This is an archive of news articles from June 2008. Current news articles can be found here and an archive index can be found here. Information in this archive may no longer be valid.
- St Dominic's Priory - UK premiere (Martin Stacey)
News Item added: 24th June
Some of you will know that Choir & Organ Magazine commissioned Martin Stacey to write a piece for them at the beginning of this year. Totentanz - Hommage à Petr Eben received its first performance in Los Angeles (Royce Hall, UCLA) last weekend played by the Canadian concert organist Maxine Thévenot, for whom the piece was written.
Maxine will be giving the UK premiere of this piece as part of her recital at St Dominic's Priory (Southampton Road, NW5 4LB) on Friday 4th July at 7:30pm. Admission is free.
- Christ Church Organ Restoration
News Item added: 24th June
CHRIST CHURCH, WANSTEAD, London E11. The three manual Hill organ of 1878, transferred from St Mary Magdalene, Manningham, Bradford, has now been restored by David Wells Organ Builders, with the aid of a generous grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. An opening recital will be given by Thomas Trotter at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday the 27th September 2008, when he promises an intriguing programme of music by Handel, W.T. Best, Elgar and Boëllmann. Tickets, price £10, are available from The Rectory, 37 Wanstead Place, Wanstead, London E11 2SW. Please enclose a S.A.E, and make cheques payable to 'The Parish of Wanstead Organ Fund.'
- Music at Midday 2008 -- the Flentrop Organ, Dunblane Cathedal
News Item added: 16th June
Admission free -- retiring collection
Soup lunch available in Hall afterwards
21 June - Robert Gower (Glenalmond College)
28 June - Matthew Beetschen (Dunblane Cathedral)
5 July - Ronald de Jong (The Netherlands)
12 July - Olivier Salandini (France)
19 July - Matthew Beestchen (Dunblane Cathedral)
26 July - Christopher Bragg (The Netherlands)
2 Aug - David Hardie (Cheshire)
9 Aug - John Walker (Perthshire)
16 Aug - Simon Graham (Kippen)
23 Aug - Dunblane Cathedral Organ Scholar and Organ Students
30 Aug - Derby Cathedral Girls Choir, with Tom Corfield, Organist, directed by Peter Gould
