Alistair McEwan
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Jeffrey Makinson, currently Sub Organist at Manchester Cathedral, has been appointed Asst.DOM at Lincoln Cathedral with effect from January 2015.
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Ive heard but not sure if true. Canterbury Cathedral have awarded Harrison & Harrison the contract for a new organ in the Quire perhaps including original pipe work?
Also Manchester will getting a Ken Tickell organ.
Anyone got any news?
Regards
Neil
The completion date for the Canterbury H&H has not yet been made public. According to Cathedral sources, the Manchester Tickell should be playable by Christmas 2017.
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I quote from the Vicar's Letter dated August 2012:
"After nearly 10 years at All Saints, Paul now wishes to have the freedom to explore new opportunities in his increasingly busy professional career".
He leaves on 28th April 2013.
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Thought for the day?
5pm Sunday 2nd September.
From Radio 3's Jonathan Swain: "What's not to like" and "What an organist"
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Shaun Turnbull, currently DOM at both St John's College Durham and Ponteland Parish Church, has been appointed AsstDOM at Blackburn Cathedral. He starts in late August.
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So, who is going for Chelmsford?...
James Davy, AsstDOM at Blackburn has been appointed DOM at Chelmsford.
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I believe Jamie McVinnie is hitting the freelance circuit. There does seem to be a lot of movement going on at the moment! I fear the Yorkshire Diocese boundary changes will mean Bradford struggle to appoint an appropriate successor for Andrew Teague.
You may like to know that Alex Woodrow, Asst.Org. Hexham Abbey, has been appointed DOM at Bradford Cathedral w.e.f. January 2012.
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Two and a half hours for that lot? He must be slowing down in his old age!
Seriously, how splendid of Radio 3 to broadcast an organ recital. More, please!
The Bridgewater Hall website states that WM will end his recital with an improvisation on themes suggested by the audience. Two and a half hours sounds about right. Wayne always gives value for money!!
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See www.stmaryscathedral.org.uk for details of new 3 manual mechanical action organ.
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Ah - has Naji Hakim decided to retire in a year or two, allowing the new appointee to assume his duties gradually? If so, will Hakim be accorded the title Organiste Honaire?
No. Naji Hakim departed in 2008!
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CANCELLATION
Unfortunately Mrs. Jackson has been taken ill suddenly and is in hospital - therefore this recital is cancelled.
DW
Very sorry to hear the news, but many thanks for informing the board of the cancellation.
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I can't resist posting this. Three Open Diapasons are used; Swell, Choir (Dulciana), Gt no 2, all intermanual couplers. Which keyboard is played depends on the dynamic.
Beautiful!
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The spec. has appeared somewhere recently on a Rieger advert in one of the journals.
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Page 2 Jan/Feb 2011 Choir & Organ
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Just to correct the message above: The new organ at St Edmundsbury Cathedral is being built by Harrison & Harrison of Durham, not Nicholsons.
There is more information on these websites:
For anyone interested in this colourful project: Cathedral website (under MUSIC heading) now shows completed organ and details of recitals in 2011.
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In case anyone had plans to attend the opening weekend, see this which has appeared on the church website:
It is with great disappointment that the Organ Festival Weekend advertised at St Peter's for 20th and 21st November has had to be postponed. We have been very seriously let down by one of the partners involved in the build, and despite many difficult conversations over the past two weeks, the situation cannot be rectified in time for the planned celebrations. Whereas the pipes and new casework now stand tantalizingly in the chancel balcony and behind the restored North Aisle case, the organ's console still languishes in a factory in Oregon, awaiting a final, but vital, piece of equipment. It is this that has required the dreadfully disappointing decision to postpone the Bishop's dedication and the David Briggs recital. Instead, the new organ will be brought into commission over the next couple of months and we hope, following some words of blessing at a morning service, used during the Advent and Christmas season. The formal dedication will be rescheduled for the New Year, and the February gala series of Coffee Break Concerts will go ahead as planned, starting with the gala recital given by Paul Hale, who has been of tremendous support during this difficult time. David Briggs has agreed to reschedule his recital and 2011 dates are being explored.
David Briggs is scheduled to play on Saturday 30th July 2011
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looks very much like Leeds Cathedral console.
Is it Ben playing?
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It is indeed Leeds Cathedral organ played by the organ scholar Jonathon Nicholls.
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the mechanical side of the instrument is pretty dire. It is a typically complicated electo-pneumatic action from the time when organs were conceived as pneumatic instruments with a bit of electrickery on the side. Consequently there are abundances of pill box motors, internal purses, change over machines and Harrison internal pnuematic actions, all of which are extremely complicated and well beyone their sell by date. The work involved in putting all this right is as major as starting again.
There is much that is good about the organ - the French Horn in particular is a wonderful stop, and so versatile being in the box.
I fully applaud the decision to transmogrify some of the better ranks into the new job.
Thanks for the information regarding the action.
I will be interested to see which of the existing ranks are to be included in the new organ.
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This has appeared on the Cathedral Website
Thanks David - excellent news.
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Non-organically, QB is now Area Dean of St Asaph!
Many congratuilations QB!
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Jonathan Gregory (Leicester Cathedral) retires on 5th September 2010. Dr Christopher Johns, a Choral Director in the RC Diocese of Leeds, will be the new DOM.
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Hmm. Did anyone else feel that the chant really didn't do anything for the psalm?
I agree - I tried to work out why psalm and chant were paired in the context and indeed the purpose of the chant 'doing what it did' musically....but in the end did not managed to!
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An odd pairing indeed.
This chant would be more effective allied to secular words and sung by The Swingle Singers!
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I think David Gedge has the edge.
Indeed, David Gedge (Brecon) has the edge - 41yrs, however, Frederick Wadely (Carlisle) clocked up 50 years!
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I don't think this has been announced here until now.
http://www.strath.ac.uk/music/baronyorganproject/
40 stops of Koegler heading to the West of Scotland is very exciting indeed!
Greetings
Bazuin
Construction photos and full specification now available on this website.
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Did anybody listen? The organs seemed to behave themselves. I found it a most interesting programme and bold to put it on in the UK where most of the music was from elsewhere. I would like to hear the Gabriel Jackson piece again, but was not totally taken by it on the first hearing. I think it could grow on one though.
John
I have just listened to the concert and thoroughly enjoyed the entire programme. Singers, musicians and organs in fine form - no apparent winding problems in any area !
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Jeffrey Makinson was Assistant Organist at Lincoln from 1994 to 1999.