michaelwilson

Meanwhile elsewhere in Oxford, New College are advertising for an Assistant Organist.

James O'Donnell was made an LVO last year.

The full specification has now been published, see the download link on the following page to a PDF file containing the details: http://www.nicholsonorgans.co.uk/pf/gloucestercathedral/

I was referring to episode 6, where the Queen has a dream that Tony Blair is crowned king, after which the choir sings D:Ream's Things Can Only Get Better. This was filmed in Winchester Cathedral with the cathedral choir doing the singing (I hope they all received a decent fee). I've now just realised that the rose on the surplices was perhaps the Labour Party emblem, so actually a choice by the film-makers that was appropriate for the fictional context (the Queen's preoccupation with Blair-mania).

On a similar note I'm wondering why the members of Winchester Cathedral choir featured in episode 6 (who were pretending to be Westminster Abbey choir) had red roses embroidered onto their surplices. Does the cathedral have a stock of such surplices solely on the off-chance they need to sing at an England rugby match? Were they specially made props for this ten seconds of television? The mind boggles...

Being charitable I would suggest he intended simply to ensure that the knocks were heard clearly by the congregation.

The Bishop has apologised on Twitter: "A privilege to rededicate the shiny new organ and 'wake it up' with three knocks from my crozier! Apologies for leaving three dents on the side of the organ case - a story to tell in the future about the bishop's over zealous wake up shake"

Charles Maxtone-Smith to Buckfast Abbey: https://www.buckfast.org.uk/new-organist-joins-buckfast-abbey/

They will presumably have to make an interim appointment at least until Trinity Term, or more likely until the summer if they don't get the advert out soon (assuming the new appointee will be giving three months notice to their current employer).

I'm surprised that I haven't seen an advert for Christ Church Oxford yet. Perhaps they are considering making changes to the job description.

Thank you for the suggestions, I have now have some on order.

I'm looking for recordings of pre-18th century organ music by the likes of Gibbons, Tomkins et al. I know of only one disc, namely Tudor Organ Music by Carl Smith on Naxos. Such music does sometimes appear on choral recordings to fill in the gaps etc, but I'm looking for dedicated albums. I can't believe there's only one, but perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Are you sure, did he even wear glasses? Looks a bit like Stanford to me but if the RSM staff didn't recognise him before uploading then it probably isn't.

I'm sure rumours of this have been mentioned on here before but my search for such posts was fruitless. However in the particulars for Andrew Nethsingha's replacement I found this: "The College has acquired a redundant Father Willis organ to be refurbished by Harrison & Harrison in Durham. An ad hoc Committee supports the Director of Music and the College’s Head of Capital Projects in planning for the installation of the refurbished instrument, scheduled for 2025. The Director will work closely with the Development Director to complete the fundraising target for donations to underwrite the cost of this project, and with Dr William McVicker, our Organ Advisor, to sell the redundant parts of the existing organ."

The advert for St John's is out: https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/director-music-0