Colchester Town Hall’s majestic 1902 Norman & Beard organ is at the heart of this ancient East Anglian town’s musical life, featuring in lunchtime recitals, concerts, civic ceremonies and weddings.
A programme of organ music to welcome in the New Year! No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Carillon – Herbert Murrill (1909 – 1957) In Dir ist Freud (‘In Thee is Joy’) BWV 615 – J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) Rondo con Imitazione de’Campinelli Op 17 – Giovanni Morandi (1777 […]
Read moreWe are thrilled to announce that the winning entry from the Pipeworks composition competition, held in in 2014-15 to celebrate the Moot Hall Organ’s recommissioning, has been released by Regent Records. Moot Points by John Furse appears on Freak Out, a compilation of virtuoso 20th and 21st century organ works recorded by Tom Bell on […]
Read moreA programme of music for the Festive Season performed by Ian Ray (Honorary Borough Organist) with the Marenzio a cappella quintet. No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Gaudate – anon, from Piae Cantiones (circa 1500)O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611)Weihnachts und Neujarslied – Paul Homberger […]
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The new season of organ recitals will begin on Tuesday 11 January 2022, with Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist) presenting a programme of music for the new year, including works by Murrill, J S Bach, Boëllmann and Vierne. For the following two recitals, we welcome two distinguished organists making their first visits to the Moot […]
Read moreA welcome return from one of our favourite recitalists! No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Fantasia and Toccata in D minor – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) Elegy – George Thalben-Ball (1896 – 1987) Prelude and Fugue ‘The Spitfire’ – William Walton (1902 – 83) arr Tom Winpenny ‘Nimrod’ […]
Read moreDrew Cantrill-Fenwick returns to the Moot Hall Organ with a programme of works from 17th/18th century French composers, alongside Mendelssohn, Easthope Martin and Herbert Brewer. No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Marche des Turcs – Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687) Dialogue in D minor – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734 – 1794) […]
Read moreDr Gillian Ward-Russell returns to the Moot Hall at 1pm on Tuesday 14 September to present a programme of organ music with busy feet (and hands). No advance booking required; free entry, retiring collection. Programme Praeludium in C (BuxWV 137) – Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Wie nur den lieben Gott lasst walten (BWV 647) – J.S. […]
Read moreIt’s back for Heritage Open Day 2021, at 12 noon: come along to meet (and play) the ‘King of Instruments’; the Moot Hall Organ! Following a brief informal introduction to this magnificent Edwardian pipe organ, there will be an opportunity, led by Ian Ray, Colchester’s Honorary Borough Organist, for anyone of any age to play […]
Read moreWe can now confirm full details of this autumn’s series of events and recitals in the Moot Hall. Free entry, retiring collection; no advance booking necessary. All welcome! Sunday 12 September 2021, 12 midday: Meet and Play the Moot Hall Organ on Heritage Open Day A chance for members of the public to come and […]
Read moreStephen King (Brentwood Cathedral) returns to the Moot Hall to give his recital rescheduled from 2020; the programme is below. No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Overture to Saul – George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) arr. W.T. Best Fantasia in E flat – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Chorale – Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) […]
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