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 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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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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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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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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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 moreMaking 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 moreWe 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 moreThe 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
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