Music at Pilgrim

14/10/2026

The organ in Kpop

At Music@Pilgrim we are celebrating “Orgtober”, a chance to devote special attention to the organ as an instrument.

This Orgtober we are looking at the organ in popular culture, and today’s theme is Kpop. Enjoy!

14/10/2026

… and we would add in this country 😉

A pillar of the radio schedules for 100 years, the broadcasted service is one of the last few traces of a religious BBC

07/10/2026

The organ in popular culture

It’s October! Or as we say at Music@Pilgrim, “Orgtober”, a month in which we focus on one aspect of the organ as an instrument that has evolved and fascinated over the millenia.

This Orgtober we are looking at representations of the organ in popular culture. Today’s short video takes a brief look at the organ in the movies.

05/10/2026

Free Lunchtime Organ Recital: Val Estrella, 1pm Thursday 8 October

In town on Thursday? Pop into Pilgrim at 1pm for a colourful half-hour lunchtime organ recital performed by Organ Scholar Val Estrella on South Australia’s largest pipe organ.

Program:

Canzona, BWV 588: J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680: J.S. Bach
Rosa Mystica: Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Carillon: Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)
Improvised Carillon

The photo is of Val playing the stunning French Classical instrument in the Church of Saint-Pierre des Chartreux, Toulouse, on our 2024 organ tour.

30/09/2026

At our evensong this Saturday, 3 October at 5pm, we will be joined by the choir of the Royal School of Church Music Adelaide inSpires Festival.

The anthem will be ‘Creator of the Stars’ by Australian composer Timothy Mallis, which was the winner of last year’s Adelaide Sacred Music Composition Prize.

Here is a snippet from when we sang it at an evensong last year. We hope it “inSpires” you to come along!

28/09/2026

Evensong Saturday 3 October 5pm

For our October evensong we will be joined by the choir of the RSCM Adelaide inSpires Festival to sing the Dyson Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D.

Here we are singing the Gloria from the Magnificat, in rehearsal for evensong in Worcester Cathedral on our most recent tour, with the superlative David Drury at the organ.

The anthem will be 'Creator of the Stars' by Australian composer Timothy Mallis, the work which won the 2025 Adelaide Sacred Music Composition Prize.

Join us for a service of wonderful, uplifting music, with an expanded choir of enthusiastic church musicians!

21/09/2026

Free Lunchtime Organ Recital: 1pm Thursday 24 September

In town on Thursday? Pop into Pilgrim at 1pm for a colourful half-hour lunchtime organ recital performed by our Organist and Choir Director Peter Kelsall on South Australia’s largest pipe organ.

Pilgrim’s Free Lunchtime Organ Recitals take place at 1pm on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month, March – 1st half of Dec.

19/09/2026

Join the Choir next Sunday at 4pm for a variety concert with something for everyone!

Raising funds for the 28/29 UK Cathedrals tour, you’ll be treated to soloists, small groups, pipe organ, and the Choir performing some favourites.

We hope to see you there!
Tickets $20 via trybooking.com/DOSMQ or at the door.

09/09/2026

See you tomorrow (1pm Thurs 10 Sept) at the free lunchtime organ recital featuring Organ Scholar Val Estrella and organ student Jonathan Siow.

Program

Jonathan Siow
Toccata in E minor: Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Two-Part Invention in F: J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Two-Part Invention in the style of J.S. Bach: Jonathan Siow
Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 533: J.S. Bach
Toccata from Suite Gothique: Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)

Val Estrella
Prière à Notre-Dame: Léon Boëllmann
Antiphonal: ‘While the King sitteth at his table’ from Vêpres du Commun des Fêtes de la Sainte Vierge: Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Photo: Casey McEwan