 This is our Syllabus for 2011 - 2012 Scroll down for full details Amendments to the programme will appear on this website - please check details near the time of each meeting Non-members are welcome at all our events  David Hamilton Wednesday 14 September 2011 at 7.30 p.m. Recital by David Hamilton University Organist, University of Strathclyde St Mary Magalene's Church, Dundee The programme includes works by J S Bach, Healey Willan, Rory Boyle and Dieterich Buxtehude, as well as the complete 3rd Organ Symphony of Louis Vierne. David Hamilton is Strathclyde University Organist, where he has responsibility for the new Bach-style organ, built by Orgelbau Kögler. He studied with Stuart Campbell at Glasgow University, Harald Vogel at the North-German Organ Academy and Jos van der Kooy at Zwolle Conservatory in the Netherlands. He was a prizewinner at Royal College of Organists' exams and at the European Organ Improvisation competition. He is Director of Music at St Mary's Episcopal Church, Hamilton, and teaches at the Music School of Douglas Academy and at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD). He has performed throughout Western Europe and in Lithuania, the Czech Republic, North America and Russia. In 2007 he recorded a CD of Buxtehude's organ works in King's College, Aberdeen on the Divine Art label. In addition he undertook two cycles of Buxtehude's complete organ works, one in the west of Scotland and one at the Edinburgh Fringe. A new Bach CD, recorded in Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk, was released by Divine Art in August 2010. ____________________________________________________________________  St John's Episcopal Church, Forfar (organ by P Conacher) Wednesday 12 October 2011 at 7.30 p.m. Recital by Neil Smeaton Organist, St John's Episcopal Church, Forfar St John's Episcopal Church, Forfar Programme Postlude in D Henry Smart (1813-1879) Maytime Gavotte Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) 10 Pièces pour Orgue No. 8 - Scherzo Eugene Gigout (1844-1925) Organ Sonata No.10 in B minor - Theme and Variations Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Toccata in E major Remigio Renzi (1857-1938) Scherzo in G minor M. Enrico Bossi (1861-1925) Symphonie Gothique - Andante Sostenuto Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Funeral March of a Marionette Charles Gounod (1818-1893) arr. W.T. Best Popular Song from Façade William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Robert Gower Sortie in E flat major Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869) ____________________________________________________________________  Dundee West Church Tuesday 14 February 2012 at 7.30 p.m. An evening of music with Robin Bell and pupils of Madras College, St Andrews followed by refreshments Dundee West Church, Perth Road, Dundee ____________________________________________________________________  The Robson / Conacher/ Ingram / Miller / Rushworth / Edmonstone organ of St NInian's Cathedral, Perth Tuesday 28 February 2012 at 7.30 p.m. Talk by Sandy Edmonstone, Organ Builder on the history of the Cathedral organ and the work of an organ builder St Ninian's Episcopal Cathedral, Perth ____________________________________________________________________  The Flentrop Organ of Dunblane Cathedral Saturday 17 March 2012 Visit to Dunblane Cathedral at 11.30 a.m. with Matthew Beetschen And Auchterarder Parish Church at 2.30 p.m. with Sandy Edmonstone ____________________________________________________________________  Kirriemuir Old Parish Church Wednesday 25 April 2012 at 7.30 p.m. President's Night Roger Clegg and The Strathmore Singers with Bill Stevenson, organ Kirriemuir Old Parish Church The programme will include works by Pergolesi, Purcell and Britten ____________________________________________________________________ |