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

Happy Anniversaries!  

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The Organ Curator's Happy Anniversaries concert 2022 was a thrilling success!
Around 1300 people thoroughly enjoyed Martin Setchell's Organ Curator's concert on Monday June 6th at the Christchurch Town Hall. A video screen showing action at the console of both feet and hands was a big bonus for many, and this time the gallery had to be opened to accommodate the numbers. When introducing the concert, Mayor of Christchurch, the Hon. Lianne Dalziel, gave Martin a huge surprise. Want to know what it was? Go here!
If you missed this marvellous concert, play safe and sign up for our rarely-sent newsletter which will keep you up with the play about impending organ concerts. The form is further down this page, so off you scroll. . . 
DONATIONS:
If you would still like to donate towards the work of the Friends of the Organ to help towards future of concerts and the organ in the town hall, donations of $5 or more are tax deductible and will be receipted. They can be made direct to our account through online banking: 
Account Name: Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ Trust Account No: 02-0875-0001831-000
Please enter ‘Donation’ in the Reference line.
For a receipt if donating online, email the treasurer at treasurer@nzorgan.com,  giving your name, address, amount and date donated.
Read the May newsletter of Pipeline Press
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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 Trust 
Two 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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There is a great deal of new content and fresh material on nzorgan.com. Coming events and news of the Friends Trust will be publicised here. But we also aim to maintain this site with a compilation of its unique and historic photos, events, and everything else that we followed in the 13 years the Rieger organ was active in the Town Hall before the earthquakes and all that is happening since. As these pages were originally a footprint in time, the narrative text about the installation and opening events are just as they were recorded.
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