Music

Spridlington's Pipes

The 2019 festival is now over, but event details have been left on this website to give a taste of what's on offer in 2020, when the festival will return on 9-10th and 16-17th May. Theme: Adventurers & Pilgrims. This website will update in March 2020. 

In conjunction with Lincolnshire Organists Association (LOA) many of our churches will have organ music playing during the course of the weekends. Listed below are details of participating churches. 

We are grateful for the contribution from the Lincolnshire Organists' Association (LOA) in organising some of the events.

To order a hard-copy brochure for the festival, email churchesfestival.info@gmail.com with your full address and we will post one to you.

Saturday 11th May
11 to 11.30am   OWMBY BY SPITAL, St. Peter & St. Paul
12noon to 12.30pm   SPRIDLINGTON, St. Hilary
2 to 2.30pm   HACKTHORN, St. Michael & All Angels
3 to 3.30pm   MORTON, St. Paul

Sunday 12th May
3 to 3.30pm   NETTLEHAM. All Saints

Saturday 18th May
11 to 11.30am  MARKET RASEN, Holy Rood R.C. Church
12noon to 12.30pm  BROCKLESBY, All Saints (on the antique chamber organ)

1 to 1.30pm   CAISTOR METHODIST CHURCH
2 to 2.30pm   SEARBY CUM OWMBY, St. Nicholas
3 to 3.30pm  GRASBY, All Saints

Sunday 19th May
2 to 2.30pm   TEALBY,  All Saints
3 to 3.30pm   EAST BARKWITH, St. Mary

Musicians "Sixteen Eighty Five" will be playing medieval, renaissance and baroque music using 'period'  instruments (crumhorns, recorders, symphony) at the following churches during the festival:

Messingham, Holy Trinity – Saturday 11th May: performance 10:15 - 11:30am

Blyborough, St Alkmund – Sunday 12th May: performances at various times between 2pm and 4:30pm

Legsby, St Thomas the Apostle – Sunday 19th 11-12noon

Swallow, Holy Trinity – Saturday 18th May: performances between 2:30 - 4pm

Scotton, St Genewys – Saturday 11th May 2–3pm  Solo musician!

ORGANS FOR THE PUBLIC TO PLAY

Please look out for the organ symbol in the Guide Book, and the link on the sidebar in this website, indicating that visiting organists are welcome to play.

There are many interesting small 1-manual organs to be found in village churches, Brocklesby, Greetwell and Cherry Willingham as examples, and there are some good 2-manual instruments also, such as in Nettleham, Faldingworth, Stow Minster, Spridlington, Scothern.