Birmingham City Organist

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The organ in Birmingham Town Hall, where many of the free public organ recitals are given ExCathedra-BirminghamTownHall-byJamesAshby-20080301.jpg
The organ in Birmingham Town Hall, where many of the free public organ recitals are given
The organ in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, where many of the free public organ recitals are given Symphony Hall Birmingham interior.jpg
The organ in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, where many of the free public organ recitals are given

Birmingham City Organist is an appointment made by the City of Birmingham. The purpose of the appointment is to have an organist for civic occasions and who will provide a series of free public organ recitals.

Birmingham Town Hall is the traditional home of the City Organist, and it was under the third City Organist, James Stimpson, that the popular weekly recitals began. So popular were the recitals that audiences of around 1,500 packed in every Monday evening in the 1840s.

The weekly recitals, now held on Monday at lunch time, have continued to the present day. With the re-opening of a renovated and rejuvenated Town Hall in October 2007 some concerts returned to their home in Town Hall, Birmingham with others performed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on the Klais Orgelbau organ. [1]

List of Birmingham City Organists

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References

  1. ↑ "The Birmingham City Organists". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Mr. Stimpson" . Carlisle Journal. England. 26 February 1842. Retrieved 9 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "The retirement of Mr. Charles William Perkins" . Dudley Chronicle. England. 25 October 1923. Retrieved 8 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Death of City Organist" . Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 5 August 1948. Retrieved 8 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Thalben-Ball to be City Organist" . Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 16 April 1949. Retrieved 8 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Thomas Trotter - Organ". Patrick Garvey Management. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
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