Organ news from PDOA

Dear Organ lover

I am pleased to send recital details for some July and August concerts, as well as other news of interest.

Best wishes

FERGUS BLACK, Chairman

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ORGAN RECITAL THIS FRIDAY

BLATANT SELF-PUBLICITY FIRST: Fridays in July @ 1pm, on the Binns organ at Stamford All Saints', Red Lion Square.
Free admission with retiring collection for Church Music Fund.
With big screen video projection of the player.
Friday is Market Day; expect the town to be busy. Scotgate Car Park is nearest: PE9 2YB.

Friday 21st July 1pm - Fergus Black

Director of Music, Stamford All Saints’ Church

Fergus Black

Daniel Purcell, Francis Jackson, Clifford Harker, Healey Willan and Frank Bridge

Friday 28th July 1pm - Michael Stephens-Jones

First Prizewinner, London Organ Competition

Michael Stephens-Jones

Bach, Alain, Franck, DuMage, Wesley, Thalben-Ball and Dubois
Further details of the concerts at Stamford All Saints' are on this web site.

ORGAN DUETS IN PETERBOROUGH

(click image to see details on a pdf)
There are some very good performances coming up at the 1pm lunchtime concerts at St John's in Cathedral Square, Peterborough from 25th July all the way through to the 29th August. Please see the poster. Admission is free, with a £4 suggested donation.
Make a note of Tuesday 8th July: Elizabeth & John Arkell (Organ Duet)
Bruce Burbidge, one of our members is also involved.
For further details visit
facebook.com/EventsatStJohns (or stjohnscic.wordpress.com)

PDOA DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday 23rd September
Organ Crawl
Curated by Stephen Barber (see below). Bulwick (dedicated to St Nicholas with a two manual Holditch, NPOR N03485) at 2pm and Kings Cliffe (dedicated to All Saints, NPOR D01670) at 3.30pm. (Previously advertised as on the 16th September)

Wednesday 4th October
Recital by Fergus Black
Music by local composers including Beechey, Spratley, Thompson, Gower, Hansell (and now Barber!) at Stamford All Saints'. Concert at 6pm, followed by the AGM and a convival meal at The Crown.

HELP NEEDED - SUNDAY A.M.

from Peter Davies, who needs cover for a Sunday morning service on 17th September in Market Deeping.
"The commitment is for full choral Eucharist plus anthem (yet to be chosen and could be negotiated). The service is at 10am but with a 9.30 choir practice. The service itself usually lasts barely over an hour. We have a committed SATB (up to) 24 strong choir and a smallish two manual Hill which is a little heavy but otherwise in reasonable working order (apart from the Swell Super Oct. and the odd note here and there!); Oh, and the Gt. Trumpet is best avoided. A rebuild is planned!"
Please call Peter Davies directly if you can help 07779 780021

LOCAL COMPOSERS FOR THE ORGAN

Stephen Barber, one of our members, has won the Orgelbuchlein Project Prize given by the Trustees of the Royal College of Organists, for his organ prelude on the chorale Es spricht.

Gerard Brooks won the other prize for Christus, der ist mein Leben

Chris Benton, the Organist of St. Peter's Church, Weston Favell, writes: "It may be of interest to organists of the PDOA that I have decided to share some of my organ transcriptions, which are now on sale on Ebay, beginning with some Mendelssohn Songs Without Words & Debussy The Snow is Dancing:

Please visit the following links should any of this music be of interest"

Mendelssohn:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253041892073?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 (£10)

Debussy:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253044327705?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 (£5)