Third Thursday at Twelve-Thirty Lunchtime Concert
This month our 45 minutes of fun music will be performed by Hilary O’Donoghue and her singing students. This is a free drop-in event and all are welcome to bring their lunch and share as long or as little time with us as their schedule allows. Tea and coffee available.
Our 25th annual Autumn Concert is a coming together of many of the musical groups groups in our Church and Schools. Bring your family and friends of all ages to hear our Parish Singers and friends, our Church Handbell Ringers and Band, our School School Orchestra and the choirs of both SMSG Junior School and Queen Eleanor Primary School. A fun afternoon for everyone at this free concert.
The first in a series of ‘winter’ coffee mornings, from which the proceeds will go to maintain the organ and future music events in SMSG Church.
10am to 12 noon in the Parish hall – warm and cosy, delicious refreshments and a big welcome!
Arco String Orchestra will be playing in SMSG for the first time and we are delighted they have chosen to play here. £12 (£10 concessions and Under 16s £3)
Vivaldi- concerto for trumpet, violin and strings
Vaughan Williams – fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Cuellar – fantasia for trumpet, strings and piano
Tippett – concerto for double string orchestra
Conductor : David Knight Soloists : Jack Wilson, Celia Waterhouse & Arturo Cuellar
Third Thursday at Twelve-Thirty Lunchtime Concert.
45 minutes of fun music for all ages. A free drop-in concert with refreshments available. Everyone welcome, however long you can stay – bring your own lunch and take time out in a busy day to be entertained.
This month SMSG Church Band will begin our third series of these events – who will be joined by St Mary & St Giles School orchestra.
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival.
Well-known recitalist Roger Sayer will complete our Organ Festival Weekend with an impressive concert of Romantic music composed especially for the organ.
Tickets £10 (under 18s free) or you cna purchase a Saver-Weekend ticket for all three of the paid concerts as part of the Organ Festival Weekend.
Tickets available shortly.
There is a pre-concert DVD showing the organ restoration project at 6:30pm in the Parish Hall.
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival.
Details to be published shortly – but you may want to book the date and time now!
Free photo exhibition in the Parish Hall of scenes from Stony Stratford, St. Mary & St. Giles Church and the Willis Organ.
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival.
On Sunday at 11:30am the team will be on hand to show you around the organ, explaining how it works and the wonders of this magnificent Victorian design, newly restored and refurbished, now in fine working order. Fr. Willis was the outstanding organ designer of his day, and both his son and grandson have added to his original instrument so we now have a Fr. Willis organ with additional developments that make this organ unique.
This is a free event.
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival.
We are delighted to be welcoming back Donald MacKenzie, silent movie accompanist expert. We will be showing “Safety Last” and Donald will bring this silent movie to life with his amazing impromptu live soundtrack on the Willis Organ.
Tickets are £7 (Under 18s free) or you can purchase a Weekend-Saver for the three paid concerts of the Festival Weekend.
At 6:30pm there will be a pre-concert showing of the DVD of the Organ Restoration Project in the Parish Hall. This is free but please book your ticket as spaces are limited.