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Event
- Title:
- Elke Voelker Organ Recital
- When:
- 28 Mar 2010 2:00 pm
- Where:
- Christchurch Cathedral - Christchurch
- Category:
- Christchurch
Description
Elke Voelker, from Germany, has been a pize winner in several international competitions and has released eight CDs. She specialises in the works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert but her programme for this concert has still to be finalised. Check out her website: www.elkevoelker.de for more information.
ENTRY: $20
Venue
- Venue:
- Christchurch Cathedral - Website
- Street:
- Cathedral Square
- City:
- Christchurch
Description
The original cathedral Organ was built by William Hill and Sons in 1882, the current organ was installed in 1927. Major restoration work was undertaken in the 1980s and eleven new ranks were added, including a fanfare trumpet. The Cathedral organ is one of the best romantic instruments of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
Music staff include: Brian Law (Director of Music), Paul V Ellis (Assistant Director of Music), Jeremy Woodside (Sir Gil Simpson Organ Scholar) and Lennox Willett (Organist Emeritus)
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