Work in progress video 20th January 2015

News // January 20, 2015February 6, 2015 by Duncan Chapman

Clip #7 from Colchester Moot Hall Organ on Vimeo.

Organ recital: David Poulter, 1pm, 10 May 2022

News // May 4, 2022April 6, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

Friends of the Moot Hall Organ donate to Ukrainian Appeal Fund

News // April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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.

Music for Holy Week: Organ recital by Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist), 1pm, 12 April 2022

News // April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

April to September 2022 organ recitals at the Moot Hall

News // March 15, 2022March 9, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

Piano recital: Maria Kustas plays Beethoven and Brahms, 1pm Tuesday 15 March 2022

News // March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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, […]

Organ recital: Hilary Punnett (Assistant Organist, Chelmsford Cathedral), 1pm, 8 March 2022

News // March 2, 2022April 6, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

Spring/Summer 2022 dates at the Moot Hall

News // February 17, 2022March 9, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

Organ recital: Anthony Gritten (Royal Academy of Music), 1pm, 8 February 2022

News // February 2, 2022March 9, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

Happy New Year (Bells galore!): Ian Ray (Honorary Borough Organist), 1pm, 11 January 2022

News // January 5, 2022March 9, 2022 by Colchester New Music

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 […]

Moot Points, Pipeworks and recordings

News // December 15, 2021January 25, 2022 by Colchester New Music

We 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 […]

What’s On

May 10, 2022

Organ recital by David Poulter (former director of Music at Cathedrals of Coventry, Chester and Liverpool)

Starts: 1:00 pm

Ends: May 10, 2022 - 2:00 pm

Location: Colchester Town Hall, High St, Colchester CO1 1PJ, UK

Description:
Music for the Jubilee, by Walton, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, JS Bach and Max Reger.

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June 14, 2022

Organ recital by William Saunders

Starts: 1:00 pm

Ends: June 14, 2022 - 2:00 pm

Location: Colchester Town Hall, High St, Colchester CO1 1PJ, UK

Description:
Programme includes the Elgar Organ Sonata.

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July 12, 2022

Organ recital by Stefan Donner (Vienna)

Starts: 1:00 pm

Ends: July 12, 2022 - 2:00 pm

Location: Colchester Town Hall, High St, Colchester CO1 1PJ, UK

Description:
Music by Liszt, Schumann and Beethoven.

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August 9, 2022

Organ recital by Weston Jennings (Concert Organist, Tyler, Texas)

Starts: 1:00 pm

Ends: August 9, 2022 - 2:00 pm

Location: Colchester Town Hall, High St, Colchester CO1 1PJ, UK

Description:
Details TBA

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September 13, 2022

Organ recital by Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist)

Starts: 1:00 pm

Ends: September 13, 2022 - 2:00 pm

Location: Colchester Town Hall, High St, Colchester CO1 1PJ, UK

Description:
Music by Percy Whitlock.

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