Peter Clark
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Many thanks Dick!
Peter
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Quite often when I watch a Youtube clip (from this forum or elsewhere) it suddenly pauses and a rotating circle appears in the middle of the screen. Then it starts agin befoe embarking upon its previous eccentric behaviour. This does not happen all the time though. Is this a common problem? Can anything be done about it?
Thanks
Peter
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See this thread for further discussion:
http://www.mander-organs.com/discussion/in...o+high+ceremony
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I contacted Anthony Hunt via Salford Cathedral, and he very decently wrote back to me offering tips on how to approach the more difficult passages. I reckon that rather thar learn it as a whole, it might be psychologically advantageous to break it up into 6 or 7 mini-pieces and learn these - not necessarily in the order that the passages occur - and then put it together.
Peter
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I don't think that's something that happens with anyone often, and I never have.
Advertising recitals is an art in itself: who is the target audience? Will your target audience be interested/excited by the fact that there's a huge tuba/32' reed/other large sticking-out party horn/chorus of Dulcianas, etc, etc, or by the recitalist, or by the fact the console is on view by some means or other, or the fame of the building attached to the recitalist's name, or by the pieces being played.
Possibly all of the above for those from the 'organ world' probably the last two or three for the rest of the vaguely interested population...
Advertise that the programme will include Widor V, or some well-known transcription like the William Tell Overture and you immediately double your chances of success IMHO...
"Themed" recitals might also be an idea; a common thread running thorugh the items in ther programme might arouse interest. For example I am planning a recital called "Music from Britain and France" and, being in Cardiff, I am including two Welsh-connected pieces. I also like to slip in at least one obscure item - this time for example I am including John Bennett's Voluntary VI, which I don't think gets many outings!
Juat a couple of thoughts...
Peter
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The Gt Cornet on my instrument is TC which I believe is normal.
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Does anybody play this? I was sent a copy yesterday, played through it today and it is huge fun.
Peter
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And tambourines.
I wonder what Ludwig van B would make of it?
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Probably not - I'll get the choir to turn up with kazoos and comb and paper.
This, however, seems a bit OTT:
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Tremendous fun! Where can I get the score? I detected a bit of John Williams' influence there - Superman particularly. Tnanks for posting this.
Peter
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In Cardiff we have the Green Willows funeral directos, which has an appealingly environmentally friendy ring.
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Composer of Tuba Tune and Song, its is said (8)
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And while you're working on that -
Hardy gets one in: "that's another fine __". Setter, having diphthong, needs starter; he's one of our writers. (7,8)
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Was that clue too easy? I'm still working on yours.
Cornet des Violes
Alternatively, a horse travelling back is sort of square, but that's me! (8)
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Swell to Great - and I claim my £5!
Here's another:
Organist arranges more in stops with point (5,7)
Simon Preston - can I have my £5 back please?
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Oops! On the whole I manage to ignore adverts automatically so I genuinely hadn't noticed. Apologies to anyone whose sensibilities were offended.
Not offended but just curious as to why a "dubious" advert should appear on such a site! (No, I didn't explore it; after all I don't read Russian!
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Try Anagrams. Far harder and far more fun.
I do the Guardian cryptic most days though this thread seems to have captured the collective imagination, but if you want,"let's go, later, west (drunk), getting our hands on a pair" (5,2,5).
P
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Oh dear, what have I started...?!!
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There is also http://nlib.org.ua/index1.html which has an organ section. I can't personally be doing with all the avant garde stuff (I got over that phase in my late teens) and there is stuff on there that clearly breaches European copyrights, but some of it is useful. Mushel's Six Pieces for Organ are worth a look (I've no idea what the copyright situation is on these).
When I clicked on this I found that a couple of the accompanying adverts were of a highly dubious nature to go by the images!
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M.r and Mrs Sedition and their son Peter
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Mr ands Mrs Octave and their police officer son Super Octave.
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Mr and Mrs Sture and their son Mick...
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The radio show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue features a game in which panel members announce late arrivals at a fictional ball held for a particular professional body (dentists, solicitors), those late arrivals' names being puns and other word plays on aspects of that profession. Thus far organists have not been represented. This thread attempts to address that imbalance and thus forum members are invited to contribue to the list of names appearing in the late arrivals at the Organists' ball.
Mr and Mrs de la Pentecote and their daughter Ms de la Pentecote.
Mr and Mrs Songandfugue and their American daughter Carol Songandfugue.
Any more?
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It's the curse of Facebook
It's a feature of this forum's software that suddenly appeared in one of the upgrades. You can play along with adding "friends" to your profile or not, whatever suits you.Moderator, Mander Organs
Thanks John. My post was meant to be in jest as it were but you have clarified the nature of the (friendly) beast!
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It's a feature of this forum's software that suddenly appeared in one of the upgrades. You can play along with adding "friends" to your profile or not, whatever suits you.
Wine Of Peace By Charles Camilleri
in The Organ
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Really? Anyone? I've been looking at the score for a while (well a couple of hours) and though I agree that it is atmospheric - and breathtakingly beautiful - I don't think it is an "easy" piece to perform convincinlgy. Yes, the notes themselves pose no problem but how to bring those notes to life... that's another question.
Peter