Paul Carr

I struggled too! So if it's not too late, Paul could you send them to me too, please? They sound lovely. Thanks in advance, P. paul@paulcarr.co.uk

Sounds good to me... :angry:

And me - I had to put 'depends on choice of organs' in the third section to get it to work. Could you add a simple 'yes' option to the third question? I would, and others may, buy it regardless of organ or repertoire simply because the good folk here had gone to the effort of doing it! P.

We were there, only got back last night. Truely amazing playing on the most amazing instrument in one of the most famous buildings in the world - can't get it much better than that. Anyone know where Ste Clotilde's new mobile console is parked? I couldn't find it!! Heard St Eustache 'through the walls' late on Sunday night on the way back from eating... Franck Choral 2 with all the wide scale mutations going... We felt it before we heard it!!

I use the Mayhew edition, it was a 21st birthday present, in fact all four, and especially volume three are looking distinctly worn out - I'm now 34!! One major question I've always had is why they didn't include the 'Gigue' Fugue (BWV 577) especially as the 'short 8' are there... The major plus is the excellent layout - amazingly there always seems to be a hand free to turn, and the large, thick paper handles very well indeed. The down side is that they won't fit in my music case, and when I've played Bach recitals requiring all four volunes it's like showing up with a breeze block! As for errors, I've spotted a few, but as I didn't learn from these volumes I suspect I see what i know should be there rather than what is there, if that makes sense. P.

Oooo, really - I hadn't heard that, had anyone else? Thanks for all of the other responses fascinating - and plenty to think about! P.

That's probably it - I'm remembering the purple cover!

There is an organ arrangement of it. I can't remember who by, or anything else useful for that matter, but I played it in a concert about 15 years ago. I vaguely remember it was very much easier than trying to juggle the accompaniment reduction in the vocal score. P.

In addition to DB's recital, Olivier Latry is 'on duty' that weekend... 6.30pm Mass Saturday night and all day Sunday. His improvisations at Sunday's 5.45pm Vespers are always stunning.

I'm putting together a recital programme of organ works which were originally improvised by the composer and then later written down, either by the composer or someone else. As a starter, off the top of my head I can think of: Dupré: Symphonie-Passion Tournemire: Te Deum (Duruflé, I think) Thalben-Ball: Elegy Cochereau: Suite de Danses (Briggs) Briggs: Improvisation on a theme by Holst So, what else is out there?

Me too!

Many thanks to you too, Nigel for your input and communications via this board and fb during this exciting project. I think many of us will have 'fresh' ears when we next register a trio sonata too...

The Lieblich Gedackt on the Choir organ of the 1909 N&B from Cradley Heath (now in China: http://www.paulcarr.co.uk/page9.html) had this too. The odd one had started to crumble by 2004, but most were still sound. Lovely stop, especially when coupled to the other 8' flutes. P

I was wondering that too... I vaguely remember John Scott (I think) saying, at a recital, that he'd got it "off the internet". Any ideas? Searches in the past haven't thrown anything up. It's a great piece. P.

If it were returned to the scheme Franck knew, how would Langlais be performed authentically on his instrument?

The chamades and the 32' pedal reed are there, I saw and heard them Christmas before last (2006)... The Chamades are where the console used to be on the upper gallery, you can just see the ends of them if you know where to look. I have a photo of them somewhere. There was no sign of the mobile console at that point though and the lower gallery console, which now faces the case (player's back to the Altar) was still a three manual. P

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You been in Denmark too long Nogel??? Or a split note?

Olivier Latry played some Escaich at Birmingham Symphony Hall in November - it's great stuff, but very difficult... the audience seemed to like it though. Yes you're right, Warnier and Escaich are joint Titulaire organists at St Etienne du Mont. P.

Brilliant link, thanks! P.

Thanks David, that looks very interesting. Looking forward to hearing it at some point... P.

Sounds really exciting... Is there a spec published anywhere - I can't spot one. P.

Yes, it's really good! I performed it with Michael Jones twice last year along with Dupré: Variations on two themes, Franck's own arrangement for Piano and harmonium or organ of his P, F, & V and some other works we've discovered along the way. Programme here: http://www.paulcarr.co.uk/Organ%20and%20Pi...0Programmes.pdf We were supposed to also give the same concert a week later, but the venue had their piano tuned to concert pitch between our rehearsal and the concert, the organ is very sharp, the result is very unplesant! The piano tuner refused to retune the piano so we had to pull the plug on the concert, reluctantly and sadly. P.