![]() ![]() ![]() More than 120 artists are set to perform at more than 100 venues across the country as part of the initiative. Scotland on Tour will support the creation of hundreds of concerts and performances at much-loved arts centres, town halls and community venues across Scotland. The remaining gigs taking place at Quarrymen’s Arts Centre are Kissing The Flint on Saturday 12th November, and Pauline Vallance and Shelagh McKay Jones on Saturday 26th November. Scotland on Tour will take place over a period of 12 months between April 20. It’s a great opportunity to play some venues we might not otherwise get to visit and we can’t wait to make some memories with the people of Creetown playing our ‘The International Poet’ Album which will be released at the end of this year.” Jacopo and Kerry said: “We’re delighted to be performing at Quarrymen’s Arts Centre thanks to Scotland on Tour. The traditional tunes have been given an international twist but retain their recognisable charm. They have imagined what Burns could have created were he alive today, when physical distance is no longer an obstacle to communication, collaboration and creation. Doors will open at 2pm, with a start time of 2.30pm on Saturday, November 5, 2022.The duo are bringing their latest project The International Poet to Creetown, featuring new music composed especially for them based on the works of Robert Burns. The free event will be held at Stockport Town Hall which has free parking and refreshment facilities. The organists who will be featured at the free November concert in the ballroom have completely contrasting styles and both have gained international fame and a large following for their playing technique. This however is a theatrical instrument, designed for popular and light orchestral music, and should not be confused with the church or classical organ. ![]() The power of the Wurlitzer has to be heard to be believed, with the largest bass pipes being over sixteen feet in length. The 4 manual (4 keyboards) 20 rank (twenty ranks or tone colours of pipes), really makes an impression in the ballroom with its fine acoustics. At that point the organ was on the move again, this time to the Ballroom of Stockport Town Hall, where it has been for around twenty years. Upon removal from the Odeon, the Wurlitzer was installed in the Free Trade Hall on Peter Street in Manchester, until that was converted into a luxury hotel. The Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust was formed at that time, to promote concerts on both the Odeon Wurlitzer and that of the Gaumont just across the road to raise money for ultimate preservation of the instruments. The organ was featured in the Paramount which later became the Odeon until the early 70’s when it had to be removed to allow the cinema to be divided into two luxury units. At that time, a top class cinema organist was equivalent to one of today's major pop stars, with often five or six broadcasts from cinemas all over the country every day. The organ was used daily as part of the film and variety programmes and broadcast regularly over the BBC featuring the UK’s top organists. ![]() This free event will be held at Stockport Town HallĬonsidered by many as the best cinema organ in the UK, the Stockport Wurlitzer was shipped from the Rudolph Wurlitzer factory in Tonawanda NY (USA) in the mid 1930 for installation in the new 3,000 seat Paramount Cinema on Oxford Road in Manchester. The team pride themselves on presenting artists with a nostalgic and popular musical experience, from the late 1920’s through to the present day, as enjoyed by todays listeners. There is also a museum on the lower floor detailing the history of cinema organ evolution from its prime in the early 1930’s.Īt Stockport Town Hall, it presents international organists, and the Wurlitzer is also used with the Stockport Symphony Orchestra. The Trust has its own Theatre Organ Heritage Centre in Eccles, which provides weekly concerts on Wurlitzer and Compton cinema organs. The Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust was formed over 50 years ago, to preserve the Wurlitzer organs that were contained in the Odeon and Gaumont cinemas on Oxford Road in Manchester, when they had to be removed to allow redevelopment of the cinemas through division to multi-screen and other purposes. The Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust preserves the craftsmanship and musicianship of yesterday through the provision of high quality and entertaining concerts utilising the cream of the UK’s and overseas cinema organists. ![]()
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