Sydney Town Hall

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Photo: Adrian Chong

Please note that the Sydney Town Hall will be closed during 2008 for essential service work on the building (wiring, air-conditioning, fire sprinklers and the like). The exact duration of the work, which will commencing about February 2008, will not be known until it is underway. It is anticipated that there will be no obvious changes to the appearance of the building. Organ recitals will obviously be suspended until the hall is reopen.

Robert Ampt (Sydney City Organist)

GRAND ORGAN CONCERTS - 2007 The concerts commence at 12.30pm and last for one hour Admission is free Specification and history of the organ Enquiries Robert Ampt 02 4758 6067 Town Hall Office 02 9265 9189

Listen to and watch Kurt Ison play Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" BWV 565

 


Watch the City Organist, Robert Ampt, demonstrating the organ to English organbuilder, John Mander

Please note that the Sydney Town Hall will be closed during 2008 for essential service work on the building (wiring, air-conditioning, fire sprinklers and the like). The exact duration of the work, which will commencing about February 2008, will not be known until it is underway. It is anticipated that there will be no obvious changes to the appearance of the building. Organ recitals will obviously be suspended until the hall is reopen.

FEBRUARY, Tuesday 20th (Organ Donor Awareness Week) ROBERT AMPT:

• Trumpet Tune (Johnson), God Save the King (Rink), Evocation (Liszt), Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (Bach), Sicilienne (von Paradis), Suite Gothique (Boellmann)
  
  

APRIL, Tuesday 10th - THOMAS HEYWOOD (International Australian concert organist):

• Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Sonata 5 (Guilmant)
  

MAY, Monday 21st - KEMP ENGLISH (St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin, NZ):

• Festive March (Smart), Final-Marche (Boellmann), Blues-Toccata (Takle), Bolero de Concert, Pastorale (Lefebure-Wely), Invercargill March (Lithgow), Toccata (Widor), Prelude on Danny Boy (Rawsthorne), Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
  

JUNE, Monday 4th - PAUL JACOBS (Head of Organ Dept, Julliard School, N.Y.):

• German Romantic music by Bach, Reger and Reubke (Sonata on 94th Psalm)
  

SEPTEMBER, Monday 10th - ROBERT AMPT:

• Adeste fideles (Dupre), Ou S'en vont Ces gais bergers (Balbastre), Adeste fideles (Demessieux), Dieu parmi nous (Messiaen), Stille Nacht (Planyavsky), Moto Perpetuoso (Ampt), Chorale in A Minor (Franck) 
  

OCTOBER, Monday 8th - ROBERT GOODE (Organ) with

JEANNIE KELSO (Soprano) &  JOHN JARRETT (Tenor) 

• A delightful smorgasbord drawn from the contrasting worlds of classical, popular and folk music.
  

NOVEMBER, Monday 12th - ROBERT AMPT:

• Toccata (Weaver), Tune in E (Thalben-Ball), Epithalame (Willan), Moonlight and Roses (Lemare), Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat (Bach), Moto Ostinato (Eben), Ciacona in D Minor (Pachelbel), Allegro, Symphony VI (Widor)
  

Evening Concert: 8.00pm - 9.30pm (Doors open 7.30pm): $5.00

DECEMBER, Tuesday 18th - CHRISTMAS AT THE TOWN HALL:

• Thrilling carols led by Grand Organ (Robert Ampt), Concert Band, 150-voice choir and Children's Choir with music, readings and special effects, and guests Deborah Cheetham (Soprano), Stephen Schafer (Compere) and Vanessa Souter (Harp).
  

Advance bookings (available from August) essential either at the City Recital Hall Box Office, Angel Place, Sydney, phone 8256 2222 (Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm) or through the website, www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. 



DECEMBER, Friday 28th - YOUNG ORGANIST'S DAY:

• Featuring performances by prize-winners from the 2007 Sydney Organ Competition.
  

Dates and times subject to change. Enquiries: 02 9265 9189 or www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Please note that the Sydney Town Hall will be closed during 2008 for essential service work on the building (wiring, air-conditioning, fire sprinklers and the like). The exact duration of the work, which will commencing about February 2008, will not be known until it is underway. It is anticipated that there will be no obvious changes to the appearance of the building. Organ recitals will obviously be suspended until the hall is reopen.

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Information on the organ

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