The Organist Entertains

The Organist Entertains is back for the 16 series of weekly concerts arranged by the Royal Burgh of Ayr Organist and Ayr Arts Guild.

Each Monday lunchtime between April and November you can hear a skilled organist playing for an hour from 12 noon, and costing only £6!

APRIL

St Nicholas Parish Church, Prestwick

13 April – Alan Kitchen, Wellington Church, Glasgow

20 April – Robin Bell, Cupar

27 April – Organ Students, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

MAY

Holy Trinity Church, Ayr

4 May, – Andrew Thom, Holy Trinity, Ayr

St Columba Parish Church, Ayr

11 May – Frikki Walker, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

18 May – Hans Uwe Hielscher, Wiesbaden Marktkirche Lutheran Cathedral

25 May – John R. Turner, Glasgow

JUNE to NOVEMBER

Mondays at 12 noon featuring the Lewis Organ in Ayr Town Hall.

JUNE

1 June – Bill Hutcheson, Paisley

8 June – Ronan McQuade, Glasgow

15 June – Tiffany Vong, Jordanhill Parish Church, Glasgow

22 June – Alan Ireland, All Saints Parish Church, Hove

29 June – Philip Crozier, Montreal, Canada

JULY

Sunday 5 July – Alessandro Bianchi, St. Columba’s Church, 7pm (Retiring collection)

6 July – Alessandro Bianchi, St. Edward’s Anglican Church, Lugano, Switzerland

13 July – Jonathan Dimmock, San Francisco, USA

20 July – Kamil Mika, St. James Episcopal Church, Aberdeen

27 July – James Gough, Southwark Cathedral, London

AUGUST

3 August – Dr. Raymond McCluskey, St. Joseph’s RC Church, Kilmarnock

10 August – Chris Nickol, New Kilpatrick Church, Bearsden

17 August – Eilidh Harris, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

24 August – Ian Hare, Grasmere Parish Church, Cumbria

31 August – Iain McGlinchey, Helensburgh

SEPTEMBER

7 September – Leonard Sanderman, St. Peter’s & St. Leonard’s Church, Horbury

14 Septmeber – Nicky Fraser, Church of the Sacred Heart, Edinburgh

21 September – David Hamilton, University of Strathclyde

28 September – David Pipe, Huddersfield Town Hall

OCTOBER

5 October – Dr. John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist

12 October – Morley Whitehead, Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh

19 October – Dr. Peter Wakeford, Glasgow

SILENT FILM CLASSIC

Aaron Hawthorne presents the 1920 Silent Film Classic:
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari in association with Ayr Film Society.
Doors open 6.45pm, Film 7.15pm, admission £9.00.

Two-course pre-movie special at The Sugar Cube £18.00.
To book phone 01292 618824 or 07960 882874, E: [email protected]

NOVEMBER

2 November – Calum Robertson, Edinburgh

9 November – Alan Tavener BEM, St. Bride’s Episcopal Church, Glasgow

16 November – Gordon Cree, Darvel

23 November – Prof. Malcolm Sim, Glasgow Cathedral

30 November – Matthew Hynes, Royal Burgh of Ayr

Download the brochure

The brochure listing the organists and four venues (five organs) involved this year is now available from Ayr Town Hall and the Grain Exchange or you can download it here.

Many listeners say “It’s a great way to start the week!”