Redeye
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It's gone on its Summer holiday...!!! No, seriously, it has gone back to Northampton to be opened up a little more to match in better with the swell chorus and, in particular, the reeds. While most of the voicing has been done on site, with a stop like this, it is much easier to do it on the voicing machine in the works. It is due to return, duly tanned, on Tuesday or shortly afterwards.
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I too went on my Summer holdays last week and called into Worcester Cathedral on Wednesday and was rewarded by hearing the new organ being "sampled" by Dr Roy Massey (formerly of Hereford). Sounded superbly bright but with a good bite to the pedal registers. It may not be FULLY complete yet but it is clearly an asset both aurally and visually to the cathedral ... even my wife said it looked good!
Await the new CD with anticipation
Best wishes
Redeye
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"I love that saying, whoever wrote it, that says, "Rules were made for the obedience of fools, and for the guidance of wise men."
Douglas Bader.
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I have always been familiar with this quotation in a slightly different wording viz " Rules ARE made for the STRICT OBSERVANCE of fools and the guidance of wise men" .
BAC
Pedantry again, but it wasn't Douglas himself who 's quote this is, but his flying instructor Harry Day.
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Well I still think people who work together should have more respect for one another and for the institution they work for than to go around slagging it and each other off in public.
Yes, we are entitled to our opinions, but we have to put up with the consequences of voicing them. That's why we learn to keep our mouths shut at an early age. We seem to forget all about that when we sit at our computers.
Respect for each other ... Yes of course, but respect for "the institution"? Oh dear.
Would I be correct in assuming you dont find Monty Pythons "Life of Brian" funny?
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I do not work for the BBC nor do I know anyone who does, but as a career Civil Servant and therefore trained to be disingenuous, I think I detect an obvious motive behind the move to Sunday afternoon Broadcasts of Choral Evensong.
There are many postings which quite rightly expalin the problems of setting up equipment in a Cathedral on a sunday in amongst the Cathedrals other activities. Add to this the premuim pay the BBC will need to pay its engineers to work on a ?Sunday and it seems clear to me that the objective here is to continue to RECORD the services mid-week (any ad hoc WEEK-day to suit where in the country they can find a suitable choir and even better if an outside broadcast team are nearby), and "tidy-up" the performance with whatever extra recorded patches may be deemed necessary, then simply TRANSMIT the event on Sunday afternoon.
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I'm not sure how old GTB would have been in the late 1960's, but I heard him play the Reubke 94th in Salisbury Cathedral then when I was but a mere youth.
Perhaps I was just young and impressionable, but his playing seemed to me to be nothing short of astounding. I still have the programme somewhere, must go look up what else he played.
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I am Andrew Patton and a keen photographer as well as organ nut.(ie red-eye)
Age 55, married with two high-teen sons.
Sang in a number of Choirs, and (quite a few years ago) was a junior console assistant to Anthony Norcliffe when he was at St Bartholemews church Armley, Leeds (Schulze).
Lived for four years in Beverley and was so impressed by the Minster organ there, I intend to retire back there in five years.
I dont play at a church, just (badly) at home!
Whatever happened to the suggested meet / gathering?
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Yes, definitely heard it with my own ears !! Unless, you can buy them as a stand alone item or achieve the sound from an expander !!
I always thought that a cymbelstern would make a nice addittion to the Beverley case, although this is probably the sort of vulgarity the conservative AS would baulk at !!
He's not the only one! How could you, the Hill case at Beverley is perfection already.
Redeye
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"I think that he is sur le continent at the moment"
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Gee ! Let's hope it's for something "substantial"
.Best wishes
Pierre
I think he's fishing for C Bass
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Priory Did issue a solo recording of Whitlocks organ works played by Graham Barber (volume 1 at Hull city Hall).
BTW - just to revert to the RAH thread, would't Whitlocks Symphoiny in g minor be a brilliant suggestion for next years proms season? The voice of Jupiter would lap it up. Not much chance of getting the organ hating BBC to agrre though!
Andy.
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I am up for this too
a yorkshire area meet would be good for me personally , and I am sure mine and Paul Derretts friend in Doncaster ( David Rogers) could open the doors to Doncaster Parish Church, ooops, I mean the Minster.Peter
If you can find a way into Doncaster PC (or minster!) then name the day and I'll be there. The last two times I've been in the town (during the day admittedly) its bee all locked up.
I do remember Magnus Black showing the organ to me and a friend back in the early 70's. If it sounded good then, it must be better now.
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a yorkshire area meet would be good for me personally , and I am sure mine and Paul Derretts friend in Doncaster ( David Rogers) could open the doors to Doncaster Parish Church, ooops, I mean the Minster.
Organists and Steam
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In addition to my interest in the King of Instruments, I’m a life member of the Steam railway which runs up the valley of MM’s fiefdom. There are few greater pleasures than to chug up and down the line in the real ale bar coach on a Sunday afternoon.
Which reminds me that a good number of organists I’ve known are (in addition to an interest in preserved transport), also partial to cask conditioned real ale, (one of the best of which is brewed in MM’s fiefdom at Ingrow!)
I remember accompanying the former organist of St Barts Armley, Anthony Norcliffe and a number of his seasonal guest recitalists, including Arthur Wills to a local pub for a “number” of post recital refreshments.
Organs, Steam, Beer …. Perhaps were all descended from fairground stock?
Redeye