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Grand Organ Recital
October 5, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
St Michael’s Uniting Church is proud to present this inspirational Organ recital as part of the Victorian Seniors Festival.
Thursday 5 October at 1pm the St Michael’s carillon will be sounded, and the grand organ will come to life for a free hour-long recital by special guest organist Hans U. Hielscher.
Experience the joy of hearing the grand organ performed live in the beautiful surrounds of a heritage listed church in the heart of the city.
Date: Thursday 5 October
Time: Doors open at 12.30pm, Recital starts 1pm, concludes at 2pm
Where: St Michael’s Uniting Church, Corner Collins and Russell Street, Melbourne
Mobility Access via St Michael’s Walk
Entry is Free
Hans U. Hielscher
Hans U. Hielscher has been organist at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden (Lutheran Cathedral of Nassau), Germany, since 1979. His studies were at the Detmold State Academy of Music and in Paris/Rouen, France. He also studied carillon at The Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Hans has presented more than 3,500 organ recitals around the globe, his concert tours have taken him to all European countries, the United States (61 U.S. tours), Bahamas, Israel, Iceland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. He has been featured on radio and TV broadcasts, 22 CD recordings on the Motette, Wergo, IFO, Lade labels and is the author of the books “Alexandre Guilmant – Life and Work”, “Famous Organs in the U.S.A.”, “The Organ of Wiesbaden Marktkirche”. He is a published composer of some 50 works for organ. Hans has been honoured by the French government in Paris for his worldwide engagement in French organ music and nominated “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” in 1985.
