Patron: Dame Gillian Weir
Registered Charity No.298088
Last page update: 13 January 2019
Local Events
This listing includes organ-related events within easy reach of Reading. For a comprehensive nationwide listing, visit www.organrecitals.com
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2019
Thursday 17 January
7.30pm. Royal Festival Hall, London. Organ recital by American virtuoso Nathan Laube, playing J.S.Bach's Clavier-Übung III. For more information, visit the Southbank Centre website
Friday 18 January
12.30 - 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Gill Blythman (Newbury). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Monday 28 January
1pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ by Andy Baldwin (Shinfield). Programme to include music by Bach, Whitlock, Becker and Wesley. £5. Reading Arts 0118 960 6060.
Tuesday 5 February
8pm. St Lawrence Church, Alton. Organ recital by Roger Sayer (Temple Church, London). Admission £10 at the door (including programme), with concessionary rates for students. Visit Alton Organ Society for more information.
Saturday 9 February **BOA Event **
London organs visit, including the Freemasons' Hall at 11.30am and St Mary-le-Bow at 3pm. More details to follow.
Thursday 14 February
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Gillian Blythman (Thatcham). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Friday 15 February
12.30 - 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Nathaniel Keiller (Windsor). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Sunday 17 February
4.00pm. St Mary's Church, Streatley on Thames. Organ Recital by Michael Overbury with music from six centuries, including works by Hildegard of Bingen, Bach, Handel and Mozart. Tickets £8 (£7 concessions). Optional tea following the hour-long recital, for which cash donations are requested. For advance bookings and enquiries email St Mary's Concerts.
Monday 25 February
7.30pm. Royal Festival Hall, London. Organ recital by Catherine Ennis. Programme includes music by Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Bach and Vierne. For more information, visit the Southbank Centre website
Tuesday 5 March
8pm. St Lawrence Church, Alton. Organ recital by Gordon Stewart (Concert organist). Admission £10 at the door (including programme), with concessionary rates for students. Visit Alton Organ Society for more information.
Saturday 9 March **BOA Event **
Visit to organs in Marlow and Maidenhead. Meet at Christ Church URC, Oxford Road, Marlow at 1.30pm, then St Mary's Church, Maidenhead at 4pm. More details to follow.
Thursday 14 March
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Christine Wells (St. Mary the Virgin, Hambleden). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Friday 15 March
12.30 - 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Andy Baldwin (Shinfield). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Monday 25 March
1pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ by William McVicker (Royal Festival Hall & Reading Town Hall). Programme to include music by Louis Vierne, Nicholas Choveaux and extraordinary Nordic pieces by Bjarne Sløgedal and Arild Sandvold. £5. Reading Arts 0118 960 6060.
Tuesday 2 April
8pm. St Lawrence Church, Alton. Organ recital by David Dunnett (Norwich Cathedral). Admission £10 at the door (including programme), with concessionary rates for students. Visit Alton Organ Society for more information.
Thursday 11 April
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Chris Totney (Head of Keyboard Studies, St. Mary’s School, Calne & Director of Music, St. John’s, Devizes). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Friday 12 April
12.30 - 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Ian Hillier (Reading Minster). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Tuesday 7 May
8pm. St Lawrence Church, Alton. Organ recital by Ourania Gassiou (Athens Concert Hall & London). Admission £10 at the door (including programme), with concessionary rates for students. Visit Alton Organ Society for more information.
Saturday 11 May **BOA Event **
St Mary's Church, Shinfield. Recital, tea and AGM. The recital will be given by the President, Andy Baldwin. More details to follow.
Friday 17 May
12.30 - 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Jonathan Holl (Windsor). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Thursday 13 June
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Alistair Davis (St. John’s, Stockcross). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Friday 21 June
12.30 - 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Christine Wells (Hambleden). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Thursday 11 July
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Rosemary Evans (St. John the Evangelist, Newbury). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 8 August
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Jane van Tilborg (St. John the Baptist, Snape, Suffolk). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 12 September
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Stephen Holmes (St. Michael and All Angels’, Lambourn). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 10 October
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Roy Woodhams (Rector of Cranleigh, Surrey). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 14 November
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Jonathan Holl (Windsor). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 12 December
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. Organ recital by Clive Grant (St. George’s, Wash Common). Admission free. Retiring Collection.