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Everyone probably knows this already, but just in case ... It is possible to save streaming audio while you listen to it. So if you want to save any part of anything you listen to on Pipedreams, or any of the BBC radio stations online, or anything else that doesn't offer you a convenient 'download' link, it's really quite easy. I suppose there are many utilities around that will do the job, but I like Soundtap. It's simple to use, and the basic version (which does everything I need it to do) is free. http://www.nch.com.au/soundtap/index.html (I have no affiliation with this company; I just like their product.) You can always listen online, of course. But if you want to pop it on your MP3 player, or a CD ... Best wishes J

@ mrbouffant: LOL @ Nigel ALLCOAT: where Justason plays (mostly) he could wear a Jack Wills hoody on the bench. No one in the congregation would know and I doubt it would be high amongst the Lord's preoccupations. Academic dress, however, is not uncommon in Oxford. Sincere thanks to the boarder who PM'd me offering to lend their hood, and the ex-boarder who e-mailed me with the specification and the number of a good tailor. I am indebted to you both. Best wishes J

I've been making enquiries about an FRCO hood (not for me, you understand) and was somewhat taken aback when Ede and Ravenscroft quoted £225 and six to eight weeks delivery. Are there alternative suppliers anyone can recommend, or is it a closed shop? If it is possible to ask, say, J and M Sewing to quote, does anyone happen to know the exact specification? Best wishes J

Oh dear. I did not mean to incite controversy. I simply stumbled across the information on the RCO site last night and thought it was worth a wider audience, not least because £30 for a day with Professor Higginbottom on the subject of classical French organ music strikes me as very good value for money indeed. Best wishes J

http://www.rco.org.uk/events.php?eventid=193 refers "The 2010 RCO London Organ Forum moves 50 miles west to Oxford to explore the organ music of François Couperin alongside other keyboard and vocal music of the period, and to take advantage of the two new Aubertin organs in St John's College Chapel, which are ideally suited to the repertoire. "This day of lectures, discussions and concerts will be led by Professor Edward Higginbottom and Terence Charlston, both experts in the field of French Classical Music." RCO members and non-members are all welcome. Best wishes J

Pipe Dreams Toccata and Fudge "But I've Only Got Two Hands!" Out of sight ... "No, I cannot play you in to the Trout Quintet," and Other Cautionary Tales Some Organ Music Is Beautiful Bach and Beyond J

I am always impressed by the erudition available here. Thanks everyone. J

Dear All Please forgive the idiot nature of this question but ... What makes Reger and Brahms exponents of absolute music rather than programmatic music when Reger wrote Chorales (which surely tell a story) and Brahms turned to the organ because it was the only instrument with which he could capture the feelings of his impending death. You are free to say "You are an ignorant fool," and then explain it to me, because it's true, I am Best wishes J

Further to previous, I am advised ... "The voluntary after the service is: Bach, Prelude and Fugue in g then... Durufle, Prelude Alain, Clement Janequin Variations Clerambault, Movements from Suite du premier ton Pierne, Cantilene Dupre, Carillon" Best wishes J

New Organ Recitals - 7.05pm 27th February 2010 Lawrence Thain, the Organ Scholar in New College, will give the third in our new series of termly Saturday recitals, which will follow immediately after Evensong. http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/The_Chapel_and_Cho...el_Calendar.php News to me J ps ... Evensong at 6:15 (on the 27th) is Responses, Byrd Psalms 126, 127, 128 Purcell in B flat Finzi, Lo, the full, final sacrifice

I received, by e-mail, the following advice which may be of great help to those beginning to build their library of scores. Best wishes J Suggestions for someone else's library are a touch difficult because you neither know their taste or what they already have, but here goes! Composers that no self respecting organist should be without: Cesar Franck (I particularly recommend the Peeters edition - all Franck's markings are still there, very legible too) Petr Eben (anything) Liszt (I particularly recommend the Peeters edition again, it's a matter of page-turns etc.) Guilmant (especially Sonata 1 and 5) Hindemith Sonatas Howells Six Pieces Jongen (esp. Toccata or Sonata Eroica - however S.E. is not currently for sale) Pachelbel (There's a complete Dover available - masses of good stuff for practically nothing!) Schumann Fugues (you've guessed it: Peeters) All sorts of excellent recital material is here at knock-down prices (compared to new) Roger Ducasse Pastorale Fleury (anything) Galliera Triptich Gowers Toccata Ian Hare Three Dances Hollins Song of Sunshine (wonderful light number, shows off delicacy and wit) Leighton prelude Scherzo and Passacaglia Lemare Rondo Capriccio (same comment as Hollins above) Mathias Toccata Giocosa Ropek Variations on Victimae Paschali Steel Fantasy on a theme by Purcell Tournemire Suite Evocatrice Whitlock Four Extemporisations Walond Voluntarys, under Tallis to Wesley on page 48 of catalogue - they're all good and Oxford related! Hope this helps!

I'm not sure this a a good idea but if it isn't the thread will die. I just got e-mail notification of the latest Roger Molineux second hand organ music catalogue (which can be found here: http://www.usedorganmusic.co.uk/Cat0110.pdf. What are the real gems, the real bargains, and why? I thought R.O. Morris's 'Contrapuntal Technique in the 16th Century' must be a steal at £6 (in very good condition) because I remember a Morris tome being on one of Justason's reading lists and costing an absolute fortune. Best wishes J

One possibility might be Wayne Leupold (publisher) Historical Organ Techniques and Repertoire, Volume 10, Italy 1650 -1725, edited by Calvert Johnson. It's $48.75 plus shipping from the USA. The blurb says "The first portion of each volume contains a preface that discusses all relevant aspects of organ performance practice: (1) organ specifications and registration practices; (2) hand positions; (3) fingering systems; (4) meter and articulation; (5) ornamentation; (6) rhythmic alteration practices; (7) a bibliography; (8) a list of original sources and organ tutors; (9) a list of modern editions; and (10) definitions of the types of compositions that were used by that national school of composers. These are arranged in a teaching format. The second portion of each volume contains attractive and appropriate organ music arranged in a graduated order of difficulty, with some of the easier compositions partially or completely fingered, pedaled, ornamented, registered, and rhythmically altered according to the practices in use at the time and place the music was written. Some of the music is for manuals only, and some for manuals and pedal. It is the intent of this series to explore in some depth the tremendous breadth and variety of styles of music and performance practices that exist for the organ from the last six centuries." Here's the link. https://www.wayneleupold.com/frameset.asp?s...n_teaching.html Best wishes J

Lawrence spent another couple of hours on the St Peter's St Martin, yesterday, preparing for exams this week. (Fortunately, it has a straight pedal board just like the exam organ, and unlike his usual instrument.) He really liked the way the Bach (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 686) and Mendelssohn (Andante recitativo and Allegro assai vivace from Sonata in F minor, Op. 65 No.1) - especially the Allegro - sounded on it, and the Alain (Scherzo from Suite) worked too. Well worth a visit, I should say, especially when the weather warms-up. Best wishes J

Hi Philip Have you seen this thread about shoes? http://www.mander-organs.com/discussion/in...?showtopic=1966 Best wishes J

May I wish you all great good fortune for the year and years to come. J

Lawrence accompanied the service this morning and I assisted, turning pages and pulling an occasional stop. The organ sounds very well in its location, which has a dry acoustic, and I think the church should be (and clearly is) proud of its new acquisition. There was no choir today but the instrument was happy accompanying a small congregation in the hymns. I understand it coped equally well with several full-houses over Christmas. It is essentially a two-manual organ with an extra resonance division. Lawrence says the white keys are quite short, and the tracker action is light. He played Bach, Mendelssohn and Langlais, each of which sounded pleasing, and the voluntary drew a round of applause. I think its a versatile instrument, well-voiced and pretty much ideal in its setting. I have a small quibble, but only because I'm a non-organist and last-port assistant. The stop labels are on the jambs beneath the stops so when standing up I could not see what any of them were. This isn't going to bother anyone who knows what they are doing (unlike me). So all in all a terrific little organ of quality, and a wonderful asset and resource for St Peter's. Happy New Year J

The DoM at St Peter's is a member here and may like to comment. Justason is depping on Sunday and had an hour on it this afternoon, but it was very cold. He or I will let you know more once he's had an above-freezing go at the weekend. I can tell you that the inaugural recital is being given by Thomas Trotter, to be followed in the spring with recitals by Simon Preston and Christopher Herrick. Best wishes J

Have a Happy Christmas, everyone; and a Joyous New Year!

This thread is intended to accommodate links to services and recitals which are made available to download or hear online in the manner known as podcasting or webcasting. St John's College, Cambridge has been webcasting a service from it's chapel every Tuesday for some time now, and the latest can be found here: http://www.sjcchoir.co.uk/default.php?page=webcast (This has been mentioned previously on this message board.) I started this thread because Justason tells me to expect podcasts from New College, Oxford, any day now. I understand the equipment has been installed and both weekend services were recorded (though they may still be finalising issues of balance and so on). I'll let you know once I've got a link to give you. The GDB may divide opinion, but the choir is exquisite. Best wishes J

Stephen Grahl is giving a recital on the GDB at New College, Oxford, after Evensong (so at 7 p.m.) this coming Saturday, 24th October, featuring music by De Grigny, Alain and Duruflé. (Evensong is at 6:15; Responses, Morley; Canticles, Leighton Second Service; Anthem, Leighton God's grandeur.) Best wishes J

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If I remember correctly, when Justason took his ARCO exams a couple of years ago he, and all the other candidates were explicitly instructed by the RCO NOT to attempt to arrange additional practice times on the exam organ. I believe the intent is that everyone gets the same amount of time to familiarise themselves with the instrument and thus there is a level playing field. JOR will need to do his three weeks of intensive practice elsewhere. A couple of things that might be useful; I remember there being a leaflet about the organ at the church, which J~son found pretty much told him how to register his exam pieces. (Unfortunately, he didn't read it until after his exam.) Also, there is a clip of him practising his pieces on the exam organ at St Barnabus, on YouTube. If JOR (or anyone) wants the link, please PM me. J

I have written to publishers twice asking for permission to copy music that is out of print and out of stock, and both times have been given permission to make one copy free of charge. J

Err, forgive me if I'm being thick, but why can't Cynic/PD log in? As far as I can tell, having looked at his profile and the members list, he's still an active member. J