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Concerts 2024

 Monday March 25th, 2024 at 12.30pm
Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ (William Hill & Son, 1890)
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The audience of 1000+ for Martin's concert in Sydney Town Hall on March 25th
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March  (Australia)
  • Sunday 17 March 3pm:   Wesley Uniting Church, National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra, ACT
  • Saturday 23 March: 3pm, Goulburn Cathedral 
  • Monday 25 March, 12.30pm, Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ
April
  • Sunday 14 April 2.30pm Inaugural concert on the Hele 1953 /Makin 2023 organ at Baring Square Methodist Church, Ashburton, Martin with guests the Mid-Canterbury Choir.
May
  • Saturday 25, 4pm and Sunday 16, 2pm
    St George and St John Church Whakatane
    Fauré: Requiem
    With Edgecumbe Choir  *
June
  • Monday 3 June 2.30pm
    (King's Birthday holiday)
    Christchurch Town Hall auditorium
    Annual organ curator's concert     ​
  • Saturday 22, 2pm, Christ Church, Wanganui
    Mendelssohn: Elijah
    (with Schola Sacra choir and soloists)
August
  • Saturday 31st, 3.30pm at St Peter's Church, Ruahine Street, Palmerston North. "An Afternoon with Faure" with the Palmerston North Choral Society . There will be French instrumental music between movements of the Faure Requiem. 
September
  • Sunday 15 September 2.30pm​, Waikanae Music Society annual chamber music series, Waikanae Memorial Hall, New Zealand 
  • Sunday 22 September 2.30pm 
    St Luke's Anglican Church,  Rotorua 
 October
  • The Organist Entertains!!
    Saturday 19, 3pm, St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington​
    ​(FREE concert, sponsored by  Wellington Organists Association) 
 November
(Regrettably cancelled due to artist illness)
  • ​​Sunday 17 November 2pm
    Auckland Organ concert
    series. Great Hall "Sound the trumpet" (with Thomas Eves, trumpet) 
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Auckland Town Hall
Christchurch Town Hall Rieger organ facade
Christchurch Town Hall Rieger Organ, 1997
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St Luke's, Rotorua

Audience reactions:

(from feedback forms taken in 2023)
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  • We came because my husband loves Organ performances, I on the other hand am not a fan. Yet, I LOVE IT! This was the best Organ performance I have heard in Adelaide. And my husband, who has heard many performances in other countries as well as here agrees. We loved how the Martin Setchell chose appropriate pieces of work to showcase the power of the Adelaide Town Hall Organ. It was an excellent concert
  • I enjoyed very much.  The organist played not only baroque music like Handel but also Ennio Morricone's piece which I love, so I felt more friendly to a pipe organ music.
  • An outstanding lunch hour concert  with visiting internationally known Christchurch City Organist Martin Setchell. An excellent selection of music with something for everyone played with great ability and  report with the audience.  Such performances make it possible for the organ appeal to a wide audience .​ 
  • We very much enjoyed this concert and felt the choice of music really brought out the quality of this magnificent organ. Martin Setchell is a very gifted organist indeed and also a very good presenter. Top marks to both organ and organist.​​
  • A varied program, and the organist's explanations between pieces were as excellent as his playing. 
  • A wonderful opportunity to enjoy this special organ. The musician was absolutely the best and his own enjoyment added to the experience. 
  •  Martin Setchell was fabulous, such a great entertainer. I hope he gets invited back.
  •  Lovely to attend a free concert by such a talented man. His choice of music to play was very good.  

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