En Chamade
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Hmmm, I think most people are missing the point. Like it or not, this guy is bringing the organ to the masses, and maybe even earning us organists respect from fellow musicians. For this alone, Mr. Cameron has my full admiration.
As for his image - it's a little way out, but at the same time unique and refreshing.
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Many thanks for this
EC
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Lovely! Must try and locate a copy.
I realise the following statement may very well render me unpopular on here forever, but for some reason, listening to this piece reminds me of the dance from The Snowman
Hmm...
EC
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I have to play a corporate gig in a couple of weeks - because of the venue, they wanted a mixture of Christmas and 'Mediaeval' music.
I guess I know what they mean - they want Hollywood-style Mediaeval music, but thinking about it some more, I would be keen to give them some of the real thing.
Any recommendations?
Ta
Well it might not be Mediaeval, but a selection from Old English Organ Music should suffice.
EC
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Did he not write a song based on the Chopin c minor prelude (maybe that was Mandy)?
That would be Could it be magic
EC
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Quite a few years ago there was a TV programme featuring Gillian Weir at St. Sulpice preparing a recital of Messiaen, anyone remember it?
She had 2 registrants, a young man and a young woman who, we were told, were the 'resident' registrants there. Not only did they pull stops but they also operated the ventils.
I've been told by French organists that it was common on Romantic C19th instruments for page-turner/registrants to also operate the expression pedal where it is a lever to the right of the pedal board.
DT
Oh yes, I remember this very well. It was a South Bank Show episode featuring Gillian Weir. The piece in question was Messe de la Pentecôte.
EC
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Wayne Marshall, again! *groan*
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I have two rules when it comes to funeral voluntaries - the piece should be in a Major key, and/or a well known classic. It's always safe to assume that the people attending funerals will be unchurched and out of their comfort zone, so it makes sense to give them something they know well or can easily appreciate.
Pieces like this always work:
Ave Verum - Mozart
Panis Angelicus - Franck
O rest in the Lord - Mendelssohn
Largo - Handel
O Welt, ich muß dich lassen (1 and 2) - Brahms
Sheep may safely graze - Bach
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Another Sibelius user here! The software is so easy to work with, I can't recommend it enough. The only con is the price.
As already mentioned, Capella is quite good.
Does anyone have any experience of it working with Linux?I can't speak for Sibelius, but it's worth noting the scoring applications already available for the Linux platform (free of course): Rosegarden and Lilypond
EC
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I need this in an organ arangement for a wedding in 2 weeks time. Does anybody know of a decent one which could be more or less sight-read? (I've pretty much worked it out anyway but would rather not leave it to chance.
Thanks
Peter
There's a good arrangement in the "A classic top ten for organ" book, published by Kevin Mayhew. Sight-readable too.
EC
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Lichfield Cathedral is a good example when it comes to badly positioned organs.
Before the addition of the Nave organ in 2000, the main instrument failed to make any impact in the Cathedral whatsoever...
EC
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I am afraid I simply do not regard most of his organ music as recital repertoire - I think that much it (even the rhapsodies) is better as mood-setting music, before or after a service - ideally Evensong.
I'll go one step further and admit that anything by Howells bores me to tears (and yes, I realise this comment may very well make me unpopular
)EC
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What about the Vierne Carillon de Westminster? or any of the Vierne Carillons for that matter.
EC
Expanding on my last post, I would also suggest any of the Orgelbuchlein Advent/Christmas Chorale Preludes BWV 599-612.
Failing that, how about something by Daquin, the Noel Grande Jeu et Duo perhaps? It's quite simple, but lively and rousing nonetheless. You'll find this in the Oxford Book of Christmas Organ music.
EC
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What about the Vierne Carillon de Westminster? or any of the Vierne Carillons for that matter.
EC
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This might be a clue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/200...avin-and-stacey
The church is St Peter, in the village of Peterston-super-Ely and the director of music is James Bull
EC
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I wish Amazon would. I have been waiting since August for them to send me a copy.
I'm not sure what's going on with Amazon. Play.com list this title as being in stock, so you might be better off ordering with them.
EC
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I find an important aspect of learning a new "big" piece is in learning it very thoroughly, with lots practice and attention to every detail and then putting it away and not touching it for 2 or 3 months. When you get it out again to do more work you find you can play it better than when you last put it away and you also quickly notice even more precise detail to hone in on.
Malcolm
Agreed.
I find the best approach to learning new pieces is to play the correct notes slowly, five or six times. It also helps if you write in the fingering and stick to it.
I'm working my way through a stack of shorter and easier pieces from the Maitres Contemperains collection, a lot of which are undiscovered gems.Who else will admit to snubbing the shorter, easier works in favour of learning masterpieces?
EC
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The title says it all really
One of my favourites at the minute is "French Organ Music from the Revolution to Franck and Widor". Definitely worth a read if you're interested in the French stuff, and of course there's the "Cambridge companion to the Organ" which is essential for quick reference.
Recommendations welcome
EC
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Slightly off our brief I know, buthas been doing the rounds for some time and is a worthwhile diversion...These two guys are hysterical.andare brilliantly silly
Very funny
There's a Bill Bailey atmosphere about these videos.Welcome to the forums Rohrflöte!
EC
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Nessun Dorma at a funeral makes a change from its usual location of a Nuptual Mass!
Just as well that most of the congregation won't know what the words mean.
Thinking about the recent case of the vicar in Tunbridge Wells, I've come to the conclusion that it's only a matter of time before some insensitive clod demands Disco Inferno (Burn Baby Burn) be played at a cremation service.
I can just see the headline now
EC
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And for those who have not yet experienced Feike Asma's eye-popping performance of Widor's Toccata:
This just sounds amateur. Too many wrong notes and inconsistencies in tempo.
EC
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I also have problems with playing too fast and find using a metronome while practising a great help. This method isn't for everyone though.
EC
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The worst howlers I've seen printed
"Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by G.F. Handle" and "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Sprite"
Isn't spellcheck a wonderful thing?It is when it works
EC
There's a Bill Bailey atmosphere about these videos.
Messiaen - Les Enfants de Dieu
in The Organ
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Hello peeps, long time no see!
I'm currently looking at this piece for the DipABRSM, and was wondering, do you generally split all the chords between two hands?
There are instances where I'm taking certain bars with one hand only, but obviously don't want to use what might be considered poor technique.