Lanarkshire Organ Crawl

When: Saturday 18th April 2015 Where: Airdrie, Hamilton and Cambusnethan Organs: Brindley & Foster, Harrison & Harrison, Forster & Andrew, and JW Walker If you are interested in joining the LSO and friends in this organ crawl and a day of socialising please get in touch for more details  – contact us We look forwardContinue reading “Lanarkshire Organ Crawl”

SFO Annual Conference – booking form

The SFO Conference for 2015 take place on 15th and 16th May and is organised this year by the Stirling and District Society of Organists. An interesting programme of events are taking place in Stenhouse and Carron Parish Church. Please download the booking form and send back to: Miss Margaret Simpson, 18 Craigton Crescent, Alva,Continue reading “SFO Annual Conference – booking form”

St John Passion at Paisley Abbey – 22nd March 2015

The performance of Bach’s masterpiece, the St. John Passion, will take place on Sunday 22nd March at 7.30 pm. It will be noteworthy for several reasons. Firstly, the Abbey Choir will be joined by several former choristers as soloists. The Evangelist will be Stuart Patterson who is now enjoying a successful career, mainly in operaContinue reading “St John Passion at Paisley Abbey – 22nd March 2015”

Organ Recital Merrylea Parish Church, Glasgow

Merrylea Parish Church (Holy Trinity) Organ Recital (based on Hymn Tune arrangements) Sunday 8th March 2015 at 2.30pm John Burnett Programme (will proceed unannounced) 1) Nun danket alle Gott (from Cantata 79 by J S Bach) V Fox 2) Chorale Prelude on “Rockingham” C H H Parry 3) Chorale Prelude on “St Michael” J EContinue reading “Organ Recital Merrylea Parish Church, Glasgow”

St John Passion, Bach – Paisley Abbey 22nd March

The performance of Bach’s masterpiece, the St. John Passion, will take place on Sunday 22nd March at 7.30 pm. It will be noteworthy for several reasons. Firstly, the Abbey Choir will be joined by several former choristers as soloists. The Evangelist will be Stuart Patterson who is now enjoying a successful career, mainly in operaContinue reading “St John Passion, Bach – Paisley Abbey 22nd March”

Lunchtime Organ Recital given by Tim Lambourn……Paisley Abbey, Saturday 21 February at 12.30pm

The series of Abbey Saturday recitals continues with a varied programme of organ music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, played by Timothy Lambourn. Timothy Lambourn has been the Assistant organist at Paisley Abbey since October 2014. Tim was the Senior Organ Scholar at Jesus College Cambridge where he studied geography but prior toContinue reading “Lunchtime Organ Recital given by Tim Lambourn……Paisley Abbey, Saturday 21 February at 12.30pm”

Celebrity organ concert – 5th March

Sietze De Vries is widely considered to be the most important improviser in historic styles alive today. The winner of 15 National and International prizes (including the Haarlem International Improvisation Competition in 2002), De Vries performs and teaches all over the world, including annual classes at the McGill Organ Academy in Canada and a GuestContinue reading “Celebrity organ concert – 5th March”