St Nicholas Church to host summer of music with free organ recitals
A series of free organ recitals will be held at St Nicholas Church, Dereham. Photo: Archant - Credit: Archant
The first in a series of free organ recitals at a Dereham church will feature music from the recent royal wedding.
Organist Dougal Smith will launch the summer of music at St Nicholas Church on Friday, June 1 at 1pm.
The recital will feature music from the recent wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Mr Smith is a self-taught organist, who has lived in Norfolk since 1981.
He is a long-standing member of the Norfolk Emergency Services Choir, the Dereham Operatic Society, the Shipdham Community Choir and a church organist, and last performed at St Nicholas for his 57th birthday, in 2005.
The recital is the first in a run of four.
The event will include a sandwich lunch from 12.40pm, with music commencing at 1pm until 1.50pm.
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The series will continue on the following three Fridays where Jo Richards will perform on June 8, Relf Clarke on June 15, and Richard Bower on June 22.
