January Organ Crawl

Hi folks, One of our younger members is organising an Organ Crawl to three local organs, on Saturday 16th January.    Proposed timings are: Bargeddie Parish Church – 11:00-12:30 St Joseph’s Blantyre 13:00-14:00 (Possible tea and coffee) St Mary’s Episcopal Hamilton – 15:00-16:30 Please let us know if you are coming along, we can maybeContinue reading “January Organ Crawl”

La Nativité du Seigneur – by Andrew Caskie

Andrew Caskie, organist of Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh presents the work La Nativité du Seigneur (Messiaen) Saturday 28th November 2015 at 7:30pm – Dunfermline Abbey Saturday 5th December 2015 at 7:30pm – Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh Both Performances include readings and admission is free Andrew has been Director of Music at Palmerston Place Church since 2003Continue reading “La Nativité du Seigneur – by Andrew Caskie”

Cello Recital Saturday 7th November

Feargus Egan – Cello  Feargus is a  graduate of the RCM with a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction, where he studied with Melissa Phelps. While studying there he was a scholar supported by the Bliss Trust. In 2011 he graduated with a BMus from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with first class honours. AtContinue reading “Cello Recital Saturday 7th November”

Kelvingrove reaches is 3000th recital 

This month we will be celebrating a major landmark in the Kelvingrove Daily Organ Recitals – a world record – Recital no. 3,000. As you know the series is the only free daily organ recitals anywhere in the world and has proved to be one of the Gallery’s most popular features. The concert will beContinue reading “Kelvingrove reaches is 3000th recital “

New Monkland recital – 10th October 

Saturday 10th October at 2:30pm at New Monkland Parish Church, the LSO invite you to our October event!   We welcome Matt Edwards as our guest recitalist.   The Programme… 1. Toccata pour Grand Orgue – G. Bélier 2. Suite in D – J. Stanley 3. Trumpet Tune in D – D. Johnson 4. CiaconaContinue reading “New Monkland recital – 10th October “

Merrylea Recital – 18th October

Merrylea Parish Church (Holy Trinity) Organ Recital – Peter Christie ‘A trip to France’ Sunday 18 October 2015 at 2.30pm 1) Trumpet Tune (from the Te Deum) Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704) Arr. Hesford 2) Noel – Grand Jeux et DuoLouis-Claude D’Aquin (1694-1772) 3) La Nativité du Seigneur: Desseins Éternels (1935) Olivier Messaien (1908-1992) 4) Pièce HéroïqueContinue reading “Merrylea Recital – 18th October”

GLASGOW SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS SESSION 2015-16

Our friends from the Glasgow Society, invite us to any of their events detailed below.   All meetings commence at 2.30 pm in 72 Berkeley Street, Glasgow unless otherwise stated 3 Oct Oakshaw Trinity Parish Church, Paisley Recital – John Turner 7 Nov Merrylea Parish Church “The truth about electronics” PLEASE NOTE there is NOContinue reading “GLASGOW SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS SESSION 2015-16”

Merrylea recital 

Merrylea Parish Church(Holy Trinity) Organ Recital Sunday 27th September 2015 at 2.30pm Peter Christie & John Burnett Programme (will proceed unannounced) John Burnett:​March : Dam Busters​(arr Burnett)​E Coates Prelude & Fugue in F minor BWV 543​ J S Bach Prelude on ‘O Waly Waly’ ​D Wood Fanfare (from Four Extemporisations)​P W Whitlock Elegy (from DownlandContinue reading “Merrylea recital “

Paisley abbey recital 

Lunchtime Recital given by Chris Bragg (organ)……Paisley Abbey, Saturday 26 September at 12.30pm  The series of Abbey winter recitals starts on Saturday when Chris Bragg gives an exciting recital on the Abbey’s Cavaille Coll organ.   Chris Bragg was born in Stirling in 1980. Following a period as organ scholar of Dunblane Cathedral under theContinue reading “Paisley abbey recital “