Choir Man
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This is how you put two organs on one balcony...
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Some modern consoles already have midi input so any suitable device (phone/laptop/tablet) could do the registration for you. It could also play the keys for you as well. In fact maybe you wouldn't need to be there at all...
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There is some YouTube content so you can form your own opinions on how it sounds...
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Of course honours are not automatically conferred. People need to be nominated. Perhaps forum members who know Dr Jackson personally can ensure he is brought to the attention of the authorities (in the right way). www.gov.uk/honours/nominate-someone-in-the-uk
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On another note - the builder we are working with had transferred and restored another 1894 Keates organ from Stockbridge Methodist church in Sheffield that was being reorganized in 2008...
...I could not find this organ in the NPOR database
The organ is in NPOR (its originally from Stocksbridge) - see https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=K00759
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It's a pity that an organ recital is scheduled at a time when many organists will be in churches playing organs...
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BBC radio 3 are broadcasting Choral Evensong from the chapel this week.
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The photos of the Grand Organ suggest that it's only a bit sooty. However we should not forget that with fire burning on the nave floor, it will have got a bit warmer than it would normally be used to, so there may be unseen heat damage. It's early days yet and the surveyors, architects and engineers are still working out how to repair the building. However there is still the possibility of further damage if the organ is not protected. The building has great holes in the roof and, although sheltered between the towers, the organ is in a space that is essentially open to the elements. Also the reconstruction of the building will create large quantities of dust which need to be kept away from the instrument.
Does anyone know the condition of the choir organ? I seem to remember reading somewhere that it had been "well watered" by the firefighters trying to preserve the woodwork of the choir.
Olivier Latry is keeping busy with his other work while NDP is out of action. He's playing at Southwark Cathedral on 9th May and has a Proms billing on 4 August.
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Is this why, in the majority of Wren churches, the organ is at the west end where it wouldn't spoil the clean lines of his architecture when viewed from a pew? Do you know what other options were considered for St Paul's?
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Is it me or does the graphic on Google's home page suggest Bach is playing a Hammond...
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Today Google are celebrating Bach's birthday with a doodle that can harmonise a 2 bar melody inputted by the user. Google have (cleverly) used a machine learning programme that has had over 300 pieces of Bach's music fed into to it. So the software will harmonise your melody in the style of Bach. Of course Bach would have harmonised the same melody in many different ways and there is a button that will re-harmonise your melody if you don't like the first harmonisation. You can access the doodle here:
This is best done using Chrome browser, although other browsers may be supported. Have a go and see what you think.
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Does anyone know if the plans for the new concert hall near the barbican in London contain space for an organ? The drawings suggest some sort of grill behind the stage which may hide an organ chamber https://www.culturemile.london/centreformusic/ - scroll to picture of the concert hall and look in the top right corner.
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Link to CATO on Derby Organists website
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The complete sentence is: "They will be able to demonstrate their passion for the choral tradition of the Church of England and a commitment to explore new ways of developing that tradition for future generations."
The website contains a detailed application pack which expands somewhat on the above. Having read it I would suggest that the 'new ways' are about ensuring a supply of choristers, providing equal opportunities for girls and engagement with the local community. Much the same challenges as the church in general faces in this modern world.
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The mystery deepens. On this page http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/choir/about/choir-today.html it states "King’s College Choir comprises 16 boy choristers, and 14 male undergraduates. There are also two organ scholars."
But looking at the pictures on the same page. The photo of the choir in the chapel stalls does have 14 men in the back row, interestingly split 8/6. The picture on the same page of the choir recording Messiah has no less than 17 men in the back row.
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We sang 'Torches' at midnight on Christmas Eve. Always a fun piece to sing at the end of a hard week of carol services and concerts.
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DHM: Is you observation based on what was shown on the TV or a visit to Cambridge? What gets shown on TV is rarely a typical set-up and the back row might be augmented if the TV director thinks it would make better TV. Also the back row might be larger if the repertoire required it. Likewise the front row may have more than the usual daily number of boys. Getting a TV gig pays money so I can imagine as many people would want to be involved as possible.
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Some less well known musicians have also been honoured.
BEM - Irene Harman. Organist at HMS SULTAN. For over 50 years voluntary service to the Church in the Royal Navy
BEM - Mollie Rollins. Organist of the Methodist Chapel in Tydd St Giles, Cambridgeshire, for more than 70 years, for services to the Church and the community
RVM - Michael McGuire, a gentleman of the choir of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal, St James’s Palace
MNZM - Paul Ellis, National President of the Royal School of Church Music in New Zealand
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Is pcnd retiring or moving on? He's been looking after the party horns for quite a while.
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It was nice to see Stephen Cleobury and the choir of KCC featured in the Queen's Speech during his final Christmas in charge. Is this a hint of an impending New Year's honour?
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Came across this in the news.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46194249
The organ from Kilbarchan West http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N00970 is now going to a new home in Germany 3 years after the church was closed.
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As a lad I sang in my local church choir for 10 years until I went to university. The organist treated the instrument like his personal possession, jealously guarding it, locking the console and taking the key home with him. When I asked if I could play I was told me to go away and learn piano to at least grade 6 standard before he would let me have a go. Unfortunately I was learning violin at the time so he never gave me the opportunity to play when I was young.
When he died the church was left without an organist and now it has no organ.
The church where I currently am treats the organ, as well as the whole building, as a community asset and anyone is welcome to play irrespective of their experience, tutelage or affiliations.
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In the Colston Hall thread on this forum it is referenced that the authorities are amenable to people playing the organ at convenient times. This set me wondering about how accessible organs are in general. I accept that many organs are located in churches which are first and foremost places of worship and so access might need to be after hours. But how open are members, or their institutions, to people requesting to play their organ or just visit the organ loft to observe during a service?
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Harrisons also list St Machar's Aberdeen on their list of current projects as well as cathedrals in Benoni South Africa and Adelaide Australia. They have York and (according the cathedral's website) Salisbury on the way. They are clearly very busy and must have some system to ensure the various bits of teh different instruments don't get mixed up.
By the way here are two interesting photos from their website of the double open wood in sections prior to transportation ...
and with builders in-situ...
Nocturne for an Orange
in Organ Music
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The German Wikipedia has an entry about Porter Heaps: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Heaps
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