Music at St Matthew's

Christopher Hainsworth to play Organ Proms in Masterton

Christopher Hainsworth, a Wellingtonian who has been free-lancing in Europe for 30 years and is now Organist of Beziers Cathedral, plays at St Matthew's on 6 March 2013, as part of a New Zealand tour.

Organ Proms Concert will include his usual mixture of high and low-brow music and witty and informative presentations.

"Hainsworth dominates through rhythmic vigour and his authoritative touch." (Paul de Louit in Diapason, Paris, 2004)

"The funniest virtuoso of the classical organ in the world... directs his concerts to all real fans of music who do not necessarily specialise in this domain... he treats his concerts as an opportunity to test the frontiers to which an instrumentalist can reach." (Wroclaw International Film Festival, July 2008).

 

Christopher Hainsworth: Organ Proms Concert
St Matthew's Anglican Church
Church Street, Masterton
Wednesday, 6 March, at 8 pm
Tickets: $20 

Colin Walsh plays The Dambusters' March

 

To mark of Wings over Wairarapa, being held in Masterton from Friday, 18 January to Sunday, 20 January, 2013, which features many World War 2 aircraft, here's Colin Walsh, on the organ of Lincoln Cathedral, playing his arrangement of The Dambusters' March, by Eric Coates.

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major BWV 564

 

Hans-André Stamm plays Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564, by J. S. Bach, on the Trost-Organ in Waltershausen, Germany.