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Event 

Title:
Recital celebrates 70 years in church music
When:
07 Jun 2009  2:30 pm
Where:
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul - Wellington
Category:
Wellington

Description

"70 Years On"

This organ recital by Michael Fulcher, Organist and Director of Music, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.
celebrates Eric Copperwheat's 70 years of service to music.
Music by Bach, Buxtehude, Mulet, Widor and Copperwheat.
Entry by koha. Proceeds to the Cathedral Organ Scholars Fund.

Venue

Venue:
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Street:
Molesworth St
City:
Wellington
Country:
Country: nz

Description

Wellington's Anglican Cathedral has two service organs. The main organ is a large four manual and pedalĀ instrument andĀ the Lady Chapel is equipped with a small two-manual extension organ by J. W. Walker.The original organ was built by the English firm of T. C. Lewis and Company, and installed in Old St. Paul's in 1877. It was a fine example of that famous builder's work, and was a two-manual tracker blown by a water engine. The instrument was rebuilt and enlarged in the 1930s by Lawton and Osborne of Auckland. A new choir organ was added, and the tracker action was replaced by exhaust pneumatic.

In 1964 the organ was moved to the new Cathedral by George Croft and Son, Auckland where it served the cathedral music until 1976 when Crofts were entrusted with the work of rebuilding and enlarging the instrument to cathedral proportions. Every effort was made to retain the original "Lewis" sound and most of the original pipework was incorporated into the new organ. All new pipework was imported from England with the exception of the Pedal Bombarde unit, the Trompette en Chamade and the Great reeds which came from Germany. The organ now contains a total of 3,531 pipes.