Meg Washington (piano) with Vanessa Scammell conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at Sydney Town Hall.
(Unusually we were permitted to take photos using phones. And of course no one could use flash or record the concert in any way.)
She was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as was my own daughter!!!) but was schooled in Australia after leaving PNG when she was 10)
Note the huge organ pipes at the back. When it was installed in 1890, the grand organ was the largest in the world and described as the ‘finest organ ever built by an English organ builder’.
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Thanks. The programme was songs written by Meg Washington, an Australian, who also plays the piano and guitar. The music was a cross of jazz, blues and classical (I think).
She was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as was my own daughter!!!) but was schooled in Australia after leaving PNG when she was 10.
Awesome concert shot! I'm not sure about this organ, but on most pipe organs the ones in front are purely decorative. It's really cool to go behind them and see the actual organ pipes.
Thanks. The programme was songs written by Meg Washington, an Australian, who also plays the piano and guitar. The music was a cross of jazz, blues and classical (I think).
She was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as was my own daughter!!!) but was schooled in Australia after leaving PNG when she was 10.
Thanks. It was a great concert.
Thanks Peter.
Thanks Bill and Dave. The concert was fabulous.
Ian
The Albert Hall organ is bigger but only when it was “rebuilt” in 2004.
Thanks. I know nothing about organs but they do occasionally have tours of the town hall. I’ll have to get on one.
That organ is huge!
Thanks for commenting. It was my first visit to the Town Hall for at least 30 years or more!!
Thanks Katy. Love it!