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Saltmarket Hall
The gilded pipes of the 1871 organ above its carved oak case, an organist’s hands on the keys below.

Martin Greaves, organ

Organ hour: the 1871 organ

When
Sunday 22 November
Times
Doors 15:30 · starts 16:00 · ends 17:00
Where
The Nave, classical, Sunday at Four
Tickets
£10, concessions below
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Sunday at Four: Bach, Mendelssohn and Elgar on the restored organ.

The chapel’s organ was built in 1871 and restored in 2014 with money raised by the Friends. Martin Greaves plays the music it was built for, and shows what each stop does before he begins.

Sit in the gallery to watch the pedals; the stairs are on the left of the west door.

Tickets

Book online, by phone or at the box office. No booking fee; we never sell above face value.

Box office 01632 960418

Ticket prices for Organ hour: the 1871 organ
Full price£10
Under 26 and students£5
Friends of the Hallwith your Friends card£7
Companion of a disabled visitorbook by phone or at the box officeFree

Tickets on sale now.

The programme

  1. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
  2. Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 6 in D minor
  3. Elgar: Sonata in G, first movement

Who’s playing

  • Martin Greaves organ

Before you come

Everything about your visit
When do the doors open?

At 15:30, for the foyer, the bar and The Nave. Seats are unreserved unless it says otherwise.

How long is it?

It starts at 16:00 and ends at about 17:00.

Is there a bar?

The Yard bar opens with the doors and through every interval: local beer and cider, wine, soft drinks and coffee. You can take drinks into the Nave in our glasses.

Can I bring children?

Yes, to anything without an age on its page. Under-fives come free to the Sunday at Four concerts and the family mornings, sitting on a lap.

What if I arrive late?

We let latecomers in at a suitable break, to the back of the hall or the gallery. For theatre that is the interval.

Where you’ll sit

The Nave

A room built for voices, now for every kind of music. The stage sits low under the east arch, the gallery runs round three sides, and nobody is more than nineteen rows from the front.

  • 380 seated rows
  • 600 standing
  • 180 long tables
  • 140 cabaret
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Stalls, unreservedRow J: six wheelchair spaces, a companion seat beside each

Also this week

The Vestry set for a talk: sixty wooden chairs in rows, an oak lectern and two tall arched windows with morning light.

Wednesday 25 November, 20:00

Open session

Quayside Folk Club. The Vestry, £5