BRISBANE ORGAN CONCERTS 2008
St John’s Music
Thursday Meditations
in Lent Series No 1: {35min Recitals}
Thursday 7 February, 1.10pm
Christopher Cook plays Trio Sonata in E-flat - JS Bach with Mendelssohn’s Sonata No.1
in F.
St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission.
St John’s Music
Thursday Meditations
in Lent Series No 2: {35min Recitals}
Thursday 14 February, 1.10pm
Rupert Jeffcoat
plays a Trio Sonata in C - JS Bach
with Mendelssohn’s Sonata No.1 in C.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission.
St John’s Music
Thursday Meditations
in Lent Series No 3: {35min Recitals}
Thursday 21 February, 1.10pm
Christopher Cook plays a Trio Sonata in D - JS Bach
with Mendelssohn’s Sonata No.3 in A “Out of the Deep”.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission.
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday
24 February, 3pm
Christopher Cook plays
a fun program of organ transcriptions and other musical
indiscretions. Overture to Occasional Oratorio- GF Handel,
Sposalizio- Franz Liszt arr
Edwin Lemaire, Rigaudon- Jean Baptiste
Lully, Grand Offertoire-
Antoine Édouard Batiste, Andante Cantabile-
Petr Tchaikovsky, Pilgrims’ Chorus- Richard
Wagner, Sortie in Eb-
Louis Alfred James Lefébure-Wély.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
St John’s Music
Thursday Meditations
in Lent Series No 4: {35min Recitals}
Thursday 28 February, 1.10pm
Rupert Jeffcoat
plays a
Trio Sonata in E- JS Bach with
Mendelssohn’s Sonata No.4 in B flat.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission.
St Paul's Ipswich Music
Twilight Recital
Wednesday 5 March, 5.00pm Drinks on the Heritage listed
verandah. Then 6.00pm. {1 Hour Recital}
Michael and Therese
Lynch will be performing
a variety of music using the organ, piano and double bass.
St Paul's
Anglican CHurch, Brisbane Street Ipswich.
Admission by donation to the Organ Fund.
St John’s Music
Thursday Meditations
in Lent Series No 5: {35min Recitals}
Thursday 6 March, 1.10pm
Christopher Cook plays a Trio Sonata in C - JS Bach with
Mendelssohn’s Sonata No.5 in D.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission.
St John’s Music
Thursday Meditations
in Lent Series No 4: {35min Recitals}
Thursday 13 March, 1.10pm
Rupert Jeffcoat
plays a
Trio Sonata in G- JS Bach with
Mendelssohn’s Sonata No.6 in D “Our Father in Heaven”.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission.
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday 30 March, 3pm
Mark Bensted [Sydney] plays a
program to be advised.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
Mystic Organ 'Resurrexit'
Organ at St Mary’s
Sunday 20 April, 3pm
Dramatic vision of the risen life as portrayed
by Tournemire (Victumae
paschali) & Messiaen
(Les corps glorieux) with Christopher Wrench at the King of Instruments. St Mary’s Anglican Church 455 Main Street Kangaroo
Point.$20/$10
Tickets at the door.
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday 27 April, 3pm
Daniel Trocme-Latter [NZ/UK] plays
a program to be advised.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
Mystic
Organ ‘Serene Alleluias’
Organ at St Mary’s
Saturday 3 May, 5pm
Christopher Wrench performs meditative and joyous music by Bach (Concerto in
a BWV 593, Prelude & Fugue in e BWV548) and Messiaen
(L’Ascension).St Mary’s Anglican Church 455 Main Street Kangaroo Point. $20/$10 Tickets at the
door.
St John’s Music
Duet Recital for
Organ:
Sunday 4 May,
Christopher Cook and Rupert Jeffcoat play
a program including Widor, Wagner,
Merkel, Lutyens, and Langlais.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
Music at All Saints Wickham St.
Sundays
at All Saints:
Sunday 11 May, 2.30pm
Rupert Jeffcoat plays
a program which will include works by
Buxtehude, JS Bach, Rinck and Jongen, as well as a Choral
Program.
All Saints
Wickham Terrace Brisbane.
Admission
$20/$10. Tickets at the door.
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday 18 May, 3pm
Lachlan Redd [Melbourne] plays
Prelude & Fugue in e (BWV548) JS Bach, Prelude, Fugue
& Variation (Op18) Cesar Franck, Prelude & Fugue in c
(Op 37) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Tu es Petra Henry
Mulet, Benedictus (Op 9 No9) Max Reger, and the
Finale from Second Symphony Marcel Dupre.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
QCGU
Kawai Series:
Sunday 25 May, 3pm
Christopher Wrench plays
J.S.Bach's monumental 'Clavierubung Pt 3'.
Basil
Jones Orchestral Hall,
Queensland Conservatorium Brisbane.
$25 / $15 qtix 136 246 or www.qtix.com.au
www.griffith.edu.au/concerts Tel: 3735 6241
OSQ
Event
From
Bach to Elton John
Friday 30 May, 12.30pm-1.30pm
Denis Wayper plays
a program of Organ Favourites
St Andrew's
Uniting Church, Cnr Creek St. and Ann St. Brisbane.
Free Admission
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday 29 June, 3pm
Rupert Jeffcoat [Director of Music
St John's Cathedral] plays a program to be advised.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
Music at St Mary's
All Organs Australia Concert:
Sunday 24 August, 2pm
Godelieve Ghavalas (Sydney) and
Carmen Cheong-Clinch play "The Sea Lion". A narrated
story with Organ and Piano.
St Mary’s
Church Main Street Kangaroo Point Brisbane.
Admission
$20/$10. RSVP 3841 0153.
Music at Brisbane
City Hall
Brisbane Concert:- Organ + Silent Film:
Thursday 28 August, 7pm
David Johnston plays the sound track with the silent
film. "The Phantom of the Opera" Lon Chaney 1925.
Brisbane
City Hall Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission
Music
at Toowoomba
Toowoomba Concert:
Sunday 31 August, 2pm
Dr Steven Nisbet plays as guest organist.
Middle
Ridge Uniting Church Stenner street Toowoomba, Qld.
Admission
by gold coin donation.
Mystic
Organ ‘Emmanuel’
Organ at St Mary’s
Sunday 7 September, 4pm
On the eve of the ‘Birthday of Mary’ Christopher Wrench performs
Messiaen’s glorious nine musical meditations
on the Christmas story. St Mary’s Anglican Church 455 Main Street Kangaroo Point.
$20/$10 Tickets at the
door.
Youth Orchestra
& Organ
Sunday 13 September, 7pm
Christopher Wrench performs the POULENC Organ Concerto with the Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra & John Curro.
QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane.
$20/$10 Tickets at the
door.
Music
at Brisbane City Hall
Brisbane Concert:- Organ + Silent Film:
Friday 26 September, 7pm
Ron West plays the sound track with the silent
film. "The Son of the Sheik" Rudolph Valentino 1926.
Brisbane
City Hall Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission
Music
at The Old Museum
"Piano, Voice
and Pipe Organ":
Saturday 27 September, 6.30pm
Maria Welna plays Toccatta in F by Pachelbel, Bach's Chorale Preludes, and Franck's
Prelude Fugue and Variations.
Old museum
Building Gregory Terrace Bowen Hills Brisbane.
$37.50/$29.50
qtix 136 246 or www.qtix.com.au
TOSA
Event
"Broadway
to Brisbane":
Sunday 5 October, 2.00pm
Dr. Robert Boughen plays the Christie Theatre Pipe Organ
in the Assembly Hall. Robert was a founding member of the Organ Society of Queensland
in 1952.
Kelvin
Grove State College, cnr of Tank Street & Victoria Park Road Kelvin Grove
Brisbane.
$10 Tickets
at the door.
Organ
& Chamber Music Recital
Tuesday 7 October, 12.30pm-1.30pm Lunchtime Concert
Rev. Dr Howard Munro (Dean, St John's
College) and Kerrie-Anne Looi (UQ Music student) Organ.
Music by John Stanley, Bach, and Handel.
University
of Queensland Art Museum (Mayne Centre).
Free
Admission.
Bon
Anniversaire
Organ at St Mary’s
Sunday 12 October, 3pm
Canticum commemorates the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams
death with a performance of the Mass in g minor on the composer’s birthday.
Christopher Wrench celebrates
his 50th birthday with a performance of Durufle’s
stunning Suite for Organ, op.5. Followed by Champagne.
St Mary’s Anglican Church 455 Main Street Kangaroo Point.
Admission
$20; Cooncession
$10; Tickets at the door.
Organ
Spectacular Co-inciding with International Concerts in
the Year of the Pipe Organ around the World. Jointly sponsored by St
Andrew's Uniting Church and the Organ Society of Qld.
Sunday 19 October, 3.00pm -Total involvement of more than 2000 performers in over
250 Concerts.
Organ: Steven Nisbet and Andrew
Wadley(St Andrew's Uniting Church), Christopher Cook (St John's Cathedral)
and Oboe Natasha Kalous (Sinfonia of St Andrew).
Program
includes: Trio Sonata 1 (Bach), Cathedral Suite (Young),
Scherzo (Durufle), Canzona and
Rustic Cavalry March (Whitlock), Grand Chouer (Dubois), Organ Duet (Sousa/Tomkins), Incantation (Langlais), Fanfare (Mathias), Ain't Misbehavin (Fats Waller), Ornament of Grace (for Oboe & Organ composed for
the occassion by Bernard Sanders).
St Andrew's
Uniting Church Cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane..
Admission $10; Concession $5. Enquiries phone 3411 2811
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday 26 October, 3pm
Douglas Lawrence [Melbourne] plays
a program to be advised.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
Music at Brisbane City
Hall
Brisbane Concert:- Organ + Silent Film:
Friday 31 October, 7pm
Andrew Zieren plays the sound track with the silent
film. "Steamboat Bill Jnr" Buster Keaton 1928. See Links below.
Brisbane
City Hall Ann Street Brisbane.
Free Admission
.
Lux
Aeterna
Organ at St Mary’s
Sunday 2 November, 4pm
The Queensland Conservatorium Chamber Choir, Emily Cox & Christopher
Wrench perform the mesmerising
Requiem by Durufle on All Soul’s Day.
St Mary’s Anglican Church 455 Main Street Kangaroo Point.
$20/$10 Tickets at the door.
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Wednesday 19 November, 7.30pm {PLEASE NOTE – NOT A SUNDAY}
Daniel Moult [UK] plays
a program to be advised.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
St John’s Music
Brisbane Organ Recitals International Series:
Sunday 30 November, 7.30pm
Amy Johansson [Sydney/US] plays a
program to be advised.
St John’s Anglican
Cathedral, Ann Street Brisbane.
Charges Apply. Tickets at the door.
LINKS to further Music
Program websites which include the Pipe Organ.
www.saintmarys.org.au/concerts/htm
http://stjohnscathedral.com.au/community/music/music_highlights_2008.html
www.filmsite.org/stea.htmll