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SWEETLAND CENTENARY RECITALS
2010
Sunday 5th
September 3.00pm
GILLINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH, DORSET (organ built by William Sweetland) Website: http://www.musicatgmc.org.uk Summer Organ Recital (3) John Radford (Wimborne St Giles Church) Thursday 9th
September 7.30pm
HISTORY OF BATH RESEARCH GROUP AT BATH CENTRAL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (organ built by William
Sweetland)
Visitors welcome to a special
centenary talk and recital. Gordon Curtis will give a talk to
the History of Bath Research Group on Bath organ builders and
William Sweetland. The evening will finish with a recital on
the Sweetland organ by Nicholas Stuart, organist, Walcot Methodist,
Argyle URC and St John's South Parade. Visitors are welcome at
the meetings for which a small donation of £1 is suggested.
Fore more information contact Bill Hanna (01225) 422553.
Email: ww.pah@tiscali.co.uk
Gordon Curtis's book on Sweetland is to be published by Ashgate. Saturday
11th September 12.00 noon
Gloucester
URC
(organ built by William Sweetland) Christopher Boodle will be
playing and his programme includes Handel, Bach and some of his own
compositions.
18th - 25th September throughout the
week at
ST MICHAEL'S WITHOUT, BROAD STREET, BATH BATH CELEBRITIES - SWEETLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL (organ built by William Sweetland) Sunday 19th
September 3.00pm
GILLINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH, DORSET (organ built by William Sweetland) Website: http://www.musicatgmc.org.uk Organ Recital (4)
Ann Burgess (Christchurch, Frome) Sunday 3rd October 3.00pm GILLINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH, DORSET (organ built by William Sweetland) Website: http://www.musicatgmc.org.uk Organ Recital (5) Paul Goodman (Nicholas Nymet House, Devon) Wednesday 13th
October 7.30pm
GILLINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH, DORSET (organ built by William Sweetland) Website: http://www.musicatgmc.org.uk Summer Organ Recital (6) Ian Tracey (Liverpool Cathedral & City Orgnanist) Wednesday
20th October 12.30pm
Lunchtime centenary recital by Dr Peter King On the 3
manual organ built and installed by William Sweetland
1888.
Tickets £8. Tel. 01373 834444 Light refreshments will be available following the recital. Thursday 21st October
1pm
MANVERS STREET BAPTIST
CHURCH
(organ built by William Sweetland 1888) website: http://www.manversstreetbaptistchurch.org.uk/ Lunchtime Recital by Frank and
Pat North, joint organists of Manvers Street
Church
Free admission. Collection in aid of Dorothy House
and RUH Forever Friends Appeal Bath
Light refreshments will be available beforehand in the church's adjoining Cafe in the Centre Thursday 21st
October 7.30pm
EWENNY PRIORY CHURCH, Nr Bridgend, South Wales A special service to celebrate the 160th
anniversary of the building of Ewenny Priory Organ on the centenary
of the death of William Sweetland, its builder. Choral Evensong
(Book of Common Prayer 1662). Guest Organist, Martin Colton
BMus MMus FRCO, Llandaff Diocese Organ Advisor (Previously organist
at Sheffield Cathedral) and the St Hilary Choir. The organ was
built in Bath in 1850 for 'the Gentlemen of the Theological College
at Wells for use in the Palace Chapel, where, by kind permission of
the Bishop, they assemble for daily Divine worship'. The organ
was moved to the Lady Chapel of Wells Cathedral in 1895, and then in
1999 to the newly restored nave of Ewenny Priory Church.
Sunday
24th October 10.30am
MANVERS
STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Civic Service, featuring the Sweetland organ. All will be welcome ...................................................... |