DaveHarries

I believe that the NPOR is correct in regards the Independent Evangelical Church. The building is know in use as "Woodlands Christian Centre" and it was, for a few years, my regular place for the evening service on the first Sunday of the month which was called "The Mix". I last went there in 1999 I think and I don't recall any organ being present. Judging by some of the photos on their website - http://www.woodlandschurch.net/ - it seems that the ceiling has been lowered a bit with a fake one put in and therefore there is no room for an organ to be present. HTH, Dave

Hi all, Seeing the post about the Skrabl work at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol - http://www.mander-organs.com/discussion/in...?showtopic=3338 - has given me a mental nudge to post this about another church near to Westbury-on-Trym. Throughout a fair portion of 2011 a considerable amount of work has been carried out to the interior of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Pictures in the quarterly church magazine have shown dust covers on the organ, certainly on the nave side. One would also imagine that dust covers were properly placed over the chancel face of the organ but it seems that the organ - which was not removed during the work - has nonetheless suffered. I understand that enough damage has been caused as to render the organ currently unplayable which means that an electronic is currently accompanying services. I imagine - without being 100% certain - that dust is the only problem within the organ. The instrument (3 manuals, 34 stops) was built by Hele of Plymouth in 1909 replacing an earlier WG Vowles organ of 1860. Daniel of Clevedon rebuilt Hele's organ in 1979. I hope it can be saved: I used to practice on it when I was learning and at least one other member (Ian Ball) will know this instrument as well. I will next be up at the church on 16th October and I will endeavour to find out as much as I can. Hope this is of interest. I have emailed info to the NPOR. Dave

Mr. Cook's post at Salisbury becomes vacant 01-Nov-2011. There is an advert on Salisbury Cathedral's website already for his replacement there. http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/recru...t.vacancies.php Dave

Hi all, Commencing from this Wednesday, 14th September, the new regular time for Choral Evensong on Radio 3 will be 3:30pm. The service from this week should be a good one: it is from the abbey at Neresheim, Southern Germany. Dave

Two recitals in Bristol that are coming up. Firstly, on Tuesday 13th September, the first lunchtime recital of the Michaelmas term will be given by Simon Hogan, organ scholar at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Start time: 1:15pm. Secondly, on Wednesday 21st September at 7:30pm, a recital will be given at Christ Church, Broad Street by Andrew Dewar (American Cathedral, Paris). The programme is to be as follows: - Fantasia & Toccata op. 57 (CV Stanford) - Trio Sonata no. 4 in E minor, BWV 528 (JS Bach) - Salamanca (Guy Bovet) - Uppon La Mi Re (Anon) - Toccata in E major (Jürgen Essl) (interval) Ad nos, ad salutarem undam (Franz Liszt) Tickets £9.50 (£.750 concs.) to include a glass of wine in the interval. Christ Church, Broad Street is in the city centre: look for the church with the working Jacks either side of the clock. Tickets are available from Jonathan Price (DoM). HTIOI, Dave

Hi all, On air now is the Choral Evensong on Radio 3, which is a repeat of the service from Worcester, under the direction of our good friend Adrian Lucas, that was broadcast on the 10th August. I heard the original broadcast and I have the repeat on now. Highly recommended! Oh and, BTW, don't forget it is Adrian's last 3 choirs festival. Dave

Further to the departure of Adrian Lucas from Worcester, this message comes from the website of Worcester Cathedral: ------------------------------------- APPOINTMENT OF ORGANIST AND DIRECTOR OF MUSIC The Chapter has initiated the appointment process for a new Organist and Director of Music, in succession to Adrian Lucas, who will leave his post at Christmas this year. The Chapter has appointed a selection panel with an external professional adviser. The Chapter has invited comments on the appointment from the Cathedral Community and other interested bodies, and is grateful for all the comments made. The post will be advertised on 9 September 2011, when a pack, comprising background information, personal specification, job description and terms and conditions of employment will be available. The closing date for applications will be 29 September. Invitations to interview will be sent out on 10 October, and the interviews will be held on 21, 22 and 23 November. The new Organist and Director of Music will take up the appointment no later than Monday 23 April 2012. ------------------------------------- HTIOI, Dave

Earlier this year I purchased a book about the history of the organs at Chichester Cathedral. It doesn't mention Sarah Baldock so someone needs to do an update of that publication. Dave

Hi all, I don't know if this has already been posted anywhere on the Mander Forum but the Daily Telegraph of 27th July 2011 carried an obituary for the organ builder David Pawlyn to whom credit has been given for preventing numerous cinema & theatre organs from the scrap heap. A link - which I didn't need a subscription to access - can be found here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries...vid-Pawlyn.html Interesting that one ended up in Berlin: where did that come from in England, I wonder? HTIOI, Dave

Hi all, Just gone through the listing for the 2011 BBC Proms and the organ features as follows: Prom 1, Sunday 04th September | David Goode Programme includes: Judith Weir - Stars, Night, Music and Light Janáček - Glagolitic Mass Note: this is not an organ solo concert. Prom 3, Sunday 17th July | Stephen Farr Alain - Litanies Liszt - Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) J. S. Bach - Chorale Prelude 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott', BWV 721 Judith Bingham - The Everlasting Crown Note: World première of Bingham piece. Prom 34, Tuesday 09th August | Thomas Trotter St. Saëns - Symphony no. 3 in C Minor forms part of the second half of this prom. Prom 66, Sunday 04th September | Thierry Escaich Thierry Escaich - Overture in the Baroque Style (improvisation) JS Bach - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) Thierry Escaich - Evocation III (on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland') Reger - Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. 15 Franck - Chorale No. 2 in B minor Liszt - Adagio in D flat major, S759 Thierry Escaich - Triptych on Themes by Liszt (improvisation) Note: UK première of the Evocation III. That is all I can find for this year. it isn't as much as last year but it is still better than not having any organ at all! However, as an aside to the organ music, Prom 54, Wednesday 24th August has Marc–André Hamelin doing a piano concert with all music by Liszt. Oddly the programme includes the Fantasia & Fugue on B.A.C.H. Could be a good concert but would rather hear the B.A.C.H on the organ! I think this year is a debut for Mr. Escaich? Sounds like a good concert in store from him and should be worth hearing. HTIOI, Dave

Thanks for the lead. Do you have the info (title, where I can get it, etc.) for the DVD? I have just run a search on Amazon to no avail. Thanks. Dave

Just came across this clip and it is most certainly worth a listen. Maxime Patel playing the organ in the basilica at Waldsassen, Germany. The piece is the Jeanne Demessieux "Te Deum". The organ was built 1982 - 1989 by Georg Jann but the casework looks older. THere are 6 manuals, 103 stops and 7720 pipes making it one of the largest in Germany. There are 9 divisions on this organ (7 manual, 2 pedal) and two consoles. Great playing by Patel who, until I saw this clip, I had never heard in action. Photos: - http://www.flickr.com/photos/64479867@N00/3454692821/ (Organ) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/64479867@N00/3455496956/ (Organ) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/91551562@N00/2232208851/ (Church) This organ has a bit of a growl to it which reminds me of Notre Dame, Paris. Enjoy! Dave

Thought these might be of interest. I am not sure if the first two videos have been linked in from this forum before: apologies if they have. Firstly, the organ of Sion, Switzerland built approx. 1370 making it the oldest playable organ in the world, with additions later on. Diane Bish is the organist here. Both parts equally interesting IMO. Part 1: Part 2: Second up is the organ of St. Andreas, Soest-Ostönnen, Germany. Nice sounding instrument originally built 1425 - 1430 for another church but transferred to its present home by Johann Patroclus Möller in 1722 who also revised it. Of the original pipe compliment of this organ about 3/4 of the pipes (about 326 in total) are from 1425 - 1430. The music in this clip is from the Buxheim Orgelbuch which dates from c. 1460. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pptw_heq10 HTIOI, Dave

Please could someone enlighten me on this one? I have not heard of whatever is being referred to and have tried to send a PM to DHM but his inbox is full. Thanks. Dave

Colin, Thanks for posting those links and the videos. I had never heard this organ and it sounds really good. What a pity I fear that I might not make it to the organ festival to mark this instrument's 500th. I hope there is an article on it in C&O in the future and I am surprised that there hasn't been one in C&O before now. But, as far as I can tell, there hasn't been one (I have all the C&O editions that there ever have been, excluding Issue 2). Dave

I thought the music for the wedding was superb. I had never heard "I was Glad" and thought it was a superb piece. It was good to hear Walton's "Crown Imperial" at the end but I think it sounds better played on an organ than by an orchestra / brass band. Not surprised to see pieces with Welsh links (ie. VW's "Rhosymedre" and that great hymn "Guide me O though great Jehovah" to the Welsh tune "Cwm Rhondda"). As for "This is the day" I am sure that I used to sing that, albeit to a different tune, in my younger church-going days but thought that John Rutter's version was very good. The accompanying music to that reminded me somewhat of his setting of "For the beauty of the Earth". Also the choirs were very good as well and the organ sounded in excellent fettle. Well done to all concerned. Dave

At the end of the BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong repeat on Sunday afternoon - the repeat of last Wednesday's broadcast from Eton - the announcer said that the director of music, Ralph Allwood, is leaving in September after 26 years in the job. Does anyone know if any decision been made as to who will succeed Mr. Allwood? Dave

I have split up part of Churchmouse's post and put some photo links in just to give some idea of the state of the churches mentioned. Possibly, but it looks as if the organ just might have escaped destruction. Apparently the South Island Organ Company dismantled it after the quake of September 2010: http://www.flickr.com/photos/folkestone-ha...ild/5052440159/ St. John's, Latimer Square: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simon_nathan/5322271306/ Knox Presbyterian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/go_wild/5490372949/ Knox Presbyterian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hayzpics/5473304356/ Couldn't find a photo of Rugby Street Methodist Church. Dave

In respect of the town hall and its organ I don't know if Christchurch Town Hall and Christchurch Arts Centre are the same building. If they are then things might not be looking too good. I have just found this through an image search engine: Underneath the photo the person who uploaded it wrote: "The Arts Centre buildings seemed almost unscathed until I got to Le Cafe - almost exactly where Mrs G and I (and Mr G) met for coffee a few weeks ago." The same person later follows that up with this: "I have just heard that there is some serious damage inside. I hope it is fixable. There are STILL aftershocks though, and some of them are BIG. And the wind has finally got up, so there could be more damage yet." Inevitably, if the two buildings are the same and the aftershocks continue then it looks probable that the situation will get worse for the organ before it gets better. So things might not be too good. Here's hoping that the two buildings - the Town Hall and the Arts Centre - are not the same..... Dave

No idea on the former, but warmest congratulations on the latter. Dave

Thanks. I have clicked the "Like" button on their Facebook. I left the following message from all members of this forum: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The very sad news regarding the loss of your 3 staff in the rubble of Durham St. Methodist Church was posted on the forum of Mander Organs (an organ building company) based in London, UK. May I express deepest condolences from all members of the forum to colleagues and families of those killed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hope you all don't mind me doing that. Dave

No mention of this on the SIOC website as I write this. Dave

Yes I knew that. But didn't know that she was ill as well. Dave

Hi all, Those who have been members for a good few years will remember that, when David Gedge (ex. DoM, Brecon Cathedral) was taken ill while at the organ there was much posting on a topic set up to wish him well. If I recall rightly, one of the responses came from Harriet Gedge. I note from the latest edition of the Choir & Organ magazine - which landed in my mailbox this morning - the following brief news item on page 5. I quote, in full: "Robert Munns's (sic) Southward Cathedral recital on 11 Apr (see page 69) is in thanksgiving for the life of Harriet Gedge". Sounds like a recital that, although given in what sounds like sad circumstances, could be worth attending and, if I find myself in the area at the time, I will go. Anyone know what Mr. Munns is likely to play? Dave

As it says, the idea is to think up new meanings for current words. Slightly alter them if you wish. Just for starters, in regards to the 11th post on this link: http://www.mander-organs.com/discussion/in...=1022&st=60 My opening submission is this: Coupla: mug of tea that you drink while playing an organ. Any more ideas? Dave