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August 2010
1 Sun
ST STEPHEN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
211 Mowbray Road, Chatswood
$5/$2
Hill Norman and Beard 1929/1968 3/24
Enquiries: 02 9415 1727
First Sundays at 3pm - 4pm with Afternoon Tea
Prof. Jean-Baptiste Monnot (Paris Conservatoire)
2 Mon
3 Tue
4 Wed
5 Thu
1.10pm - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral lunchtime recital More info Entry: Minimum $5
Michael Hemans - 30th Anniversary Memorial Recital
(Michael Hemans was the 9th Organist of St Andrew's, who died 5th August 1980)
Organists: Michael Deasey, Ross Cobb, Allan Beavis, Heather Moen-Boyd & Mark Bensted
7pm - Sarah Kim (Paris)
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Cathedral Waitara
$20, $15, $10
6 Fri
7 Sat
8 Sun
2pm - Orion Centre, Campsie
David Gray plays the Mighty Wurlitzer
$25, $22, $20
9 Mon
10 Tue
7.30pm - Dr Gordon Stewart (UK)
Shore School Chapel, North Sydney
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Enquiries: (02) 9956 1132
$20, $5
11 Wed
12 Thu
1.10pm - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral lunchtime recital More info Entry: Minimum $5
Prof. Jean-Baptiste Monnot (Paris Conservatoire)
7pm - Songs of Praise with Dr Gordon Stewart
St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Woy Woy
Bookings: Parish Office 4341 1073
$25, $20, $15
13 Fri
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We are sorry to advise that Gordon Stewart, due to ill health, will be unable to attend the competition. Adjudicator/s will be announced shortly.
7pm - Open Finals of the Sydney Organ Competition
St Patrick’s Cathedral Parramatta
Come to this exciting competition with Dr Gordon Stewart as Adjudicator.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We are sorry to advise that Gordon Stewart, due to ill health, will be unable to attend the competition. Adjudicator/s will be announced shortly.
The Finalists for 2010 are:
Eun Hea Kwon (USA),
Eun Hye Lee (Sydney) and
Denny Wilke (Germany)
Organ Music Society of Sydney 60th Party - Guest speaker Dr Gordon Stewart (UK),
celebrated organist, conductor and raconteur
RSVP 31st July
6.30pm sharp - St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.
Book Online $55pp (incl.wine/soft drinks) http://www.trybooking.com/FDH
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We are sorry to advise that Gordon Stewart, due to ill health, will be unable to attend the dinner.
However, we are able to announce that Thomas Wilson, Director of Music at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney,
has agreed to be our speaker for the occasion.
Special Umbrella Event celebrating the 200th Birthday of SS Wesley.
Come and sing Wesley in E and The Wilderness at St James’ King St Sydney.
1pm Rehearsal;
3.15 pm “The musical Wesleys: From Charles to Samuel Sebastian”
with guest speaker Prof. M Horsburgh;
4 pm Afternoon Tea
5 pm Evensong
Booking is essential
Contact Warren music@sjks.org.au
902 0 8227 1306
Then come along to the OMSS Celebration Dinner just around the corner at St Stephen’s.
5.00pm - 6.00pm 2MBS-FM Organ Music Society Radio Program 102.5MHz Program details
15 Sun
2.00pm - St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.
Hymn Festival with organ, brass, choir and congregation directed by Anthony Pasquill (replacing the formerly advertised Dr Gordon Stewart, who due to ill health, has had to cancel his tour to Australia).
Retiring offering and afternoon tea.
Telephone: (02) 9221 1688
Email: office@ssms.org.au
16 Mon
17 Tue
18 Wed
19 Thu
1.10pm - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral lunchtime recital More info Entry: Minimum $5
Andrej Kouznetsov, Organist, St James' King St
20 Fri
21 Sat
22 Sun
2 - 3pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney
Organ
Recital Series on 3rd Sundays
Organist - Sarah Kim (Paris)
Enquiries: 0430 372 990
Admission Free - donations welcome
(PLEASE NOTE, CONCERT ON 4TH SUNDAY, NOT 3RD)
Centenary of Pitt Street Uniting Organ Concert
2.00 pm, Sunday, 22 August 2010, Cost $20.00
Town Hall organist, Robert Goode, presents a widely ranging programme of fine music demonstrating the versatility and beauty of the Pitt Street organ. The programme includes Saint-Saens' famous Carnival of the Animals with the witty introductions by Ogden Nash, as well as works by Bach, Vivaldi, Elgar, and a new toccata by Graeme Rawson. Artists also appearing are soprano, Diane Stanford, bass baritone and narrator, Barry Strong, and Melissa Abraham on the trumpet and tuba.
23 Mon
24 Tue
25 Wed
26 Thu
1.10pm - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral lunchtime recital More info Entry: Minimum $5
The Harper Family -
A Special Recital featuring:
Norman Harper (St George's Cathedral Southwark, London)
Marilyn Harper (Organist, Dulwich College, London)
Tim Harper (Organ Scholar, St Paul's Cathedral, London)
Jeremy Harper (Holy Trinity Brompton, London)
27 Fri
1.10pm St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.
Organist - David Tagg (organ scholar, St Stephen's)
Program details
Donation welcome
Enquiries: 0413 166 803 ( or email Mark Quarmby)
28 Sat
Free Public Master Class with Sarah Kim
10.30 am - 12.30 pm
Venue: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Verbrugghen Hall
Topic: French organ music of the 19th & 20th centuries.
Admission: Free
A limited number of active participants can be accommodated on the day.
If you would like to participate, please email your name, contact phone
number and details of the piece you wish to perform to
philip.swanton@sydney.edu.au by August 25 at the latest.
29 Sun
3pm - Choral Evensong
4 - 4.30pm - Farewell Recital by Andrej Kouznetsov before taking up his 12 month Organ Scholarship at Salisbury Cathedral (UK).
2pm - Our Lady of Mercy Shrine, Berrima
As part of the Shrine's annual Feastday, there will be an organ recital presented by Michael Taylor, immediately following the afternoon devotions (starting probably around 2pm). The programme is as follows:
Bonnet: Concert Variations
Boellman: Gothic Suite (Priere a Notre Dame and Toccata)
Dvorak: Largo from New World Symphony
Liszt: Fantasie on BACH
The organ is a Viscount Prestige V (2-manuals and pedals)
Directions to the Shrine can be found on the Shrine's website, www.paulinefathers.org
30 Mon
31 Tue