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NZ organ Newsletter May, 2023

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View this email in your browser This month we have news, views, a giveaway, fun links to follow and even a starring picture of our new page turner. Read on... Don't miss this next concert in the Christchurch Town Hall! 'Sound the Trumpet', Martin Setchell's FREE annual organ curator’s concert on Monday, 5 June 2023 at 2pm (now the King's Birthday public holiday) in the Christchurch Town Hall, is not to be missed! This year Martin welcomes Tom Eves, principal trumpet with the CSO, as his guest artist. Tom will play a suite of pieces from Handel's famous Water Music arranged for trumpet and organ, as well as a delightfully witty Trumpet Sonatina by Hans Hielscher.  Martin's solo organ items include Bach's great Fantasia in G major (the pièce d'orgue) BWV 572, a haunting Allegretto by Louis Vierne, and the Pastorale and blazing Final from Guilmant's Sonata Op.42 1 in D minor. Once again, the Trust is presenting this concert free of charge but is asking for a donation of $10 (+ if you can) to help defray our costs. Book your seat now (they are free but you do need to pre-book them)!  Click this link and it will take you directly to the Eventbrite booking site with all the details. Catering for the little organ - it could be yours Send me your name and postal address and you might win this new copy of useful volume of organ music especially commissioned by Butz Music Publishers to play on small house organs, but which will also suit players who have not yet learned how to play the pedals, or whose organ is not equipped with them. The 14-piece collection is not liturgically based and includes "entertaining, secular music in the broadest sense".  The title literally translates as "Small Organ - Big Variety". I look forward to the deluge of emails. For some, it's Father's Day coming up Now is the time to get your goodies ready for organist bloke birthdays and other milestones. The Zazzle sale ends soon but there are plenty of options for you to select from our online Pipe Organ Gift shop in good time for Father's Day. Use the code:  CUSTOMGIFT4U (Expires: 05/19/2023 @ 11:59 PM EST) You get 30% Off Baseballs, basketballs, dartboards, golf head covers, hats, pickleball paddles, plaques, shirts, socks, ties, stadium cushions, and watches - and much more. Have a good explore around our shop - you never know what you might find. The Organ Gifts for Men collection can be found here, for a good place to start. Jigsaw alert Time for a jigsaw. It's ALWAYS time for a jigsaw, come to think of it. This is a tricky 300-piecer. I know those addicts out there - you'll do it, I'm sure. For lesser mortals, there is a link to an easier version. The final image is of the Ryde & Berg organ in Oslo Cathedral, Norway. From the Swellbox How did the organists from Elizabeth II's coronation cope? Meet Sir William Mckie, the Australian who masterminded that huge event over 70 years ago. Why stop at one coronation? Here's that of King George VI in 1937.  We'll stop now. It should be enough to last you for a few decades. Sick of Wordle, the addictive 5-letter word game? Try Antiwordle, which is just what is suggests: you try to NOT get the target word in 6 moves. Organist Tim Rishton is on a mission to stimulate and educate players about Bach's Orgelbüchlein after a series of classes he was running "accidentally" turned into a series of YouTube videos.  For those of you lucky enough to be savouring (or sheltering from) Spring, here's is John Rutter's beautiful anthem "I believe in Springtime." It never fails to lift my heart.  Think you know your music? Test yourself! Can you answer these GCSE Music questions? Find out if you would pass first time... We thought our deputy page turner Dudley was at last learning to look up to admire the beautiful facades of pipe organs. It turns out he was planning an attack on a marauding fly on the ceiling. *sigh*    Cheerful noises for now, Jenny PS Come to the concert on the 5th June, 2pm Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

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

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View this email in your browser 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 www.pipelinepress.com You are receiving this email as you either bought something from us previously, signed up for tickets to an organ concert at the Christchurch Town Hall or simply like to keep in touch with us. Either way, you don't need to put up with this and are welcome to unsubscribe using the link below. But it makes my tummy go all funny when that happens so I hope you don't.  Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*