Earlier events
2020 Bring on October!
Christchurch audiences who love the iconic organ in their town hall are in for yet another musical treat - and guess what? It's free! On Sunday 18 October at 3pm, Christchurch Town Hall organist Martin Setchell will give a FREE public organ concert on the Rieger pipe organ. This replaces the original ‘Music for a Holiday’ concert, scheduled for June 1st (Queen’s Birthday Monday) which had to be cancelled owing to COVID 19. It will provide an opportunity to acknowledge our country’s essential workers during the lockdown. It is the first of what will become an annual Christchurch Town Hall event: the organ curator's concert, promoted by the Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ Trust with the generous support of Vbase, the venue management company. Martin will introduce and play an entertaining programme in his own inimitable style. Music will include Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565, the Berceuse and Finale from the Firebird Suite (Stravinsky), Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance, March Héroique (Brewer), Scherzo in E major (Gigout), and the Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, born 150 years ago in 1870). Admission will be FREE, but tickets must be booked in advance online at nzorgan.com. A koha is requested. Only a limited number of seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Admission on the day will only be possible if there are any seats left! |
Christchurch Town Hall
organist Martin Setchell 
Buy "Resounding Aftershocks" CD from which Martin chose his programme for the re-opening concerts. Order here.
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(To be presented by the Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ Trust)
International Celebrity Organ Concert Series 2019
Presented by the Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ Trust
Benjamin Sheen
Sun, August 18, 2019
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NZST Christchurch Town Hall
86 Kilmore Street Christchurch 8013 |
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