Peter Clark

They'd already printed the order of service before either the priest or I had seen it.... something we're going to crack down on here. P

Sunbeam I have now got as a pdf from another forum but not sure which tune they want for I heard the Voice so an embarrassing few moments will be spent tomorrow humming the alternatives down the phone. But isn't this forum just great for this sort of thing? Many thanks for your responses. Peter

Thanks Dick: I'll do some hasty trasncribing tomorrow! Peter

In desperation - I have to play a funeral Monday at 10.00 am and they want "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" and "I heard the voice of Jesus say" neither of which I can get my hands on - any help? (They also want Jerusalem (Parry)) Deus in ajdutorium meum intende Peter

I got my copy out with a view to relearning it - I last played it about 15 years ago! It is one of those old OUP editions, green cover with staves and the cover price? A princely £3.95!! P

I didn't see the apparently controversial exchange but your contributions have always been interesting, Paul; so whatever you decide, best wishes. Peter

According to Choir and Organ Elton John had a scholarship to the Academy when at school and this is a way of publically and practically showing his gratitude for his early musical education there. Peter

Thanks Jonathan. I also understand that it is permitted to make copies of, say, an anthem so that the choir can start learning it provided you have ordered copies from the publisher and that you will destroy your photocopies when the published editiions arrive. The same former member, I think, discusses this in his book. Peter

Is there a rule about making photocopies of a page from a score you have bought to get around the problem of awkward turns? I omce attended a seminar when the speaker said that it was OK for organists when accompanying choral music to copy pages if necessary to assist this and I therefore assume it is OK to do the same for organ pieces. Peter

Information about the church can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral with a link to details about the organ. Peter

The Werrner Icking Music Archive and the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) offer free downloads of music over a very wide range, and I am sure than you could find a lot of music on these sites for transposition - by the way, are you working towards an exam or is this for personal satisfaction? Whatever, good luck (and welcome to this forum!) Peter

There is also a delightful and quite simple Canzonetta in one of the OUP compilations. Peter

Yes another fine piece from Mathias. Unfortunately little seems to be known of his organ music other than Processional and Toccata Giocosa which crop up fairly regularly in recitals. Peter

How about wandering over to Cardiff? P

Yeas, a terrific piece which I think is much more sophisticated that the earler Processional (though that's great fun too). I have been looking at his Antiphones lately which I am considering learning, and which I reckon to be a lot more profound - does anybody have experiences of that piece? (I suspect this calls for a new thread...) Peter

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This kind if thing is not as rare as it might seem, I think. Once when on holiday I went to the local church for Mass and asked afterwards to look at the organ. It wasn't much to write home about but the upshot was that I was aked if I would be here on Saturday and could I possibly play for a wedding! Peter

A few years ago we had a week's break in Margate. Jane had been a month or so before, and unknown to me had gone to Catnterbury, asked to see David Flood, and arranged for me to have some time at the cathedral organ. We went to Canterbury on the second or third day of our trip and visited the cathedral. She wandered off saying she needed to make a quick call and I meandered around the building. A few minutes later she appeared with David Flood; he opened the door to the organ loft and took us up. He said he couldn't stay around but trusted me with the instrument, asking only that I remember to close the door after I had finished. I had a wonderful hour or so. A very gracious gesture from a charming man. Peter

Thanks for this - how was it done? Any more where that one came from? Why was the swell box closed after the piece had finished??? Peter

I wonder why, however, Crawford transcribed it in B major? I always thought it was in B flat... Peter http://michaelsmusicservice.com/music/Gers...sodyInBlue.html

Wow! Just looked at the Rhapsody in Blue and it looks good. I played this when I was learning piano but this arrangement looks very programmable. Peter

Thanks, I just found a cello/piano version on IMSLP which should do the trick! Peter

Someone has asked for this for a wedding on Friday and I would be happy to oblige as he's a regular Mass attender who is tyin g the knot for the first time at 72 to a 66 yeard old widow! I thought I had it but can't find it anywhere, and I'm sure that someone out there has had to play it - any chance of a PDF or similar (which will be destyroyed afterwards)? Thanks. Peter

That being the case, could we argue for a granfather-father-son relationship between the three pieces, Cortege et Litanie (1922) fathering Litanies (1937) which in turn fathered Incantation pour un jour Saint (1949)? Peter

And by the same token will UK-based organists find it harder to give recitals elsewhere?