Please be aware that the Town Hall Lift requires some major repairs and now will not stop at the Ground Floor (main entrance). It can still service the St Runwalds Street (basement) entrance, first floor and second floor (Moot Hall). Unfortunately, as of June 2022 it looks likely that repairs will take some weeks. So […]
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Organ recital: William Saunders, 1pm, 14 June 2022
William Saunders returns to the Moot Hall to perform a programme including the Elgar Organ Sonata. Free entry, retiring collection. Programme Imperial March (arr. Hesford) – Edward Elgar (1837 – 1934) Adagio (arr. Riley) – Percy Whitlock (1903 – 1946) Sonata in G major Op. 28 – Edward Elgar Allegro maestoso Allegretto Andante espressivo Presto […]
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Organ recital: David Poulter, 1pm, 10 May 2022
A recital by David Poulter, formerly Director of Music at the cathedrals of Coventry, Chester and Liverpool. Free entry, retiring collection. Programme Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March 1953) – William Walton (1902 – 1983) Prelude on ‘Greensleeves’ – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’ – Vaughan Williams Pomp and Circumstance, Military March […]
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Friends of the Moot Hall Organ donate to Ukrainian Appeal Fund
The retiring collection of £253.37 from yesterday’s Moot Hall Organ recital by Ian Ray has been donated to the Ukrainian Appeal Fund. A big thankyou to everyone for your support.
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Music for Holy Week: Organ recital by Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist), 1pm, 12 April 2022
Colchester’s Hon Borough Organist Ian Ray presents a recital of music for Holy Week. Free entry, retiring collection. Programme Les Rameaux (No. 3 of Trois Poèmes Evangelique) – Jean Langlais (1907 – 1991) A tone poem depicting the noisy, jostling excitement of the crowd’s ‘Hosannas’ greeting Christ’s entry on a donkey into Jerusalem marked annually […]
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April to September 2022 organ recitals at the Moot Hall
We’re looking forward to a busy spring and summer at the Moot Hall with the following monthly recitals. Admission free; retiring collection in aid of the Friends of the Moot Hall Organ. 1pm, Tuesday 12 April: Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist)Music for Holy Week by Langlais, Bach, Mendelssohn and Howells 1pm, Tuesday 10 May: David […]
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Piano recital: Maria Kustas plays Beethoven and Brahms, 1pm Tuesday 15 March 2022
International prize-winning pianist Maria Kustas makes a welcome return to the Moot Hall to give a recital of Beethoven and Brahms in aid of the Friends of the Moot Hall Organ and the Mayor’s Charities. 1pm, Tuesday 15 March; admission free with retiring collection. Programme Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat Major, Opus 31, […]
Read moreOrgan recital: Hilary Punnett (Assistant Organist, Chelmsford Cathedral), 1pm, 8 March 2022
Making her first appearance at the Moot Hall, Hilary Punnett is a cathedral organist with a wide range of experience around Canada and the UK. No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Fantasia in G major (‘Pièce d’Orgue’) – J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) O Traurigkeit, O Herzelied – Ethyl Smyth […]
Read moreSpring/Summer 2022 dates at the Moot Hall
We will now be able to have organ recitals in the Moot Hall every month, so following on from Hilary Punnett on 8 March, Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist) will return on 12 April, and there will be further recitals on 10 May and 14 June. Full details of those will be released in due […]
Read moreOrgan recital: Anthony Gritten (Royal Academy of Music), 1pm, 8 February 2022
The first appearance of this distinguished organist at the Moot Hall. No advance booking necessary; entry is free with retiring collection. Programme Three Preludes and Fugues op. 193 (1923): no. 1 in C major – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) Meditaciones Religiosas op. 122 (1858) – Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817 – 1869)I AndanteII […]
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