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No, you most certainly aren’t ;-) As far as I can recall the "correct" link has always mentioned only Aria and Toccata - which was probably the reason why I provided a link to Mushel’s (other) Organ Suite in the first place. I find it highly unlikely - despite only two movements being named - that the fugue would be missing here; I’m pretty sure the sheet music from Bodensee-Musikversand and the Suite on Uzbek Themes on the Sikorski website are the same thing. Unfortunately, however, I don’t have the printed score to confirm this. M

Just stumbled upon this ... http://www.artsjourn...the-lights.html I really don’t want to start a debate about current economic issues but this to me is simply outrageous. M

Sorry - I saw Suite and failed to notice that the Toccata was surrounded by two "false" movements. The correct link is here. M

Hi, I would like to point out that according to the Peters' online catalogue the only organ music composed by Mushel can be found in Peters' Anthology of Russian and Eastern European Organ Music of the 20th Century, which only appears to contain the Aria and Fugue from the Suite. The original Russian edition of the whole Suite can, however, be obtained from the Sikorski Publishers in Hamburg. If you buy the score from Bodensee-Musikversand, it will cost you 16 EUR. M

If you’re refering to this recording, it is still available from Amazon and for download (iTunes). M

For Schubert’s Mass in G you might want to take a look at Paul Horn’s arrangement, which was published by the Carus-Verlag. There is an evaluation copy available online. I havent’t played it myself, so I can’t give you any feedback regarding its usability. M

... "Not available in your area" ... Grrrr! M

It is the Debierre organ from 1894 in the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre in Vannes in France. See here or here. M

Is there a touch of irony in your question? Well, to me it doesn't seem much different from the way I know the situation with all the organ parts being brought into the church. For the most part it's always been a sort of an organised anarchy. M

Probably some of you would be interested to know about the progress in the installation of Richards, Fowkes Op. 18 in the Parish Church of St George, Hanover Square, London. Here you can take a look at some photos of the new organ being installed. Has anyone seen the instrument live already? M

Are there any current news regarding the fate of the Warrington CC organ? Yesterday, Peter van den Heuvel posted a message on his FB saying that the organ can be bought for a sum of 2 to 2.5 million euro, assuming you have a place large enough for it. It seems that Van den Heuvel has been commissioned to dismantle and sell this instrument (to the highest bidder?) M

Well, it seems someone else also had this idea ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonrising/3124791192/ M

Although this discussion diverted a little bit, I thought that some of you might be interested to take a look at this: http://www.chantcafe.com/2011/12/midnight-mass-st-george-cathedral.html M

Don't forget that Schönberg's piece also has a . One may find the "Variations on a recitative" not particularly appealing, but it is still a fascinating piece of music. M

There are three parishes in the near vicinity of St Ouen: Notre-Dame (the Rouen Cathedral), St. Marc and Bienheureux Jean XXIII. None of the respective parish web sites list St Ouen as one of the churches, where masses would be held (and there are quite a few churches). So I guess the building serves no ecclesiastical purposes. M

You've obviously got a point here. When I was Googling for some info regarding the new organ for Monaco Cathedral, I found a couple of texts, which all seemed to be based on some sort of press release from the beginning of March 2011. One of the sentences there was: "L'instrument disposera de 74 jeux et a été confectionné avec près de 7.000 tuyaux, dont la plupart sont issus de l'ancien orgue de la Cathédrale de Monaco." Since my French is very basic level, I concluded that the new organ must have some 7000 pipes, without actually considering that this is virtually impossible. As Sprondel calculated, there would be less than 5000 pipes altogether. Or does someone have any other information (calculation)? M

I'm not sure whether the new Thomas organ in the Monaco Cathedral is something the members of this forum are interested in - I personally find the instrument to be one of the most exciting examples of modern organ design, which is why I would like to draw your attention to the construction progress of this instrument and direct you to the following set of photos: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8140...53&v=photos It's a pity the organ couldn't be used at the recent wedding (if it was me, I'd most certainly postpone the event ) . It would obviously make a somewhat different impression compared to the digital substitute that was used. M

And it's not only Reger, Liszt or Chopin, who suddenly sound refreshingly different. I guess many here will be familiar with the recent instruments built by Martin Pasi in the US. One of the really remarkable ones is his dual-temperament organ for the St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha. A number of recordings have already been made on this organ. Obviously, those Buxtehude CDs played by Julia Brown sound beautifully in meantone, but the real revelation was the Widor recording with Robert Delcampt (naturally, this was played with the well-tempered stops). I always enjoyed listening to Widor on French organs, but this really opened up a whole new perspective to his music. I wonder how Widor would feel, if he could hear this? It certainly isn't what you'd expect his music to sound like, but there's really something strangely fascinating about the combination of Widor's music and those well-tempered intervals. By the way, here are a couple of charts, which show different levels of accuracy of thirds and fifths for some common temperaments. There are, of course, a number of ways, how to tune an instrument in a temperament different than equal, and at the same time not to give up the possibility to play in all the keys imaginable. Just one problem remains: one obviously can't change the temperament of an organ in the way this can be done on a harpsichord or even a piano. So it's more or less all about choosing the right temperament for a new organ. M

The Schnitger organ in Dedesdorf might not be the best example for a "secondary divison" having a set of principals. If you look closely you will notice that this organ (as well as some other small Schnitger instruments) doesn't have "standard" Great and Positive divisions - through the use of a combined soundboard (I don't know the English term for "Zwillingslade") the stops that would otherwise all have to be played on a single manual are now neatly divided between the two manuals. As Harald Vogel describes it in the accompanying article, what you have here is a Baroque concept of a Concertino (upper manual) and a Ripieno (lower manual). The term "Brustwerk" in this case doesn't indicate a chest positive under the facade pipes of the Great division (you see that there is nothing except for the console under the facade), but actually a sort of a Hauptwerk situated at a level, where the Brustwerk would normally be; the lower manual, on the other hand, has both solo stops as well as the stops for the "full" organ, the latter being played with the upper manual moved to couple both keyboards ("Schiebekoppel" - again, I can't find the English term). All in all, a very interesting and versatile little organ and a concept, which today seems usable in the same way as it was in the 17th/18th century. M

Hi, thanks for that! Now it was me who hadn't scrolled down far enough ... Some really nice designs here, don't you agree? M

Somehow I have a feeling that nobody is going to complain about the looks of this organ ... Anyway, Mr. Lynn Dobson is one of the not so many (?) organbuilders with an education in art and design. There was a gallery of his organ design sketches on the Dobson website a while ago - pity it's been taken off. One can still admire his sculptural work, though. 44 stops. That's about the size of the new Kuhn organ for RAM. It will be interesting to see the detailed stoplist of the instrument, once it's available, and compare the two. I did find the info that Paul Hale is involved in planing of this new organ. I wonder what is going to happen to the Walker organ?

? - Apart from the Whitlock, which was a part of the music before the service, the iTunes album has it all (including the Widor Toccata that wasn't heard during the broadcast). M

Hi, I just saw that Kuhn is going to build a new organ for the Royal Academy of Music in 2013. It was already mentioned on this forum that the van den Heuvel is getting thrown out, I was wondering, however, if anyone can explain why this ... is going to be replaced by this ... ? M

April 16th, 2011, 12:00PM Victoria Hall Victoria Hall Organ Promenade Concert Strauss II: Overture to "Die Fledermaus" (trans. Laube) Bach: Passacaglia, BWV 582 Mendelssohn: Variations Serieuses, Op. 54 (trans. Laube) Liszt: Les Préludes, Poème Symphonique No. 3, S. 97 (trans. Laube) 1922 Henry Willis, 1988 Hill, Norman & Beard, 1998 David Wells 4 manuals, 73 stops (Source: www.nathanlaube.com)

Laube's homepage mentions following UK recitals in the near future: - May 28th: Bridlington, Priory Church of St. Mary - May 31st: Lyme Regis, St Michael the Archangel Church - June 2nd: London, Southwark Cathedral Or one could travel to France or to the States to hear him... M