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The Harald Vogel concert is a real eye/ear opener! A

Just to inform from the horse's mouth, so to speak, I have just received this which I hope folk will fully understand.............. Thanks for the clarification. A

Amazing! A

Oops - my mistake - appologies for any confusion - 'was going by memory from a printed spec. that could not readily be located a the time. A

......and also another very good specimen on the Auberin at S. Louis Vichy - 1/2 length (ok - off topic) called Napoléon - a smallish scale Bassoon and fairly fundamental in sound but just right for that instrument in that acoustic. It is mitred under the arch outside the case to the side of the main organ. A

The Annual Festival of New Organ Music is taking place over the weekend 20th/21st October in London. This is a superb chance to hear new music, listen to composers talking about what they do and also purchase scores etc. For composers it is also a marvellous opportunity to show what they are up to! Do please check out the website and better still come along if you can. A

I also got the CD - the Casagnet is a marvellous piece - some good singing also. Also includes some Poulenc and Olivier Latry improvising. If you are a Notre Dame fan load this onto your iPod, pres start, sit back and enjoy! A

I once played a newish smallish organ with no stop names or pitches marked. It certainly made me think...and listen! A

The Harold Darke and Eric Thiman pieces are good too. I never used to play this part of the repertoire but am liking it more as I get older! A

I know one prarticular 16' Double Diapason where the pipes are wooden stopped for the lowest octave - the rest being open metal - this on the Great - there is also a Bourdon 16' on the Swell. Late 1800's William Hill. H&H used to use the term Double Stopped Diapason occasionally - hasn't Ripon Cathedral got one? I used to have a key ring with a stop head from them with Stopped Diapason 16' on - maybe ex Ely Pedal - we visited around the time of the Clutton/Wills rebuild scheme. when this went from the scheme A

I just wonder if Cameron Carpenter would have any following at all, if he played out of sight and people had to use their ears instead of their eyes. Probably not. A

I have not bothered much with CC before - there are others I find more satisfying to listen to. I did however look at a couple of YouTube bites on here with him playing Chopin on a 'digital' somewhere in the USA but not much else. I logged in to R3 Listen again earlier today just to get a sense of what everyone was on about here - the F&F in G minor re assembled for no apparent reason (artisitc or otherwise) and the marvellous 1st movement from the 1st 'Cello suite diverted off into horrendously alien relms - what's the point? I am reasonably open minded and hopefully no musical snob but it all seemed decidedly odd - the visual apect to me would have been irrelevant if the rest had been at all captivating or engaging from a musical point of view. New interpretations and ideas on performance are entirely healthy and welcome and indeed music would be in a state of 'suspended non animation' of this were not the case. 'In your face' for the sake of 'in your face' however, does nothing for me at any rate. Coincidentally - just before heading south into the sun with the family last month I bought some CDs for car consumption - all from BBC Music mag. - the best by very far being David Goode playing Bach on the 1714 Silbermann in Freiberg Cathedral - pure magic - Bach being allowed to speak for himself - and no visuals to detract. A

Lovely! A

..and as I think that the incumbent at Pershore was a long standing friend of CC, regardless of the organ situation it seems a rather good place to hold a memorial service. A

Thanks - just back from hols. It seems that the 'Town' Church of St Peter is the way the main church in St Peter Port is referred to. I have a feeling also that Stephen Le Prevost is the DOM there - there is (and has been for a while) a good musical set up too. 'Will be interested to hear what the Villiage Workshop are doing there. A

If anyone has an up to date stoplist please could they send by pm Thanks A

Does anyone know where I might be able to get hold of this set of pieces please? Thanks A

Bristol Cathedral School is now an Academy - no longer charging fees etc. and by all accounts is thriving. A

A good choice and complete with Mrs Reid FRCO also. A

Have you asked the good folk at IBO? - their bulletin is usually a mine of info. even to a non organ builder. A

Also - Mayhew will do sometimes offprints of out of print stuff - if you ask them nicely! A

Check out here at 4'58'' A

'Sounds fairly typical - I usually email well in advance and am reasonably clear about what will and will not work on our particular instrument -1 man & ped. If they want something out of the ordinary they provide a CD and that is played or if I have the music I will play or suggest something else. I have rarely needed to meet in advance although the (musical) Rector does of course. Sometimes there is further contact and sometimes not - beyond confirming choices etc. Last weekend for instance both 'in' and 'out' was on CD and I played they hymns and the music at the signing of the register. This weekend we had a trumpeter and because I knew what was required a quick session on Sibelius resulted in B flat parts for in out and the rest that can be used again. There was also a choir and we decided on the pieces sung during the register. Often they ask for Wagner and Mendelssohn and again leave the register music to me if no choir. Beyond this however I am afraid I do not go much out of my way to chase - experience has proved on occasions chasing up to be largely a frustrating task. The Rector sorts the hymns and lets me know what to do - so far - nearly 20 years - there has not been any real problem! A

Try also here. A

I believe it is. A