Richard McVeigh

Am I the only one who has no idea what that post was about? I think you need to structure your sentences better to get your point across because I couldn't understand that at all. Come in to the real world, I actually have a social life and by the sounds of it you don't. I have just finished uni and have friends - there were many more females on my music course than males which is why I have lots of female friends, but why should I have to justify myself? I put 'personal' pictures on there to share with my friends, not for people like you. As for the dress sense, pouting and 'brooding looks', thanks – that is such helpful feedback. Very good, well done there.

You won't enjoy them too much as the playing in both is pretty rubbish, but I thought it would be cool to have videos of me playing and these are the only two I have. Check my facial expressions!

ah right!

Which links do you mean? They all seem to work fine for me.

let me know, its fairly new and I would like some feedback on it! www.richardmcveigh.co.uk A bit of self promotion never hurts anybody, apparently!

... who is also ending with the Howells number 3 as I did!

By nave I didn't mean to sit down near the font at the back of the minster! To correct myself, under the central tower or, like you say, towards the front. The positioning of the microphone for the Howells was on the pulpit which can be seen in some of the pictures, and the sound difference was so different from what I was hearing at the console than that of the recording. I'm in the habit now of recording myself practising before recitals/concerts, positioning the microphone where the audience will be sitting to try to get the best possible sound. - Rich

Thank you! hehe - the Jongen looks lonely doesn't it, but fear not it was used to it's max - thinking about it I think that this particular picture was taken after I had had a lesson with JSW at York, so the copy is complete with JSW markings (who better to have than John on Jongen!!??) and I played it in a recital on the university organ once.

The staff at the minster are very friendly and welcoming, and I am sure they will let you upto the loft to have a play. If I were still there I would offer but I have since handed my keys in. My channel was number 4 if you want to use it... its better than Alan's on number 1 The thing I found about the minster organ was that (I guess with most other places) the actual sound of the organ is far, far better balanced when listening to it in the nave or one of the two transepts. This is because the swell and solo departments are quite far back and are behind the great and choir devisions from the organists' perspective. For example, the swell is barely audible when coupled to a full great whereas in the nave it is clear as a sunny day, and the same situation arises with the solo, especially when you want to use the clarinet - at the console the balance sounds rubbish but in the nave its Many a time have I recorded myself practising and playing for choral evensong and when I get home it makes me smile all night... until I burn my tea! Do try to get there and play, and if you can hear it live, not a CD - it sounds incredible live! - Rich

Yes the organ in the city hall is the 3rd largest, after liverpool and the RAH. Last week was the university graduation ceremony week which are held in the city hall and as the university organ scholar it was my job to play for them; I had to give a 20 minute recital 8 times on the instrument during the week (twice every day ending on thursday). Hull City Hall pictures:

Organ Registration Pedal 1 Double Open Diapason 32 2 Open Diapason Wood 16 3 Open Diapason Metal 16 4 Violone 16 5 Bourdon 16 6 Principal 8 7 Violoncello 8 8 Bass Flute 8 9 Fifteenth 4 10 Spitzflute 4 11 Tierce 3 1/5 12 Larigot 2 2/3 13 Wald Flute 2 14 Contra Posaune 32 15 Posaune 16 16 Tuba 16 17 Tuba 8 18 Octave Tuba 4 19 Cor Anglais 4 Choir 20 Open Diapason 8 (Snetzler) 21 Stopped Diapason 8 (Snetzler) 22 Dulciana 8 23 Octave 4 (Snetzler) 24 Stopped Flute 4 (Snetzler) 25 Nazard 2 2/3 26 Fifteenth 2 (Snetzler) 27 Tierce 1 3/5 28 Mixture III 19.22.26 29 Tremulant 30 Posaune 8 (Great) 31 Clarion 4 (Great) Great 32 Double Open Diapason 16 33 Open Diapason I 8 34 Open Diapason II 8 35 Open Diapason III 8 (Snetzler) 36 Open Diapason IV 8 (Snetzler) 37 Stopped Diapason 8 (Snetzler) 38 Principal 4 (Snetzler) 39 Gemshorn 4 40 Flute 4 41 Fifteenth 2 (Snetzler) 42 Furniture IV (Snetzler, now 15.19.22.26) 43 Mixture III 26.29.33 44 Cornet IV 8.12.15.17 45 Tremulant 46 Posaune 8 47 Clarion 4 Swell 48 Bourdon 16 49 Open Diapason 8 (Snetzler) 50 Gemshorn 8 51 Stopped Diapason 8 (Snetzler) 52 Keraulophon 8 53 Vox Angelica 8 54 Principal 4 (Snetzler) 55 Flute 4 56 Twelfth 2 2/3 57 Fifteenth 2 58 Mixture IV 19.22.26.29 59 Contra Fagotto 16 60 Horn 8 61 Trumpet 8 62 Oboe 8 63 Vox Humana 8 64 Clarion 4 65 Tremulant Solo 66 Open Diapason 8 (Great Open Diapason I) 67 Hohl Flute 8 68 Viola 8 69 Viols Celeste 8 70 Lieblich Flute 4 71 Flageolet 2 72 Clarinet 8 73 Tuba 16 74 Tuba 8 75 Tuba 4 76 Tremulant Couplers Swell to Great Swell to Choir Swell to Pedal Swell Octave Swell Suboctave Swell Unison off Choir to Great Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal Solo Octave Solo to Swell Solo to Choir Solo to Great Solo to Pedal Accessories 8 thumb pistons to Solo organ 8 thumb pistons to Swell organ 8 thumb pistons to Great organ 8 thumb pistons to Choir organ 8 toe pistons to Swell organ (duplicating) 8 toe pistons to Pedal organ 8 pistons lockable rotary switch for divisional levels Combination Action includes a simple sequencer giving 128 levels of memory Here is a recording from a Choral Evensong which I recorded on my Minidisk (I did a lot of recording with that little thing) in the minster, not with the Mnister choir but the Northern Cathedral Singers. (I am playing, Alan Spedding is conducting) Herbert Sumsion - Magnificat in G And here is a recording of me playing a bit of Howells during a live recital. (click for advert) Herbert Howells - Rhapsody no. 3 in C sharp minor (press the 'free' button at the bottom) I love taking pictures, and I love capturing sound. I'll probably be posting more in the future, only if you want though!

I just thought I would post a thread with pics of the organ at Beverley Minster. I was organ scholar there and I absolutly loved the place, it is still my favourite building of its kind, even though I was down there at least 3 times a week. Because Beverley is not a big town a lot of people haven't been to the minster or even heard of it, I want to post pictures to share its beauty! Arn't I kind!

I went down to Bristol in the summer of 2004 with a choir who I accompanied and at the time the chap called Tony was cleaning and restoring the organ. He said the action was so bad on the swell division that you could play the Saint-Saens Fantasie in E flat on the with great with the swell coupled and you wouldn't need to use your left hand as the action on the swell was so slow. I was gutted I didn't get chance to play it, or go up to the loft as even the console was in complete pieces, instead they had a 3-manual electric Allen organ which sounded suprisingly realistic, probably due to the vast acoustic of the building. ^^ the Allen organ in Bristol Cathedral, and appologies for my appalling sitting position.

Hello, finally an organ forum, that’s good news! Having been the Organ Scholar at the University of Hull and Beverley Minster for the past three years (I graduated this year and am off to Chester Cathedral to take up the Organ Scholarship there ) I have had the great privilege to play all the ‘main’ organs around East Yorkshire and a lot of the smaller ones. When I first heard that the annual university carol was going to be held at Holy Trinity in December 2003 (and December 2004) I was quite excited because I knew that both the church and the organ were nice and on a large scale. When I first sat down to practise the day before the concert (that was literally all the time I had to practise) on a bitterly cold winter morning (Holy Trinity might be one of the biggest Parish Churches in England but it is defiantly the coldest!!!), I couldn’t help feel disappointed and a bit worried. Having seen the registration of the instrument beforehand I chose to play the Carillon de Westminster by Mr Vierne. Being a Compton organ the thumb pistons on the Great are double touch which (to those not in the know) means that a single press alters only the Great and when pressed all the way also alters the pedal, rather than having a Gt & Pd Comb stop. I was thinking throughout the piece that Gt 3, 7 and 10 completely cancel the pedal when pressed all the way, and guess what happened at the climax of the piece towards the end of the piece when I hit Gt 10 during performance It is a nice organ but it is a great shame that a lot of it doesn’t work or is unusable. I always stand by my opinion that if it did work it would be marvellous as what does work on it sounds fantastic. As for it being the biggest Parish Church, that’s not true. Beverley Minster became a Parish Church after the dissolution in 1548 when King Henry VIII had the colleges and the chapter house destroyed. Heres a picture of me at the organ in Holy Trinity post-concert: and some sounds of the Organ (me playing) and the uni chapel choir (appologies for the tenors sounding so loud - the microphone was next to them!) Handel - And the glory of the Lord JS Bach - Vom Himmel Hoch (click on the 'free' button at the bottom of the page)