DaveHarries
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For your consideration...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPKXSWaMpME...feature=related
I saw the front page saying that was on an electronic organ and promptly didn't bother watching the rest of the clip.
On the other hand, has anyone heard Lous Vierne's "Hymne au Soleil"? I had never heard of the piece until I came across this clip which is played by Philippe Delacour on the 1903 Cavaillé-Coll Organ of Notre-Dame, Metz. Not as big an organ as Notre Dame, Paris but a grand sounding instrument nonetheless and a nice piece to boot. Doesn't sound like the easiest piece to learn.
Dave
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Le Lauréat du concours pour la restauration-reconstruction du grand-orgue de la Cathédrale de Monaco vient d'être proclamé. Il s'agit de la manufacture d'orgues THOMAS (Belgique).
Découvrez son magnifique projet ici :
http://www.olivier-vernet.com/festivals-vernet.php
L'orgue actuel ne sera démonté qu'au dernier moment, tout le travail préparatoire ayant été effectué en atelier en amont. Le nouvel instrument résonnera pour la Fête Nationale (29 novembre) 2010.
Voilà un instrument qui sans nul doute fera parler de lui bien au delà des frontières.
Salut, Olivier et merci pour ton message a fait avec le nouvel orgue de la cathedrale de Monaco. Je pense que la conception de cet orgue est un peu bizarre, n'est pas?
Un question: pourquoi est-ce-que les claviers I - III ont 56 notes et la IVeme clavier ont seule 39 notes?
(Je m'excuse si ma Français ici est pas bon: je suis naturellement Anglais!
)Dave
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Hi Oliver, and thanks for your message to do with the new organ in Monaco cathedral. I think that the design of this organ is a bit bizarre, isn't it.
A question: why do manuals I - III have 56 notes and the 4th manual only have 39 notes?
(Excuse me if my French is not very good: I am English.)
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Hi all,
I managed to get into the chapel this morning by prior arrangement and had a good look at the instrument. It suits the chapel entirely. The person who let me in was the warden and he turned it on for me to play it. Very bright tone and the organ sounds great. It struck me as being the sort of organ where a piece of Bach would go perfectly.
I got some photos and a full stoplist but by Dad advises me that Peter Collins should give his permission before I distribute either. I don't see why I should have to get permission but my Dad (who works for the uni.) says that "it is Peter Collins' organ: he built it". (Really? I thought it was the university's!).
So no specification to NPOR and no info on this board until PC gives clearence: he is coming back down to do some finishing touches within a couple of weeks.
Watch this space!
Dave
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This might seem a wasteful end to what is probably a lot of good quality - and perfectly useable - pipework but, in consideration of the seemingly high value of metal these days, why not sell the pipes to someone who will melt the pipes down and recycle the metal? They may well also give you quite a bit of cash for the metal.
But leave those green painted pipes from one ofthe previous instruments: that is too valuable to loose.
I also wish to put on record my appreciation for the superb photographic chronicaling of the building of the new instrument. It has been truly fascinating. Thanks, Adrian! I am intending to hire a car and get up to Worcester for the Eurcharist on 5th October. I will have to hire a car as I will be coming from Bristol and will make a decently early start on the Sunday morning.
Dave
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Another organ which Handel is said to have played is the former organ of St. Martin in the Fields, London (Christopher Shrider 1726, moved to W-u-E and reb. 1800, reb. Jones of Kensington in 1882, renov. Percy Daniel 1929 & 1963, renov. Tipple of Worcester 1995) which is now in St. Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and has been since 1800. I quote:
"Another uncorroborated story about the organ, which was first reported in 1881 [.....] is that 'Handel was engaged to open it, and he was so delighted with it that he used to attend the church on Sunday afternoons to hear [.....] the organist play; and, it is said, Handel used often to play the voluntaries himself'"
[History of the Organ by David Strong, 2000]
Dave
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Hi,
I am looking to hire a car and check out some churches in Cornwall in a month or two's time. However a couple of questions regarding Mawgan, near Helston:
1. I ran 'Mawgan' past the NPOR's database and got two entries for 'St. Mawgan' but nothing for just 'Mawgan'. Does anyone here know who build the organ at Mawgan, near Helston, so that I can know what make of organ I can expect to find?
2. Sticking with the same 'Mawgan', has anyone heard of the organ in the private chapel at Trelowarren? Apparently dates 1830 and possibly by Flight & Robson. Three manuals and pedals but no independant stops on the pedals. Apparently in a very bad state. Does anyone know if moves have been made to get this instrument done up? Sounds like it might be worth looking into. I half wouldn't mind a look at both chapel and organ and would wonder who to contact. [NPOR D00795]
Cheers.
Dave
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A bit late to do so, but I would also like to pass on my good wishes to FJ for a speedy recovery. It is good to know that he is held in such esteem at York Minster, judging by the greeting from the other night.
I hope to get a chance to hear him play ASAP but living in Bristol does not make such things very easy.
Dave
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Great looking instrument: when is the grand opening? If I haven't already missed it then, one way or another, I shall get up there from Bristol.
Dave
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...and that most of the rest of the flue work is unadulterated W.G. Vowles!
Yes, I know.
And no doubt there is plenty of JW Walker flue-work in there as well. Which leaves me wondering wether there is an of Renatus Harris' organ of 1683-1685, other than the case and fron pipes, left. And I would like to think that there was.
Anyone know?
Dave
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Could have been worse...
Yes, it could.
When my Grandpa's funeral was held back in September 2006 the concluding piece, which inevitably raised some eyebrows, was JS Bach's Toccata & Fuge in D-Minor. No-one, not even me, could work out who picked that one. And it wasn't me because I wasn't asked. My Father remaked it was a "very odd choice".
Dave
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And tonally at least, it does what it says on the tin magnificently, without actually sounding like a tin! An increasing rarity!!
A gem. Long may she reign.
R
Yes. Worth remembering that the case and front pipes are more than 320 years old.
Dave
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Erm, wasn't that David Briggs's Sortie (as also heard in King's College Chapel, Cambridge)? Some might say you could be forgiven for believing it to be the work of M Cochereau...I couldn't possibly comment.
I don't knnow. Perhaps it could have been.
I recognised it as Adeste Fideles only when that tune kicked in. The service sheet gave neither the title nor composer of the piece. I will PM Paul.
Dave
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When I was at Bristol Cathedral for one of the Nine Lessons and Carols services over Xmas 2007 I did hear an improvisation on "Adeste Fideles" (O Come All Ye Faithful) which I think was by Cochereau.
It was played by Paul Walton (member of this board) and drew lengthy rounds of applause after the NL&C services on both days that they took place. (I got to hear it both days as someone I know is a steward of the cathedral).
(Any chance of that piece being heard again this year, Paul?)
Dave
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hi Dave
There is a basic survey at http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch...ec_index=E01290, from where the organ's history can be traced. A copy of the current stop list to the NPOR office would be appreciated.
Every Blessing
Tony
Tony,
One will be forthcoming when I can get one. The entry E01290 was actually supplied by myself and I sent NPOR an email this morning, albeit without a specification as I do not yet have one. I know that the organ has aquired 2, possibly 3, new stops.
Dave
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The lunchtime concert at 1 p.m. next Tuesday is the recital of Bach and Messiaen that Dame Gillian gave recently in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney.
Thumbs up to the BBC for the way they have been featuring organ music more regularly of late.
Yes, certainly. I have just been listening to the concert and it was great.
Dave
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..... at the top of Park Street, Bristol either.
About a year or so back I mentioned on another topic - http://www.mander-organs.com/discussion/in...p;hl=Wills+Hall - that it was in the pipeline to install an organ in the chapel of the Wills Hall of Residence at the University of Bristol and there was much debate on various covenants by Dame Monica Wills preventing such installations from ever taking place.
Well I can now confirm, from photos received, that the organ has recently been installed. The pictures prove that the organ looks great in its new setting. Unfirtunately there is a covenant preventing posting of the pictures on the internet but permission has been sought and they will go here ASAP along with a specification.
Dave
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Sounds great - I have to attend the putting-in of a new archdeacon on Sunday, but might be able to get to Bath or Wells.
If you can get to Bath or Wells then do so!!
I got to the Cathedral for the service on 06th July and the music was amazing. The effect of the combined choirs was stunning and the playing of Widor's Toccata by the Black Dyke Band earned raptuous applause from the congregation. It was certainly interesting to hear a brass band play that piece.
The choirs were directed by Mark Lee (Bristol Cathedral) and the organist was David Bednall with the Cathedral's organ more than matching up to the task. And I was sat at the back but could still hear all the music perfectly well.
Dave
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Sorry if anything I wrote gave offence.
Paul,
Thanks for the reply. Don't worry - nothing you wrote gave offence. My comments above were directed at other members of the forum who had replied to the first posting.
Dave
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Hi,
The choir of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia are doing a tour of parts of the UK and Italy this July to celebrate 140 years of the Choir's existance. They are starting in Bristol which provides the opportunity for what should be a superb service on Sunday 06th July:
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Sunday 06th July
10:00am Cathedral Eucharist
Setting: Darke in F
Motet: Tantun Ergo (de Sévérac)
Recessional: Toccata from Widor's 5th Symphony
Sung by the choirs of Bristol Cathedral (UK) and St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia and joined by the Black Dyke Band.
NOTE: The Recessional piece will be played by the Black Dyke Band, not on the organ, and I have never heard a brass band play that piece!......
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The choir of St. Andrew's, Sydney has its own website and there are samples there. They sound great, so if I can go, you bet I will!
After Bristol, the Australian choir's schedule - according to their website - is this:
09th July: Choral Evensong, Wells Cathedral (5:15pm)
10th July: Concert, Bath Abbey (11:30am) & Evensong, Wells Cathedral (5:15pm)
11th July: Choral Evensong, Wells Cathedral (5:15pm)
12th July: Choral Evensong, Wells Cathedral (5:15pm)
13th July: Holy Comunion (9:45am), Mattins (11:30am) and Evensong (3:00pm), Wells Cathedral
14th - 17th July: Venice & Florence, Italy
18th July: Concert: Angels From Australia (Dedham Parish Church, 7:30pm)
19th July: Concert: Angels From Australia (St. Nicholas, Harwich, 7:30pm)
20th July: Evening Service (All Souls, Langham Place, 6:30pm)
21st July: Choral Evensong (St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 5:00pm)
22nd July: Return to Australia
Should definately be worth hearing judging by the musical samples on their website.
Dave
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An update on this one: you will all be, no doubt, delighted to know that the clips have gone. This comes after one of the cathedral Cannons had a brief word with me when I went to Choral Evensong at Bristol Cathedral on Sunday 29th.
His attitude towards me was a calm one and he wasn't angry about it. Which is more than can be said for the members of this forum who replied to my original post on this thread. I hope you are all happy.
D.
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There's a story, which probably isn't true, of a civic service with the dignatories processing down the aisle to the hymn, "See the evil hosts advancing, With Satan at their head."
Good one, and perfectly possible as well. Sounds like the sort of hymn that would be great for a church service marking a conference of one of the UK's political parties, beginnig with 'L'
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.... without reference to the holders of the copyright in the performance (service or concert - doesn't matter)......
Paul,
In reply:
1. If someone audio (or video) recorded a recital I was giving then, provided they didn't disturb me in the process, you could be 99.99% certain (and rightly) that I wouldn't care. I believe that concerts, like videos, are for the entertainment of one and all.
2. Whilst I could have asked permission, there were two problemt with trying to do so:
i) I did not know who was playing the organ on the day and could not have done.
ii) Even if I had found out, I do not know Graham Alsop personally. In the event, he introduced me to himself after the service and I commented on the superb music. Also I mentioned that I had recorded the anthem and the final piece and he said nothing that expressed his disapproval - and I did pass comment about putting the clips online. If he had expressed disapproval then the cliips would not have been put up.
Dave
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I can see that I am taking a thorough b(.......)g, which I didn't bargain on, from all sides here, and how it got deviated from services (as per my intial post) to concerts I dunno.
Interesting to note the bit re. copyright of recordings.
Dave
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Whoops. Seems like I dropped a clanger here in respect of asking permission. I have, since that first post, put both videos online.
I am not sure wether a performance can be copyrighted though, unless it is recorded. Or am I making a mistake with that train of thought? Anyway, for those who are interested in the music rather than the issues, here are the clips:
"Let All The World" (Vaughan-Williams): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du-102sHRbE
Final movement, Vierne's 3rd Symphony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF01ay5mWH8
I had long planned to make a YouTube-able clip of the Cathedral organ anyway. Incidentally, I did say to Mr. Alsop that "I recorded that piece at the end, so you will be famous later!" to which he merely laughed.
Enjoy the music, and apologies for missing out the first verse of the Vaughan-Williams: I had primarily recorded that clip for my Dad, for whom that anthem is a favourite but he couldn't attend the service as he was busy elsewhere.
Dave
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I think that giving that piece too much more panache wouldn't be easy: the organ at Metz is smaller than Notre Dame in Paris but it looks - to me - as if you could get 4 manuals on that organ. Wonder why it was kept to three? If you had 4 manuals you could sure give it more panache then.
Nice playing by M. Delacour.
Dave