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So Amazon say - I'm sure they're more up to date!

Well, the latest date for publication is the end of January 2023. What on earth is happening. It was supposed to be published in 2018 to mark 60 years after Vaughan Williams' death. Then April 2021, Sep 2021, January 2022, June 2022, September 2022 and now the end of January 2023. It had better be good! I'm glad we didn't wait for it to be published before changing from Hymns Old and New.

The copies on IMSLP suggest crotchet = something like 56 (I use Pierre Gougain's edition). The version in Marsden Thomas's Graded Anthology (Book 5) suggests crotchet = 60 but the notes are double length (RH starts in crotchets rather than quavers) - this is, to me, ridiculously slow so I think she has carried the metronome marking over from a copy with different note lengths.

There seems to be a lot of later work on this organ - I think Sonus Paradisi are being a bit cheeky to describe it as a Hill. https://www.bhamorgan.org.uk/organs/088.htm https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N04943 https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N04942 https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=G01463

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or in their forms?

There's the "Book of simple organ voluntaries" (though I can't find my copy at the moment) - I like the Murrill "Postlude on a Ground". In "An Album of Preludes and Interludes" I like Paul Maleingreau's Chorale Prelude (on ??) and, of course, Peter Hurford's "Meditation" from the Laudate Dominum Suite. There's the "Chorale preludes on English Tunes" with's Leighton's lovely prelude on Rockingham.

My selection of short and easy pieces this year: Carol Service Tracey Improvisation on Hereford Dandrieu Où s'en vont ces gais Bergers Dandrieu Si c'est pour ôter la vie Midnight Mass Buxtehude In Dulci Jubilo Bach In dulci Jubilo (BWV 729) Christmas Morning Barber Prelude on Away in a manger Dandrieu A minuit fut fait un Reveil Held God rest you merry, gentlemen Christmas 1 Bach Jesu, meine Freude (Orgelbuchlein) Karg-Elert Pastorale: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein Pachelbel Vom Himmel Hoch (P52 - trio)

Obituary in the Telegraph today though behind a paywall. David Bevan, composer and long-serving director of music at Holy Redeemer Catholic church in Chelsea – obituary (telegraph.co.uk)

Ah - I'm on that site but it's very busy and I don't often get very far into it! Re. my Chaconne Mélancolique: thank you for that. It's lovely to know that someone's played it!

What's the other site?

Not sure about the 'combination organ'. From the church website: "The nineteenth century organ was in a poor playing state with an inherently heavy playing action and occupied most of the north transept; it has been replaced with a modern digital instrument which is moveable. The transept is now a new, fully equipped commercial kitchen, whilst the earlier kitchen is a utility room. The Cullerne Room, that had previously been adapted from a chapel, was further changed to create a vestry and storage areas together with a meeting room on a new first floor."

Of course, if the top-heavy CofE has its way they will get rid of many of the "key limiting factors" like incumbents anyway: the new C of E-endorsed scheme aims to create 10,000 new lay-led churches in the next ten years. "Lay-led churches release the Church from key limiting factors........ When you don’t need a building and a stipend and long, costly college-based training for every leader of church… then actually we can release new people to lead and new churches to form." No buildings so no organs, unless the wealthy untrained people who will lead these 10,000 new churches fancy having an organ in their homes. See: Is this the last chance to save the Church of England? | The Spectator Or you could try to stop it: Save The Parish

The government has lifted restrictions and singing is now allowed. It will be up to the churches to decide whether or not they will allow it. My church is continuing as we are now until September.

"possible changes, depending........." I suspect many congregation members will feel obliged to wear masks to protect others, which makes singing harder.

The competition did take place: RCO News: Orgelbüchlein competition winners announced There's a Facebook page where you can hear lots of the compositions: The Orgelbüchlein Project | Facebook

No, it's not.

Not out of copyright yet, of course.

Sorry - I'd completely forgotten it had been discussed before. (See below). https://mander-organs-forum.invisionzone.com/topic/2599-st-peters-brighton/?do=findComment&comment=78194 Good to have Willis/Harrison rivalry between King's and John's. Are there any Father Willis organs in Cambridge currently?

The St John's College newsletter informs me that they are hoping to replace the current Mander organ with a Father Willis organ in 2024-5. Does anyone know anything about this and where it might be coming from?

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Though you can't shut a cellist in a room and open and shut the door with your foot!

Here's a Youtube version: Closing Ode - 'Now The Evening Shadows Closing' - YouTube

See Andrew Butler's post in this thread on 4th March. He gives the specification of the 4 rank extension organ as it was in the church where it came from. NPORView N03855 This link might get you to the Facebook page: British Pipe Organs : Anyone want to buy a house in Bristol with a working pipe organ built into the structure | Facebook

Now sold - but sadly the organ is probably going to be removed. 'Eccentric' Bristol house with built-in pipe organ is sold - BBC News