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If anyone interested THIS is an excellent CD of this organ.

Just out of interest however, does anyone use the Chopin funeral march at a funeral nowadays? I think I once had that piece on an LP by Gunther Brausinger, but I have never heard it played at a funeral. Don't know why really....

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This news just in... George Sixsmith died on Saturday 16 October at the age of 80. He contracted pneumonia a few weeks before his death and never fully recovered. Many will remember this jovial but very sincere man and the excellent work he and his firm have done over many years. He will be greatly missed. There will be am organ recital in St. Werburgh’s Church, Chester, given by Roger Fisher, at 2.30pm. on Saturday 8 January 2011 to celebrate the life and work of this well known organ builder. Admission will be free with a Retiring Collection in aid of Cancer Research UK. Further detail next month.

I see that Priory are now advertising their next DVD offering which is to come from Canterbury and due in around April 2011. I've already placed my order!

Ahhh... how we complain in the UK about Faculty procedure.... and how essential it is! And this thread is abundant proof of that fact. I would never have said this ten years ago, but now things look very different.

From Songs of Praise GOOD LORD DELIVER US

It needn't deviate into anything. I would love to be there, but will be on hols in America - but one thing is certain and that is that there will be a wonderful welcome in Liverpool. Q

From this thread, I'm not quite clear why the Quire is/was off limits. Was it just full? Or does Nachthorn give the impression of being a bruiser? Or one of Al Qaeda's gang? Whatever the case it sounds as if the hospitality committee could certainly do with an overhaul there! Perhaps a case for the Mystery Visitor to explore further and reveal all on the Ship of Fools website? There is a question asked of the Mystery Visitor: "What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?" Now wouldn't that be interesting????

Yippee.... mine just arrived, and from what I see thus far, it was well worth the wait!

Oh.. that's hopeful. I'm sure I ordered one, and have been aware that it's been issued now for about two or three weeks, but I haven't had my copy, although the Gillian Weir DVD arrived about 3 or 4 weeks ago (and is still on my desk unopened).

A couple of years ago I allowed a friendly Pentecostal pastor to have a "Pentecost Praise" service in Church. Praise Band was all set up and I was told that they had re-discovered a wonderful hymn "I stand amazed in the presence", which is a standard from Redemption Hymnal! They then proceeded to play and sing what is essentially an upbeat hymn ... exxxxxxxxxtreeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmely S L O W... causing me to ask whether slow is the new fast in contemporary Christian music. (It really needed me to climb on to the organ bench to show them how it should go, but they were that busy being ever so holy, that I thought it may be a shade erm,,, ungracious of me.)

Ulp... Beverley Minster!!! But whatever the Minster, it would be very refreshing to hear some different hymns.... If you hear a loud scream emanating from the North Wales Coastal Area, you will know that we have had another repeat of "To God be the glory....!"

I can't help noticing that the repertoire of hymns on Songs of Praise is becoming very limited indeed. Whilst I like "Christ Triumphant, ever reigning", I'm sure we only heard it a couple of weeks ago, and yet there it was again last evening from Southwell Minster (good shots of the organ pipes, but no console shots!). The same goes for many of the hymns on that prog just lately. Could it be that when they have that brass ensemble they only have a few musical arrangements so they're trying to get their money's worth out of them? I fear that S of P is becoming very weary (even wearisome) these days. Or maybe I am in a grouchy mood today. Has any one else noticed the endless repetition?

Well when ya gotta go, ya gotta go! But I have heard that Hell is the place where you can't get near to the fire for vicars..... BTW having been married to an American for 19 years it's "could care less" in our house!

Hell?

I mean they would if they could!

I often find myself wondering why we wear any of this stuff or consider it to be remotely important. Most people in our land could care less.

I can't for the life of me find my MA hood and wonder where it hath gone....

It must be that the RSCM does not have a computer so they don't know who is a member and who ain't..... :angry:

I think that we paid an RSCM subscription of about £74 roughly five years ago, but have never paid since. Was that sub a one-off then? I thought it was an annual sub. In that case, are we still affiliated? Q

It is a great mystery to me as to how on earth I manage to receive the RSCM's Church Music Quarterly magazine (and associated stuff) without having a subscription. Does anyone else on this list receive this freebie? And if so, why/how ? Does the RSCM not have a computer system to advise them who subscribes and who doesn't?? :angry:

Horrors......

I think that you may be referring to Rosa Rio (June 2, 1902 – May 13, 2010), born Elizabeth Raub, who was an American organist who began as a silent film accompanist. She became a leading organist on network radio and continued to perform until age 107. With a 100-year career, she was one of the oldest performers in the music industry, along with Swiss-born tenor Hugues Coenod-108 and 106-year-old Johannes Heesters.