Free Saturday Lunchtime Concerts -- St Mary's Parish Church, Slough -- June-July 2019
Free Lunchtime Concerts
St.Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough, SL1 1PJ
Every Saturday at 12 noon - 12.30
with refreshments available after each concert.
Concerts for June 2019:
22nd --- Songs from the Shows 9
- - - Charley Brighton, euphonium with Malcolm Stowell, piano & organ
29th --- tba
Concerts for July 2019:
6th --- Chorate Chamber Choir, conductor Nigel Wills
13th --- David Oldfield, organ
20th --- Waltham Madrigals, conductor Simon Shaw
27th --- Jonathan Rowe, piano
This concert series started in 1990 and has featured all manner of instruments and local musicians over the years.
Organ concerts feature St Mary's church organ, built by Norman & Beard in 1912, which has over 2400 speaking pipes, and a console with three manuals plus pedals.* (It's very big!)
The concerts are free, but a donation is requested towards the upkeep of the large Victorian church.
The full programme of concerts may be found here:
http://euphoniumcollective.co.uk/Stmarys.htm
* [Technical description of organ: http://euphoniumcollective.co.uk/Stmarys.htm#organ ]
St.Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough, SL1 1PJ
Every Saturday at 12 noon - 12.30
with refreshments available after each concert.
Concerts for June 2019:
22nd --- Songs from the Shows 9
- - - Charley Brighton, euphonium with Malcolm Stowell, piano & organ
29th --- tba
Concerts for July 2019:
6th --- Chorate Chamber Choir, conductor Nigel Wills
13th --- David Oldfield, organ
20th --- Waltham Madrigals, conductor Simon Shaw
27th --- Jonathan Rowe, piano
This concert series started in 1990 and has featured all manner of instruments and local musicians over the years.
Organ concerts feature St Mary's church organ, built by Norman & Beard in 1912, which has over 2400 speaking pipes, and a console with three manuals plus pedals.* (It's very big!)
The concerts are free, but a donation is requested towards the upkeep of the large Victorian church.
The full programme of concerts may be found here:
http://euphoniumcollective.co.uk/Stmarys.htm
* [Technical description of organ: http://euphoniumcollective.co.uk/Stmarys.htm#organ ]
