Richard McVeigh
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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!
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It works for me with Internet explorer,
but not with Mozilla.
Fine sounds samples!
Best wishes,
Pierre Lauwers.
ah right!
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Which links do you mean? They all seem to work fine for me.
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let me know, its fairly new and I would like some feedback on it!
A bit of self promotion never hurts anybody, apparently!
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There's a splendid opportunity to hear the instrument this coming Saturday at 6pm when Ian Hare will be giving a recital. Could be followed by a pint or two in Nellie's, the gas-lit pub.
... who is also ending with the Howells number 3 as I did!
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It's interesting that Richard says the balance is better in the nave than at the console.
I've been to many a recital there, and have played the instrument once. I find that the acoustic in the nave jumbles the sound dreadfully - far worse than, say, King's. So I always sit at the very front for recitals. I am told some people prefer the sound in the north transept.
When I played the instrument I thought the sound at the console was much better - certainly clearer - than down the nave.
This is certainly an instrument - and a building - I have a huge amount of respect for. It still seems to me to have a very strong Snetzler voice on the Great and Choir. And Beverley is a lovely town too.
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I loved the Howells.
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
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Wâow!
Splendid pictures and music....Plus that Joseph Jongen's music sheet
innocently left...
Best wishes,
Pierre Lauwers.
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.
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Hi
Must try and get to Beverley sometime, and try to arrange a play on the organ.
Every Blessing
Tony
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
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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:
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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
(click on the 'free' button at the bottom of the page)
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!
What Do You Think...
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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.