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2024-2025 Programme Forthcoming Events
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.
Thursday November 28th at 1.05 p.m
The President’s Advent Invitation Recital to St Mary’s Ewell followed by tea.
Tuesday January 14th at 7.30 p.m.
‘Zoom Concert’ of recordings made by Christopher Town.
Saturday February 22 at 2.30 p.m.
Young Performers Concert at St Mary’s Ewell, KT14 2AY featuring students from the BCOA Strover Organ Tuition Scheme.
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
2024-2025 Past Events
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