Festival Diary

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31627, 13 March 1968, Page 6

Festival Diary

Bach In Cathedral

A programme of Chorale Preludes by Bach will be played on the big romantic organ in Christchurch Cathedral today by the Cathedral organist, C. Foster Browne.

The festival lunch-hour concert will start at 1.10 p.m. There is no admission charge. It was as an organist that Bach was known in his lifetime and indeed for a long time after his death. Although his organ works comprise only a fraction of his compositions the number is still monumental in scale. The Chorale Preludes were at the heart of Bach’s spiritual and religious life. The works to be played include: “Oh Christ Who Makes Us Joyful,” “Sleepers Awake,” “Come Holy Ghost Lord God,” “Rejoice Beloved Christians,” “Oh Spotless Lamb God,” “Gpd, I Will Not Depart,” “My Inmost Heart Does Yearn,” and “Christ Came to Jordan.” The Cathedral organ was built in 1926.

Today’s Events

Today’s events include:— Lunch-time Concert.—Choral Preludes by Bach. C. Foster Browne (organ). 1.10 p.m. the Cathedral. Free. Demonstration. Japanese Ikebana, by Mrs York Yoriko Ikezawa. 10 a.m. to 11, 1.20 p.m. to 2.20, 3 p.m. to 4. Hay’s, Ltd, Colombo Street. Drama.—“ Johnny So Long,” by Vivienne C. Welburn, University of Canterbury Drama Society, 8 p.m. Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Ham. Price 75c. Seats available. Demonstration. Michael Cardew (potter). 8 p.m. Wool Exchange Building, Whiteleigh Avenue. EXHIBITIONS

Rodin and his contemporaries: Sidney Nolan’s “Riverbend” panels; gold and silversmiths; international photographs; Cardew pottery; Canadian photographs; school publications. 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Canterbury Society of

Arts new gallery, 66 Gloucester Street.

Political cartoons by Sir David Low. 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Robert McDougall Gallery, Botanic Gardens. New Zealand Society of Potters: Canterbury Sculpture; 100 New Zealand Painters, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. Durham Street Art Gallery.

Historic Canterbury Paintings: Stamp exhibitions. 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue. 20/20 Vision Prints. 8.30 am. to 5.30 p.m. Northlands Shopping Centre, Papanui Road. Also Dominion Motors, Ltd, Armagh Street. Paintings by Trevor Moffit, sculpture by Tom Taylor, etchings by Barry Cleavin; pottery by Michael Trumic. 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Several Arts Gallery, 809 Colombo Street.

Paintings by R. Gopas, 11.30 a.m. to .4.30 p.m., 826 Colombo Street. Chinese Art 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Beath and Company, Ltd, Cashel Street. Work by art students. Students Union, Ham. Embroidery. Display. 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. J. Ballantyne and Company, Ltd, Colombo Street. Architecture of the Pacific, with films. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Durham Street Methodist Church Hall.

Paintings by Semisi Maya. 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Amuri Motors, Ltd, Cambridge Terrace and Gloucester Street.

Sound and Light environmental gallery, by David Cowie: 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Exhibition Centre, White Hart Arcade, High Street. Landscapes by New Zealand artists. 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Fisher and Son, Ltd, 961 Colombo Street.