Midlands Organ Day - Saturday 25th September 2021

10.00 Registration and welcome (St. Matthew's Parish Centre). Tea & coffee available at £1 per person for the day.

10.30 The St. Matthew’s Walker Organ: an introduction by Justin Miller, and Richard Tapp, President of the Northampton& District Organists' Association, and short recital by Callum Alger.

11.00 Masterclass 1: hymns, and liturgical improvisation.

12.30 Lunch: bring your own picnic bags or enjoy lunch at one of the many food outlets in the Kettering Road.

Open Consoles will be available from 1.00pm to 2.00pm at St. Matthew’s, St. Gregory’s, All Saints’ and New Testament Church of God, Northampton. The Parish Centre will remain open throughout the break.

2.30 Masterclass 2: psalms and accompanying choral repertoire,

4.00  Refreshment break in the Parish Centre.

4.25  Anna Hallett - The Organ Manual

4.45 Finale: performance of music worked on during Masterclasses.

5.00 Supper available at one of the many food outlets in the Kettering Road:

                Pub                     The White Elephant – 2 Kingsley Park Terrace                Chinese                New Sunrise – 18 Kingsley Park Terrace                Indian                   Aroma of India – 76 Kingsley Park Terrace                Turkish                 The Ottoman Kitchen – 34 Kingsley Park Terrace                Tapas                    Tres Angelos – 128 Kingsley Park Terrace   The Parish Centre at St Matthew’s will remain open throughout the supper/ dinner break. The doors to the church will open 6:30pm for the evening recital.

An Open Console will be available from 5.30 to 6.30pm at St. Michael and All Angels, Perry Street Northampton NN3 2HS.

There will be opportunities during the breaks throughout the day to try state-of-the-art digital organs, and to browse and buy organ music, DVDs and CDs, from Church Organ World.

7.00pm The N&DOA Centenary Organ Recital on the iconic Walker organ at St. Matthew’s Andrew Reid and Callum Alger showcase the Walker organ in a spectacular joint recital.