Rieger Pipe Organ in the Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand

​International Celebrity Organ Concert Series 2019

Presented by the Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ Trust
 DON'T MISS! The next solo organ concert is on Sunday, June 9th at 3pm, when organist Maurice Clerc from Dijon, France, will unleash his considerable musical skills on an instrument so suited to French music as part of the International Celebrity Concert Series. Read more 
​Sun, 9 June 2019
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NZST

Christchurch Town Hall
86 Kilmore Street
Christchurch, Canterbury 8013
Read our latest newsletter, May 3rd
Watch the Grand Re-Opening of the ​Christchurch Town Hall Organ, New Zealand
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Mayor Lianne Dalziel officially re-opens the Christchurch Town Hall Rieger organ
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Martin Setchell plays the re-opening concert on the Town Hall organ


Presented by the Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ TrustTwo concerts on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 marked the re-opening of the Rieger pipe organ in the Town Hall auditorium.  The video of the evening concert can be viewed from Shipleys audiovisual production website. (A slideshow begins the video, then live event starts about 2 minutes in)

Live streaming is still available for both concerts from this link
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Individual tracks, and the complete CD, are available for download from Pipeline Press website now!
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