Organ Music Society of Sydney Diary, 2002 and other Organ Concerts in Sydney
Regular organ recital series
in Sydney
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Organ Music Society of Sydney Diary, 2002 and
other organ concerts in Sydney
Denotes Organ Music Society
of Sydney Function
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday March 10th 3.30pm
Amy Johansen (Sydney University Organist)
Free Admission
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday March 11th 1.10pm
Robert Wagner
Free Admission
St John's Church, Wahroonga
Friday 15th March 8.00pm
Admission - Gold Coin donation
Peter Hamilton plays the restored Pels
Organ
(Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Sweelinck, Bach, Dupré, Rheinberger
and Gershwin)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Wednesday, 20th March 1.10pm
Philip Swanton - organ (Buxtehude, Bach and Kittel)
Free Admission
Bach Birthday Organ Music Concert
21st March, 8.00pm Entry - Donation
Mary Immaculate
Church,
45 Victoria St, Waverley
Organists: David Drury, David Kinsela, Kurt Ison and Mark Quarmby
St Finbar's
Catholic Church, Glenbrook
46 Levy Street, Glenbrook
(Lower Blue Mountains)
Enquiries: Robert
Ampt 02 4758 6067
Sunday 24th March, 3.00pm
The Palm Sunday Concert - HIGHLIGHTS FROM HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Blue Mountains Academy Singers and Orchestra - Elizabeth Swain
- Director
Amy Johansen - Organ
$10/$7 conc. at door
Easter Monday Ramble on
Sydney's North Shore
1st April - $15
9.00am - Roseville Uniting Church, Lord Street, Roseville
10.30am - Tryon Road Uniting Church, Lindfield (including 20 min recital)
12.30pm - Killara Uniting Church, Arnold Street, Killara
2.15pm - Pymble Uniting Church, Pacific Hwy, Pymble
3.30pm - St John's Uniting Church, Coonanbarra Rd, Wahroonga
Recital for Organ and Trombone at Lindfield Uniting Church
Sunday 7th April 2.30pm
Organ: Pastor de Lasala
Trombone: Gregory can der Struik
April - Monday 8th 12.15pm
& 1.15pm Free
ROBERT AMPT, Sydney City Organist: Toccata
(Mushel), Berceuse (Lemare), Mariales (Hakim), Rondeau (Purcell),
Toccata (Gigout), P&F in c, Bist du bei mir (Bach), Allegro
- Symph VI (Widor)
Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
Friday 12th and Saturday 13th April - 8.00pm
Olivier Latry (Organist, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Poulenc Organ Concerto
Details at Opera House Box Office
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday April 22nd 1.10pm
Amy Johansen (Sydney University Organist)
Free Admission
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday April 28th 3.30pm
Christopher Wrench (Brisbane)
Free Admission
St Finbar's
Catholic Church, Glenbrook
46 Levy Street, Glenbrook
(Lower Blue Mountains)
Enquiries: Robert
Ampt 02 4758 6067
Sunday 12th May, 3.00pm
Mother's Day Organ Recital - Heather Moen-Boyd
$10/$7 conc. at door
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday May 13th 1.10pm
Amy Johansen (Sydney University Organist)
Free Admission
Felix Hell (16 year old from Germany/USA)
Sunday 19th May at 2.30pm
Adults $20, concession $15
Enquiries: 02 9144 4915
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday May 26th 3.30pm
David Briggs (UK)
Free Admission
May - Tuesday 28th 12.15pm
& 1.15pm Free
DAVID BRIGGS, British Concert Organist:
Mastersingers Overture (Wagner), Hungarian March (Berlioz), Adagio,
Cello Concerto (Elgar), Daphnis et Chloe (Ravel), Improvization
on submitted themes
Queen's Birthday Ramble
to Bathurst and Mudgee
Sunday 9th and Monday 10th June 2002
Arranged by Andrew Davidson, Vice President
The Society's next Organ Ramble is to be held on the Queen's Birthday weekend in June in the Bathurst and Mudgee regions of NSW. Bathurst is some 3 to 4 hours by road from Sydney and so that we can see as many organs on the Monday holiday, we have arranged for the Ramble to commence late on Sunday afternoon with a recital at All Saints Anglican Cathedral Bathurst at 5pm. The recitalist will be Tim Roberton, Organ Scholar at St James Anglican Church, King Street Sydney. Following the recital at approximately 6pm, the Cathedral authorities have generously arranged a reception at Bishopscourt for Ramble attendees. Following the reception, we will return to the Cathedral so that attendees can try the organ. Ramble attendees should arrange their own accommodation in one of Bathurst's many motels which are all conveniently located.
We will visit two organs on Monday morning in the Bathurst area before setting off to Mudgee for lunch. The drive to Mudgee via Sofala is approximately ninety minutes and passes through some picturesque countryside.
The full program on Monday will be as follows:
08.45 Uniting Church, William Street Bathurst (tea & coffee will be provided)
10.15 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kelso
13.45 St John's Anglican Church, Church & Market Streets, Mudgee
A participation fee of $20 per person will help the Society in
defraying some of the costs associated with arranging the weekend.
For those attending on Monday only, the fee will be $15.
IMPORTANT
To assist the Cathedral authorities with catering arrangements, please advise Andrew Davidson (Phone 9489 6774 or 0414385311 or email ad046@hotmail.com) by Wednesday 5th June if you will be attending the Sunday evening recital and Reception
June - Tuesday 11th 12.15pm
& 1.15pm Free
ROBERT AMPT: Paean (Preston), Ciacona
in d (Pachelbel), P&F in c (Bruckner), Verset (Guilmant),
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Air on the G String (Bach), Fantasia
on BACH (Reger)
David Goode
(Winner 1998
Calgary Organ Competition)
Sunday 16th June at 2.30pm
Adults $20, concession $15
Enquiries: 02 9144 4915
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday June 17 1.10pm
Ji-hyoun Lee (Newcastle Cathedral Organ Scholar)
Free Admission
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday July 29 1.10pm
Christopher Hainsworth (Waikato University Organist, NZ)
Free Admission
St. Peter's Anglican Church Cooks' River
Sunday 4th August at 4.30pm
Alistair Nelson (0rgan) with Michael Hooper, a Master of Music
student at Sydney Uni, on the Mandolin.
The Location is St. Peter's Anglican Church Cooks' River (On the
Pacific Highway, St.
Peter's, near Tempe station and 422 bus). I believe that there
is a small entry
charge which goes towards the restoration of the organ (don't
worry, it is
already partially restored). For those of you interested the organ
is a 12-stop
Brindley and Foster.
My program is as follows:
Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Poco Adagio Cantabile and Minuet from
String Quartet in C Major, Op.76, no.3, "The Emperor"
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (arr. A. Nelson)
Meditation
Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914)
No.25 "Very Lively" and No.21 "Calm" from
Expressions for Organ
Naji Hakim (1955-)
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Op.39
August - 5th Monday 12.15pm
& 1.15pm Free
ROBERT AMPT: Nun danket (Karg-Elert),
La Fete-Dieu (Dubois), Expressions (Langlais), Coronation March
(Myerbeer), Petite Suite Francaise (Sanger), Trois Pieces (Alain)
St Finbar's
Catholic Church, Glenbrook
46 Levy Street, Glenbrook
(Lower Blue Mountains)
Enquiries: Robert
Ampt 02 4758 6067
Sunday 11th August, 3.00pm
Sydney Welsh Choir
Robert Ampt - Organ
$10/$7 conc at door
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday August 18 3.30pm
Amy Johansen (Sydney University Organist)
Free Admission
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Wednesday, 28th August 1.10pm
Staff and students
Four centuries of music for Brass and Organ
Free Admission
September - Monday 2nd 12.15pm
& 1.15pm Free
ROBERT GOODE & JEANIE KELSO (soprano),
Sydney favourites, in an enchanting smorgesbord drawn from the
Classical, Celtic and Caberet repertoire
Sydney Organ Competition
Saturday September 7 - 1.30pm and 4.30pm - $5
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Junior - 1.30pm
Intermediate - 4.30pm
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday September 8 3.30pm
Amy Johansen (Sydney University Organist) and Jacques Mauger (Paris) - Trombone
Free Admission and free refreshments at 3pm following 2pm Carillon Recital
St Aloysius'
College
47 Upper Pitt Street, Milsons
Point
Sunday September 8 - 4.30pm $15 / Children free
Three of the best - Inaugural Recital on the new Chapel organ featuring Peter Kneeshaw, Michael Deasey and David Drury
Létourneau 2002 ME 2 / 20
Enquiries 02 9922 3695
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday September 9 - 1.10pm
Brendon Lukin
Free Admission
The Restoration of Historic
Organs Forum
Friday September
20 - 7.30pm - $15 with supper provided
St Paul's, Anglican Church, Burwood Rd, Burwood
Jonathan Ambrosino (USA), Stephen Bicknell (UK) and Peter Jewkes (Australia)
AN EVENING WITH TWO OF THE WORLD'S
FOREMOST ORGAN AUTHORITIES
This is a special opportunity to meet historians Jonathan
Ambrosino from the USA and Stephen Bicknell
from the UK. The evening will be presented in conjunction with
the Organ Historical Trust of Australia at St. Paul's, where the
notable 1890 Davidson organ is being restored.
Jonathan Ambrosino is a freelance writer on the
organ and a consultant who continues to work on organ voicing
and tonal finishing. He has been president of the Organ Historical
Society, and is an expert in the history of the 20th Century organ
in America, and in the influence of English builders Willis, T.C.
Lewis and Carlton Mitchell on the work of the important Skinner
and Aeolian-Skinner firms.
Stephen Bicknell is probably best known in Australia
for his acclaimed book The History of the English Organ.
His distinguished career in organ building included working with
such firms as N.P. Mander and J.W. Walker & Sons before pursuing
a career as a freelance writer, designer and consultant. He is
also a lecturer in organ history at the Royal Academy of Music
in London. Two of his witty articles have been reprinted in past
issues of The Sydney Organ Journal.
Both are excellent speakers, with forthright and often controversial
views.
To add even greater interest, a slightly unusual approach to
the evening will be adopted, described by Jonathan Ambrosino :
Adopting a slightly non-scholarly format, moderator Peter Jewkes
will host six English and American organ personalities from times
past (William Hill, T.C. Lewis, Robert Hope-Jones, George Ashdown
Audsley, Ernest M. Skinner, G. Donald Harrison) - or, at least,
as visiting historians Stephen Bicknell and Jonathan Ambrosino
will attempt to portray them.
Topics will centre around the creation, re-creation and preservation of style, and the often slippery grasp of understanding such things in the first place. In addition to commercial breaks and the possibility of sly costume changes, Peter Jewkes will demonstrate the church's Davidson organ (restoration in process) and lead the gathered in song. Supper follows.
Killara Uniting Church
Cnr Arnold and Karrangara St, Killara
Sunday September 22 - 3pm - $10
Amy Johansen
Sharp / Jewkes 1961 / 2001 M 2 / 21
Enquiries 02 9144 1649
St Paul's Anglican Church, Kogarah
57 Princes Hwy, Kogarah
Sunday September 22 at 2.30pm
Donation
Conacher 1904 M 2 / 9
Derek Moule will play a recital to celebrate the anniversary of the dedication. Afternoon tea served in gardens with String Quartet. Program included Boëllmann's "Suite Gothique", Wesley's "Holsworthy Church Bells" and Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in G".
Epping Baptist Church
Cnr Ray and Carlingford Roads, Epping
Sunday September 22 at 2.30pm - $10 / $5
Christie Organ by Hill, Norman & Beard 1932 EP 2 / 10
Enquiries 02 9584 2353
Featuring organists Margaret Hall and Tamara Rozek with Owen Watkins (saxophone) and James Robertson (violin)
St Mary's Road, Sydney
Sunday 22 September at 2.30pm
A Duruflé Anniversary Concert -
Edward Theodore (Organist) with the Jacobean Singers
Prelude, Adagio
et Choral Varié - Veni Creator
Prelude and Fugue on Alain
Requiem op.9 (Choir and organ)
Adults $25, concession $20
Enquiries: 02 9365 4700
Orion Centre Campsie - Theatre Organ Society
Sunday October 6 - 2 pm
Dan Bellomy - USA
$18 / $16.50 Enquiries 02 9629 2257
Wurlitzer 3 man
Organ Society Ramble
Monday October 7 - $10
Enquiries: Geoff Lloyd 02 9476 1530
Recitals by Alistair Nelson, Geoff Lloyd and Peter Kneeshaw
9.30 Lutheran Church, cnr Goulburn and Stanley Street (Schuke M 2/17)
11.00 Uniting Church, 264 Pitt St (Hill TP 3/31)
13.00 St Mary's Cathedral's four organs - Crypt, Sharp, Whitehouse and Letourneau. Bell Tower and afternoon tea
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday October 13 3.30pm
Amy Johansen (Sydney University Organist)
Free Admission and free refreshments at 3pm following 2pm Carillon Recital
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday 14th October 2002 7.30pm
Alistair Nelson (organ) plays
Gott der Vater wohn uns bei by Johann Ludwig Krebs
with Alison Packham (oboe)
and
Rejoice in the Lamb, op.30
with Sarah Penicka, conductor
Soprano: Diana Boots
Ngaire Kirwin
Susannah Lawergren
Jocelyn Moen (solo)
Alto: Frances Barry
Tim Chung
Olivia Gossip (solo)
Chela Weitzel
Tenor: Joseph Toltz (solo)
Randall Wheatley
David Yardley
Bass: Peter Laurence (solo)
Rupert McCallum
Alasdair Vickers
Also on the program:
Hannah Bolitho (clarinet) plays
Siegfrid Interlude no.2 by Matthew Hindson
Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.120, no.1 by
Johannes Brahms
Killara Uniting Church
Cnr Arnold and Karrangara St, Killara
Sunday October 20 - $10
Lyric Five - Song accompanied by organ
Sharp / Jewkes 1961 / 2001 M 2 / 21
Enquiries 02 9144 1649
October - Monday 21st 12.15pm
& 1.15pm Free
DANIEL DRIES, St Stephen's, Macquarie
St, SCEGGS, Darlinghurst: Sinfonia, Can. 29 (Bach), Concerto in
F (Handel), Canon in b (Schumann), Cortege et Litanie, Noel Variations
(Dupre), Berceuse, Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)
Organ Music Society AGM
Saturday October 26 - 3pm
St James', King St, Turramurra
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday October 28 1.10pm
Alistair Nelson
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Toccata in C, BWV 564 - J.S. Bach
(Toccata - Adagio - Grave - Fugue)
Lt / Lve - Peggy Polias
Symphonie Romane, Op. 73 - Charles-Marie
Widor
II: Choral
Dieu Parmi Nous - Olivier Messiaen
from La Nativité du Seigneur
NB: feel free to bring your lunch
Free Admission
Killara Uniting Church
Cnr Arnold and Karrangara St, Killara
Sunday November 3 - $10
Dance Music for organ
Sharp / Jewkes 1961 / 2001 M 2 / 21
Enquiries 02 9144 1649
St Finbar's
Catholic Church, Glenbrook
46 Levy Street, Glenbrook
(Lower Blue Mountains)
Enquiries: Robert
Ampt 02 4758 6067
Sunday 10th November, 3.00pm
Glenbrook Spring Festival Concert
$10/$7 conc at door
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday November 11 1.10pm
Amy Johansen (University Organist)
Free Admission
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Monday 11th November at 7.30pm
Examination recital - Alistair Nelson (Organ)
Also performing will be Alison Packham (oboe) and Hannah Bolitho (clarinet)
Toccata in C, BWV 564 J.S. Bach
(Toccata - Adagio - Grave - Fugue) (1685-1750)
Symphonie Romane, Op. 73 Charles-Marie
Widor
II: Choral (c.1845-1937)
Dieu Parmi Nous Olivier Messiaen
from La Nativité du Seigneur (1908-1992)
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday November 17 3.30pm
John O'Donnell (Melbourne)
Free Admission and free refreshments at 3pm following 2pm Carillon Recital
Marrickville Town Hall - Theatre Organ Society
Sunday November 17 - 2 pm
Ben Rawie - UK
$18 / $16.50 Enquiries 02 9629 2257
Wurlitzer 2 man
University of Sydney - Great Hall
Sunday December 8 - 3.30pm
"Celestial Christmas"
Amy Johansen (Organ), Celeste Lazarenko (Soprano) and Vanessa Souter (Harp)
Free Admission following 2pm Carillon Recital
Orion Centre Campsie - Theatre Organ Society
Sunday December 8 - 2 pm
John Atwell - Melbourne
$18 / $16.50 Enquiries 02 9629 2257
Wurlitzer 3 man
December - Wednesday 18th 8.00pm
Free
CHRISTMAS AT THE TOWN HALL: "heart-warming",
"traditional", "spectacular", "dramatic"
- carols and readings with Sydney University Graduate Choir, Central
Coast Chorale, Central Coast Childrens' Choir, Celeste Lazarenko
(Soprano), Robert Ampt (Grand Organ)
St Finbar's
Catholic Church, Glenbrook
46 Levy Street, Glenbrook
(Lower Blue Mountains)
Enquiries: Robert
Ampt 02 4758 6067
Sunday 22nd December, 7.30pm
Lessons and Reading for Christmas
Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen - organ
Penrith Symphony Brass
Donation
December - Monday 30th 11.00am
Free
YOUNG ORGANISTS' DAY - includes performances
by 2002 Sydney Organ Competition winners and tours inside the
Grand Organ
