Theatre organ concert by Robert Wolfe, with an informal descriptive commentary on the instruments at the St Albans Organ Theatre.
Robert Wolfe plays the St Albans Organ Theatre on Saturday 9 October 2027, with the concert starting at 15:00 and doors open from 14:30. Wolfe is a British theatre organist who draws on the Wurlitzer tradition, and this is one of the theatre's regular afternoon concerts.
If you've never been, the St Albans Organ Theatre on Camp Road is as much a museum as it is a venue. It houses a collection of mechanical self-playing instruments: reproducing pianos, musical boxes, Victorian hand-turned organettes, and the rare Mills Violano, a coin-operated self-playing violin with an integral piano. Alongside those are four large Belgian dance organs and two working theatre pipe organs. The theatre programmes its concerts on the second Sunday of the month from March to November, and each one includes an informal descriptive commentary that introduces the instruments, so you'll get a bit of context for what you're hearing. Visitors can join in at any time during the afternoon, too.
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Wolfe's work sits firmly in that theatre organ tradition, and his background includes associations with Blackpool Tower and Thursford. The afternoon is built around the theatre's collection, with the commentary running alongside the music. It's at 320 Camp Road, AL1 5PE, starting at 15:00 with doors open from 14:30.
