The Organist Encores

This weeks show we get to get together for an hour long party where we re-cap the last year with some musical highlights. Artists incude John Mann, Nicholas Martin, David Gray, Mark Laflin, Phil Kelsall and many more!

From everyone here we hope you have a very happy new year and a successful 2017!

Don’t forget we will see you THURSDAY at 8PM rather than Tuesday.

Well the big day is just around the corner, so this week's show completes our three seasonal show. Artists include Douglas Reeve, Phil Kelsall, Jim Riggs and many more!

Form every one here on the team we wish you a very Merry Christmas wherever you are!

This week's show comes to you from St Albans Organ Museum, as Mark Laflin presents and plays programme of seasonal music on both the Wurlitzer and the unique Rutt. Marks programme is sure to please all with lively tune such as Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride and slower ballads such as It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.

On this week's show we get the seasonal proceedings under way, with the first of three programs full of seasonal favourites. However some of this weeks show isn't your typical Christmas billing. We feature Buddy Cole playing his Winter Nocturne, Nigel Ogden playing his spine tingling composition Winter Sunset and Ken Double with Winter Storms.

On this week's show Nicholas Martin takes us dancing on the 3 manual 8 rank Wurlitzer which is installed in the Town Hall at Burton-On-Trent. This fine sounding Wurlitzer was put through its paces by Nick who is no stranger to playing for dancing. So take your partners for the Ballroom Waltz, Saunter Together, Ballroom Rhumba and many more!

Now this weeks show is in response to may people saying that I don’t feature enough American artists, so to all those people who asked me I hope you enjoy the next 30 minutes of music. For all those who aren’t too keen on the American sound - they say variety is the spice of life so why not listen anyway! Artists include George Wright, John Seng, Clark Wilson and many more!

On this weeks show we say farewell to the mighty Portslade Compton/Christie. John Mann has the honours of playing the last concert on the organ in its current home and although it was sad that the organ would not sing out again in the hall, a new home has been found up the road at Ditchling on a farm no less! David Houlgate and his team deserve a massive hand for installing and maintaining this organ which has been playing in the hall for the last 28 years!

On this weeks show Damon takes a look at the year 1946, which includes the official ending of WWII, the birth off BBC Television and the first outing of Irving Berlin's show 'Annie Get Your Gun' Artists incude Ernest Broadbent, Doreen Chadwick, David Gray and many more!

On this weeks show Damon follows the travels of one Wurlitzer though its journey from the Gaumont in oldham to its current location, the Victoria Hall Saltaire. we follow the sounds of the organ through it's time at Oldham, Hampswaite, Pudsey, Brighouse and Saltaire. This beautiful Wurlitzer is sounding in fine form and its all thanks to the Cinema Organs Society's Northern District. Artists incude, Lyn Larsen, Arnold Loxam, Simon Gledhill and many more!

On this weeks show we go from Red to Black, but along the was we pass through Tangerine, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Indigo and Purple. Artists this week incude, Con Docherty, Len Rawle, Doreen Chadwick and many more.