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by | March 19, 2016 · 3:25 pm

HALIFAX MINSTER – THURSDAY LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALS

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Thursday Lunchtime Organ Recitals 1.00 pm

Light Lunch available from 12.30 pm

Free admission – retiring collection

April – June 2016

7th April – Alexander Woodrow – Bradford Cathedral

14th April – Simon Lindley – Leeds Minster

21st April – Alan Horsey – Hipperholme

28th April – David Barker – St Paul’s, Halifax

5th May – Prof David Baker – Mytholmroyd

12th May – Jonathan Eyre – Bradford Cathedral

19th May – Christopher Newton – Leeds

26th May – Graham Gribbin – Halifax Minster

2nd June – Christopher Cipkin – Birmingham

9th June – Ian Pattinson – Lancaster Priory

16th June – Stephen Maltby – St Hilda’s

23rd June – George Parsons – Sheffield

30th June – Charles Edmondson – Kendal

Leave the office for 45 minutes and join us for some wonderful music in the historic Minster – home to two stunning organs.  All welcome.

Celebrity recital 2nd May 3.00 pm by Simon Lindley

Admission to this recital £6.00

www.halifax minster.org.

 

 

 

 

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by | March 2, 2016 · 2:30 pm

Organ Recitals – April to June 2016

Thursday Lunchtime Organ Recitals – 1.00 pm

April – June 2016

Light lunch available from 12.30pm

Free admission – retiring collection

 

April 2016:

  • 7th April Alexander Woodrow –  Bradford Cathedral
  • 14th April Simon Lindley – Leeds Minster
  • 21st April Alan Horsey –  Hipperholme
  • 28th April David Barker – St Paul’s Halifax

 

May 2016:

  • 5th May Prof David Baker  – Mytholmroyd
  • 12th May Jonathan Eyre – Bradford Cathedral
  • 19th May Christopher Newton – Leeds
  • 26th May Graham Gribbin – Halifax Minster

 

June 2016:

  • 2nd June Christopher Cipkin – Birmingham
  • 9th    June Ian Pattinson – Lancaster Priory
  • 16th June Stephen Maltby – St Hilda’s
  • 23rd June George Parsons – Sheffield
  • 30th June Charles Edmondson – Kendal

 

Leave the office for 45 minutes and join us for some wonderful music in the historic Minster – home to two stunning organs.

All welcome.

Celebrity recital 2nd May 3.00 pm by Simon Lindley

Admission to this recital £6.00

 

 

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by | January 14, 2016 · 11:47 am

Brereton Memorial Fund – Grant Application Deadline

The Brereton Memorial Fund application deadline is coming up soon – 31st Jan 2016. 
An information sheet and application form are attached.  
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Full details about the Fund and how to apply are also available at http://www.breretonfund.org/how_to_apply.html
 
The fund aims to support:

  • The teaching and learning of the organ at every level for students of all ages

  • The nurturing of choral music, especially church music

  • Music education projects, especially primary school music-making 

Please pass on this information to colleagues, students, pupils and friends who may be interested. 
For any further information please contact Jude Brereton, Founder Trustee – Brereton Memorial Fund (E-mail:  judebrereton@gmail.com).
 

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by | October 19, 2015 · 5:04 pm

PARR HALL ORGAN RECITAL WITH JONATHAN KINGSTON – 26 OCTOBER 2015

Parr Hall, Warrington’s historical Cavaille-Coll organ will be brought to life during the Autumn/Winter season when Jonathan Kingston performs at the Parr Hall Organ Recital on Monday, 26 October 2015 at 7.30 pm.

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Jonathan studied the organ with Professor Ian Tracey and Ian Wells of Liverpool’s Anglian Cathedral, home to one of the largest pipe organs in the world.  He was appointed Organ Scholar, and subsequently Sub-Organist to Bradford Cathedral before securing positions as Assistant Director and Director of Music at two leading independent schools.  Jonathan is currently Associate Director of Music at the Ordinariate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Piccadilly.  He has broadcasted as soloist live on BBC TV and Radio and has given recitals in many cathedrals and churches in the UK and abroad, also appearing with several orchestras including The Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and English Symphony Orchestra.

Organ Concert – Parr Hall, Warrington – Monday 26 October 2015 – 7.30 pm – Jonathan Kingston

Ticket Price: £5/£4.50 (£6/£5.50 including online booking fee)

Contact: Pyramid & Parr Hall Cultural Quarter, Palmyra Square South, Warrington, WA1 1BL

Box Office and General Enquiries: 01925 442345

E-mail: pyramid@culturewarrington.org

 

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by | August 31, 2015 · 1:35 pm

St Martin’s Parish Church, Brighouse – Recital of Music for Two Organs – 4 September 2015

St Martin’s Parish Church, Church Lane, Brighouse, HD6 1AT

is holding a RECITAL OF MUSIC FOR TWO ORGANS on Friday, 4 September, 2015 at 7.30 pm

Playing are:

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Robert Gower, Composer and Arranger

(Organist at St Barnabas Catholic Cathedral, Nottingham)

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Martin Singleton (Music Director at St Anselm’s, Hatch End;

Organ Tutor and Chapel Organist at Harrow School)

Tickets £10.00

Concessions £ 8.00

For tickets telephone 01484 715238 (can be booked in advance or at the door)

Ticket price includes programme and buffet supper with wine and soft drinks

 

 

 

 

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by | May 11, 2015 · 1:27 pm

Organ Recital at Westgate Chapel, Wakefield, 29 May, 2015

Professor David Baker will be giving the lunchtime organ recital at Wainsgate Chapel, Wakefield, commencing at 1300 on 29 May. His programme will be as follows:

Toccata                                                                                  Theodore Dubois

Solemn Melody                                                                    Henry Walford Davies 

Variations on ‘God save the King’                                    Charles Wesley

Toccata in B minor                                                              Eugène Gigout

Humoresque                                                                         Pietro  Yon

Lied                                                                                        Louis Vierne

Two Chorale Preludes: ‘Wir glauben all’                         Johann Sebastian Bach

Rhosymedre                                                                         Ralph Vaughan Williams

Toccata                                                                                  Charles-Marie Widor

For further information  and details of location, go to http://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/wakefield/index.htm

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by | December 5, 2014 · 7:52 am

Horbury Snetzler now at Halifax Minster

The 1770 Snetzler organ (a close up of which is  pictured on this website’s home page and banner) is now installed in the Houldsworth Chapel at Halifax Minster. The organ is in remarkably good condition after being moved from St Peter’s Convent, Horbury by Rodney Briscoe. Professor David Baker’s lunchtime recital on 8 January 2015 at 1.00pm will feature the instrument in a range of music from Sweelinck to Douglas Bell. More details shortly.

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by | July 6, 2014 · 2:37 pm

Sam Barber

Sam Barber will be giving an organ and trombone recital at Halifax Minster on Thursday, 10 July, starting at 1.00pm. Sam has won a scholarship to  study trombone at the Guildhall School of Music in London, starting in September, 2014. His programme at Halifax includes works by Bach, Handel, Holst and Proulx.

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