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2002

International Organ Series, 2002

Douglas Lawrence 
Melbourne, Australia

Sunday, 17 March, 4pm

600 Glorious Years:
The pipe organ story

Join Douglas Lawrence as he introduces and plays organ music through the centuries from medieval dances to modern extravaganzas.  
Programme
 Anon c. 1320: Estampie
Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck 1561-1621 Toccata
Nikolaus Bruhns 1665-1697: Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Domenico Zipoli 1688-1766 Offertorio
Johann Pachelbel 1653-1706:
Fantasia in G minor
Toccata in E minor
Ricercare in C minor
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750:
Bist du bei mir
Prelude in C major 9/8
Leon Boellmann 1862-1897:
Priere and Toccata from the Suite Gothique
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847: Prelude and Fugue in D minor
George Thalben Ball 1896-1984: Elegy
Marc Enrico Bossi 1861-1925: Etude Symphonique
Jehan Alain 1911-1940: Chorale dorien
Frederick Swann 1938: - Trumpet tune
Joseph Jongen 1873-1953: Petite Prelude
Henri Mulet 1878-1967: Tu es Petra

David Briggs 
(Gloucester, UK)

Sunday, 12 May 8pm

The Phantom of the Opera

See the original 1925 b&w movie of Gaston Leroux’s classic romance, starring Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, and Mary Philbin (and a cast of 5000 others), while virtuoso Briggs improvises inspiring organ accompaniment in the grand tradition of the silent movies.

Martin Setchell
Organ Curator,
Christchurch, 
New Zealand
Sunday, 1 September 2pm

Happy  Anniversaries

Celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, the organ’s 5th anniversary, and Father’s Day in a programme including Variations on God Save the Queen and God Defend New Zealand (Spicer’s Kiwi Fireworks), music by Walton (b.1902) and your requests 


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