bombarde32
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Probably a short Bach Chorale Prelude from the Orgelbüchlein. Something not needing a lot of practice for which I don't have time at the moment!
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There is always "Christmas in Sicily" by Petro Yon. Free download available too!
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As the temperature in the church in which I play was -2 degrees I have come to the following conclusion re toasters:
2 manual drawstop toaster (actually doesn't get hot enough for toast anyway) as installed in my lovely heated music room = 100 points
2 manual drawstop pipe organ installed in local church @ -2 degrees = NIL POINTS.
End of.
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With the massive insurance payout that the University will get for the disastrous situation, the organ may well go back into the hall. At the moment an electronic instrument will come to the rescue for the Graduations and various carol services etc.
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If you need something warm when practising, how about a toaster (geddit
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Members might like to know that the organ from the TS concert hall has been removed in its entirety and is currently languishing in an industrial unit near Bournemouth Airport. Its return is by no means certain as there are a number of persons who use the building who are rather glad to see it gone.........It has certainly liberated some much needed space on the concert platform!
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I can recommend Ormatronix (Royston Orme). I'm not sure whether he works on older analogue instruments, though he may well do.
He certainly comes to Kent when necessary, and I have been very happy with his work.
Douglas.
Royston is a personal friend of mine, and I have to say that I have never met such super hard-working chap! If you have an electronic organ fault, he is generous to a fault with his time, and technically very competent indeed!
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Can't help I'm afraid though it was good. Did anyone catch Christchurch Oxford? I felt that the Goodall Mag. & Nunc. was rather too much like background to a 'Dibley' episode and personally felt the way the psalms were done was just a touch odd - especially the ends of each chant 'section'. I liked the overall sound though and the organ sounds better over the air than it should. I'd better stop.....
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As my son is a chorister in ChCh oxford. I did record the Choral E'song broadcast last Wednesday and it was extremely good, the high point being the Walton "Where does the uttered music go", and knowing and playing the organ regularly, it sounded really well over the air!
If you want a CD of the broadcast, do PM me!
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According to NPOR, Romsey Abbey had 4 significant "attentions" paid to it in twenty years. In addition, the Nave section was bolted on another 4 years later. How much money was wasted here?
It's still pretty rubbish for accompanying a full church......
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The Ride of the Valkyries?
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The funniest quote I saw was in an Irish publication (I can't remember exactly which one) that described the rather soporific music of Karl Jenkins.
The reviewer went on to say that he would more aroused if he were French kissed by an elderly nun than have to listen to that sh**e.
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Three of the Christ Church Oxford Choir men have just returned from an exchange to Christ Church, NZ, and the general concensus of opinion was that it could have been a lot worse, and that they got off pretty lightly......
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Compton used the flat 21st in mixtures to great effect, to achieve a convincing 32' reed but also on organs like Southampton Guildhall where there is a three rank "Harmonics" consisting of Twelfth, Tierce and Flat 21st pipes of (for most of the compass anyway) quietly voiced Harmonic Stopped pipes. To maintain the "Clarinet(y)" colour, the composition was vitually straight without breaks. It was a bit of a pig to tune well, I remember, but VERY effective when it was!
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What does the forum consider the best wind pressure on which to voice the vuvuzela?
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This Wednesday (23rd June), Clive Driskill-Smith plays at Christchurch Priory in Dorset. Doors open at 7 for 7.30pm.
The programme is:
Flourish for an Occasion - WILLIAM HARRIS (1883-1973)
Choral No 2 - CESAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
Organ Concerto Op 4 No 5 in F - G. F. HANDEL (1685-1759)
Larghetto in F# minor - S. S. WESLEY (1810-1876)
Tuba Tune - NORMAN COCKER (1889-1953)
Fantasia in F Minor K.608 - W. A. MOZART (1756-1791)
Salamanca - GUY BOVET (b.1942)
Variations sur un Noël - MARCEL DUPRE (1886-1971)
The annual evening concert series at Christchurch is excellent and deserves to be better known. Forthcoming recitals in this year's series include Margaret Phillips, Thomas Heywood, Carleton Etherington and Hugh Morris. The ticket price (£6) is modest, and the setting is inspirational. All the recitals use the (mobile) nave console. There is ample parking, and a good collection of pubs and restaurants for post- (or pre-) concert imbibing...
More information about the venue at http://www.christchurchpriory.org/.
My wife and I went to see Clive's recital at Christchurch (Priory) and enjoyed it enormously. A good, non-frivolous, programme played to an extremely high standard. A most musical and technically superb evening. Organ playing of the first order!
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My Son plays the French horn; at times, it sounds remarkably like a Vuvuzela......
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I would be happy just to be able to get on a bloody organ at 92, never mind play it to a decent standard!
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St Mark's Portobello, Edinburgh has most of the old organs' pipes in the basement, carefully stored. They will probably never speak again. The organ was replaced by a digital one. The organ from St Ninian's Stirling went to the Gypsies last week. It was an (former Theatre organ) Ingram. The 18 note Deagan chimes are still there attached to the back of the Swell Box. The organ was again replaced by a digital electronic. The action parts and pipes were literally sold for scrap value. Nobody wanted it. Even the two 5HP Discus blowers (recently rewound motors) were scrapped. The remaining 16' open (metal) and some other larger Bourdon pipes are still in the chamber being uneconomic to remove.
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I don't know which two instruments are referred to at the start of the thread, but trigger swells and non-standard pedalboards should not be a hindrance to making music in a parish church any more than different control layouts in different makes of car are a hindrance to getting from A to B.
Different control layouts are definitely irksome, but the controls to which you refer are not in any way minor. So, to carry your analogy to its proper conclusion, lets put the accellerator pedal in the passenger footwell, the brake in the middle of the transmission tunnel, and hmmm, we'll leave the clutch where it is.
While we're at it, for good measure, we'll stick the starting handle on the front (or back) just like the good 'old' days......
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What do people think? - two current situations:
- A one manual 6 stop village church organ dating from the late 1890s - built by a well known regional builder, of no great artistic merit and similar to many others in that area of the county - 'needs thorough restoration etc. It sounds reasonable though can not cope with a full congregation due to its recessed chancel position. The pedalboard is severely non standard and the Swell pedal the expected unbalanced lever on the RH side. The music at the church includes anthems etc. and the organist attempts to play 'proper' music for voluntaries.
- A rather nice three manual 'Father Willis' from the late 1880s in a reasonably large town church with a good musical tradition - action replaced for its centenary but tonally pretty much as original - now electro/pneumatic. 'Recently ''rebuilt/restored'' with extra pedal stops added, a solo reed revoiced from a nearby redundant organ (not Willis) and new mixture work.
In the first case the DAC has said that things must remain exactly as they are - thoughts of anything from minor changes to re using pipework in a new extension instrument, substituting a standard pedalboard etc. had been mooted. In the second case a reasonably nice FW (albeit with non original action) has had bits tacked on presumably so that the organ can be more 'versatile'.
I am not one who believes in historical for historical's sake but in the first instance the church is not able to do what it would wish from a musical point of view and is stuck with an inadequate and second rate instrument yet the second has been able to tinker with a good instrument that copes adequately with what is required of it.
I must add that these come from different DAC areas and that those involved from each diocese are seemingly competent in their roles - it just seems a little baffling. Does anyone have any thoughts?
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Just as I wouldn't like to travel from the South Coast to London in a Morris Minor anymore (I used to) I would rather have a decent electronic than a mediocre one-manual six stop 'locally built' organ, frankly.
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Far worse than being on a PCC is being on a Worship Committee. Never in my life have I wasted so much time listening to people talking utter rubbish about matters of which they have no knowledge or expertise whatsoever than at Worship Committee meetings.
Malcolm
I totally agree, Malcolm. The equal is the "Liturgy Group" in the Catholic church which employ an organist/DOM and then tell him what to do, and how to do it. After thirteen years of that crap, I resigned and will never take up a full-time church position again. I now freelance and don't have to go to pointless liturgy meetings. I play what's put in front of me, get paid, and clear off; and if I don't fancy playing on a particular Sunday I just say so.
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Far worse than being on a PCC is being on a Worship Committee. Never in my life have I wasted so much time listening to people talking utter rubbish about matters of which they have no knowledge or expertise whatsoever than at Worship Committee meetings.
Malcolm
I totally agree, Malcolm. The equal is the "Liturgy Group" in the Catholic church which employ an organist/DOM and then tell him what to do, and how to do it. After thirteen years of that crap, I resigned and will never take up a full-time church position again.
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Another Sibelius user here.......
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American organ music for Christmas
in The Organ
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So, are we to understand that as an American Citizen (for Yon was organist at St Francis Xavier New York) that we in Europe are breaking the law downloading his music from a site (IMSLP) that positively invites us to propagate his music, and that other music by this composer is freely available on the CPDL, but if you live in America (his Home) that it is perfectly alright?