Takapuna Methodist Church is delighted to host this recital by emerging NZ Concert Organist, Rebecca-Soojung Lee. Rebecca will present a very interesting program including works by Buxtehude, JS Bach, Rheinberger, Messianen and a Mendelssohn Chorale.
Rebecca is in post graduate organ performance studies at Auckland University and is establishing a reputation for excellence, having won the 2018 NZOA Organ Performance Competition. She is also an organist at Takapuna Methodist Church.
Paul Chan, with trumpeter Jake Krishnamurti, will present an
exciting programme including Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 552 by Bach,
Sonata in D by Purcell, and Prayer of St Gregory by Alan Hovhaness. Jake will
also play famous trumpet tunes such as Te Deum by Charpentier and Rondeau by
Purcell, interspersed with organ solo works including Elizabethan Serenade,
Highland Cathedral, and a Norwegian composition.
Paul is currently the organist of St Matthew-in-the-City and King’s College in Auckland. Jake is a recent graduate in classical trumpet and computer science and has performed with the APO and Auckland Youth Orchestra.
Organ Recital ChristopherHainsworth 2nd February 2020 at 4pm
Christopher Hainsworth
Presents a mainly light-hearted concert organised around the birthdays of the class of ’19 (Strozzi, L.Mozart, C.Schumann, von Suppé and Offenbach) and the class of ’20 (Vieuxtemps, Beethoven and Vierne), not forgetting Rossini’s 55th birthday (on February 29th!) and a surprise or two…
Based in France, Christopher returns to his home country of New Zealand, performing concerts with outstanding skill and showmanship.
Christopher is well known in the NZ organ world as an entertaining classical organist. He studied organ with prominent NZ Organists and with Jean Ferrard (Professor at the Conservatoire of Brussels).
Chris has been free-lancing in France and around Europe for 30 years, often travelling with his fortepiano or harpsichord.
When not playing, Chris has also been Associate
Professor of Music at Waikato
University, Director of
Beziers Conservatoire (France), Director of Music at Hamilton Cathedral and
Organist «titulaire» of Beziers Cathedral (his current position)
Chris is also keen on popular music and accompanying silent movies and has accompanied New Zealand silent film at the Wroclaw International Film Festival.
SUNDAY 2nd February 2020 at 4PM
TAKAPUNA METHODIST CHURCH 427 LAKE ROAD TAKAPUNA
Entry by programme, suggested donation $25. Funds will support organ refurbishment. ALL WELCOME!
Usually used to reinforce the bass of the orchestra, this In Your Neighbourhood concert brings the bassoon to the centre stage.
APO
Section Principal Bassoon Ingrid Hagan leads a group of fellow
musicians through the best of Vivaldi’s concerti for woodwind.
The
bassoon is a fascinating instrument that was not widely used in
orchestras until the 17th century. Baroque composers were in hot
demand writing solo and ensemble pieces for the instrument.
Michael Stoddart has been organist at European and English Cathedrals and until recently Musical Director at Holy Trinity Cathedral. A Boy chorister at Westminster Abbey and Organ Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, Michael Stoddart has been involved in church and organ music all his life. Studies in Paris with Susan Landale led a varied career throughout Europe. Based in Auckland, he is President of the AOA and ANZCO National Director.
Michael will perform works from Bach, the French romantic masters and modern composers.
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST at 4PM
TAKAPUNA METHODIST CHURCH 427 LAKE ROAD TAKAPUNA
Entry by programme, suggested donation $20. Funds will support organ refurbishment. ALL WELCOME!
Jazz Vespers is a new take on an old church service. Vespers were held in the evening, as part of the traditional daily services of the church, and served to bring the day to a spiritual end with music, prayer and repose.
Takapuna Methodist Church’s annual Jazz Vespers event is neither a traditional worship service nor just a concert, but an event in which we all participate and enjoy a bit of fun with the jazz idiom and music. There will also be some reflective comments.
David Selfe, renowned jazz pianist and talented exponent of jazz and classical music, joins Callum Hall, cellist and singers for a sumptuous evening of beautiful music.
The theme this year is fruit and flowers.
Sunday 14 July 7pmTakapuna Methodist Church 427 Lake Road, Takapuna
