John Robinson Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 21 hours ago, carrick said: "Regulator" is a common word in theatre organ terminology for bellows. Yes, you can just turn off the tremulants (and the Tibias). Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I remember hearing Paul Hale play a recital at Walsall Town Hall on the excellent Nicholson and Lord/Compton/Mander/Hawkins organ. He ended with an arrangement by a theatre organist friend of the Widor V final movement interspersed with "When the Saints Go Marching In" theme largely in the pedal. He ussed the wobulation devices (😊) and I recall thinking at the time that is was a shame that there wasn't one on the pedal organ as the 32' reed in particular would have been fun had there been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Drinkell Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Sounds like Nigel Ogden's work - a very effective arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Dods Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park, London, W4 Friday 7th June 12.30pm (next to Turnham Green tube) Oxbridge Organ Duo (Julian Collings and Benedict Lewis Smith) http://www.oxbridgeorganduo.com David Briggs (b. 1962) Variations on ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’ Theme - Intermezzo - Assez Lent - Tres Lent - Fanfare sur les Jeux d'Anches - Scherzo - Ricercare - Duo pour Pedalier - Final Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) - Fancy for two to play Ad Wammes (b. 1953) Wave - Gentle breeze - Row the boat - A sunny afternoon on the lake - Breeze in gently Nicolas Carleton (c.1570-1630) - A Verse Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) Duet for Organ in C Major - Allegro - Andante - Fuga. Alla Capella Free admission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iy45 Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Jonathan Dods said: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) Duet for Organ in C Major - Allegro - Andante - Fuga. Alla Capella Free admission Jonathan The Duet is by Samuel Wesley (son of Charles the hymn writer, brother of Charles the organist, and father of Samuel Sebastian). The BACH motif lurks here and there in the Fuga, which - unless someone knows better - is surely a first in English organ music. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Dods Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Good spot, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saundersbp Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I hope these links to the second Leeds International Organ Festival will be of interest to members https://m.facebook.com/LeedsIOF/ https://leedsiof.org All are very welcome indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHarries Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I am unsure if it has been posted here already but the website of Worcester Cathedral advertises on the concerts page that this year the anniversary organ recital (the 11th) will be given on 05th October by Thomas Trotter who, IIRC, gave the opening concert. 6:45pm start: no clues as to the music at present on Worcester's website. http://worcestercathedral.co.uk/index.php?pr=Concerts Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jonathan Dods Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 The next recital at St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park is a week later to coincide with the Chiswick Book Festival (usually first Friday of the month) Friday 13th September 12.30. Admission free, retiring collection St Michael and All Angels Church London W4 1TT (next to Turnham Green tube) James Johnstone (Guildhall and Trinity Laban), performing music which he has recently recorded and which received a Diapason d'Or François Couperin (1668-1733) Gloria from Messe Solonelle à l’usage des Paroisses Plein jeu | Et in Terra pax. Petitte fugue Sur le Chromhorne | 2e. Couplet du Gloria Duo sur les Tierces| 3e.Couplet Dialogues sur les Trompettes Clairon et Tierces du G.C. Et le bourdon avec le larigot du positif. | 4e. Couplet 3° a 2 Dessus de Chromhorne Et la basse de Tierce | 5e. Couplet Tierce en Taille 6e. Couplet Dialogue sur la Voix humaine | 7e.Couplet Dialogue en 3. Du Cornet et de la tierce | 8e.Couplet Dialogue Sur les Grands Jeux 9e.et dernier Couplet Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662 Partita sopra Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen BWV 770 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Toccata in d minor, BuxWV 155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusB Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Opening recital of the 2019-20 season at Leeds Town Hall on Monday at 1.05pm. Mendelssohn 1st sonata, a Percy Grainger arrangement for piano and organ, and finishing with Lemare Variations on Hanover, preceded by two of his summer sketches. And the D minor Toccata & Fugue to start the whole thing off. The full season listing attached. Please come along and/or spread the word - we always get a good audience, but the more the better! lth1920.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I'm afraid your list isn't available. When I lived in Bradford, I used to come to the lunchtime recitals every, or at least most weeks. "The largest three manual organ in the world", they used to say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusB Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 That's strange - it was OK for a couple of hours then disappeared. Anyway here's a link to the same document which will hopefully be more durable: http://www.organrecitals.com/1/2003leeds.pdf I'm not sure about in the world, but I'd heard it was the largest 3-manual in Europe. Not sure that's anything to boast about though! - 81 stops is too many to manage on three manuals really. But we hope it won't be for much longer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swalmsley Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I have heard that claim before, from multiple sources. It irritates me because it is, by whatever measure is chosen, plainly wrong. http://die-orgelsite.de/ The number of three manual organs, in Europe, which have a greater number of ranks, stretches well into double figures. There even exists one three manual organ which, by the same measure, is over 40% larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusB Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 That's an interesting site - thanks. Though it does list the Leeds organ incorrectly as having 73 stops instead of 81. Even if you exclude the pedal borrowings it's still 78. But it still strikes me as odd that anyone would think that cramming a large number of stops onto three manuals is a good thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 For some reason I cannot access the German orgelsite! I don’t think we need to get over-excited about organ statistics - one finds exaggerated claims about numbers of pipes and numbers of ranks, the latter, I think, due to not knowing the extent of mixture compositions and any borrowing. Anyway, as a Southerner who goes to Leeds Town Hall when I can, it certainly is a fine organ, and I’m very intrigued by DariusB saying a propos 81 stops on three manuals “we hope it won’t be for much longer ...” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusB Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Hopefully we'll be able to say something more definite in the next few weeks - watch this space! Re the German website, I think there's a missing www after the // - that seemed to do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Rowland Wateridge said: I’m very intrigued by DariusB saying a propos 81 stops on three manuals “we hope it won’t be for much longer ...” Me too. Perhaps Darius might enlighten us as to whether existing stops are to be relocated in a new division, or (even better) a completely new division might be included. Just a personal little foible and I know it's not to everyone's taste, but I'd have included a Vox Humana as well. 15 hours ago, DariusB said: That's an interesting site - thanks. Though it does list the Leeds organ incorrectly as having 73 stops instead of 81. Even if you exclude the pedal borrowings it's still 78. But it still strikes me as odd that anyone would think that cramming a large number of stops onto three manuals is a good thing! Yes. There is another inaccuracy on that site, or at least on the version I have ( I once bought a CD from him). It lists both Octave Twelfth 2 2/3 and Flute Nazard 2 2/3 on the Swell! I'm sure that isn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Dods Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Looking forward to Nicholas Wearne's recital this Friday 12.30 at St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): Toccata in C (BWV 564) Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924): Fantasia and Toccata (Op. 57) Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941): Adagio in E (from Three Pieces for Organ, H. 63) J. S. Bach, arr. Marcel Dupré: Sinfonia (Cantata BWV 29, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir) Nicholas Wearne is a prize-winning organ recitalist who has performed in venues which include Suntory Hall, Tokyo; St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York; and at Cathedrals in Berlin, Canterbury and Washington. He combines his playing career with the posts of Organ Tutor and Junior Fellow at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he enjoys working with very inspiring pupils and colleagues. Nicholas grew up in the Tamar Valley, where his first organ teacher was Gabrielle Lewis. Following an organ scholarship at Truro Cathedral, he became Organ Scholar – and later Assistant Organist – at New College, Oxford, and Organist at the University Church. This was followed by positions at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, and St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Whilst at Oxford he took BA (hons) in Music and MPhil in Musicology and Performance. Winner of the Poul Ruders Prize at the 2011 Odense International Organ Competition, he was invited to record his performance, and the subsequent release received an ‘Outstanding’ recommendation in International Record Review and an ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone. Nicholas has been involved in many other critically-acclaimed recording projects as soloist, accompanist or continuo artist, and has recorded and given the first performances of several contemporary works. In addition to his work as a soloist, Nicholas is an experienced accompanist and continuo player who has performed with the Academy of Ancient Music, the European Union Baroque Orchestra and the Dunedin Consort in venues which include the Barbican and the Concertgebouw. He has worked extensively in Asia, Canada, Europe and the US, and broadcast live on BBC radio and television, as well as on other networks. A sought-after educator, before working at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Nicholas taught at New College, Oxford, at Trinity Laban, and at schools in Edinburgh and London. He is frequently invited to tutor on specialist courses by such organisations as the Edinburgh Organ Academy, the St Andrews University Summer Organ School, the Royal College of Organists, and for Oundle for Organists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P DeVile Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 David Poulter (formerly DOM at Chester, Coventry and Liverpool Cathedrals) is giving a recital in St Mary's Saffron Walden on Saturday (5th) at 19:30. Free admission with retiring collection. He will be playing works by Cook, Bach, Whitlock, Elgar, Saint-Saëns, Reger, Rawsthorne and Cochereau. Best wishes Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Dods Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Charles Andrews (Temple Church) is playing this Friday at 12.30 at Bedford Park: Prélude from Suite op 5 (Duruflé) Dies' sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot BWV678 (Bach) Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux & Tierce en taille (De Grigny) Prelude in B minor (Alcock) I Love Thee, My Lord (Shearing) Prière à Notre Dame (Boëllmann) Fanfare with dances (M Martin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 In lighter vein. I confess I have never been to one of these, but the Southampton Guildhall organ is a fine instrument and deserves to be better known. Thursday 14th November at 7.30 pm Donald Mackenzie at Southampton Guildhall Silent film accompaniment Harold Lloyd in “Safety Last” 1923 Further details on organrecitals.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrick Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 NIGEL OGDEN at the EMPRESS BALLROOM WURLITZER Nigel Ogden of BBC Radio 2 fame will be at the recently installed Wurlitzer of the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, to perform the first organ concert in the venue in 50 years.For more information click HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Dods Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Stephen Farr is giving the recital this Friday lunchtime at St Michael and All Angels Bedford Park: William Byrd 1543-1625 A Voluntarye for my Ladye Nevell Nikolaus Bruhns 1663 – 1697 Praeludium in e J G Walther 1684 – 1748 Concerto del Sigr Torelli [Vivace – Adagio – Allegro] James Macmillan b.1959 Gaudeamus in loci pace Jean-Adam Guilain fl.1702 Suite du second ton Prélude – Tierce en taille – Duo – Basse de Trompette – Trio de Flûtes – Dialogue – Petit Plein Jeu J S Bach 1685-1750 Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian Beasley-Suffolk Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Professor Magnus Williamson is giving, via YouTube, a live streamed concert on the Aubertin Organ in the King's Hall, Newcastle University, on Thursday 23rd July at 1.15 PM. Bruhns, Dandrieu, Bach, and Mendelssohn. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2020/07/virtualorganrecital/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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