AJJ

We do the Thorne and it works quite well - another church I sometimes play at does the Murray and I must admit to finding it decidedly tedious. I have done the Wilson All Saints Mass and it has some good points. David Halls from Salisbury Cathedral has written a really good setting - we had it published in our local Diocesan Festival book (Salisbury) a year or two ago - refreshingly new in approach. AJJ

Does anyone know if this company is still in existance? AJJ

Mr Hope Jones? AJJ

This is it Tony. N08321 A

'Can do - thanks. Alastair Johnston

Here you are. AJJ

Thanks! A

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the Peraza please? AJJ

Mine usually arrives in the first week or so of the month concerned - it used to be earlier. Choir & Organ arrives very early. AJJ PS Re the film - I quite liked it - 'may use it with my younger students at school as part of a unit of work that we already do on the organ etc.

I rather agree!! AJJ

Christchurch Priory looked a bit like that up to intallation of the casework etc. by Nicholson. The lights on do not help - 'could be the setting for a new production of West Side Story!! AJJ

'Was once on a BIOS jaunt - a well known 'organologist' had some of us in stitches talking about stops such as (this is what they sounded like) SALISI O NAL and CORNO PEAN. I think we also had a SESQUIAL TERA as well. AJJ

Here's another flat topped one. York - St. Wilfrid. AJJ

I play it too! AJJ

The church is worth a visit too. AJJ

Some organ music is in the process of being published by fagus music - they already have a piece of mine in a compendium of Communion music. AJJ

How is it supposed to be pronounced then? AJJ

'Heard one of your improvisations a fair while ago at a church in the Bournemouth area - 'barn of a place with a strangely extended organ that once might have been by Compton. Fine improvisation - started quiet and ended in orbit practically. I think you possibly also demonstrated at the nearby church with a 'Choir to Pub' coupler - 'nicer organ as far as I can remember - 'forget what we heard there though. AJJ

Sometime ago I had an arrangement with the organist of a carol service in which I was singing. The organist's wife was about to give birth to their first child and he had a mobile phone propped up on the side of the console to warn him of the impending birth - tactfully set to 'vibrate' mode only of course. The arrangement was that if the phone went off I was to nip round and seemlessly continue from whatever point in the playing he had reached. All well and good for the Rutter and Willcocks bits but the voluntary was a decidedly 'hairy' Cochereau type Carillon de pcnd (now there's a good name for a piece) confection and there was no way I was going to even attempt to nip round seemlessly into that so I had packed my JSB 'In Dulci Jubilo' just in case! Mercifully the baby was born later in the festive season. Interesting also - the organist's wife was also the curate. AJJ

Aaaaaaaagh!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNFNxCm6R8&NR=1 AJJ

..and a nice Binns Chamade too! Looks like here - the NPOR picture is pre Chamade. AJJ

'Pity we were a week out with the Oxford OC visit - though really good to hear the 'big un' - what an instrument! AJJ

'Will not be able to ge there this time I'm afraid - Mrs AJJ's Birthday etc. AJJ

Thanks - but don't worry now - 'nice email yesterday from Bovet - Editions Schola Cantorum. Cheers A

Who publishes this please? AJJ