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May 16 1997 |
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| Schools'
Concert programme Inauguration of the Rieger organ |
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Schools programme
with Russell Kent
(Schools Music Advisor)
and Martin Setchell (City Organ Curator)
11.25am
Juniors - hosted by Jason Gunn
1.25pm Seniors
| Both sessions are fully booked, with students from 62 local schools taking part - an estimated total of 4500 children. Delegates to the 1997 National Organists Congress being held in Christchurch during the weekend of the inaugural festival will attend the 1.25pm session. |
the organ will include extracts from:
- Toccata in
F (Widor)
- Toccata in
F (Bach)
- Capriol Suite
(Warlock)
- Badinerie
from the Flute Suite (Bach)
- 'New World'
Symphony (Dvorak)
- Dialogue
I (Peter Hurford)
- 'Nessun dorma'
(Puccini)
- 'Organ' Symphony
(Saint-Saëns)
- Radetsky
March (Strauss)
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16 May 1997