Blackburn Cathedral
Recitals on Wednesdays at 1.00 p.m.
Bolton Parish Church, Churchgate, Bolton
Lunchtime concerts every Tuesday at 1.15 from Easter to July
Admission Free - retiring collection
(full details awaited: those confirmed so far are shown below)
April 28 Estelle Pass (Bolton Parish Church organ scholar)
June 16 Linda Carrington (Lytham)
June 23 Adrian van der Schans (Haslingden)
June 30 Gary Hulme (Prestwich)
July 7 Peter Morrison (Chorley)
Saturdays at 11.00 a.m. - Admission £6 (concessions £4)
May 9 Michael Pain (Bolton)
May 23 Anne Lapwood (Pembroke College, Cambridge)
July 4 Philip Rushforth (Chester Cathedral)
Bury Parish Church
Lunchtime concerts every Friday at 12.30 commencing September
A variety of instrumental or vocal soloists and instrumental ensembles
Admission £5.00
Chester Cathedral
Thursdays at 1.05 p.m. every week (unless Christmas Day falls on a Thursday!)
Admission charge
To be updated soon
St Laurence's Church, Chorley (PR7 1EB)
Saturdays at 12 Noon (Admission £10)
"Cathedral Classics"
April 4 Lee Ward (Liverpooll)
May 2 Colin Walsh (Lincoln)
June 6 Shaun Turnbull (Blackburn)
July 4 Tim Easter (Harpenden)
October 3 James Davy (Chelmsford)
November 7 Neil Taylor (Macclesfield)
Hanley, Victoria Hall (ST1 3AD)
Saturdays at 12 Noon
Admission £10.50 (Concessions £9)
April 18: Jonathan Scott (Manchester)
May 9: Ashley Grote (Norwich Cathedral)
June 6: Liverpool Cathedral Choir (with Ian Tracey)
Huddersfield Town Hall
Mondays at 1.00 p.m. - admission £5.50
March 27: Gordon Stewart
Leeds Town Hall - Mondays 1.05 - 1.55 pm
March 23: Simon Lindley
March 30: Darius Barriwalla
Admission free - retiring collection.
Manchester City Centre: St Ann's Church
Tuesdays at 1.00 p.m. (not during August)
Organ recitals by Simon Passmore (Director of Music) and invited guest recitalists.
Rochdale Town Hall
Saturdays at Noon
Recitals on the celebrated four-manual J.J.Binns organ
Woodley Methodist Church (between Stockport and Hyde)
Friday 27th March at 7.30 pm
Nigel Ogden
Admission £9 (including light refreshments)
The Scott Brothers Duo have re-mastered a number of their you-tube clips and put them on DVD. Organ solos, organ & piano, piano duets, piano & harmonium and harmonium
solo.
Music by Albeniz, J S Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Guilmant, Liszt, Rossini and Saint-Saens. Organs featured: The Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), Albion U.R.C.
(Ashton-under-Lyne) and Bolton Parish Church.
Price £9.99 - see www.scottbrothersduo.com for further information and details of their CDs
Bolton Parish Church
This town centre church with a fine choral tradition and cathedral style repertoire is offering a small number of Choral Scholarships aimed at school age pupils (male or female) ideally in years 10 to 13, to the value of £500 per annum.
For details of these, write to the Director of Music, c/o Bolton Parish Church Office, Silverwell Street, Bolton BL1 1PS, or send email to michaelpain18@gmail.com
St Margaret's Church, Hollinwood
This church (close to the M60 Oldham exit) is short of organists to fill the second and third Sundays of the month in their rota.
Weekly sung mass at 10.30, 3-manual Hill organ and fee of £50. (not clear whether this is for two sundays per month or each service played)
Contact Joan Corser at joan22.corser@gmail.com for further details.