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Event 

Title:
Free Town Hall Organ Concert - Indra Hughes
When:
19 Sep 2010  2:30 pm
Where:
Auckland Town Hall - Auckland
Category:
Auckland

Description

Organ Concert by Indra Hughes (Auckland)

Programme:

Norman Cocker's Tuba Tune
Elgar’s Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
Bach’s Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C
Wesley's Larghetto in F# minor
Guilmant’s March on a theme of Handel
Widor’s complete Organ Symphony No 5
with its famous Toccata

Admission FREE
Retiring donations to support the ongoing Town Hall Organ programme
Printed programmes will be on sale for $2

1:15pm - free pre-concert talk by Indra Hughes, and the launch of a new DVD about the building of the Town Hall Organ

Concert presented in partnership with THE EDGE® Public Programmes

For more information see http://www.aucklandorgan.org.nz/events/58

Venue

Venue:
Auckland Town Hall   -   Website
Street:
303 Queen St
City:
Auckland
Country:
Country: nz

Description

Auckland Town Hall, built in December 1911, sits in the very heart of Auckland City. akltownhall354x200

The pipe organ, the largest in New Zealand, was rebuilt by the firm of Klais Orgelbau and the new organ inaugurated in March 2010.

Further information on the Hall (The Edge) and the pipe organ (Auckland Town Hall organ).

Parking available in the Civic car park, beneath adjacent Aotea Square - the cost for evenings and weekends is a flat rate. Also, after 6pm parking in neighbouring streets is mostly free although the number of spaces is limited.