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St Mary's Catholic Cathedral
College Street, Sydney
2024
2023
Mostly Wednesdays at 7.00pm
Retiring collection
3 May - Johann Vexo (choir organist, Notre Dame, Paris)
15 November - Daniel Justin
2022
Mostly Wednesdays at 7.00pm
Retiring collection
16 March - James Goldrick
Tuesday 12 April - Thomas Wilson plays Dupré's 'Stations of the Cross'
18th May - Simon Niemínski
15th June - Hamish Wagstaff
17th August - Bernard Kirkpatrick
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL ORGAN RECITAL CANCELLATION
Owing to the current period of national mourning
and before the cathedral's Requiem Mass for HM The Queen on 24th September,
we have cancelled the organ concert originally scheduled for Tuesday 20th September.
Titus Grenyer will now play his intended programme on
Wednesday 19th October in place of Simon Niemiński,
whose original October programme will be postponed until next year.
Tuesday 20th September - CANCELLED
19th October - Titus Grenyer
16th November - Thomas Wilson
Sunday 18th December at 4.00pm - Titus Grenyer plays Messiaen's 'La Nativité du Seigneur'
2021
Wednesdays at 7.00pm
Retiring collection
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
21 July - Thomas Wilson playing Dupré's 'Stations of the Cross'
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
18 August - James Goldrick
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
15 September - Titus Grenyer
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
6 October - Joseph Nolan playing works by Bach, Widor, Saint-Saëns and Duruflé
1 December - Simon Niemínski playing his own arrangement of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony
2020
Tue 15 December
7.00pm
Organist - Titus Grenyer
The concert will feature an organ transcription of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite in C Major, BWV 1066.
Admission: Free
Wed 16 December
7.00pm
Organist - Thomas Wilson
Admission: Free
Sun 20 December
4.00pm
Organist - Simon Niemínski
Tue 22 December
7.00pm
Organist - Simon Niemínski
Including:
Feliks Rączkowski: Suita Kolęd (Suite of Christmas Carols)
Arthur Somervell: Shepherd’s Cradle Song
Henry Balfour Gardiner arr. Niemiński: Noel
Marcel Dupré: Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20
Admission: Free
2019
2018
No recital information available
2017
Grand Organ Master Series - Fridays 7pm
Tickets $20, school students free
Friday 21 April - Johann Vexo (Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris)
Friday 26 May - Michael Butterfield (St Mary's Cathedral)
Friday 9 June - Jeremy Filsell (Washington National Cathedral)
Friday 28 July - Daniel Cook (Westminster Abbey)
Friday 25 August - David Drury (Sydney)
Friday 27 October - Thomas Wilson (St Mary's Cathedral)
Sunday Afternoon Recitals commencing at 4pm
Free entry
Sunday 19 February - Thomas Wilson (St Mary's Cathedral)
Sunday 19 March - Michael Butterfield (St Mary's Cathedral)
Sunday 16 April, Easter Day - Thomas Wilson (St Mary's Cathedral)
Sunday 21 May - Greg Abrahams (UK)
Sunday 11 June - Young Organists Showcase
Sunday 16 July - David Tagg
Sunday 20 August - Joshua Ryan (CCSL)
Sunday 17 September - Alistair Nelson (St James', King St)
Sunday 15 October - Heather Moen-Boyd (Scots Kirk, Mosman)
Sunday 12 November - Douglas Tang (St Mary's Cathedral)
Sunday 17 December - Messiaen 'La Nativité' - Douglas Tang (St Mary's Cathedral)
2016
Recitals commence at 4pm
Sunday 21st February - Thomas Wilson
Sunday 20th March - Ross Cobb
Sunday 24th April - Pastor de Lasala
Sunday 15th May - Dominic Moawad
Sunday 19th June - Michael Butterfield
Sunday 17th July - Marko Sever
Sunday 21st August - Paul Dean (UK)
Sunday 18th September - Alistair Nelson
Please note the following recital has been cancelled due to ill health.
Friday 30th September at 7pm - Sietze de Vries (Holland) as part of the Sydney Organ Academy
Sunday 16th October - Bernard Kirkpatrick
Sunday 13th November - Kurt Ison
Sunday 11th La Nativité du Seigneur (Oliver Messiaen) - player/s TBC
2015
Fridays 7.00pm
27 Feb - Andrew Lumsden (Winchester Cathedral)
27 Mar - Thomas Wilson
29 May - Colin Andrews (USA/UK)
Saturday 7.30pm, 18 July - David Briggs
31 July - Ben Sheen (St Thomas', 5th Ave, NYC)
18 Sept - Oliver Brett
Sundays 4.00pm
15 Feb - Eric Tyson (UK)
15 Mar - Oliver Brett
19 April - Young Organists' Recital
17 May - Dominic Moawad
21 June - The Cathedral Organists play Meyerbeer
12 July - Peter Jewkes
16 Aug - Thomas Wilson
18 Oct - Mark Quarmby
1 Nov - Michael Butterfield
15 Nov - Ross Cobb
13 Dec - TBC
2014
Fridays 7.00pm
Friday 30th May – David Drury
Friday 18th July – Young Organists' Recital
Friday 29th August – Thomas Wilson (with the St Mary's Cathedral Scholars)
Friday 3rd October – Nigel Allcoat
Friday 24th October – Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen
Friday 14th November – Dave Elton (tumpet), Oliver Brett (organ/piano), Thomas Wilson (organ)
Sunday 14th December 4pm – Oliver Brett (La Nativité du Seigneur - Messiaen)
All recitals begin at 7pm, with the exception of Sunday 14th December, which begins at 4pm.
Admission to all recitals free with a retiring collection
2013
Held on third or fourth Sunday afternoons
4.00pm - 4.45pm - Retiring Collection
Various local and visiting organists
2012
Oliver Brett
Assistant Director of Music
St Mary's Cathedral
26th January 11am and 3pm
Victor Matthews
Organ Scholar
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
19th February 4pm
Michael Wyborn TROMBONE
Thomas Wilson ORGAN
Director of Music, St Mary's Cathedral
18th March 4pm
Michael Butterfield
Organ Scholar
St Mary's Cathedral
22nd April 4pm
Robert Fox
Shore School, North Sydney
27th May 4pm
Kurt Ison
Mary Immaculate Parish, Waverley
24th June 4pm
Bernard Kirkpatrick
Director of Music
St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta
15th July 4pm
Ross Cobb
Director of Music
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
19th August 4pm
Dominic Moawad
Assistant Organist
St Mary's Cathedral
16th September 4pm
Alistair Nelson
Acting Organist
St James'Church, King Street
21st October 4pm
Joshua Ryan
Organ Scholar
St Luke's Anglican Church, Concord
18th November 4pm
Oliver Brett
Assistant Director of Music
St Mary's Cathedral
16th December 4pm
Orgues Létourneau Ltée, op 64 1999 (4/46 mechanical and electric)
Two photos above: Pastor de Lasala (2005)
Director of Music: Thomas Wilson
For enquiries please contact: Hannah Burt
Phone: +61 (0)2 9220 0481
Email: music@stmaryscathedral.org.au