Road, Elmers End, a mile from Beckenham High Street. Church member Sylvia Godsmark says: \u201cThe Church organ is a one manual pipe organ with 10 stops. It has a small (non-standard) pedal board, which is not often used, it is mainly used as a manual only instrument. Services are from 11am to 12am, usually 4 to 5 hymns, Communion service once a month and payment is between \u00a315 to \u00a320 per sessions. Please do not hesitate to contact <\/a>me for further information.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Organ Recital Event Guide<\/span> \u2013 you\u2019ll know by now that \u201corganrecitals.com\u201d has ceased operating. Marilyn has heard about this new website, which is well worth the look and seems to be as supportive of our work as the previous one: https:\/\/www.organrecitals.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Penge Festival<\/span> \u2013 this will include organ recitals at the Congregational Church on Tuesday, June 14th. at 7p.m. and Saturday, June 25th. at 4.00p.m. Some of our members will be contributing to these two composite recitals. More players will be welcome, but I\u2019d like to hear from you as soon as possible if you are interested, preferably this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Recitals (to which members and their friends are welcome)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      From Marilyn and Norman Harper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Saturday 21 May 7.30 pm – Norman at St Mary\u2019s Church, Ewell
      Thursday 9 June 1.00 pm – Duet recital at Ripon Cathedral
      Thursday 23 June 7.30 pm – Norman at St John\u2019s Upper Norwood
      Thursday 30 June 1.00 pm – Norman at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
      Saturday 25 June at 11.00 am – Norman at St John\u2019s East Dulwich
      Saturday 16 July at 7.30 pm – Marilyn at St John\u2019s Church, Sidcup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In addition, Marilyn and Norman also played in early April in The Netherlands, in Bellingwolde. You can see their concert here<\/a> (it lasts approx 90 minutes, including a long interval; this link will expire on April 3 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      As part of the Dulwich Festival:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Christ\u2019s Chapel Dulwich – Sunday 15 May 2022 7.45pm – Organ Recital by Ben Bloor
      Programme to include music by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Scheidemann and Mendelssohn
      Tickets \u00a37, concessions \u00a34 ( plus Eventbrite booking fee). At the door, there can only be payment by card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Recital and orchestral concert at St. John\u2019s, East Dulwich:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Peter Smith plays next Saturday, May 14th. at 11.00a.m. Poster <\/a>and programme <\/a>attached. Peter is a fine player and composer and I recommend this, if you are free to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      I am playing a Handel Organ Concerto on Sunday, May 22nd. at 7.00p.m. in a programme with the Southwark Sinfonietta. Again, poster attached<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Richard Pilliner will send out a Recital Roundup\u201d in a week or two. Please send<\/a> him your news of forthcoming events as soon as you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The next letter will go out on a Bank Holiday: Thursday, June 2nd. Do get in touch if you want anything mentioned or have any comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      All good wishes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8921,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917\/revisions\/8921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}