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April 2019
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1 Mon
2 Tue
3 Wed
4 Thu
12.00 noon The Great Hall, University of Sydney
Sam Giddy, Titus Grenyer and Nico Tjoelker perform works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger and Vierne
Admission free
5 Fri
Prices
- 11:00 am David Drury - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Grand Organ Recital
David Drury plays spectacular music by Bach and Saint-Saëns on the grand organ of the Sydney Opera House.
The Sydney Opera House's Grand Organ is the largest of its kind in the world, with its 10,244 pipes and 24 bells rising spectacularly above the stage, all weighing in at 37.5 tonnes. Its sound also makes an impression, especially under the hands and feet of Sydney's star organist David Drury.
Here's your chance to hear the organ in full flight in suitably grand music. J.S. Bach was the most celebrated organist of his day, creating music that speaks to heart and mind. Leading the Back-to-Bach movement in the 19th-centutry was French melodist par excellence Camille Saint-Saëns, who draws on the Romantic organ's kaleidoscope of colours and thunderous majesty.
$45 / $55 / $65 / $75 / Concessions Available at Sydney Opera House Box Office
Program
- JS BACH Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
- BYRD Three Elizabethan Dances
- SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie No.1
- SAINT-SAËNS arr. Guilmant The Swan
- SAINT-SAËNS arr. Lemaire Danse macabre
- LANGLAIS Suite brève
6 Sat
7 Sun
8 Mon
9 Tue
10 Wed
7.00 pm - St Mary's Cathedral, College Street, Sydney
Simon Nieminski (St Mary's Cathedral)
Australian premiere of Giles Swayne's 'Stations of the Cross'
Free entry - retiring offering
11 Thu
12 Fri
13 Sat
6.00pm - 7.00pm Fine Music FM Organ Music Society Radio Program 102.5MHz Program details
14 Sun
15 Mon
16 Tue
17 Wed
18 Thu
19 Fri - Good Friday
2.30pm - St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie Street, Sydney
20 Sat
21 Sun - Easter Day
No recital today 2 - 3pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney - moved to fourth Sunday 28 April due to Easter
Organ Recital Series on 3rd Sundays
11.00 am - St Mark's Anglican Church, Menangle Street West, Picton
23 Tue
24 Wed
25 Thu
26 Fri
1.10pm St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.
Nico Tjoelker (Organ Scholar, St Stephen's)
Entry by note donation
Enquiries: 0413 166 803 (or email Mark Quarmby)
27 Sat
28 Sun
2 - 3pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney - moved to fourth Sunday 28 April due to Easter
Organ Recital Series on 3rd Sundays
Emeritus Professor Michael Brimer (Organist, St Peter's Watsons Bay)
J S Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Sonata No 2 in C minor, op 65 no 2
César Franck (1822-1890)
Choral No 3 in A minor [1892]
Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Chorale - Fantasia on Darwell's 148th "Ye holy angels bright" op 20 no 2
Followed by Afternoon Tea. Admission is by note donation at the door.
Recital enqiries:Sam Allchurch s.allchurch@ccsl.org.au
Office phone number: 02 9211 0560
29 Mon
12.30pm - Sydney Town Hall CANCELLED
SIMON NIEMINSKI (St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney)
Free entry
Dear organ music lovers,
The lunchtime organ concert this Monday (29th April) at the Sydney Town Hall featuring Simon Nieminski has been cancelled and will be rescheduled to a future date. Last week a seized bearing on one of the blowers required the organ to be shut down. It is not yet known how long it will take to repair this issue, but all that can be done to expedite this repair is being considered. Notices will be sent out when a new date has been determined.
I am sorry for the inconvenience I understand this may cause some of.
I look forward to being with you again when our wonderful organ is again singing in full voice.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Ampt
Sydney City Organist
30 Tue
