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Paul R. Hale
Organist

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
7:30 PM
— in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church

Admission -$10.00, students and seniors - $5.00
reception follows

The program includes works by Nicolaus Bruhns, J. S. Bach, Louis Vierne, Alexandre Guilmant, and Sir Edward Elgar. Download the program in PDF form here.


PAUL HALE is Organist of Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire, having previously been Assistant Organist of Rochester Cathedral, Organist of Tonbridge School and Organ Scholar of New College, Oxford. In addition to his daily cathedral duties and busy recital schedule he is Conductor of the Nottingham Bach Choir, a Diploma Examiner for the Royal College of Organists, and Chairman of the RSCM Southwell & Nottinghamshire Area.

As a recitalist Paul has performed in most English cathedrals, as well as in Europe and the USA, and has appeared on the main UK television and radio channels. In October 2005 he represented the UK in the annual Brussels Organ Week and in 2006 he gave some twenty recitals in the UK and Ireland. He was President of the Cathedral Organists’ Association for the period 1999-2001.

He is an accredited member of the Association of Independent Organ Advisers and is in national demand as an Organ Consultant. Recent consultancy projects include the civic churches at Wolverhampton and King’s Lynn, Leicester’s De Montfort Hall and Lancaster’s Ashton Hall, Bridlington Priory, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University College Oxford, and a number of public schools.

Paul was a consultant and author of twenty-three articles for the The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (II), responsible for 20th-century organists. He has reviewed music and recordings for numerous publications and for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review but he is probably best known for his reviews of some 3,000 recordings over a period of twenty years in the international journal of the IAO, Organists’ Review, of which he was Editor from 1990 to 2005.


Upcoming Concert:
Buxtehude Tercentenary Concert
Saturday, November 10, 2007 | 7:00 PM
— in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church

Celebrating the tercentenary of Dieterich Buxtehude's death, this concert features major organs works, harpsichord music, and vocal music.

The first part of the program, Buxtehude and the Stylus Phantasticus, includes organ music performed by Zuiderveld on the Brombaugh Opus 35 organ of First Presbyterian Church, and harpsichord music performed by Helen Skuggedal Reed on a David Sutherland harpsichord.

An Abendmusik will constitute the second half of the program, with organ music played by Reed and Zuiderveld, three cantatas performed by the Illinois College Concert Choir, conducted by Associate Professor of Music Garrett Allman, and the Renaissance Singers, conducted by Visiting Instructor Addie Gramelspacher, soprano, who will also sing the famous Klag-Lied. Professional instrumentalists will participate in the cantatas.

Suggested donation is $10.00 for this Buxtehude event (students are admitted free).