Patron: Dame Gillian Weir

Registered Charity No.298088

Last update: 28/08/08

Local Events

This listing includes organ-related events within easy reach of Reading. For a comprehensive nationwide listing, visit www.organrecitals.com

Please contact David Pether to have your event included in this listing or to subscribe to our events mailing list.

2008

Friday 5th September

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime organ recital by Michael Thomas. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Saturday 6th September

7.45pm - Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton.  Concerto delle Donne, including Donna Deam, Miriam Allan, & Gill Ross (sopranos) with Alastair Ross (director and organ). Music for convents by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Tickets £8 (£5 concessions). www.douaiabbey.org.uk 

Sunday 7th September

3pm - Farnborough Abbey. Organ recital by Fausto Caporali. Programme lasts for one hour, followed by refreshments. Free admission, retiring collection. For more information see www.cavaille-coll.co.uk

Wednesday 10th September

1pm - 1.50pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ  by William McVicker (Reading Town Hall Organ Curator) with soprano Alice Murray. "The Lost Chord" - a programme of entertainments from the Victorian era. £4. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Thursday 11th September

1.10pm - St.Nicolas' Church, Newbury. Lunchtime organ recital by Steve Bowey (Shaw-cum-Donnington). Retiring collection.

Saturday 13th September  ** BOA-supported Event **

Heritage Open Day in Reading town centre. 

The following churches will be open with free regular demonstrations of their organs by BOA members: Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts'); St Mary's Church, Castle Street; St Giles' Church, Southampton Street.

Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall) will be hosting free demonstrations of the Father Willis organ at 11.00am, 12 noon, 2.00pm and 3.00pm. Each session will feature an introduction to the organ, a short recital, and the opportunity to ask questions and for musicians to try the organ for themselves.

More details to follow.

Friday 19th September

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime organ recital by Graham Ireland. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Saturday 20th September

7.30pm - St.Nicolas' Church, Newbury. Celebrity organ recital by Ann Elise Smoot. Tickets £10 (concessions available) at the door, or from Shoemakers, The Arcade, Newbury. More information from Carolyn Greenwood 01635 49474

Sunday 21st September

3pm - St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Timothy Byram-Wigfield plays Messiaen's 'La Nativité du Seigneur', as part of the 2008 Windsor Festival. Tickets prices range from £4 to £7.50. Click here for more details, including booking information.

Saturday 27th September   ** BOA Event **

7.30pm - St Nicholas Church, Remenham, near Henley. Association Local Recital Series. Ian May plays a programme of organ works lasting about an hour, including pieces by Bach, Handel, S Wesley, Vaughan-Williams and Elgar. Refreshments. Admission free - retiring collection.

Friday 3rd October

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime organ recital by Christine Wells. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Friday 3rd October

8pm - All Saint's Church, Rotherfield Peppard. 'Music for an Autumn Evening' for oboe and piano, including works by Bach, Schumann and Britten, presented by Frances and Martin Jones. Refreshments. Retiring collection for Rotherfield Peppard Educational Charity.

Sunday 5th October

3pm - Farnborough Abbey. Organ recital by Neil Wright. Programme lasts for one hour, followed by refreshments. Free admission, retiring collection. For more information see www.cavaille-coll.co.uk

8th - 11th October   ** BOA Event **

Study Tour to Kent and Sussex, including organs at Rochester, Canterbury, Maidstone, Hastings and Tonbridge. Please contact the Programme Secretary by 31 May if interested.

Thursday 9th October

1.10pm - St.Nicolas' Church, Newbury. Lunchtime organ recital by Roy Woodhams (Fleet). Retiring collection.

Friday 24th October

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime organ recital by David Price. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Saturday 25th October   ** BOA Event **

7.30pm - Christchurch United Reformed Church, Reading Road, Henley. Association Local Recital Series. Malcolm Stowell plays a programme of organ works lasting about an hour. Refreshments. Admission free - retiring collection.

Saturday 25th October

7.30pm - St Nicholas, Rotherfield Greys. The St Nicholas Singers, conducted by David Butler, with David Old (organ). Faure's Requiem and Messe Basse, plus solo organ music. Retiring collection for choir funds.

Sunday 26th October

7.30pm - Royal Holloway College Chapel. Olivier Messiaen Centenary Series. Livre d'Orgue played by Stephen Farr (London). Tickets at the door £8 (£2 students). For more information see www.chapelchoir.co.uk 

Wednesday 29th October

7.30pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). 'Town Hall Organ Favourites'. Thomas Trotter, one of the most well-known organists of our time, will perform one of his exhilarating Town Hall programmes on the historic Father Willis Organ. Programme includes works by Handel, Widor, Messiaen, Best, Gounod and Boellmann. £11.50/£9.50. Free pre-concert talk at 6.15pm. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Friday 31st October

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime organ recital by Edward McCall. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Saturday 1st November  ** BOA Event **

Annual Dinner at The Six Bells, Beenham, with guest speaker Dr William McVicker. Details to follow.

Sunday 2nd November

7.45pm - Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton. Choros conducted by Janet Lincé. Victoria Requiem, interspersed with reflective improvisations by Andrew Parnell (organ). Tickets £11 (£9 concessions).  www.douaiabbey.org.uk 

Wednesday 12th November

1pm - 1.50pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ  by Arnfinn Tobiassen (Dutch Church, London). Programme to include works by Bach, Cocker and Widor. £4. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Thursday 13th November

1.10pm - St.Nicolas' Church, Newbury. Lunchtime organ recital by Jonathan Holl (Windsor). Retiring collection.

Friday 21st November

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime organ recital by Chris Hood. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Friday 5th December

12.15pm - Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin ('St Mary Butts') Reading. Lunchtime recital by music students at Reading Bluecoat School. Retiring collection for the Organ Restoration Fund.

Wednesday 10th December

7.30pm - Royal Holloway College Chapel. Celebrity Organ Recital on Olivier Messiaen's 100th birthday. Dame Gillian Weir plays music by Messiaen, Bach, Durufle and Jongen. For more information see www.chapelchoir.co.uk 

Thursday 11th December

1.10pm - St.Nicolas' Church, Newbury. Lunchtime organ recital by David Reynolds (Newbury). Retiring collection.

2009

Saturday 10th January  ** BOA Event **

President's Social event. Details to follow.

Wednesday 14th January

1pm - 1.50pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ  by Relf Clark (All Saints' Church, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead). Programme to include works by Rheinberger, Bach, Herschel, Mendelssohn and Guilmant. £4. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Saturday 14th February  ** BOA Event **

Trip to Hampshire. Details to follow.

Wednesday 11th March

1pm - 1.50pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ  by Edward Kemp-Luck (London). Programme to include works by Vierne, Rowley, Boëllmann and Fats Waller. £4. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Saturday 14th March  ** BOA Event **

Educational event. Details to follow.

Thursday 2nd April

7.30pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). 'Organ Masterworks'. Catherine Ennis makes a triumphant return to reading Town Hall to perform the celebrated programme she recorded on the historic Father Willis Organ 25 years ago. Programme includes works by Widor, Stanford, Parry, Gowers, Saint-Saens and Dupre. £11.50/£9.50. Free pre-concert talk at 6.15pm. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Saturday 9th May  ** BOA Event **

AGM. Details to follow.

Wednesday 13th May

1pm - 1.50pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ  by Christopher Cipkin (Wesley Methodist Church, Reading). Programme to include works by Bach, Dubois and Sousa. £4. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.

Wednesday 8th July

1pm - 1.50pm. Reading Town Hall (Concert Hall). Lunchtime organ recital on the Father Willis Organ  by A student from Eton College. Programme to be announced. £4. Reading Arts  0118 960 6060.