OmegaConsort
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Hi all
For various reasons, I haven't been "on board" for a while, and I therefore apologise if these have already been posted somewhere in the preceding 22 pages. Interesting transcriptions of organ music for another medium:
Toccata from the Suite Gothique
Rgds
MJF
First time I've heard that with the tuba on all the way through!!!!
I am almost convinced there IS an organ lurking in there somewhere....listen to the last 4 big chords with the volume turned up.....
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Keeping to topic, I always loved the Imperial Trumpet - a big loud taxi horn - lots of fun.
AJS
An apt description! Through the late 70s and early 80s I used to record BBC choral evensong onto cassette - I still have boxes of them in loft! I remember one evensong in particular from Blackburn with Finzi God is gone up.......the Imperial Trumpet probably caused shockwaves in the BBC OB van parked outside! It was also used to good effect in the closing hymn - Rejoice, the Lord is King.
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I would agree with this, although I am less happy with the effect of the 32ft. reed (at Salisbury) from the console, where it adds almost nothing to the tutti. It is little better in the Nave. The pressure is fairly low.
The balance is much better in the crossing (from where most recordings are made). I like the tone of this reed very much - hollow and woody sounding despite the fact that the pipes are metal. Perhaps this is due to the low pressure you mention?
Richard
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Having read comments in the Dupre topic about how people view his P&F as one of the best organ pieces ever written, what are everyone's favourites? This could be to play or to listen to (or both!).
It would be extremely mean to say you have to pick one piece alone, so if you have a selection of favourites then list them down here!
I'm intrigued to hear how much of it will be 'mainstream' and whether some pieces will be rather less well known.
Over to you...
Like Desert Island Discs, my favourites change with the wind, but two pieces which always seem to be there in the top 10 are the Whitlock Fanfare and the Widor Symphony 6 1st movement (allegro). My most-listened too recordings of these are Rawsthorne at Liverpool for the Whitlock and Colin Walsh at either Salisbury (BBC broadcast) or Lincoln on a Priory CD.
Richard
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To keep this "on-topic", my favourite full-length 32ft is the Exeter Violone.
I wonder whether this is, in part due to location (i.e. away from the main focus of the instrument). I've always found the 32' flue at Salisbury very effective (it is, like Exeter in the transept rather than in the choir, or on the screen as is the case with most cathedral organs). Perhaps the effect is greater when a little space/distance is added into the mix?
Richard
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Another organ recently rebuilt with a new 32 foot reed added: Christ Church Clifton.
Contrabombarde
Also, All Saints Hertford - a Father Willis and now with a contra posaune (3 manuals).
Interesting replies so far - I included Derby in the No list as I didnt think it was a true 32'
There is also a nice soft 32' on Croydon St Michael and All Angels (sordun I think) - tho I dont think that is recent.
Speaking of strange names, Milton Abbey (2m) has a 32' called Contra Reim, Sherborne Abbey's is a Contra Batten and we all know about the Serpent at Blackburn!
On another post, someone was mentioning the loudness of the 32' at St David's - I took my choir to Ripon last summer, and the 32 reed there is just awful in the Choir (even worse if you catch it when processing out at the end of the service!).
Richard
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Whilst driving back from St Albans just now, and thinking about the recent rebuilt there, I started to ponder on cathedrals and larger churches which have recently added a 32' reed to the organ....
Off the top of my head:
St Albans, Exeter, Gloucester, St Davids, Sherborne Abbey, and soon-to-be Cirencester PC.
Also, I was thinking about Cathedrals which do not (yet) have 32' reeds......
Southwell (digital basses), Bradford, Carlisle, Truro, Bristol, Derby......and of course many RC cathedrals...
Can anyone add to the list?
Best wishes
Richard
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Attached are photos of the console of Christ Church, Cheltenham.
Unless I am missing something Hector, there are no photos attached!
Richard
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Onwards - now what about talking about the affect of house organs on our pets!
Hector
One member of this forum, who is a very good friend of mine had, for a little while, a hybrid (pipe/electronic) organ and a cat with mental problems (it used to get tangled up in the wine rack amongst other things!). I don't remember whether cat and organ were around the same time or not, but I do know that the organ wasn't responsible for the state of the cat's health (initially at least!).
Maybe our member might be able to throw light on my musings!
I have two cats and no house organ.
Best wishes
Richard
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I hope this hasn't been covered - apologies if it has!
I accidentally happened upon this website a few days ago.........Fort Augustus Abbey
which is very interesting, and obviously written under some kind of legal constraint.
To summise, it seems there was once a monestery there with a big abbey and a large organ of five manuals and 70+ stops NPOR Fort Augustus
The place has closed down and now seems to be in a sorry state.
Some of the organ was transferred to a Scottish catholic church NPOR Rebuilt organ
but not much as this is a 3 manual 30+ stop instrument.
Does anyone know what happened to the rest of the instrument?
Best wishes
Richard
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Am I the only one here who is sick and tired of this bickering? It is most discourteous to Manders who so generously host this forum. Kindly settle your differences elswhere rather than making the rest of us feel uncomfortable.
JC
No you are not John. I got "told off" by Mr Mander for something far less annoying than this....
I have no axe to grind with either party, but like you, I find this hijacking of the forum discourteous too.
I can't see how posts like that (from either party) can be of any interest whatsover to any of the members.
I will of couse stand corrected if others do find it useful and interesting.
Best wishes
Richard
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Thanks Vox, I didn't realise
Peter
Although Spotify was mentioned, it does make sense perhaps for it to have it's own post - rather like YouTube on the Mander board, then we can post links to interesting tracks?
I even found some Carl Rutti on Spotify last night (tho it was a terrible performance of I Wonder as I Wander!).
Richard
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I know where to start, but perhaps with more relevancy, I don't know where to finish, so it's best I don't start.
AJS
Are there really 26,500 + members of this board now, or has something gone wrong with the numbering system?
Richard
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I have seen and heard both the Cavaillé-Coll organ in Warrington and the Schulze organ in Hindley. Both exciting and interesting instruments, and both worthy of a better location, a location where they are appreciated. But I think Manchester Cathedral would not be the right location for either of these instruments. With the cathedral's very dry acoustics, I doubt anything would sound and function better than the present instrument.
Dave.
I thought I had read somewhere, maybe even on this board, that rumour has it, the Warrington organ might be going to Sheffield Cathedral?
Richard
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May I add my thanks also. I have a small photo gallery on my homepage which has 2 shots of the console and 1 long exposure shot of the south case. As the case shot was set up rather rapidly I had to guess the framing but I think I just got the right bits in!
Regards, Oliver.
www.biggestelk.com for the photos.
Very good photos - well done! It looks like someone has left a loaf of fruit cake above the RH jamb....
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None of the above! St Martins should never be touched by human hands, except to play (and maybe confiscate the electric extended pedal ranks).
I only ask as I grew up in Salisbury! Also, I was a treble at St Martins for a very short time (between two other Salisbury Churches!).
So David, if you still are not letting on.....St Thomas? St Paul's or perhaps St Edmunds before it was made redundant? Or is it a non-conformist church? Maybe Brown St Baptist?
Best wishes
Richard
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No, I haven't been. I just thought it would make something interesting. It was an idea I thought I had about a year ago for a church in Salisbury which is close to several schools and Sarum College and would therefore make a great teaching centre.
hmm.......would that be St Osmunds, or perhaps either St Marks or St Martins??
Richard
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And, no, of course I did not use the Tuba
...not even at "..to be a light..."????
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I wondered whether it was St. Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield, London.
Peter
I thought that too - but the church looks too wide...
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I don't notice any reply to this so I will write one myself.
This is indeed correct as can be seen from the website of the company in question, which is Harrison & Harrison. Follow this link and scroll down a bit. It seems he may well take over running the firm at some point in the future:
http://www.harrison-organs.co.uk/mark.html
Dave
There was a job advert in The Times (I think) sometime ago which advertised the post of Assistant Managing Director at Harrison's, and I am sure (tho' only from memory) that the job spec said that the ultimate aim of the role was to suceed as MD in the future from this new position.
I thought about applying.....only because of my last name!!!
Richard
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Did any of you see this?
I found it quite entertaining; it is interesting how lush it all sounds when mixed through the desks compared with the sound when singing live (It looked like they might have been miming through some of the programme?).
Anyway the reason for this topic was not so much on the strengths and weaknesses of Libra, but to ask if any of you know the church in which most of the programme was recorded?
They mentioned Torquay and the arts & crafts church where they performed is certainly a church in Torquay where I once visited (tho I cannot remember the dedicated Saint), but there was also a very fine church with an apse and a minstrel's gallery on the South side which I just couldn't place (I don't think it was Malmesbury Abbey!).
Best wishes
Richard
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I have booked an evening in the Cathedral exclusively for Mander website users - Wednesday 25th March 2009, 19.00-20.30.
Simon Johnson
Organist & Assistant Director of Music, St Paul's Cathedral
What an exciting evening that looks - sorry not to be able to attend. I wonder Simon whether it might be a good idea to start a new thread with this under a new topic title just in case it gets lost in the board somehow? It would be a shame if people missed out on your generous offer - esp the prospect of hearing all the tubas in one piece!
I've replied mentioning this simply to "bump" the topic back to the top of the list.
Best wishes
Richard
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Yes, back 'em up, Dave!
Rather than clog up your hard disk with photos you might be better off backing them up on flash drives. Less hassle when you change your computer. That's what I do, though I have so many that my son tells me I really ought to be using a spare hard disk. I'm sure he's right really.
Your son is correct Vox...£ for £ an external hard drive is really good value - try ebuyer.com - you can get an external 500Gb hard drive that simply connects to your PC via a USB cable for around £60. To fill it would take around 250,000 photos! Everyone should have one of these; not only for photos, but music, documents, email address book, internet favorite (sic) websites etc...most models come with simple backup software pre-loaded aswell, so even PC-shy users would have no problems.
Goodness, I sound like an advert! I am only pressing this point, as PCs are my job and on a weekly basis I come into contact with customers who have lost their precious data through a failed PC, and it need not be - a simple solution like this protects all your personal data.
Best wishes
Richard
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GOOD NEWS!!!!!
An email from a bus enthusiast group advised that Fotopic was back up and working as of around 10:25am UK Time. I have checked and I am thereby pleased to announce, with huge relief, that my Church Organ photos are now back online as are my other photos as well. Addresses remain as they were.
Dave
Pleased to hear that Dave- you must be relieved.
You now should try to find a way to download a copy of all your photos back to your PC, or an external drive or something like that, just in case it ever happens again. It is worth keeping the originals on your PC anyway and uploading copies to the hosting service.
Best wishes
Richard
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I dont think it is a trick you have missed, I think it can only be an error on Colin's part? Perhaps, he clicks on reply and then post, and then writes a reply, then posts that?? Mind you, it's a good way to increase the postings totals on a given subject!