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NZ organ Newsletter March, 2023

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Sound the Trumpet!

Dear Friend of the Town Hall Organ,

Personal greetings from me, Martin Setchell, your Town Hall organ curator, on behalf of the Friends of the Christchurch Town Hall Organ.
I wanted to let you know in good time that my annual organ curator’s concert this year will again take place in the Town Hall auditorium on Monday 5 June at 2pm. This is now the King's Birthday public holiday (fortunately I was in time to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's long reign on Queen’s birthday last year).
This year’s programme is entitled ‘Sound the trumpet’ and will include some stirring Baroque music from my guest artist Thomas Eves (Christchurch Symphony Orchestra principal trumpet) as well as a new selection of concert organ pieces from yours truly.
I’ll send fuller details soon before online bookings open on Eventbrite in early April, but meantime, PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE by marking it in your diary or online calendar now!
I hope you will be able to join me for this annual celebration of our iconic Rieger pipe organ in concert. In the meantime, if you want to know more about the organ and its history, go to nzorgan.com
Best wishes,
Martin Setchell

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BELOW: Read the December Christmas greetings from our sister website, www.pipelinepress.com

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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

Dear, faithful, music-loving readers,

Thank you for sticking around during 2022 when strange things have kept happening. But we are getting there; concerts are gradually resuming worldwide, and we are dusting off our own suitcases in readiness for concert tours in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, and the UK in 2023. Look out for dates and places of these on Martin's website.
On a personal front, Martin and I are are now recovering steadily from Covid which was bearable thanks to excellent medical care and anti-viral medicines which we happily lay back and succumbed to. Bessie also learned a few nursing skills, so life is looking brighter now, especially as the Kapiti Coast presently sports these vibrant pohutukawa flowers, known as New Zealand's Christmas Trees. Life is looking good again.

And now for some time-wasting simple fun: a couple of online jigsaws for you in this holiday season. They're hard too!

Jigsaw no. 1: The organ console in Stephen's Cathedral, Passau, Germany. A mere 187 pieces....

Jigsaw no. 2: One entirely in the Chocolate box category (although Bamberg has more than its fair share of admirable pipe organs). The Bamberg Bridge is slightly easier to do because of the colours, even with more pieces at 217. Go for it!

Well, we now head into 2023 and Bessie is waiting patiently for her calendar from Ernesto's Cat Sanctuary that she gets every year.
We wish you every happiness and health in this season and the months to come. Many of you we hope to meet along the way - that will be a special bonus.
So Buon Natale! Fröhliche Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël! Meri Kirihimete! Merry Christmas and cheerful noises,

Jenny and Martin, and yes, Bessie
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