Oct 2021

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4 Mon - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

Sydney Organ Competition

The Organ Music Society of Sydney regrets to advise that due to the resurgence of the COVID 19 pandemic, particularly in NSW, all sections of the 2021 Sydney Organ Competition have been cancelled. The Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate and Open sections will not be held either as live events or online.

The decision has been taken reluctantly after receiving feedback from teachers and students, but with the conviction that it would be impossible to conduct the Competition on an equitable basis given the varying access of entrants to practice instruments.

All Competition entrants who have already enrolled will be contacted individually.

The Organ Music Society will put its energies into delivering a bigger and better Competition in 2022.

Robert Fox, President

Full details available at www.sydneyorgancomp.omss.org.au

5 Tue

6 Wed - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

7pm - St Mary's Cathedral

Joseph Nolan

Performing works by Bach, Widor, Saint-Saëns and Duruflé

Retiring collection

7 Thu

8 Fri

9 Sat

5.00pm - 6.00pm Fine Music FM Organ Music Society Radio Program 102.5MHz

"Society Spot" is the Organ Music Society's very own hour-long radio programme, which goes to air at 5pm on the second Saturday of the month on Fine Music Sydney, 102.5FM. It is presented by Society member John Hanna. It can be heard live, or streamed online by going to Fine Music Sydney's website here https://finemusicsydney.com/

It can also be heard on demand here https://finemusicsydney.com/programs/

Our program The King of Instruments at 5pm on Saturday 9 October 2021 features works by four well-known composers. We'll hear two works from each: one an excerpt from a symphony or sonata, and the other a shorter work.

The items played will be:

1. Widor: Symphony No. 5 (first movement). Pierre Pincemaille, 1880 Cavaille-Coll organ of Saint Francois de Sales de Lyon

2. Widor: Romance. Herman van Vliet, 1883 Witte organ of the National Museum, Utrecht

3. Mendelssohn: Sonata in A, Op. 65, No. 3. Matthias Havinga, 1830 Batz organ of the Koepelkerk, Amsterdam

4. Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor. John Scott, organ of St Paul's Cathedral

5. Vierne: Symphony No.1 (last movement). Felix Hell, 1997 Schoenstein organ of the First Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska

6. Vierne: Divertissement. Op. 31, No. 11. Jennifer Bate, organ of the Cathedral of Saint Pierre de Beauvais

7. Guilmant: Communion, Op. 15, No. 1. Herman van Vliet, 1888 Cavaille-Coll organ of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse.

8. Guilmant: Sonata No. 1 in D minor (last movement). Felix Hell, 1997 Schoenstein organ of the First Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska

10 Sun

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17 Sun - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

5.30pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney

Organ Recital Series on 3rd Sundays followed by Choral Evensong at 6.30pm

Hamish Wagstaff (Christ Church St Laurence)

Admission is by note donation at the door.

18 Mon

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28 Thu

29 Fri - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

1.10pm St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney

Callum Close (organ)

Program details

Admission is by note donation at the door.

Enquiries: 0413 216 803 (or email Mark Quarmby)

30 Sat

31 Sun - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

2.00 pm Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, cnr Johnston & Collins Streets, Annandale