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2025-2026 Programme Forthcoming Events
Friday 5th December at 2 pm
President’s Advent Invitation to St John’s Upper Norwood.
An Advent recital featuring Lionel Bourne, Adrian Adams, Jonathan Holmes and Simon Gregory followed by tea brought by members.
Programme
Simon Gregory
- Bach: Wachet Auf
- Peeters: Wachet Auf
- Bach: Fugue on the Magnificat
Adrian Adams
- Betteridge: Variations on Veni Emmanuel
- Buxtehude: Magnificat Primi Toni
Lionel Bourne
- Demessieux: Rorate Coeli from 12 Choral Preludes on Gregorian Chant
- Langlais: Rosa Mystica from Triptyque Grégorien (1978)
Jonathan Holmes
- Reger: Chorale Fantasia on Wachet Auf
Tuesday 20th January at 7 pm
Zoom Concert of Recordings with Christopher Town.
Wednesday 18th March at 1 pm
Welsh Church of Central London, W1W 8DJ for Recital by James Gough (Southwark Cathedral) with time to play followed at 3.15pm by Crown Court Church of Scotland, Covent Garden, WC2B 5EZ.
Saturday 18th April
Education Day hosted by David Pipe – Joint event with Strover Scholars and SSLSO equivalent at St John’s East Dulwich.
Saturday 11th July
Visit to Southampton Guildhall and St Mary’s Southampton
2025-6 Past Events
Saturday 15th November at 10 am
Tour of Beckenham Churches:
10am St John’s Eden Park where we will be hosted by Jill Harris, one of their organists; Lunch in Beckenham; 1pm Christ Church Beckenham where we will be hosted by our member, David Horsburgh; 3pm Beckenham Methodist Church where we will probably be hosted by David Jackson.
Tuesday September 23rd at 7pm
Denis Bedard 75th Birthday Celebration at St Mary’s, Bromley featuring works by the Canadian composer played by Marilyn Harper, Brian Newman, Norman Harper, Richard Mander and Simon Gregory with talks on his life and music by Bruce Davis.
Thursday 30th October
Visit to Wyvern Organs
VISIT AT 11AM TO WYVERN CHURCH ORGANS, ROBIN COTTAGE BARN, PLAISTOW ROAD, KIRDFORD, BILLINGSHURST, WEST SUSSEX, RH14 0JY FOLLOWED BY A PUB LUNCH AND AN AFTERNOON VISIT TO ST MARY’S PARISH CHURCH, STATION ROAD, LISS, GU33 7AQ. Click the arrow for more details.
We are grateful to our President for arranging this visit to Wyvern Church Organs where our host will be Lyndon Ford who is a senior Director of the company. He will introduce us to their work and we will be able to see and play a wide range of Wyvern digital organs including some of their Hauptwerk instruments. They also have a number of second hand instruments available. Following our visit to Wyvern we will have a pub lunch at either ‘The Stag’, Bulls Cross or a pub in Petworth nearby. The choice will depend on the number of members participating. After lunch we will visit St Mary’s Parish Church, Liss, where they have a Wyvern organ in regular use. As suggested by the address, the church is very close to Liss Station.
2024-2025 Past Events
Monday July 7th
Summer Organ Tour to Hastings, featuring visits to the fine Willis organ at All Saints Hastings and an 18th century Snetzler organ at the Unitarian Church nearby. There is the chance to stay on for the the first of the Summer celebrity organ recital series at All Saints and also to have some award winning fish and chips.
Tuesday June 3rd – 6.30 for 7pm
Bromley and Croydon Organists Association Annual Dinner at The Chancery, Beckenham
Saturday May 31st
IAO Eastern Region Organ Day in Cambridge Please be sure to note this date in your diary and await further details.
Saturday May 10th at 2.30pm at St Mildred’s Addiscombe
Bromley and Croydon Organists Association Annual General Meeting with Recital by Richard Mander
Saturday April 26th at 7.30pm at St John’s Upper Norwood
Thomas Trotter gives the Inaugural Recital following restoration of the Lewis Organ and addition of the 32’ rank by Harrisons.
Saturday April 26th 10.00am at Elm Road Baptist Church, Beckenham
International Organ Day Morning Event , including Recital by students from the Strover Tuition Scheme and the SSLSO equivalent
Saturday March 29th 10.30 a.m.
Visit to the organ recently rebuilt by Nicholson at St Gabriel’s Pimlico SW1V 2AD with David King followed by a Pub Lunch. 1.45 p.m. St Saviour, Pimlico with Yvette Murphy to visit the Hill organ (with Historic Organ Certificate) which has recently been restored by Bishops
Saturday February 22nd at 2.30 p.m.
Young Performers Concert at St Mary’s Ewell, KT14 2AY featuring students from the BCOA Strover Organ Tuition Scheme.
Monday February 17th
Visit to St Michael’s Cornhill including a recital by D’Arcy Trinkwon.
Tuesday January 21st at 7.30 p.m.
‘Zoom Concert’ of recordings made by Christopher Town.
Thursday November 28th at 1.05 p.m
The President’s Advent Invitation Recital at St Mary’s Ewell followed by tea. To include an accompanied Sherlock Holmes silent film.
Saturday October 19 at 2 p.m.
Visit to All Saints Margaret Street
St Margaret’s has a magnificent four-manual, 63 stop, Harrison & Harrison Organ which includes a Tuba stop from Gloucester Cathedral. Dr Stephen Farr will talk to us about his various roles including that of Chief Examiner to the Royal College of Organists. He will then demonstrate the organ and invite us to play.
Saturday September 21st at 2 p.m.
Visit to St Mildred’s Addiscombe
Richard Mander will tell us about their two organs. The West Organ is a new Nicholson Organ which has been built with Lewis pipework from St Paul’s URC Croydon and the East Organ is a newly restored 1987 Mander. He will demonstrate the new organ for us before inviting us to play it ourselves. Remember that the opening recital will be given by Olivier Latry on November 16th.
2023-2024 past events
15th to 19th July
Residential Visit to Yorkshire with Jonathan Holmes
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Tuesday 2nd July
Summer Country Organ Tour to Cranleigh School followed by Christ’s Hospital School.
Saturday 8th June
Visit to Borden and Sittingbourne with Andrew Cesana
Wednesday 5th June at 7.00 pm
Annual Dinner at ‘The Chancery’, Beckenham
Saturday 11th May at 2.00 pm
Church of Notre Dame de France, Leicester Square
Saturday 27th April at 3.00 pm
Bromley & Sheppard’s College 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Compton Organ.
Saturday 20th April
Education Event at St George’s Bickley with Marilyn Harper
Saturday 13th April at 2.30 pm
AGM and Recital – St Augustine’s, Grove Park
Saturday 9th March at 10.30 am
Visit to Epsom College Chapel followed by lunch at The Rubbing House at 12.30pm and visit to The Good Shepherd, Tadworth at 2.30pm with our President, Jonathan Holmes
Tuesday 20th February at 10.30 am
Visit to King’s Chapel of the Savoy followed by St Clement Danes at 1.45pm and The Temple Church at 4pm
Thursday 18th January at 2.00 pm
Joint visit with SSLSO to St George’s RC Cathedral, Southwark with Norman Harper
Tuesday 9th January at 7.30 pm
Christopher Town Recordings by Zoom