Martin Cooke
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I'm bound to say I agree - everything in its place and a place for everything, and all that! His music was ideal yesterday and, as you say, Tony, it is eminently sight-readable. Perhaps there will be a resurgence of interest - a bit like happened with Lefébure-Wély a decade or two ago. If you had time for quick browse through your volumes that would be marvellous. I have volumes 1, 6-10 and 11 - not in those.
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I can hardly believe I'm asking this but does anyone know where I might obtain a copy of his 'Silver Clarion' March? I believe it is available for piano as well as the organ. Any pointers gratefully received. [i had never played, nor even come across, a solitary piece by this chap, who was born not a million miles from where I live in Wiltshire, until today when I was playing at a church celebrating its Victorian heritage. Prior to this, I had been given several volumes of his music only a few weeks ago which I had never expected to have a use for. You never know!!]
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In the process of looking up references to Thalben-Ball, having just read the Rennert book - (1p on Amazon, by the way!!) - I have stumbled into this set of posts and though I may as well just mention that some of Herschel's music has recently been published by, I think, David Patrick.
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Not sure if folks will have noticed, but Portsmouth has had some work done recently to bring the console up to date. A new Trompette de Maris - a chamade positioned at the west end - is currently being installed. You can read all about this on the Nicholson website/facebook page, and hear the chamade played by its voicer in the works. It is to be inaugurated in September at a recital by Gordon Stewart with a new fanfare by Noel Rawsthorne.
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In announcing this summer's recital series at the Minster, Robert Sharpe has said that the organ is to be rebuilt. Do we know who will undertake the work (PPO?) and if there are to be any tonal changes?
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Excellent - many thanks, Vox.
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Did anyone know the hymn that was sung at Captain Henshawe's grave last night? It began with Demelza singing the words 'Greater love.' I wasn't sure what to make of it - whether it was based on an old tune and newly arranged, or whether it was something written for the tv episode.
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There's a live performance of all the organ works of JSB going on at Pembroke College Cambridge which started at noon. It is 'broadcast' from their Facebook site. At this very minute Anna Lapwood, DoM is playing - others are joining in including a live stream from St Thomas Fifth Avenue by Daniel Hyde. Not sure where you can get full details - I got it from a Tweet. Worth a look/listen.
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Does anyone have any experiences of this they might be willing to share? I have done a little reading up about it and hope not to display my ignorance completely, but it seems to be a worldwide scheme for churches to adopt to help bring people of all ages to the church. I've noticed that some churches have this once a month as a family worship. It's a bit unfortunate that Messy Church as a title for this implies it's for children - a sort of untidy Sunday School 'thing' - it isn't meant to be that, but I can't, personally, see something called this appealing to older people who are looking for a focus when they are seeking to start out on a spiritual journey. Anyway, leave that aside... What I really am interested in is some guidance as to where this is done really well and what musical resources there are for Messy Church. I don't think I can quite imagine hymns/songs etc that are truly 'all-age.' When I was regularly involved in all-age worship under the guise of Family Service, we'd end up with a couple of traditional hymns and a couple of children's hymns but is that the best one can hope for?
Any help, advice, thoughts or pointers on this much appreciated.
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There's a lot of dross out there, but there are also some very good worship songs, by writers such as Paul Oakley, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin and, yes, Graham Kendrick.
Thanks for this, Z. I could do with some help identifying some good worship songs and wonder if you can possibly make a few suggestions and indicate where to find them. There is one song by Matt Redman in the new Ancient and Modern called Once again, but otherwise I'm not sure where to look. (I'm bound to add that a quick survey of Once again didn't thrill me to my core!) My own experience of Shine, Jesus, shine is of use in school with pupils aged between 8 and 18 in a school where hymn singing and corporate singing generally was greatly encouraged and enjoyed. The 13-18 year olds would be happy to sing Ye holy angels bright and Who would true valour see, for example, with aplomb, but they would love SJS particularly. There were other less formal hymns, for want of a better way of describing them, that they enjoyed too - I, the Lord of sea and sky, Be still, Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us. In the end, if the organ played convincingly, they would go along with most things. Mind you, I have to remember that they sang from a hymn book specially made for the school which had avoided all the dreary hymns in the first place - there were about 160 hymns in it not including Christmas ones - (not included as we always sang from service papers and special sheets at that time of year.)
[i think we've discussed the new Ancient and Modern before in the forum. I am struggling to be a great fan of this as I find it almost overwhelming. It is so large and the paper so thin for a start and then you turn page after page and there are so many 'new hymns' that it becomes difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. I wonder if many churches have gone for it? It's in use in a church where I play regularly - (the organ edition is in two volumes, by the way) - but we haven't ever sung anything 'new.']
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I have bought a copy of this now from Roger Molyneux.
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Excellent, Tim - thank you very much.
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Does anyone happen to have a copy of an old Kevjn Mayhew publication by Chris entitled 'Acclamation'? If so, could we enter into a small acquisitive transaction privately?
Many thanks;
Martin.
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The arrangement is published by Stainer and Bell. The whole Norwich service sounded great, I thought.
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A tweet came my way praising Ashley Grote's arrangement of Lord of the Dance which was broadcast from Norwich on Easter morning... it sounded most exciting and worth 'listening again' to.
Blowed if I can find it in on iplayer though.
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An Easter highlight for me was the Easter Hymn from Cavaleria Rusticana from King's on Saturday night. This is not a piece of music that has ever come my way until now. A piano transcription on IMSLP works reasonably easily on the organ and I look forward to including it in the Easter diet next year. A tweet came my way praising Ashley Grote's arrangement of Lord of the Dance which was broadcast from Norwich on Easter morning. I heard it in the car as I journeyed to my first service of the day and it sounded most exciting and worth 'listening again' to.
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Did you ever locate these recordings?
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Just wonder if I can repeat this plea. Anybody?
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Where can I get the Choveaux piece from, Martin?
I think you'd be lucky to get one on the open market, as it were - it's in this volume.
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Once again, many thanks. I had never heard of Reuschel - (no IMSLP bits) or Saint Martin. I'm looking further into Rheinberger's Characteristic Pieces and Guilmant Sonata 5. The other lush piece I should have remembered is the Prelude-Improvisation by Nicholas Choveaux.
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Thank you for all these suggestions. I have enjoyed following them up. The other golden example that I should have remembered before being prompted by Vox's suggestion, is the third of Trois Meditations by Ropartz - a glorious piece, I have always thought. Good to have the tips on the Widor, Hollins and Bottazzo which I've printed off from IMSLP. I have the Rowley/Ireland arrangement, the Brewer and the Barber, and also the Hovingham Sketches and the Little Organ Book, all of which I know well. I'm looking into the other suggestions too. Does anyone have any other favourite slow movements from Widor, Rheinberger et al?? Guilmant??? [by the way - are any of the Guilmant Sonatas other than No 1 any good??! Pardon my ignorance but none of them seems as worthy as No 1.]
Many thanks again.
Martin.
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I am looking for a piece that might be described as this. I don't mean that I am looking for something that I have heard and want to track down - just a few ideas to research. So, it's other pieces like the Bridge Adagio in E, Campbell's Lento, Karg-Elert's Pax Vobiscum and his Harmonies du Soir. I suppose I might include some Howells in my list of exemplars but I think I am looking for something more romantic... passionate without the anguish. I guess there is the Lloyd-Webber Benedictus (which I have never really taken to) and the two by Rowley (which I have never been completely convinced by). Can you help?
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Interesting. A step up, or sideways? I understand the choirs at Warwick are very highly regarded.
I would have thought it was a step up. St Mary's Warwick straight to a senior cathedral post...? I doubt it... but going via Sheffield seems much more likely to meet with success. Simon Lole made this exact same move and went from Sheffield to Salisbury.
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Truro Cathedral announced yesterday the appointment of Joseph Wicks as Assistant Director of Music. Joseph is presently Assistant Organist of St John's College, Cambridge.
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Not sure how it popped up but this YouTube video drew itself to my attention a few days ago. It's Antony Baldwin playing his own Mr Theo Saunders, His Trumpet Tune which is a really jolly piece. It's published by Banks as are lots of other pieces by Antony Baldwin and I look forward to discovering more. Any recommendations?
I knew Theo Saunders a little at one time. He was Oxford and FRCO and worked for a few years as DoM at the Junior School of Ryde School, Isle of Wight. He was a splendid organist and amongst other happy memories of him, I remember a superb accompaniment he provided for me and a choir I used to run (the Tritone Singers) on the Island, of the Duruflé Requiem. This was on the Willis at All Saints in Ryde where organ builder, Andrew Cooper, is now organist. I'm not sure where Theo went in the intervening years after leaving Ryde, but as many forum members will know, he eventually became organist at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, but became ill and died last year aged just 58. The Trumpet Tune gives a very happy remembrance of him and I'm only sorry that I haven't come across it before.