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Thursday Live Organ Recitals
by Paul Carr & Guests
St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter,
St Paul's Square,
Birmingham B3 1QZ
● On the first Thursday of every month
● 1.15pm - 1.45pm
● Admission free
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for a map link and scroll down for more information on how to get to St Paul's
Recitals last 30 minutes and are followed by light refreshments.
St Paul's is blessed with some of the finest acoustics in the city of
Birmingham. It is a Grade I listed building, built in 1779 and set in a
timeless Georgian square with beautiful rolling lawns and tree-lined
walks; An oasis of calm in the heart of the city.
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Next Recital
Thursday February 2nd 2012
at 1.15pm
Paul Carr
Allegro Vivace (from Symphony no. 5) - Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Air (from Suite no.3 in D) - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Petite Suite in Blue - Johannes Matthias Michel (b. 1958)
2011 - 2012
July
7th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr
August 4th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr
September 1st 2011 1.15pm
Tim Harper (Birmingham
Cathedral)
October
6th 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr
November 3rd 2011 1.15pm
Henry Fairs
(Birmingham University)
December 1st 2011 1.15pm
Paul Carr
January 5th 2012 1.15pm
Paul Carr
February 2nd 2012
1.15pm
Paul Carr
March
1st 2012 1.15pm
Paul Carr
April 5th 2012 1.15pm
Paul Hayward
(Nottingham City Parish)
May 3rd 2012 1.15pm
Paul Carr
June 7th 2012 1.15pm
Jon Payne (St
Thomas' Stourbridge)
Past Programmes
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Organ Specification
As remodelled in 1964 by Hill, Norman &
Beard Ltd
Pedal
1 Open Diapason 16
2 Bourdon 16
3 Gedeckt 8
4 Principal 8
5 Fifteenth 4
6 Bassoon 16 (from Swell Contra Oboe)
Great
7 Open Diapason I 8
8 Open Diapason II 8
9 Stopped Diapason 8
10 Dulciana 8
11 Principal 4
12 Twelfth 2 2/3
13 Fifteenth 2
14 Mixture II
15 Trumpet 8
Swell
16 Open Diapason 8
17 Clarabella 8
18 Salicional 8
19 Voix Celeste 8
20 Lieblich Flute 4
21 Principal 4
22 Mixture III
23 Contra Oboe 16
24 Cornopean 8
25 Clarion 4
Couplers
26 Swell to Pedal
27 Swell to Great
28 Great to Pedal
29 Swell Octave
Accessories
Pistons: 10 general, 5 Swell, 5 Great, 5 Pedal-toe, 5 Swell-toe
Reversible thumb pistons: Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Swell
to Great
Reversible toe pistons: Great to Pedal
General cancel thumb piston
Illuminated switches: Great and Pedal pistons coupled Generals
on Swell toe pistons
64-level lockable memory system.
The organ is in the care of Peter Spencer and Co Organ Builders
How to get to St Paul's
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for a map link
On foot: Approximately 10 minutes' walk from
Colmore Row, crossing Great Charles Street at the traffic lights on
Newhall Street or via the footbridge on Ludgate Hill. The most obvious
guiding landmark is the BT tower.
By train: Birmingham Snow Hill Station or Jewellery Quarter
Station (approximately 10 minutes' walk from both)
By metro: St. Paul's, line 1 (approximately 3
minutes' walk)
Car parking:
Metered parking on the square or in
nearby streets.
Multi-storey NCP car park with 500 spaces in Newhall
Street, with access through to St Paul's Square.
See details of this car park, and a map, by clicking
here and entering
the church postcode (B3 1QZ)
Limited parking in the
churchyard with priority given to disabled visitors.
Click here for
further information about St Paul's.
Church website:
www.saintpaulbrum.org
Thursday Live Organ Recitals
on the first Thursday of every month
1.15pm - 1.45pm
St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter
St Paul's Square, Birmingham B3 1QZ
Founded in
2008 by Paul Carr
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