Work commences on the Cathedral organ on 11th January 2010. The instrument will be out of action for a year while Harrison and Harrison install the new organ. The organ will incorporate pipework from the previous instruments by Norman & Beard and Nicholson. It will speak primarily to the west, but is also designed to accompany services in the quire. Two organ cases will be provided, in accordance with the architect’s intentions: the main case in the transept facing west towards the nave, and a smaller case for the Choir Organ overlooking the quire, where the console is also situated.
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Saturday 13th March 2010
Ipswich. Raise your Game!
 
An RCO Workshop for Young Organists.
For organists of all standards aged 9 – 19 with tuition in small, graded groups from Nigel Ogden (BBC Radio 2’s The Organist Entertains), James Parsons, William Saunders (Ipswich School) and Peter Crompton (Royal Hospital School) using organs at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich (3 manual Willis/Bower), Royal Hospital School (4 manual Hill, Norman and Beard) and Castle Hill United Reformed Church (3 manual Christe Cinema organ).
The day concludes with an organ recital by Nigel Ogden at Royal Hospital School Chapel, Holbrook, Ipswich – 7.30pm.

Saturday 13th March 2010 at 7.30pm

Royal Hospital School Chapel, Holbrook, Ipswich. “The Organist Entertains”.
An organ recital by Nigel Ogden (BBC Radio 2)
Tickets – £6 on the door