|
 Sunday 3 April 2011 at 2:30pm - Admission FREE
Organ Concert by Martin Setchell (Christchurch Town Hall)
including Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
and music by Bach, Handel and Boëllmann
Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall, The Edge
This is a FREE concert, with sponsorship support from THE EDGE® Public Programmes. There will be a retiring donation / koha to support the ongoing Town Hall Organ programme.
About Martin Setchell
Martin Setchell is an international concert organist who believes in promoting entertaining organ music to a wide audience. Born and educated in England, he also studied at various times with Pierre Cochereau, Marie-Claire Alain, Piet Kee, and Peter Hurford. He is Curator of the Rieger organ in Christchurch Town Hall, and is Associate Professor of Music and University Organist at the University of Canterbury. He regularly performs throughout the world: recent tours include Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Japan. His CDs include A Taste of Shropshire, recorded at Ludlow Parish church in England; the highly successful Bonbons for Organ series; Pink and White, an anthology of New Zealand organ music; and Great Australasian Organs VII featuring the organ of Christchurch Town Hall. Martin is often heard on BBC radio’s The Organist Entertains, the USA’s Pipe Dreams, and Radio New Zealand Concert. He has arranged Fauré, Bizet, and Sousa (published by Kevin Mayhew Music), and has edited organ albums of music by Saint‑Saëns and Purcell for Oxford University Press. In 2008 he was honoured by the City of Christchurch, receiving a Civic Award for services to music in the community and the Town Hall organ in particular. |
