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BDOA and OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS + other bits of news
 
SEPTEMBER 2007
Sat 1            Chelvey Church, near Backwell - Flute and Harp Concert
            With Abi Strevens (flute) and Julia Hammersley (Harp)
            Tickets (£10 including wine) available from Jean Routley    01275 462059 
Sat 1            Christchurch, Clevedon – Music for a Late Summer's Evening – 7.30pm
            to raise funds in aid of Children's Education in Uganda.
            Lucy Pope (Mezzo soprano) and Katy Latham (violin) and featuring John Marsh
            (organ) - presented by Trevor Fry (BBC Radio Bristol)
            Tickets £7.50 (£6.00 conc) from Molly Hutton on 01275 874096 or Ron Holloway on 01275 874062 
Sun 2    BDOA Member Graham Davies is giving an organ recital at St Giles
            Cathedral, Edinburgh at 6.00pm 
Wed 5  St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Samuel Hudson, Senior Organ Scholar, Wells Cathedral    Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Wed 5  Bath Abbey - Lunchtime Organ Concert - 1.05 – 1.55pm
            Ashok Gupta (Organ Student, Gloucester Cathedral) - Admission Free
            Retiring Collection
 Sat 8     Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            A concert of choral music given by The St. George Singers
            Free admission – Retiring collection for the Alzheimer's Society – Refreshments
            Details: Jim Williams on 9498483  - This concert will form part of HTK annual art exhibition
 Sat 8     Bath Abbey – Organ Recital by Peter King – 6.15pm
            Tickets £6.50 from Bath Festival Box Office - 01225 463362
 Tues 11            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            Greg Abrahams - Admission free – Programme 50p
 Wed 12 St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Michael Martin, Guitar – Albeniz, Praetorius, Barrios and Bach  Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Wed 12            Salisbury Cathedral – Organ Recital – 7.30pm
            Steven Grahl, Organist & Director of Music, St Marylebone Parish Church
            Tickets £8.00 (concessions for children) at the door  www.salisburycathedral.org.uk  for programme details
 Wed 12 Bath Abbey - Lunchtime Organ Concert - 1.05 – 1.55pm
            Luke Bond (Chapel Organist, Clifton College, Bristol) - Admission Free   Retiring Collection
 Thurs 13            Wells Cathedral – Organ Recital - 7.30pm - Margaret Philips
 Tues 18            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            David Bednall - Sub Organist, Bristol Cathedral     Admission free – Programme 50p 
Wed 19 St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Richard Carder, Clarinet and Robert Willington, Piano
           Sonatas by Alison Edgar and Honegger - Admission Free – Retiring Collection
Wed 19 Bath Abbey - Lunchtime Organ Concert - 1.05 – 1.55pm
            Peter King (Director of Music, Bath Abbey) - Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Thurs 20            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Anthony Gritten, RNCM - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Sat 22            Malmesbury Abbey – Celebrity Organ Recital by Ian Ball - 7.30pm
            Præambulum in E (Lübeck); Benedictus (Couperin); Italian Concerto (Bach);
            Ricercare à 6 (from Musical Offering) (Bach arr. Guillou); Sonata No 1 (Hindemith);
            Trio Sonata (Briggs); Variations on the St Anthony Chorale (Brahms arr. Rogg) 
Sat 22   Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            An organ recital given by Jonathan Price
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483 
 Sat 22            September Bath Abbey Celebration Organ Day -
            with Christopher Herrick, Graeme Kay, Peter King, Bath Abbey Choir
                        11.00am - 11.30am -      Coffee
                        11.30am - 1.00pm            Master Class
                        3.00pm - 4.00pm            Demonstration
                        5.00pm - 5.50pm            Choral Evensong         
                        6.00pm - 6.45pm            Discussion
                        6.45pm - 7.15pm            Wine
                        7.30pm - 9.30pm            Celebrity Recital (‘Organ Fireworks’)
            Tickets £8.00 for Discussion/Wine/Recital - All events up to and including
            Evensong are free
 Tues 25            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            Paul Walton - Assistant Organist, Bristol Cathedral  Admission free – Programme 50p
 Tues 25            BDOA – Colston Hall (Free) Organ Concert – 7.30pm
            Five BDOA Members play two popular organ pieces each in this concert.
            Please do everything you can to be there and bring others with you.
            This will be a popular programme to which you can bring ‘newcomers’ to the
            organ and its music.  More details to follow and leaflets in preparation at the moment
 Wed 26 St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Ethel-Jane Cormack, Soprano; Seamus Synge, Tenor and Arne Kovac, Piano
            Admission Free – Retiring Collection 
Thurs 27            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Stephen Power, Southwell/Wakefield - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Sat 29   All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton – Organ Concert  – 4.00-5.00pm
            Graham Davies (Organist and Director of Music)
            The concert, which is free, will be followed by refreshments and a retiring collection
 Sat 29   St James the Great, Dursley - Coffee, Cake and Organ Recital - 10.30-11.30am
            BDOA Student Member Katy Moe - Organ Scholar, Redland High School
 OCTOBER 2007
 Tues 2            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            Gareth Perkins - Organist & Choirmaster, Paignton PC
            Admission free – Programme 50p
Wed 3  Christ Church (City) Broad Street - Lunchtime concert - 1.10 -1.45pm
            Ethel-Jane Cormack (Soprano) and Yukiko Yoshizu (Piano)
            Music by Barber and Britten
            Admission Free - Retiring Collection - Tea & Coffee before and after the concert
Wed 3  St Stephen’s (City) Church – The Anniversary Organ Recital – 7.30pm
            given by Matthew Owens (Wells Cathedral) – Programme to include
            Bach, Mendelssohn, Jackson and Graham Fitkin.
            Large Video Screen  - Buffet Supper - Tickets: £10 and £8 (concessions)
Thurs 4 St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Chris Burton, Crediton PC - Admission free (retiring collection) 
Wed 5 The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead – 1.20pm
            Lunchtime Concert - Christopher Jennings (Baritone) with Jonathan Price (organ)
            Admission Free – Retiring collection
 Sat 6     St Augustine’s Church, St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Bristol – 4pm
            Anniversary Recital on the Father Willis organ with Professor David Saint (St Chad’s  Cathedral, Birmingham) – Programme to include newly commissioned ‘Fanfare for an
            Occasion’ by Dr John Marsh to inaugurate the newly installed ‘Willis-style’ Trumpet stop.  Admission free - refreshments to follow – entry via Oatley House glass doors   
 Sun 7    The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead - 3.00pm
            Special Gathering of New Room Stewards & Friends
            Mark Topping as John Wesley speaks about Charles, ‘My own familiar friend’
 Tues 9            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            John Keys - Director of Music, St Mary’s, Nottingham
            Admission free – Programme 50p
Wed 10 Christ Church (City) Broad Street - Lunchtime organ concert - 1.10 -1.45pm
            Claire Alsop (Assistant Organist, St Mary Redcliffe Church) plays pre-Bach
            and 20th Century organ works
            Admission Free - Retiring Collection - Tea & Coffee before and after the concert
Wed 10            Salisbury Cathedral – The Emery Organ Recital – 7.30pm
            Peter Wright, Organist & Director of Music, Southwark  Cathedral,
            President of the Royal College of Organists.
            Tickets £8.00 (concessions for children) at the door
            www.salisburycathedral.org.uk  for programme details
 Thurs 11            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            John Keys, St Mary’s Nottingham - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Fri 12    The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead – 1.20pm
            Lunchtime Organ Concert - Chris Manners  (All Saints’ Church, Weston Super Mare)
 Fri 12    Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            An evening of song with Bristol Male Voice Choir
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Sat 13  BDOA / IAO Regional Organ Day – Wells, Somerset – 10.30am until 6.00pm
            To be held in the Bishop’s Palace Chapel, and St Cuthbert’s Church.
            Illustrated Seminars with Dominic Gwynn (Organ Builder) and Dr Peter King (Bath)
            Evensong in the Cathedral at 4pm (coincides with ‘Be a Chorister for a Day’) followed
            by a 30 minute organ recital. Please send in your Booking Form for this now           
Sat 13   Bristol Cathedral - The Royal School of Church Music Area Festival – 5pm
            Celebrating the Hymnody of Charles Wesley, including a special commission
 Tues 16            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Concert – 1.15pm
            Aya Kawabata (piano) - Admission free – Programme 50p
 Tues 16            The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead - 7.30pm
            Kingswood School Musicians – A Supper Concert
Wed 17 Christ Church (City) Broad Street - Lunchtime concert - 1.10 -1.45pm
            Lucas Hank (Violin) and Jonathan Price (Piano) play works by Vivaldi,
            Suk and the theme from Schindler’s List
            Admission Free - Retiring Collection - Tea & Coffee before and after the concert
Thurs 18            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Nigel Davies, Dursley PC - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Sat 20   All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton – Organ & Voice Concert  – 4.00-5.00pm
            Graham Davies (Organist and Director of Music) with Natasha Woodward (Soprano)
            The concert, which is free, will be followed by refreshments and a retiring collection
Sat 20            Liverpool Cathedral - 81st Anniversary Recital - 3pm     Ian Tracey
 Sun 21  St Stephen’s, City – Trafalgar Day Service – 11am
Wed 24 Christ Church (City) Broad Street - Lunchtime organ concert - 1.10 -1.45pm
            Ronny Krippner (Assistant Organist, St Woolos Cathedral, Newport) plays
            organ works by Bach, Howells and Litaize
            Admission Free - Retiring Collection - Tea & Coffee before and after the concert
Thurs 25            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Richard Morgan, Stapleton PC - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Fri 26    The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead – 1.20pm
            Lunchtime Concert - To be arranged - Admission Free – Retiring collection
 Sat 27   Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            An evening of popular and light choral music with ‘Nomine’.
            Free admission – Retiring collection for Children's Hospice South West
            Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Tues 30            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            Thomas Rothfuß - St Stephan, Munich - Admission free – Programme 50p
Wed 31 Christ Church (City) Broad Street - Lunchtime organ concert - 1.10 -1.45pm
            Jonathan Price (Director of Music and Organist, Christ Church, City)
            plays organ works by Buxtehude, and Elgar’s Second Sonata
            Admission Free - Retiring Collection - Tea & Coffee before and after the concert
Wed 31 Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol – 2.00pm
            A concert of music for brass with Bristol Veterans Band
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 NOVEMBER 2007
 Thurs 1 St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Robin Jackson & Maureen McAllister, Corsham
            Admission free (retiring collection)
 Fri 2     Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            A concert of music for All Souls Day with The St. George Singers and Oldland Brass
            Free admission – Retiring collection for the Alzheimer's Society – Refreshments
            Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Wed 7  St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Linda Stocks, Cello and Shelley Corkill, Piano - Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Thurs 8 St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            David Pipe, London - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Fri 9     The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead – 1.20pm
            Lunchtime Concert - John Marsh (Lord Mayor’s Chapel) with
            Charlotte Newstead (Soprano) -  Admission Free – Retiring collection
 Sat 10   Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            A concert of music with a swing with the UWE. Big Band
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Sun 11  The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead - 2.00pm
            ‘The Big Sing’ with John Bell of the Iona Community
 Tues 13            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Concert – 1.15pm
            Rob Waters & Tim Parker (altos), with John Davenport (‘cello) & Peter Siepmann (organ) - Admission free – Programme 50p
 Wed 14 St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Don Leonardo, Violin and Harry Harrop, Piano – Correlli, Rimsky-Korsakov, Kreisler             and others -             Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Thurs 15            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Dave Butcher, Ipswich - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Fri 16    The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead – 1.20pm
            Lunchtime Concert - Philip Carter (The New Room) with Soloist
            Admission Free - Retiring collection
 Wed 21 St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            University of the West of England Clarinet Ensemble
            Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Thurs 22            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            David Bednall, Wells Cathedral - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Thurs 22            WSM Parish Church – St John the Baptist, Lower Church Road – 7.30pm
            St Cecilia-Tide Celebrity Organ Recital by Dr Roy Massey
            In aid of The Children’s Hospice, South West, Charlton Farm, Wraxall
            Tickets £7.50 - Refreshments will be available - The organ console will be projected onto a large         screen.          Parking at Grove Park and Melrose Car Parks 
Fri 23    The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead – 1.20pm
            Lunchtime Concert - Rosemary Thomas (organ) with Sylvia Walton & friends
            Admission Free – Retiring collection
Sat 24   Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            A concert of music given by the Church Recorder Group
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Sat 24   All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton – Organ & Cello Concert  – 4.00-5.00pm
            Graham Davies (Organist and Director of Music) with John Davenport (Cello)
            A special Bach programme to include the Bach Cello Suite
            The concert, which is free, will be followed by refreshments and a retiring collection
 Wed 28 St Stephen’s, City – Lunchtime Concert – 1.10 – 1.45pm
            Kaye Barker, Violin; Simon Trentham, Cello and Shelley Corkill, Piano – programme to             include the Trio Op 70, No 2 by Beethoven - Admission Free – Retiring Collection
 Thurs 29            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Edward Swindell, RNCM - Admission free (retiring collection)
 DECEMBER 2007
 Sat 1     Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            A concert of music given by the Young People of Holy Trinity Church
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Sun 2    St Mary Redcliffe - Advent Carol Service - 6.30pm
 Sun 2    St Stephen’s, City – Advent Sunday – 6.30pm
            Advent Music by Candlelight and lighting of the St Nicholas Christmas Tree
Tues 4            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            David Coram - Assistant Organist, Romsey Abbey
            Admission free – Programme 50p
 Fri 4     BDOA and St Mary Redcliffe Charity Christmas Concert - 7.30pm
 Thurs 6 St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Gareth Perkins, Paignton, Devon - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Tues 11            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Concert – 1.15pm
            Chisato Kusunoki (piano) - Admission free – Programme 50p
 Tues 11            The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead - 1.00pm
            Music by Charles Wesley (Junior) on his 250th Birthday
 Thurs 13            St Mary Redcliffe - Lunchtime Organ Recital - 1.15 - 2pm
            Andrew Kirk, SMR - Admission free (retiring collection)
 Tues 18            The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Broadmead  - 1.00pm
            Charles Wesley’s 300th Birthday Carol Service
 Tues 18            Bristol Cathedral  Lunchtime Organ Concert – 1.15pm
            Richard Brasier - Royal Academy of Music
            Admission free – Programme 50p
 Tues 18            Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 7.30pm
            A concert of Christmas Music by candlelight with The St George Singers
            Free admission – Retiring collection for the Kidney Transplant Support Society
            Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Wed 19 Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol - 2.00pm
            An informal Christmas sing-a-long with readings
            Free admission – Retiring collection – Refreshments - Details: Jim Williams on 9498483
 Thurs 20            Carols at Lunchtime - Admission free (retiring collection)        
 Sun 23  St Mary Redcliffe - Nine Lessons and Carols - 6.30pm
 Sun 23  St Stephen’s Church (City) – 4pm
            Service of Lessons and Christmas Carols
 LET’S KEEP 'LIVE' MUSIC 'ALIVE' !  

For further details please contact the BDOA secretary on 0117 9109308
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