Recitals
From Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Great Music 2012
Organ recital series
Friday 3 February, 12.45pm
- Tim Noon, Director of Music, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland
Friday 9 March, 12.45pm
- Martin Setchell, Concert Organist
Friday 20 April, 12.45pm
- Andrew Cantrill, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Croydon Minster, United Kingdom
Friday 11 May, 12.45pm
- Michael Fletcher, Director of Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Friday 3 August, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Director of Music
Friday 7 September, 12.45pm
- Wellington based organ pupils
Friday 5 October, 12.45pm
- George Chittenden, Director of Music, St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
Friday 9 November, 12.45pm
- Gedymin Grubba, Poland
Friday 14 December, 12.45pm
- Michael Stewart, Organist and Director of Music
- La Nativité du Seigneur Messiaen
Great Music 2011
Organ recital series
Friday 18 February, 12.45pm
- Jeremy Woodside, Assistant Organist, Christchurch Cathedral
Friday 11 March, 12.45pm
- Thomas Gaynor, Richard Prothero Organ Scholar
Friday 15 April, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Organist
Friday 13 May, 12.45pm
- Michael Fulcher, Organist and Director of Music
Friday 17 June, 12.45pm
- Dianne Halliday, Director of Music, St Peter's Willis Street
Friday 15 July, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Organist
Friday 12 August, 12.45pm
- Nicholas Grigsby, Director of Music, Wanganui Collegiate School
Friday 9 September, 12.45pm
- Wellington based organ pupils
Friday 14 October, 12.45pm
- Paul Rosoman, President, Wellington Association of Organists
Friday 4 November, 12.45pm
- Michael Stewart, Director of Music and
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Director of Music
- Six of the Best: Michael and Richard will each choose three of their favourite organ pieces without consulting each other to form a varied concert of 'six of the best'.
Friday 16 December, 12.45pm
- Thomas Gaynor, Richard Prothero Organ Scholar
Internal Organ
Wednesday 7 September, 5.30pm
Immerse yourself deep inside the heart of Wellington Cathedral and journey through the internal workings of the organ in an intimate audio installation in the Lady Chapel.
The audience will be invited to wander around the cathedral to experience the organ from various spaces, as well as listening to the audio installation in the Lady Chapel. Seven microphones placed inside the organ chamber will feed seven speakers in the chapel, giving the impression that you are listening from inside the instrument itself.
Michael Stewart (organ)
Presented in conjunction with the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Hadfield Audio and the Wellington Organists Association.
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Singet
Saturday 2 April, 6 - 7.30pm
Bach motets and organ music for Lent
Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Directed by Dr Richard Marlow (Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge) Organists: Richard Apperley, Thomas Gaynor and Michael Fulcher
Tickets available from the cathedral office or at the door.
$15 / $5 (students with ID)
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Duruflé Requiem
Saturday 7 August, 6pm
Featuring Duruflé’s Requiem and organ music by French composers.
Organist: Philip Scriven (Organist and Master of the Choristers, Lichfield Cathedral, UK)
Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, conducted by Michael Fulcher
Tickets will be available at the door, and cost:
$15 Adult, $10 Unwaged, $5 Student
Great Music 2010
Organ recital series
Friday 19 February, 12.45pm
- David Trott, Organist, Old St Paul's
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Friday 19 March, 12.45pm
- Rupert Jeffcoat, Director of Music, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane
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Sunday 18 April, 6.30pm
- Katherine Dienes-Williams, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Guildford Cathedral, UK
- Katherine will conduct the cathedral choir in Evensong at 5pm, then give a brief organ recital immediately following the service
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Friday 21 May, 12.45pm
- Thomas Gaynor, Richard Prothero Organ Scholar, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
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Friday 18 June, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Organist, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
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Friday 23 July, 12.45pm
- Michael Fulcher, Organist and Director of Music, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Friday 24 September, 12.45pm
- Wellington Organ Pupils - a recital given by Wellington based organ students
Friday 19 November, 12.45pm
- Jennifer Chou, Director of Music, St John's Camberwell, Melbourne
Friday 10 December, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Organist, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Joy is Come!
Seasonal music from Easter to Pentecost, including works by Elgar, Finzi, Gibbons, Haydn and Howells.
Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul Conducted by Dr Richard Marlow (Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge)
Saturday 22 May, 6 - 7.15pm
Tickets ($10) are available in advance from the cathedral office.
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Great Music 2009
Organ recital series
Friday 26 June, 12.45pm
- Eugene Lavery, Associate Director of Music/Organist, The Reformed Church, Bronxville, New York
- Music by Franck, Schumann, Bach and Demessieux
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Friday 17 July, 12.45pm
- Robert Costin, Director of Music, Ardingly College, UK
- Music by Purcell, Bach, Vierne and Walton
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Friday 31 July, 12.45pm
- Philip Scriven, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Lichfield Cathedral, United Kingdom
- Music by Bach, Elgar and Liszt
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Friday 28 August, 12.45pm
- Douglas Mews, Keyboard Specialist, New Zealand School of Music
- Music for Fortepiano by Haydn
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Friday 11 September, 12.45pm
- Heather Easting, Dean's Organ Scholar, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
- Thomas Gaynor, Richard Prothero Organ Scholar, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
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Friday 25 September, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley, Assistant Organist, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
- Hommage à Frescobaldi
- Music by Frescobaldi, Langlais and Ligeti
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Friday 6 November, 12.45pm
- Michael Fulcher, Organist and Director of Music, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
- "The Passacaglia", featuring Bach's mighty BWV 582
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- Read a review of this recital here
Friday 4 December, 12.45pm
- Richard Apperley. Assistant Organist, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
- La Nativité du Seigneur - Messiaen
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- Read a review of this recital here
There is no entrance fee for these recitals, but a retiring collection will be taken to help cover costs.
Other concerts
Sunday 29 March, 5.00pm
- St John Passion, J S Bach
- Orpheus Choir of Wellington
- Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
- Vector Wellington Orchestra
- Conductor: Michael Fulcher
- Soprano: Nicola Edgecombe
- Alto: Ellen Barrett
- Evangelist: Gregory Massingham
- Bass: Hadleigh Adams
Wednesday 24 June, 7.30pm
- Cloudburst Choral music by American composers
- Orpheus Choir of Wellington
- Conductor: Michael Fulcher
- Organist: Richard Apperley
- Featuring Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna and Eric Whitacre's Cloudburst and Three Songs of Faith, set to poetry by e e cummings.
- For ticket information please visit the Orpheus Choir website
If you would like to be kept up to date with news from the music department, including information about the 2009 recital series, please send an email to organ@wellingtoncathedral.org.nz.
2008 Recitals
Messiaen +
A recital series celebrating the centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen.
Friday 9 May, 12.45pm
- Messiaen L'Ascension
- Richard Apperley, organ
- (Assistant Organist, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul)
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Friday 6 June, 12.45pm
- Messiaen Messe de la Pentecôte
- Rupert Jeffcoat, organ
- (Director of Music, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane)
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Wednesday 2 July, 7.30pm
- Music by Vaughan Williams (Mass in G minor) and Howells
- Combined choirs of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul and Trinity College, Melbourne. Guest conductor Michael Leighton Jones.
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Friday 29 August, 12.45pm
- Music by Messiaen, Dupré and Tournemire
- Michael Stewart, organ
- (Director of Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington)
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Friday 17 October, 12.45pm
- Messiaen Les corps glorieux
- Michael Fulcher, organ
- (Organist and Director of Music, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul)
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Sunday 2 November, 5.00pm
- Fauré Requiem
- Messiaen Livre du Saint Sacrement (extracts)
- The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, directed by Michael Fulcher, accompanied by Richard Apperley.
- Jennifer Chou, organ
- (Director of Music, St John's Camberwell, Australia)
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Friday 5 December, 7.00pm
- Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur
- Messiaen Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus (extracts)
- Richard Apperley, organ
- (Assistant Organist, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul)
- Richard Mapp, piano
- (Senior Lecturer, New Zealand School of Music)
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Koha entry to all concerts.
Other Recitals
Elmo Cosentini
Organ and piano recital Sunday 5 October, 6.30pm
