Jul 2024

1 Mon

2 Tue

3 Wed

4 Thu

1.10pm - St Andrew's Cathedral, George St, Sydney

Organ recitals on 1st and 3rd Thursdays - please check cathedral web site to confirm details https://sydneycathedral.com/organ-recitals

Admission $10

James Goldrick (Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, USA) (all American program)

5 Fri

6 Sat

7 Sun

Logistical details for the Tertiary Cluster society event at Sydney University on Sunday 7.7.24 that starts the Sydney Organ Festival.

Great Hall 3.45-4.45pm

Please meet in the University quadrangle at the doorway that leads into the Great Hall anteroom by 3.40pm so we can then quickly be led into the hall for the start of our session.

We will then walk through the University grounds to arrive at

Wesley College. Our visit there is 5-6pm.

We then walk behind Wesley College directly into St Paul's College. Our visit there is 6.10-7.10pm

Then members may wish to have dinner in local Newtown restaurants.

There is a fee of $10 for members and $15 for non-members payable at the first session to help us defray the costs involved.

2.00pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney

Organ Recital Series

Admission is by note donation at the door.

Holly Broadbent (Yale University)

8 Mon

1.10pm - 2.00pm - Bailey Yeates

St Philip's Anglican Church,
cnr York & Jamison and Clarence Streets, Church Hill

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, from 12 Stücke op. 59 - Max Reger (1873-1916)

Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
i. Allegro
ii. Lento
iii. Allegro

Master Tallis's Testament, from Six Pieces for Organ, No. 3 - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Final from Symphony No. 1, Op 14 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

4-4.45pm - Stacey Xiaoyu Yang
St Patrick's Catholic Church,
cnr Grosvenor & Gloucester Streets, Church Hill

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in D Minor transcribed for organ by JS Bach (1685-1750) as BWV596 (Allegretto. Grave. Fugue. Largo e spiccato. Allegro moderato)

Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Hymne: Veni Creator Spiritus (from Premier livre d'orgue)
Plein Jeu. Fugue à 5. Duo. Récit de Cromorne. Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Organ Sonata no. 1 in F Minor (opus 65, no.1) Allegro moderato e serioso. Adagio. Andante. Allegro assai vivace

9 Tue

1.10pm - 2.00pm- Marko Sever

St Philip's Anglican Church,
cnr York & Jamison and Clarence Streets, Church Hill

JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude in E flat, BWV 552

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Sonata 4: Andante Religioso

Peter Hurford (1930-2019)

Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele

WA Mozart (1756-1791) Adagio and Allegro in F minor, K 594

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt, Op. 67, No. 27

César Franck (1822-1890)

Prelude, Fugue and Variation

JS Bach - Fugue in E flat, BWV 552

4-4.45pm - Kurt Ison
St Peter Julian's Catholic Church,
641 George Street, Haymarket

JS Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Fantasia super: 'Valet will Ich dir geben' BWV736 choralis in pedale

César Franck (1822-1890)
Andantino

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Passacaglia in D minor (BuxWV161)

Kurt Ison (b 1965-)
Excerpt from Modern English Voluntaries (2020)
A Cornet Voluntary

François D'agincourt (1684-1758)
(from Suite on the 4th tone)
Plein Jeu. Récit de Nasard. Concert de Flûtes. Dialogue

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) (Le Banquet Celéste (1928)

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
'Tendre Amour' (from Les Indes Galantes)

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
Adoration for organ (from The organ portfolio volume 15/86, December 1951

Gordon Young (1919-1998)
Prelude in classic style

10 Wed

Sydney Opera House

Olivier Latry performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, playing the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony and Poulenc Organ Concerto

Please click on the link below for details:
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-symphony-orchestra/2024-season/saint-saens-organ-symphony

11 Thu

Admission to the Opera House is free for the audience. There will be a reception with Olivier Latry after the masterclass at the Royal Automobile Club, 89 Macquarie Street, Sydney. It is essential to pre-book this online and the cost will be $15 for OMSS members and concessions/ $20 for non-members.

Kurt Ison
President
March 2024

The general public are advised to please enter the masterclass in the concert hall through the normal public entrance and to be seated in advance of a 6pm sharp start.

Admission to the Opera House is free for the audience.

There will be a reception with Olivier Latry after the masterclass at the Royal Automobile Club, 89 Macquarie Street, Sydney. It is essential to pre-book this online and the cost will be $15 for OMSS members and concessions. $20 for non-members.

Reception venue: The Royal Automobile Club, 89 Macquarie Street, Sydney (less than 10mins walk from the Opera House)

Booking details:

BOOKINGS BY BANK TRANSFER:

Bank: Westpac

Account Name: The Organ Music Society of Sydney Inc.

BSB: 032-086

Account Number: 373962

Reference: Please enter your surname followed by "Latry"

BOOKINGS CLOSE ON 10/7/24 at 6pm

Email. president@omss.org.au

Reception venue: The Royal Automobile Club, 89 Macquarie Street, Sydney (less than 10mins walk from the Opera House)

Booking details:

BOOKINGS BY BANK TRANSFER:

Bank: Westpac

Account Name: The Organ Music Society of Sydney Inc.

BSB: 032-086

Account Number: 373962

Reference: Please enter your surname followed by "Latry" PRE-BOOKINGS CLOSE ON 10/7/24 at 6pm

Sydney Opera House

Olivier Latry performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, playing the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony and Poulenc Organ Concerto

Please click on the link below for details:
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-symphony-orchestra/2024-season/saint-saens-organ-symphony

12 Fri

Sydney Opera House

Olivier Latry performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, playing the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony and Poulenc Organ Concerto

Please click on the link below for details:
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-symphony-orchestra/2024-season/saint-saens-organ-symphony

13 Sat

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

Sydney Opera House

Olivier Latry performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, playing the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony and Poulenc Organ Concerto

Please click on the link below for details:
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-symphony-orchestra/2024-season/saint-saens-organ-symphony

14 Sun

15 Mon

16 Tue

17 Wed

7.00pm Sydney Town Hall

Organ Recital - Luminous Pipes

Free entry

Enquiries: https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/sydney-town-hall-organ-recitals

02 9265 9333

18 Thu

1.10pm - St Andrew's Cathedral, George St, Sydney

Organ recitals on 1st and 3rd Thursdays - please check cathedral web site to confirm details https://sydneycathedral.com/organ-recitals

Admission $10

Hamish Wagstaff (Organ Scholar, All Saints Margaret St, London)

19 Fri

2Cities OrganFest, 2024

SYDNEY Friday July 19
Knox Grammar School Chapel, Pacific Highway, Wahroonga

9 am Open Rehearsals

9:30 Recital, Rev. Brendon Lukin

9:45 Christa Rumsey,
Illustrated Lecture: Orgelbüchlein, JS Bach

10:45-11. Interval

11-12:15. Master Classes, Christa Rumsey
Four students present Baroque organ works

Students playing:

1. Elyse Were, Toccata in F, BuxWV 157, Buxtehude

2. Stephen Aveling-Rowe, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659, JS Bach

3. Emily Robinson, Herr Gott, Nun Sei Gepreiset, BWV601 JS Bach

4. Makito Mizushima, Prelude in E minor, Nicholas Bruhns

Admission Free

Sponsored by the Avondale Memorial Church Suzuki organ School, Cooranbong, NSW

20 Sat

2Cities OrganFest, 2024

City of Lake Macquarie
Avondale Memorial Church, Cooranbong

5.00pm - St Andrew's Cathedral, George St, Sydney

SATURDAY CELEBRITY RECITALS at 5pm admission $30/$40**

Please check cathedral web site to confirm details https://sydneycathedral.com/organ-recitals

NORMAN & MARILYN HARPER

Four hands and four feet!
From London- the only Sydney appearance of these formidable virtuosi playing the most ear-tickling duets and stunning solo works

21 Sun

CANCELLED - NO RECITAL TODAY

2.00pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney

Organ Recital Series on 3rd Sundays

Admission is by note donation at the door.

Sydney Conservatorium Rising Star recital

22 Mon

23 Tue

24 Wed

25 Thu

26 Fri

1.10pm St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.

Tomé Olives [Spain] (organ)

Program details

Admission is by note donation at the door.

Enquiries: 0413 246 803 (or email Mark Quarmby)

7.00 pm St James' Anglican Church, King Street, Sydney

St James' International Organ Festival

James O'Donnell (USA and formerly Westminster Abbey)

Please click here for full details and bookings

Programme:

Pott - Fanfare: Resurgam (world premiere)

Duruflé - Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain

Bingham - St Bride, Assisted by Angels

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in F

Widor - Symphony No. 6

27 Sat

2.00 - 3.00pm St James' Anglican Church, King Street, Sydney

St James' International Organ Festival

In Conversation with James O'Donnell
(USA and formerly Westminster Abbey)

Please click here for full details

28 Sun

29 Mon

30 Tue

31 Wed

July 2024

The general public are advised to please enter the masterclass in the concert hall through the normal public entrance and to be seated in advance of a 6pm sharp start.

In Conversation with James O'Donnell