Concerts and Events at Langley
Enjoy unforgettable experiences in timeless spaces
A Sunday afternoon concert in the 1873 Lauriston Chapel.
Combining the unique character of Langley Estate with the owners’ 30-year international experience as touring solo musicians, Langley is also a magnificent performing arts venue.
Concert rooms, including the historic 1873 Lauriston Chapel complete with a magnificent pipe organ and concert grand piano, give the ‘Langley Magic’ to a wide variety of cultural events throughout the year.
2021 marked the formal beginning of a new era at Langley, when the Lauriston Chapel was launched as a concert venue. Since then, the yearly seasons at Langley continue to feature artists from around the world, with greatly varied programs, all suited to the intimate ambience of the historic chapel. The ‘meet the performers’ post-concert refreshments in the Langley Hall mansion have become an integral part of the series.
From classical chamber music concerts, solo pipe organ concerts, jazz evenings, solo song recitals, piano recitals and choral concerts to Deluxe High Teas, guided tours, open gardens and special events such as champagne, or food and wine, tastings, Langley will have something for you to enjoy as an audience member or participate in as a connoisseur!
Please contact Simone for further details about forthcoming concerts. We look forward to welcoming you soon!
Next Concerts and Events
Deluxe High Teas with Guided Tours
A sumptuous Traditional High Tea with a difference!
Featuring a Deluxe Menu from Bendigo’s own Whisk catering, a special performance by Thomas Heywood on the historic 1875 pipe organ in the Lauriston Chapel and an unforgettable guided tour of Langley Estate, including the Langley Hall mansion.
Sunday 23 November 2025
3 pm – 4 pm
Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate
150th Anniversary Gala
Thomas Heywood
PLAYS THE NEWLY-INSTALLED
1875 GEORGE ‘GRANDFATHER’ FINCHAM PIPE ORGAN
Join us for an exciting new anniversary program showcasing the 1875 George 'Grandfather' Fincham Pipe Organ, newly installed in the 1873 Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate.
This 150th Anniversary Gala will take the audience on a musical tour from Tchaikovsky to Handel and Haydn, with Grieg, Granados, Guilmant and others along the way.
This magnificent pipe organ was built in Melbourne 150 years ago for the grand ballroom of 'Findon' in Kew - the mansion owned by the legendary 19th-century Australian banker and politician, the Hon. Henry 'Money' Miller. However, it was never installed in Miller's mansion and, instead, remained in Fincham's Richmond organ factory as an exhibition instrument where it was regularly demonstrated and used for practice by a teenaged Dame Nellie Melba, who was having organ lessons at the time!
150 years later, the instrument was restored and enhanced by Daniel Bittner and his team at Australian Pipe Organs in Melbourne for installation in the Lauriston Chapel at Langley earlier this year, and this incredible pipe organ now sounds as good as it looks!
And the spectacular gold on the facade pipes is returning home as, believe it or not, the gold leaf sourced in 1875 came from the Bendigo goldfields!
Join us at Langley for this 150th Anniversary Gala as Thomas, 'without argument one of the world's best concert organists', showcases both the beauty and grandeur of this spectacular instrument in the Lauriston Chapel.
After the concert, you can also enjoy the usual post-concert refreshments served in the Langley Hall mansion.
Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/DGLHC
Adults $45 / Concession $40
Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.
Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.
Full Program for the 150th Anniversary Gala
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), transcribed by W.T. Best (1826-1897)
Overture to the Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62
i. Andante maestoso
ii. Allegro
iii. Adagio
iv. March
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), trans. Dr A. Vernon Butcher (1909-1997)
‘Emperor’ Variations from String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3
Théodore Salomé (1834-1896)
Andante maestoso – Allegro risoluto [1st mvt] from Sonata No. 1 in C minor for Grand Organ, Op. 25
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
March upon a Theme of Handel from Pieces in Different Styles – Book 1, Op. 15 No. 2
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974)
Three movements from the Lyric Suite, Op. 54
i. Notturno [Nocturne]
ii. Scherzo
iii. Trolltog [March of the Trolls]
Enrique Granados (1867-1916), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974)
Danza Española – ‘Andaluza’ [Spanish Dance], Op. 37 No. 5
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), trans. Dr George Bennett (1863-1930)
Coronation March, TH 50
Saturday 20 December 2025
10.30 am – 11.30 am
Langley Estate
Guided Tour of Langley Estate
with Thomas Heywood
A guided tour of Bendigo's iconic Langley Estate mansion, chapel and gardens:
a goldfields landmark since 1904.
Come and experience the 'Langley Magic' with a guided tour of Langley Estate by the owners themselves, Thomas and Simone Heywood.
The Langley Hall mansion was built on the grandest scale in 1904 as the Bishop's Palace for Henry Langley, the first Anglican Bishop of Bendigo; the internal floor space alone covers over a quarter of an acre. The estate also houses the 1873 Lauriston Chapel, now a 100-seat concert room complete with its own newly installed 1875 pipe organ, as well as the 1936 Langley Manor and extensive landscaped gardens.
The estate has a long, varied and fascinating history: from the early Bishops (1904-1919) to over 800 ANZACs recovering from Gallipoli (1919-1926), from Governors-General, Premiers and other dignitaries who have visited and stayed at Langley, to the joie de vivre of the 1,500 infants who lived here during the estate’s time as a Toddlers’ Home (1932-1979).
The walls can't talk - but your tour guide Thomas Heywood can - on this unmissable tour!
Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/DCIGV
Tickets $25
Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Please arrive by 10.30 am.
Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.
MORE CONCERTS AND EVENTS COMING SOON
