Just a reminder that this Friday, being ANZAC Day, St Andrew's Cathedral WILL be having an organ recital. Normally on Public Holidays we don't have recitals but this year, organist Brendon Lukin (who is a member of the RAAF Band) will be marching and playing tuba in the march and has offered to play a recital along with one of the trumpeters from the RAAF Band.
Because the march is expected to be still in progress in front of the cathedral during the normal recital time, the recital this week will be later at 2pm.
Unfortunately as I will be out of Sydney for a couple of days, I will not be present to welcome Brendon and Peter but I hope that many of you will be able to attend.
The program is as follows:
April 25 - ANZAC DAY - 2.00pm Brendon Lukin (LAC) - organ SGT Peter McCracken - trumpet (courtesy RAAF Band)
Subject: Battle of the Organs Leeds Parish Church - Wednesday 7 May 2008 @ 7.30pm.
Dear Mark
Just on the off chance that any of your members should be visiting the U.K. I wonder if it is possible to circulate the upcoming Battle of the Organs event at Leeds Parish Church. If last year's battle is anything to go on it will be a truly memorable occasion. I have attached a press release together with a poster of the event. Would you pass this on - many thanks.
Dear Brian,
As far as I’m aware, a list such as this does not exist, but many competent organists from around Australia know at least one or two works of Franck. For Sydney organists, check out the organ recitals diary on http://www.sydneyorgan.com – someone’s bound to include some Franck sooner or later.
Cheers,
Daniel
On 3/4/08 10:00 AM, "tairakuritchie" <brianritchie@...> wrote:
Hello All,
I am a new member, having recently moved to Australia from the States.
Does anyone know if there is a resource for organ performers in
Australia? I'd like to learn who the best players are. I am
particularly interested in finding someone who specializes in the work
of Cesar Franck.
Hello All,
I am a new member, having recently moved to Australia from the States.
Does anyone know if there is a resource for organ performers in
Australia? I'd like to learn who the best players are. I am
particularly interested in finding someone who specializes in the work
of Cesar Franck.
Regards,
Brian
Christopher Wrench will be presenting Sydney Grammar's annual Bach birthday concert tomorrow evening (Tuesday) on the Mander organ in 'Big School'.
The concert starts at 6.30pm and lasts approximately one hour. Parking is available in the school grounds from 6pm and admission is free.
The programme is listed below.
You would be most welcome!
Regards,
Bob Wagner.
Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (Vivaldi-Bach)
Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', BWV 678
Trio Sonata No 2 in C minor, BWV 526
Three Passiontide Chorale Preludes (with chorales sung by a treble choir)
(a)O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618
(b)Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621
(c) O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
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Yes, I think they all enjoyed it and they played well!
We have only just finalised the competition. You will
notice some changes to time limits, $$ for prizes, and extra hour rehearsal for
Intermediate. It will be Sat 26/7 at Christ Church St Laurence - Dr
J Forsyth is the adjudicator and the Open is on 3/8 at St Patrick’s
Cathedral, Parramatta at 2.15pm with Thomas Trotter as the adjudicator.
TT is also giving a recital on Tuesday 5th August at
Sydney University at 6pm. It would be lovely if lots of young organists
would attend, as of course, we know he is a wonderful organist.
Another date to please keep in mind is the 19th
October – World Organ Day . . .some details in the journal, but not all
are finalised.
I have a student - Marianne Ching – who now goes to
Loreto, Year 11. Is there anyway she could have an hour per week on the
organ to practise at St Aloysius?? Also I am away middle June to
middle July, and was wondering whether you could fit her into your schedule for
the month. She practises well, and will hopefully do her Grade 5 exam
later this year. (She has Grade 8 piano). She is very keen and got
a highly commended certificate at the Junior comp last year. She wants to
enter the comp and will be in the Intermediate section . . . Of course this may
be completely to busy for you, as that is the time of World Youth Day . .
.Would you please let me know?
We will be sending letters to teachers within the next two
weeks.
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[mailto:sydneyorgan@...] On Behalf Of Peter Kneeshaw Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 8:37 PM To: sydneyorgan@... Subject: RE: [sydneyorgan] Bach at Sydney Grammar
Hi
Godelieve
I heard
the YOD went well.
Excuse me
asking but I couldn’t find the dates for the Sydney Organ Competition
this year?
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On Behalf Of Godelieve Ghavalas Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 2:20 PM To: sydneyorgan@... Subject: RE: [sydneyorgan] Bach at Sydney Grammar
Hello
Well we are well into the this
year. We are having Thomas trotter as the adjudicator for the Open
. . .
Next year 2009, I am looking at the same
time frame as this year for the Juniors and that is the week they are back at
school Term 3 which allows rehearsal time in the holidays . . .I am asking you
early this time. Perhaps when you have a little spare time,
you could check for me? Not in a hurry though . . .
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Sydney Grammar
Hello
Well we are
well into the this year. We are having Thomas trotter as the
adjudicator for the Open . . .
Next year
2009, I am looking at the same time frame as this year for the Juniors and that
is the week they are back at school Term 3 which allows rehearsal time in the
holidays . . .I am asking you early this time. Perhaps when
you have a little spare time, you could check for me? Not in a hurry
though . . .
Well we are well into the this year. We are having Thomas
trotter as the adjudicator for the Open . . .
Next year 2009, I am looking at the same time frame as this year
for the Juniors and that is the week they are back at school Term 3 which
allows rehearsal time in the holidays . . .I am asking you early this time. Perhaps
when you have a little spare time, you could check for me? Not in a hurry
though . . .
From: sydneyorgan@...
[mailto:sydneyorgan@...] On Behalf Of Robert Wagner Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 2:10 PM To: Robert Wagner Subject: [sydneyorgan] Bach at Sydney Grammar
Dear friends, students, parents & colleagues,
Attached is advance notice of our annual Bach birthday
celebration organ concert, at which you and your guests would be most welcome.
The concert starts at 6.30pm will last approximately an hour.
Christopher Wrench is one of Australia's finest concert
organists, and is particularly noted as a magnificent Bach player.
Admission is free and off street parking (via Stanley St)
will be available from 6pm that evening. Grammar is a short walk from many fine
restaurants.
You may be interested to know that Grammar's Mander organ
was recently featured on the American 'Pipedreams' radio programme, with Paul
Jacobs playing Bach.
If you have any enquiries about this concert please let me
know.
Regards,
Bob Wagner.
PS This may be the first time that you have received such a
notice from me. I plan to use this list to let you know about the annual Bach
concert and any other major organ events happening at Grammar (probably a
couple of emails per year). If you would rather not receive these, then please
let me know.
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Attached is advance notice of our annual Bach birthday celebration organ concert, at which you and your guests would be most welcome. The concert starts at 6.30pm will last approximately an hour.
Christopher Wrench is one of Australia's finest concert organists, and is particularly noted as a magnificent Bach player.
Admission is free and off street parking (via Stanley St) will be available from 6pm that evening. Grammar is a short walk from many fine restaurants.
You may be interested to know that Grammar's Mander organ was recently featured on the American 'Pipedreams' radio programme, with Paul Jacobs playing Bach.
If you have any enquiries about this concert please let me know.
Regards,
Bob Wagner.
PS This may be the first time that you have received such a notice from me. I plan to use this list to let you know about the annual Bach concert and any other major organ events happening at Grammar (probably a couple of emails per year). If you would rather not receive these, then please let me know.
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Since I do not have parish duties at present, I can quite
often be available, both on Sundays and weekdays, for
deputizing at the console...
I can often be available at short notice.
John Aitchison (LRAM, FRCO)
john.aitchison@...
telephone 98764124.
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Czech composer Petr Eben, whose wide variety of music has been performed around the globe, has died. He was 78.
Eben died late Wednesday at his home in Prague, his son Marek told the CTK news agency Thursday. He was battling an unspecified long-term illness.
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From 1977-78, Eben was teaching composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.
Throughout his career, he composed some 200 pieces, including works for organ and piano, orchestral and chamber compositions, masses, cantatas and music for children. Among them: the organ cycle "Job","Sunday Music", "Faust", the oratorio "Sacred Symbols" for the Salzburg Cathedral, "Windows" (4 movements according to Marc Chagall for trumpet and organ), and "Prague Te Deum."
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Hello Folks,
Good news received today from 2MBS-FM. Direct streaming of 2MBS-FM
to the internet has now commenced. Below is the text of a message
which I have posted to a number of organ chat lists.
Andrew Grahame
2MBS-FM – "Sydney's Fine Music Station" – is now online.
2MBS-FM is Australia's first FM radio station, commencing
broadcasting in 1975. It can be found at 102.5 on local Sydney radio
dials. It can now be reached anywhere in the world via live
streaming to the internet.
Staffed by volunteers and broadcasting 24 hours a day 7 days a week,
2MBS-FM is predominantly a classical music station, with occasional
excursions into jazz, contemporary music, folk music and other
special interest musical genres. Organ music is represented by two
broadcasts which I present each month.
"Colours of the King" goes to air on the second Saturday of each
month – 5 pm until 6 pm. This is the programme of the Organ Music
Society of Sydney. The next broadcast will be on Saturday 13th
October.
"Music for the Theatre Organ" can be heard on the 3rd Saturday of
each month – 6.30 pm until 7.00 pm. The next broadcast will be on
Saturday 20th October.
Programme details of the two organ broadcasts can be found on the
website of the Organ Music Society of Sydney.
www.sydneyorgan.com
Choose "concert diary" then "organ music on radio".
Sydney time is currently GMT +10 (daylight saving has not yet
commenced).
To tune in, log on to the station's web page at
www.2mbs.com
Follow the link in the lower left corner of the screen. Windows
Media Player will open and streaming will commence. A high-speed
broadband connection is desirable to avoid dropouts due to buffering.
Alternatively you can access the broadcast directly via this link
http://2MBSFM.primcast.com/2MBSFM
Andrew Grahame
Sydney
by Handel, Bach, Fauré, Caccini, Martini, Viviani and others
St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt
College Street, Sydney
Sunday 30 September 2007 at 3 pm
Organ Peter Kneeshaw
Trumpet Anthony Heinrichs
Soprano Belinda Montgomery
Handel ‘Aria’ from Amadigi di Gaula
Viviani Sonata prima
Giazotto Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor
Martini Toccata
Caccini ‘Ave Maria’
Bach ‘Sheep may Safely Graze’
Urio‘Aria’ from Te Deum
Handel ‘Aria’ from Judas Maccabaeus
Buxtehude Fugue in C
Hovhaness Prayer of St Gregory
Fauré‘Pie Jesu’ from Requiem
Handel‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ from Samson
Admission including Program notes: $20 ($15 concession)
Enquiries Peter Kneeshaw 0412 098889 or email at kneeshawp@...
Trumpeter Anthony Heinrichs has been a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 1995. Anthony has also played regularly with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Germany.
Soprano Belinda Montgomery specialises in early music and contemporary repertoire. She has performed with many leading ensembles including that Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir.
Peter Kneeshaw has been Principal Organist at St Mary's Cathedral since 1988 and has given numerous recitals in Australia and Europe.
The beautiful crypt has a fabulous acoustic for music.
Craig Douglass from Bernie's Music Land in Melbourne advises that this recital will be at 3pm at St Paul of the Cross Catholic Church, 532 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill.
Regards to all,
Bob.
Robert Wagner Music Department, Sydney Grammar School
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[mailto:sydneyorgan@...] On Behalf Of Robert Parkinson Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2007 3:56 PM To: Sydney Organ Group Subject: [sydneyorgan]
Does
anyone know at what time the Johannus demonstration is to be at St Paul's
Catholic Church, Dulwich Hill, on Sunday 9 September - there was a brief
notice in last Sydney Organ Journal and perhaps the next Journal will be more
precise.
Does anyone know at what time the Johannus demonstration is to be at St Paul's Catholic Church, Dulwich Hill, on Sunday 9 September - there was a brief notice in last Sydney Organ Journal and perhaps the next Journal will be more precise.
Owing to the APEC Public Holiday, lack of public transport and parking in the city and many unknown security issues in the Town Hall area of Sydney, we have decided it would be best to cancel the lunchtime organ recital on Friday 7th September, which was to be given by John Aitchison. John knew this may be the situation when he chose that date and so will use his program on a future date.
I post this on behalf of my colleague Greg Howard.
Regards,
Bob Wagner.
St Benedict's Catholic Church
Broadway NSW
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
St Benedict's has held an important place in the history of the Catholic Church in Sydney.The parish is currently experiencing an uplifting phase of renewal due to the recent partnership with the University of Notre Dame Australia and the redevelopment of the Broadway site.
The parish wishes to enlist the services of a capable and enthusiastic musician for the new position of Director of Music.A job description, outlining accountabilities, terms and conditions and the application process is available on the parish website: www.stbenedicts.org.auTelephone inquiries may be made by contacting the interim director on 0419 276682.
Applications close on Friday 29 June 2007.The commencement date will be as soon as possible.
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Rev Bill Crews from the Ashfield Parish Mission and Exodus
Foundation needs a volunteer pianist for Wednesday
20th June and as relief on other occasions.
You will play for the 11
am service, then be accompanist for a choir rehearsal (familiar
hymns and evergreen favourites – like the TV choir of ‘hard knocks’,
but with church members as well) for 2 hours from 1 pm. You would be welcome to join them for lunch.
Please contact Hans Timmers on 8752 4600. if you can help.
Subject: [sydneyorgan] Position Vacant: Director of Music, St Stephen's Uniting Church, Sydney
St Stephen's Uniting Church seeks applications from well qualified people to fill the impending vacancy of Director of Music.
For a job description and advice as to the application process, visit http://www.ssms.org.au/Default.aspx?tabid=62 or contact the "Music Search Committee", St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie St, Sydney, 2000. Applications will require supporting material, and close at 2pm on Tuesday 19 June 2007. The vacancy begins on Monday 6 August, 2007.
Please forward this email to anyone who may be interested in this position.
St Stephen's Uniting Church seeks applications from well qualified people to fill the impending vacancy of Director of Music.
For a job description and advice as to the application process, visit http://www.ssms.org.au/Default.aspx?tabid=62 or contact the "Music Search Committee", St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie St, Sydney, 2000. Applications will require supporting material, and close at 2pm on Tuesday 19 June 2007. The vacancy begins on Monday 6 August, 2007.
Please forward this email to anyone who may be interested in this position.
For all those in the Sydney area, please remember all the special
organ events with Paul Jacobs over the next few days (these are in
addition to several other events - The Sydney Organ Competition on
Saturday and the Organ Ramble to the Southern Highlands and Goulburn
on the Queen's Birthday Holiday).
For more information on the organs and programs, please go to the
"Organ Music Society of Sydney" website calendar page for June:
http://www.sydneyorgan.com/Calendar7/June.html
June 1 Friday
6.30pm - Sydney Grammar School - Paul Jacobs (Juilliard School, NY)
(Mander)
Bach Festival
June 3 Sunday
3.30pm Recital/Lecture – Paul Jacobs University of Sydney – Great
Hall (von Beckerath)
June 4 Monday
12.30pm Sydney Town Hall lunchtime recital. Paul Jacobs (Hill & Son)
June 5 Tuesday
3.30pm - 5.30pm - Masterclass – Sydney Grammar School - Paul
Jacobs (Mander)
June 8 Friday
1.10pm - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral lunchtime recital - Paul Jacobs
(Hill/Létourneau)
June 9 Saturday
5.00 - 6.30pm St Jude's, Bowral - Paul Jacobs (Fincham)
June 10 Sunday
4.00pm Recital at Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra - Paul Jacobs
June 15 Friday
6.30pm St Andrew's Cathedral "Head of School" recital with Paul
Jacobs (Hill/Létourneau)
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