Fraser Gartshore

🕯️ SUNDAY EVENING: STILL UP FOR GRABS 🕯️

This Sunday's concert doesn't have a sponsor yet. The organ is sitting there, all tuned up with nowhere to go. 😢

As you know, Sunday evenings are special sponsored concerts. So right now it looks like I'll have a night off on the sofa… unless one of you (or a few of you together) decides otherwise.

Sponsor this Sunday and the evening is YOURS:
🎶 Have a say in the programme
🎂 Dedicate it to someone: a birthday, an anniversary, or just because
🙌 Get a big thank-you live on stream

One generous soul can cover it, or the Gang can club together. Either way, the organ gets to play and we all get a Sunday concert.

Who's claiming Sunday? 👇
Solo: buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/574905
Club Together: buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/wishlist

3 days ago | [YT] | 9

Fraser Gartshore

🎹😱 NEW: MAKE FRASER SUFFER 😱🎹

You've always enjoyed watching me sight-read things I really shouldn't. So now YOU get to choose the torture.

Three fiendish challenges are now on my Buy Me a Coffee wishlist:

🟢 Entry Level: Vierne, Finale from Symphony No. 1
🟠 Advanced: Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries (two hands, two feet, one very confused organ)
🔴 Ultimate Suffering: Duruflé, Toccata. Even Duruflé reportedly didn't like it.

How it works: chip in any amount you like. Once a wish is fully funded, it goes on the programme and I'll attempt it LIVE on a Friday stream, unrehearsed, with the whole Gartshore Gang watching.

Every contribution also helps keep the Friday streams free for everyone, and that's something I really want to protect. Thank you for making this channel what it is. ❤️

Which one do you want to see me crash and burn on first? 👇

buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/wishlist

5 days ago | [YT] | 16

Fraser Gartshore

This Sunday - a very special concert in Gackenbach - the legendary Wolfgang Seifen is performing a concert of improvisations on the Nelson/Göckel organs in St Bartholomew. If you're in the area, this concert is a MUST! Wolfgang is the finest improviser in the country and his creations are out of this world! Hope to see you there - I'll be making a recording of the event...

1 week ago | [YT] | 32

Fraser Gartshore

🕯️🎹 NOVEMBER AT FRASER GARTSHORE — the month ahead

As the nights draw in, a gentle month of music — free Friday nights for all, and our ticketed Sunday Specials.

Sun 1 — For Alexander 🕯️ — a programme of requests, in loving memory of Alexander Wunderlich
Fri 6 — Night Draws In 🕯️ (cosy music for the dark evenings)
Sun 8 — Sunday Special · open for sponsorship!
Fri 13 — Watch Me Practice 🎹
Sun 15 — Sunday Special · open for sponsorship!
Fri 20 — Light in the Darkness 🏮 (warmth & hope for the darkest month)
Sun 22 — Sunday Special · open for sponsorship!
Fri 27 — The Road to Advent ✨ (the first light of the season)
Sun 29 — Advent Begins 🕯️ (a special first-Advent evening — open to sponsor!)

🤝 Fancy sponsoring a Sunday? You can do it solo — or club together with the Gang and chip in as a group. A lovely way to mark a birthday, a memory, or simply because you love the music. buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/574905. 💛

See you through November. ❤️

1 week ago | [YT] | 14

Fraser Gartshore

🎹 Now streaming 24/7 — “Fraser Gartshore’s Organ Works”

Something a little different: I’ve put my album “Organ Works” — a collection of my own commissioned compositions for organ — on a round-the-clock stream. It runs non-stop, day and night, so whenever you fancy some original organ music to work, read, relax or drift off to, it’s there waiting for you. 🌙

📜 And if any of them speak to you, the full scores are available — perfect if you’d like to play them yourself or simply have them on your shelf:
👉 buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/158650

Pop it on, let it play, and enjoy. ❤️

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Fraser Gartshore

This is it — tonight I return to the great organ of St Josef, Bonn-Beuel, where it all began for me 27 years ago. An evening of jazz and improvisation — not a Bach in sight! 🎷

⏰ Online box office closes at 4pm today — book by then and your viewing link arrives in your inbox before we begin. (Booked later? You’ll still get the full video link this evening.)

🎟️ Online: €15 → buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/581948 💻
🎟️ In person: €15 at the door, St Josef, Bonn-Beuel — doors from 5pm 🏛️

Last chance to join the homecoming — see you at 6! 🎹❤️

Jetzt ist es so weit — heute Abend kehre ich an die große Orgel von St. Josef, Bonn-Beuel zurück, wo vor 27 Jahren für mich alles begann. Ein Abend voller Jazz und Improvisation — kein einziger Bach! 🎷

⏰ Der Online-Ticketverkauf endet heute um 16 Uhr — wer bis dahin bucht, bekommt den Zugangslink rechtzeitig vor Beginn ins Postfach. (Später gebucht? Du bekommst am Abend den Link zum vollständigen Video.)

🎟️ Online: 15 € → buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/581948 💻
🎟️ Vor Ort: 15 € an der Abendkasse, St. Josef, Bonn-Beuel — Einlass ab 17 Uhr 🏛️

Letzte Chance, bei der Heimkehr dabei zu sein — bis um 18 Uhr! 🎷🎹❤️

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 56

Fraser Gartshore

🎹 Back to the Roots — tickets now open for Bonn!

What a start it's been. Our very first hybrid concert in Gackenbach last month was everything I'd hoped for — a full church, a wonderful online audience from around the world, and a real sense that we were all part of something together. To everyone who was there, in the pews or on the sofa: thank you. You made it special. ❤️

Now comes something close to my heart. On Sunday 18 October at 18:00, I return to the great organ of St Josef, Bonn-Beuel — the very instrument where my organ life in Germany began, 27 years ago. A true homecoming, and the second stop in our new concert series.

This is the heart of what we're building: real concerts from remarkable organs, shared live by an audience in the church and by friends watching worldwide — everyone with a ticket, everyone part of the same evening. One church, one community, one occasion, wherever you are.

🎟️ Tickets from €15 — in person or online. Your private viewing link (online) arrives by email shortly before we begin.

Come and be part of the homecoming — and of what comes next. 🎹❤️
👉 buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/581948

🎹 Back to the Roots — Tickets für Bonn jetzt erhältlich!

Was für ein Auftakt. Unser allererstes Hybrid-Konzert in Gackenbach im letzten Monat war alles, was ich mir erhofft hatte — eine volle Kirche, ein wunderbares Online-Publikum aus aller Welt und das echte Gefühl, gemeinsam Teil von etwas zu sein. Allen, die dabei waren, in der Kirchenbank oder auf dem Sofa: Danke. Ihr habt es zu etwas Besonderem gemacht. ❤️

Jetzt kommt etwas, das mir sehr am Herzen liegt. Am Sonntag, den 18. Oktober um 18 Uhr kehre ich an die große Orgel von St. Josef, Bonn-Beuel zurück — das Instrument, an dem vor 27 Jahren mein Orgelleben in Deutschland begann. Eine echte Heimkehr und die zweite Station unserer neuen Konzertreihe.

Genau darum geht es bei dem, was wir aufbauen: echte Konzerte an außergewöhnlichen Orgeln, gemeinsam erlebt von einem Publikum in der Kirche und von Freunden weltweit am Bildschirm — alle mit Ticket, alle Teil desselben Abends. Eine Kirche, eine Gemeinschaft, ein Erlebnis, wo auch immer du bist.

🎟️ Tickets ab 15 € — vor Ort oder online. Dein privater Zugangslink (online) kommt kurz vor Beginn per E-Mail.

Sei dabei bei der Heimkehr — und bei allem, was noch kommt. 🎹❤️
👉 buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/581948

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 56

Fraser Gartshore

🍂🎹 OCTOBER AT FRASER GARTSHORE — the month ahead!

A whole month of music — free Friday nights for all, and our ticketed Sunday Specials, every one of them generously sponsored by the Gang. 💛

Fri 2 — Golden October 🍂 (season opener)
Sun 4 — Sunday Special · sponsored by Liam 💛
Fri 9 — Watch Me Practice 🎹 (a peek at my Bonn prep!)
Sun 11 — A Concert for George 💛 (sponsored by Georg Ellendorf)
Fri 16 — Film & Screen Night 🎬
Sun 18 · 6pm — HYBRID CONCERT, St Josef, Bonn-Beuel 🎹 (live & online — tickets now! buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/581948)
Fri 23 — Spooky Season begins 🎃
Sun 25 — The Platts Programme 🎵 (sponsored by Joe — music chosen by the Platts Gang!)
Fri 30 — HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR 👻🎃 (the grand finale!)

Every Sunday this month taken care of by our wonderful supporters — thank you, one and all. See you through October! 🇬🇧🎹❤️

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 25

Fraser Gartshore

It worked! Folks - Best of British live from Gackenbach was a roaring success! We had a fun time together in the church and online - feedback from the audiences has been positive and everyone loved the “new” atmosphere!

Thank you to all who supported this new format - I’m so happy it all worked out!

Here’s to the next hybrid concert in Bonn on 18 October!🚀

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1 month ago | [YT] | 50

Fraser Gartshore

🎹🇬🇧 FINAL CALL — "Best of British" TODAY at 5pm!

This is it! Tonight, live from the magnificent Nelson/Göckel organ of St Bartholomew, Gackenbach — a "Best of British" concert to launch our new series.

⏰ Online box office closes at 4pm today — book by then and your viewing link arrives in your inbox before we begin. (Booked later? You'll still get the full video link this evening.)

🎟️ Online: €15 → buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/577803 💻
🎟️ In person: €15 at the door, doors open at St Bartholomew, Gackenbach 🏛️

Last chance to join us — I can't wait to see you there. See you at 5! 🇬🇧🎹❤️

🎹🇬🇧 LETZTER AUFRUF — „Best of British" HEUTE um 17 Uhr!

Jetzt geht's los! Heute Abend, live an der prächtigen Nelson/Göckel-Orgel von St. Bartholomäus in Gackenbach — ein „Best of British"-Konzert zum Auftakt unserer neuen Reihe.

⏰ Der Online-Ticketverkauf endet heute um 16 Uhr — wer bis dahin bucht, bekommt den Zugangslink rechtzeitig vor Beginn ins Postfach. (Später gebucht? Du bekommst am Abend den Link zum vollständigen Video.)

🎟️ Online: 15 € → buymeacoffee.com/frasergartshore/e/577803 💻
🎟️ Vor Ort: 15 € an der Abendkasse in St. Bartholomäus, Gackenbach 🏛️

Letzte Chance, dabei zu sein — ich freue mich riesig auf euch. Bis um 17 Uhr! 🇬🇧🎹❤️

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