Guest Roffensis Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have just been watching the hokum war film, The Eagle has Landed. German commandos arrive at a Norfolk village (actually Mapledurham in Oxfordshire) to kidnap Winston Churchill. One of the commandos with a spare moment in the church starts to play the organ. There's a comment about Bach, but it seems that he was playing the film's theme. He returns to the organ later as the Americans storm the church, ignoring the old advice that one shouldn't shoot an organist who is doing his best. The exterior of the church is real, but the interior was a set which isn't a close copy of the real interior, and the 'organ' looks rather like a fake. I wish that I had recorded it so that I could go back and watch the organ scenes again more carefully. That film is actually a spin on "went the day well", which for 1944 was very graphic in it's portrayal of the use of axes! I saw the film you mention today and thoroughly enjoyed it, and noted the rather splendid organ with its magnificent case It looked like a bad 60s rebuild of something didn't it!? I imagine only the best plywood was used of course! R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roffensis Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Dear Peter, I suspect that it was deleted along time ago. it may be that permission could be obtained for a CD from the LP. Please send me an email if you wish me to follow this up. Yours sincerely, Barry This compares to a LP on "Decca Phase 4 Stereo" of Eric Rogers no less, playing the Organ at Kingsway Hall. Look no further for film music on a pipe organ. It has the theme from The Magnificent Seven on, and the Can-Can. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Ewen Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Just found another one, although not a playing instrument this time. In "The Copper Beeches" episode of the Sherlock Holmes series with the incomparable Jeremy Brett, there is a scene at about 30 mins where the main characters meet in an upstairs room at an inn. In the left background can distinctly be seen a rather plain flat fronted Georgian organ with three towers of three pipes. The flats between the towers have no cloth or fretwork so I assume this is an empty case. The inn is a half timbered Elizabethan affair with a coat of arms in relief in the plasterwork over the fireplace on the other side of the doorway. Although this part of the story is set in Hampshire, the filming of the main house was evidently done in the north to judge by the construction of the main house, but the inn looks distincly Cheshire-esqe. Any ideas? JE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Just found another one, although not a playing instrument this time. In "The Copper Beeches" episode of the Sherlock Holmes series with the incomparable Jeremy Brett, there is a scene at about 30 mins where the main characters meet in an upstairs room at an inn. In the left background can distinctly be seen a rather plain flat fronted Georgian organ with three towers of three pipes. The flats between the towers have no cloth or fretwork so I assume this is an empty case. The inn is a half timbered Elizabethan affair with a coat of arms in relief in the plasterwork over the fireplace on the other side of the doorway. Although this part of the story is set in Hampshire, the filming of the main house was evidently done in the north to judge by the construction of the main house, but the inn looks distincly Cheshire-esqe. Any ideas? JE A screencap can be found here: http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/He...;current=68.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfortin Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Chavenage House, just outside Tetbury in Gloucestershire, has been used as a location for a number of films and television episodes. It has a 7-stop chamber organ in a gallery above the great hall. I don't recall ever seeing it played, but it certainly appeared visually in "The Mysertious Affair at Styles", one of the earlier of the David Suchet "Poirot" series. Details of the organ are on NPOR, photos of the organ in situ in the great hall gallery can be found on the Chavenage House Interior Photos page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Derek Bourgeois is credited as Conductor on IMDb, but there is no reference to a composer. His own website indicates he wrote a piece called 'A Barchester Choral Suite' which was published two years after the programme was first broadcast. The first broadcast was 1982. Jonathan I e-mailed Derek Bourgeois and his PA replied to me. The Barchester Choral Suite is still in manuscript and according to her has not been published - but Bourgeois made a small anthem out of the main theme tune for boys'/girls'/womens' voices called Come Holy Ghost and this is available as a download from Sibelius. www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=1693 Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I e-mailed Derek Bourgeois and his PA replied to me. The Barchester Choral Suite is still in manuscript and according to her has not been published - but Bourgeois made a small anthem out of the main theme tune for boys'/girls'/womens' voices called Come Holy Ghost and this is available as a download from Sibelius. www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=1693 Peter The music was indeed composed by Derek Bourgeois. The choral music was sung by Peterborough Cathedral Choir, conducted by Christopher Gower. The organ of Peter Cathedral certainly featured, as accompanying instrument, played by Simon Lawford. I was singing in the cathedral choir then and remember the filming fondly – including hearing “Slope's” sermon quite a few times, owing to passing planes etc. The music had some extremely high passages for the boys – often in thirds, I seem to remember, and the high pitch of the organ didn't make things any easier. In one scene Donald Pleasance is seen conducting the choir: his gestures were, to be polite, a little imprecise - needless to say, Christopher Gower was standing behind him out of camera shot. Wonderful adaptation – now on DVD! Stephen Barber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maslen Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Chavenage House, just outside Tetbury in Gloucestershire, has been used as a location for a number of films and television episodes. It has a 7-stop chamber organ in a gallery above the great hall. I don't recall ever seeing it played, but it certainly appeared visually in "The Mysertious Affair at Styles", one of the earlier of the David Suchet "Poirot" series. Details of the organ are on NPOR, photos of the organ in situ in the great hall gallery can be found on the Chavenage House Interior Photos page. We visited Chavenage House last year, and were told by the guide (the daughter of the owner, if I recall) that the instrument was unplayable, and not likely to be restored as the cost was beyond the family's means. She also commented that none of the family had any musical ability whatever, which makes restoration even less likely I would think. Regards to all John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 The music was indeed composed by Derek Bourgeois. The choral music was sung by Peterborough Cathedral Choir, conducted by Christopher Gower. The organ of Peter Cathedral certainly featured, as accompanying instrument, played by Simon Lawford. I was singing in the cathedral choir then and remember the filming fondly – including hearing “Slope's” sermon quite a few times, owing to passing planes etc. The music had some extremely high passages for the boys – often in thirds, I seem to remember, and the high pitch of the organ didn't make things any easier. In one scene Donald Pleasance is seen conducting the choir: his gestures were, to be polite, a little imprecise - needless to say, Christopher Gower was standing behind him out of camera shot. Wonderful adaptation – now on DVD! Stephen Barber I bought the DVD yesterday - a bargain at £9.99 - and the opening scene is of the choir "conducted" by Donald Pleasance. So which one is you, Stephen? (The series was made in 1982....!) Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I bought the DVD yesterday - a bargain at £9.99 - and the opening scene is of the choir "conducted" by Donald Pleasance. So which one is you, Stephen? (The series was made in 1982....!) Peter I was the short one at the back, with a beard (long gone) standing between (I seem to remember) 2 tall singers - a bass and a tenor. I was singing tenor at the time (as an acting lay-clerk) but just for two terms. After that I sang alto as a supernumerary. (I had only just moved to Peterborough in 1982.) It's a wonderful adaptation. Stephen Barber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I was the short one at the back, with a beard (long gone) standing between (I seem to remember) 2 tall singers - a bass and a tenor. I was singing tenor at the time (as an acting lay-clerk) but just for two terms. After that I sang alto as a supernumerary. (I had only just moved to Peterborough in 1982.) It's a wonderful adaptation. Stephen Barber Srephen, having now sat through all 7 episodes (and the "bonus" track about Peterborough Cathedral) I agree that it is a superb production. The BBC really does these things well. What is the music during the closing credits of each episode, though? Another Bourgeois piece? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roffensis Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Srephen, having now sat through all 7 episodes (and the "bonus" track about Peterborough Cathedral) I agree that it is a superb production. The BBC really does these things well. What is the music during the closing credits of each episode, though? Another Bourgeois piece? Peter Wasn't that a version of the Jubilate? Superb piece whoever wrote it. I thought Ms. Proudie was a hoot!! There must be at least one equivalent of her today. And a wonderful line "may you both live, for ever" A superb series, I loved it. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Wasn't that a version of the Jubilate? Superb piece whoever wrote it. I thought Ms. Proudie was a hoot!! There must be at least one equivalent of her today. And a wonderful line "may you both live, for ever" A superb series, I loved it. R Yes, Bourgeois's Jubilate. Can't say I liked the piece myself and it was far too high and screechy for the boys to sing (especially at Peterborough pitch!). I liked some of the other music. I watch the series on a regular basis (though not frequently) and love it, though I want to hiss every time Slope appears. Stephen Barber Stephen Barber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 How about this. (Mind you I'm sure it must have been on before - if so, apologies.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEIjP_k-u_g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Godden Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Chocolat. If I remember rightly, in this most authentic French village church, a local lady started to play the 'armonium, but we were regaled with rank upon rank of glittering mixturework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lane Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 How about this. (Mind you I'm sure it must have been on before - if so, apologies.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEIjP_k-u_g I wonder how he manages to play all those notes while his arms flail around so much! My teacher would have had a fit with all that movement!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Allcoat Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I have just been alerted to this. The Bostonians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Morley Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I have just been alerted to this.The Bostonians Wonderful playing..I would have thought that the organ console is more like c.1915 than c.1875. Also, was the piece being played the Ives Variations on 'America'.(1891)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Wonderful playing..I would have thought that the organ console is more like c.1915 than c.1875. Also, was the piece being played the Ives Variations on 'America'.(1891)? Maybe even Allcoat 1984.... A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Allcoat Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Maybe even Allcoat 1984.... A The Story behind this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsphead Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I have just been alerted to this.The Bostonians In light of the H & H console, I was particularly happy to see the name of one of the editors at 02:19. Surely not a badly disguised nom de plume. AJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrabombarde Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I haven't seen the film, but apparently there's a starring role for the seven-decker console of Atlantic City Hall in "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972). Just out, a pivotal scene in "Salt" has the heroine/villain machinegun the innards of the organ of St Bartholomews New York during a service. If you ever wondered what would happen if you fired into the action and reservoirs of a pipe organ whilst the blower is running, the effects are quite impressive. Don't try this during the sermon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyorgan Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I've just been watching The Good Wife (American legal drama series) Series I/17 (Heart). There's a very nice looking modern case and pipes on view in the church where the main character is seeking forgiveness. I thought the series was set in Chicago (and it may be), but the usual internet sources say it was all filmed in New York. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowOrg Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I've just been watching The Good Wife (American legal drama series) Series I/17 (Heart). There's a very nice looking modern case and pipes on view in the church where the main character is seeking forgiveness. I thought the series was set in Chicago (and it may be), but the usual internet sources say it was all filmed in New York. Any ideas? I saw that part a couple of weeks ago on the Prosieben channel (Germany). The organ looked familiar to me right away (and I've also read before that the series was being filmed in NY) - it is the Klais organ in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, built in 1977 with 32 stops on two manuals. See a photo and the stoplist here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyorgan Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Ah, many thanks! That will keep the other 'good wife' happy as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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