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  1. I'm a latecomer to this thread, but rather despondent to hear that my old prep school has bitten the dust. It was never a large school, but it was a friendly little place (about 100 pupils in the 80s when I was there) and it's such a shame that it's gone. How is the choral foundation managing now? Where are the choristers being educated?
  2. You might want to suggest they try Royston Orme - http://ormatronixorgans.co.uk/. Failing that, temporary Hauptwerk setup?
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    Lollipops

    Real cheese - Richard Elliott's arrangement of Go tell it on the mountain -
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    Descant search

    Excellent, some new descants to try out - thank you Paul; very generous of you to share.
  5. I've always understand that Celestes were always sharp and Angelicas flat. But I'm ready to be told I'm wrong :-)
  6. It would be worth looking at how much renting a similar property would cost - then work add that annual cost to your "day" salary, then do the normal tax calculation based on that higher salary. It should give you an idea just how much HMRC will be taking off you.
  7. It will almost certainly work the same as accommodation in a boarding school. I am not taxed on my accommodation because it is a requirement of my job that I live in during term time. However, other colleagues who do get accommodation onsite but aren't houseparents either pay rent or get taxed. If it can be demonstrated that it's a REQUIREMENT - i.e. you couldn't do your job without it, then you won't get taxed. Unless you're going to be called to play for an emergency service at 3am, I can't see it being the case for an organist's post.
  8. Should anyone wish to, do come have a play with our church Hauptwerk installation (Boldre, near Lymington, Hampshire - PM me if likely to be passing by). Proper drawknob console, no computer screens in sight. I would never advocate Hauptwerk over a pipe organ, but I would definitely push Hauptwerk over any other organ substitute. I'm sure that the toaster makers could get something that sounds as good, given a lot of time and a lot of money, but out of the box (assuming you choose the right sampleset), Hauptwerk sounds very good indeed. Converting our toaster to Hauptwerk cost us £2000.
  9. Interesting - when I had lunch with Ernest a few weeks back (because he was helping me convert our CH toaster to Hauptwerk a job which has transformed the toaster into an instrument), we talked about the future of the company and he said it "was all planned for". I guess this must have been it.
  10. Whereabouts are you based? I'm sure there's a few people on this forum who might have church posts near you who'd be willing to let you play a voluntary or even a recital?
  11. St. Mary's, Southampton might just count; 1956 installation, 2 alterations by HWIII in '58 - Vox Humana replaced with a mixture, Claribel Flute replaced with a Gedackt. Does that fit the bill?
  12. 19" are fine. Anything that does 1280x1024, basically. Why not download the trial and find out?
  13. Off the top of my head, I can't remember what's in which volume, but stuff I use or will use once I've learnt all the dots from them: Pachelbel's Canon Mendelssohn A major Widor V Widor Marche Pontificale Lang Tuba Tune Elgar Pomp Circumstance (no ?? in G) Charpentier Te Deum Clarke Trumpet Purcell Trumpet Purcell Rondeau The usual Fireworks suite suspects Vierne Finale from Symph 1 Grand March from Aida Queen of Sheba Jesu Joy Both Ave Marias Nun Danket Stanley Trumpet Vols Guilmant Grand Choeur in D and obviously the brainless bride's choice, Wager and Mendelssohn wedding marches. Ah hah - just found this on the web: Organist's Wedding Album Vol 1 - Cramer Contents: Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Parry Chorale Prelude on 'Melcombe', Karg-Elerg Chorale Improvisation on 'Freu Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele', Pachelbel Canon, Schubert Ave Maria, Faure Apres un Reve, Bach Chorale Prelude on 'Nun Freut Euch, Christen G'Mein' BWV734, Stanley Trumpet Voluntaries 5 and 6 from Opus 6, Handel Minuet from 'Royal Fireworks', Clarke Prince of Denmark's March, Mendelssohn Organ Sonata 2 (3rd movement), Mendelssohn Organ Sonata 3 (1st movement), Wagner Bridal Chorus from ' Lohengrin', Elgar Sonata 2 Op 87a (extract), Charpentier Trumpet Tune (from Te Deum), Purcell Trumpet Tune in D, Verdi Grand March from 'Aida', Handel Hornpipe from 'Water Music', Guilmant Grand Choeur in D Op 18, Handel March from the Overture to the 'Occasional Oratorio', Karg-Elert Chorale Improvisation on 'Nun Danket Alle Gott', Lang Tuba Tune, Mendelssohn Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Vierne Finale from 'Symphony No 1', Widor Marche Pontificale from 'Symphony No 1', Widor Toccata from 'Symphony No 5' Organist's Wedding Album Vol 2 - Cramer Contents: Arne Ayre and Gavot, Bach Air (from Suite No 3 in D), Bach Fugue a la Gigue, Bach Sheep may safely graze, Dubois Cantilene Nuptiale, Dubois Grand Choeur in B flat, Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4, Elgar Triumphal March (from Caractacus), Farrar A Wedding Piece, Felton A Little Tune, Handel Air (from Water Music), Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon), Handel March (from Scipio), Hollins Trumpet Minuet, Lemare Minuet Nuptiale, Lemmens Fanfare, Mendelssohn War March of the Priests (from Athalia), Nicholas Toccata Giubiloso, Parry Bridal March (from the Birds of Aristophanes), Purcell Rondeau (from Abdelazar), Saint-Saens Benediction Nuptiale, Salome Marche (from Douze Pieces Nouvelles), Smart Postlude in D, Wesley Air (from 12 Short Pieces), Wesley Gavotte (from 12 Short Pieces And yes, the other volume I referred to was the Music for a Bride. Bit "large print", and reasonably straightforward arrangements.
  14. My experience of Mayhew books is that they're cheap for a reason; poor bindings, won't lie flat, and fall apart quickly. I've not used the wedding volumes you describe, but the 2 or 3 Mayhew organ volumes I have purchased, probably all around 3 years ago, are falling apart. As are the church's music copies of Hymns Old & New. The only Mayhew book I've got which has survived is a collection of Stanford/Parry/Brahms Preludes. It's not great to play from though; won't stay open. I've got The Organist's Wedding Album Vol I and II (Cramer, maybe?), and they're good, and a collection edited by Noel Rawsthorne that I forget the name of. These have lasted well and contain good music and good arrangements.
  15. I'd agree with all the comments above - Thorne goes down well with congregations. How Gloria is good, the rest not good for congregation (though I like the Agnus). Grayston Ives Salisbury Service is tosh. We've been doing it since before I started here 3 years ago, and, whilst the congregation know it, it's incredibly dull.
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