BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:172@bdoa.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240210T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240210T114500 DTSTAMP:20231106T232916Z URL:https://www.bdoa.org.uk/events/dursley-coffee-cake-music-hvanwijk/ SUMMARY:DURSLEY COFFEE\, CAKE & MUSIC - Harry van Wijk DESCRIPTION:DURSLEY 2024 COFFEE\, CAKE &\; MUSIC\nThis is the 19th serie s of Saturday morning organ concerts organised by Nigel Davies\, Director of Music here at St James the Great.\nThis\, the first concert of 2024 is given by Harry van Wijk.\nCoffee and home-made cake will be served from 10 .30am. The music begins at 11.00am and lasts for about 30 – 40 minutes.\ nThere is no charge but a retiring collection will be taken\, the proceeds of which will go to the work of St James's church.\n\nClick here to downl oad the specification of the interesting hybrid organ here at St James.\n\ n\n\nHarry van Wijk (b1971) is a versatile musician with passion. He works in The Netherlands as concert organist\, church musician and choir direct or. He has played concerts in Europe and the USA. He likes characteristic concert programs\, with the best music from the organ literature\; but als o film music with organ\, synthesizer and percussion\, or music with organ and narrator.\n\nHarry studied at the conservatory with Kees van Houten a nd Theo Jellema. He also studied in Belgium with Joris Verdin and in Germa ny with Wolfgang Zerer. The last years of his study he specialized in Fren ch and German music from 1850 – 1950. After leaving the conservatory he had lessons and masterclasses with Ludger Lohman\, Leo van Doeselaar and A rno Krijger\, with music from J.S. Bach\, F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy and 20t h century music. He has won prizes at the International Organ competition in Nijmegen and at several competitions in Germany.\n\nHarry has published a CD that includes 'Die Moldau’ by B. Smetana. He recorded this in Phil adelphia (USA) on the beautiful Ernest Skinner organ at Girard College tha t is perfectly suited for playing orchestral music. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bdoa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 04/St-James-Dursley-jpg.webp CATEGORIES:Public recitals LOCATION:St James's Church\, Silver Street\, Dursley\, GLOUCESTERSHIRE\, GL 11 4JE\, Bristol\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Silver Street\, Dursley\, G LOUCESTERSHIRE\, GL11 4JE\, Bristol\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X- TITLE=St James's Church:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR