Guest Cynic Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Having received the following via e-mail, I just can't resist sharing it with you all. Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent Dr Jennifer Bate FRCO Saturday September 8th 2007 12 noon Organ Prom ( £4 -concessions £3.50) and 2.45pm Illustrated Lecture - 'Mendelssohn & the Organ (£6) Organ Prom programme Imperial March - Sir Edward Elgar Fantasia in G - Johann Sebastian Bach Canon in B minor - Robert Schumann Suite Boutique - Leon Boellmann Two movements from Sonata V - Alexandre Guilmant Variations on a theme of Paganini - Sir George Thalban Ball Toccata on a theme of Martin Shaw - Jennifer Bate Tickets available on walk-up or box office 0870 060 6649 Other enquiries- Michael Rhodes 01782 410961 Now, where can I find a copy of the newly discovered Boellmann work? It sounds irresistible. P.S. I wonder whether (quoting the Trade Descriptions Act) one could turn up and demand to hear this exact work rather than any of the works by Boellmann we already know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Having received the following via e-mail, I just can't resist sharing it with you all. Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent Dr Jennifer Bate FRCO Saturday September 8th 2007 12 noon Organ Prom ( £4 -concessions £3.50) and 2.45pm Illustrated Lecture - 'Mendelssohn & the Organ (£6) Organ Prom programme Imperial March - Sir Edward Elgar Fantasia in G - Johann Sebastian Bach Canon in B minor - Robert Schumann Suite Boutique - Leon Boellmann Two movements from Sonata V - Alexandre Guilmant Variations on a theme of Paganini - Sir George Thalban Ball Toccata on a theme of Martin Shaw - Jennifer Bate Tickets available on walk-up or box office 0870 060 6649 Other enquiries- Michael Rhodes 01782 410961 Now, where can I find a copy of the newly discovered Boellmann work? It sounds irresistible. P.S. I wonder whether (quoting the Trade Descriptions Act) one could turn up and demand to hear this exact work rather than any of the works by Boellmann we already know? Perhaps it could be progammed together with March Of The Mannikins (by David Onivas) Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lee Blick Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Suite Boutique Well we are talking about the fashionable 'girl about town' Jennifer Bate, are we not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cynic Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Well we are talking about the fashionable and 'girl about town' Jennifer Bate, are we not? Y..e..s. Of course it will be someone's automatic spell-checker that is responsible for this burst of creativity... even so, I still find it funny. BTW an excellent programme, don't you think? Just the stuff to give the troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I recall with delight a wonderful gaff in "The Halifax Courier" some years ago, which used to carry the service-settings and voluntaries at the Parish Church. (It may still do so). Anyway, Philip Tordoff, a cellist and myself decided to do our bit for the RSPCA service, by choosing appropriately whacky animal music for the voluntaries. Thus, we had "The Swan" with Cello and Piano, the "Cuckoo" with Philip at the piano and the organ Claribel Flute (performed to perfection with clockwork precision by myself), followed by possibly the first (and almost certainly the last) public performance of "L'Elephant" using piano and the 16ft pedal Ophicleide (no sparing on the pedal virtuosity you understand!). A look at the newspaper revealed the following:- 6.30pm Evensong (RSPCA Annual Service) Organ voluntaries: A selection from "Carnival" by Ste. Camille sans Animals MM (What a good job we didn't have the real animals there!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchmouse Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Organ voluntaries: A selection from "Carnival" by Ste. Camille sans Animals MM (What a good job we didn't have the real animals there!) :lol: :lol: Just love it. Even better than one we saw which reported that Miss A. Brevis was going to take part in a concert... Can I use it in my ubiquitous book, MM??? chirps Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (What a good job we didn't have the real animals there!) Try this, MM! (Scroll down past the boring organ bits and you can even see yours truly with a couple of terriers!) http://www.stpeters-roath.co.uk/events.htm P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Richell Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Enjoyed the pictures, but I ask why with the calibre of Companies such as Manders, Harrisons, David Wells etc, the Church could not have avoided employing a foreign organ building firm, to build the instrument, or is it all about money ? Colin Richell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanCrabbe Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Enjoyed the pictures, but I ask why with the calibre of Companies such as Manders, Harrisons, David Wells etc, the Church could not have avoided employing a foreign organ building firm, to build the instrument, or is it all about money ?Colin Richell. At the end of the day, the church will have to award the contract to the company who offers the best value for money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barry Williams Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 At the end of the day, the church will have to award the contract to the company who offers the best value for money. Why please? The church should but many do not, often with disastrous results. Moreover those making the mistakes never seem to pay for them, the congregation do instead, often with their pockets or by listening to something quite dreadful. Barry Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanCrabbe Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 often with disastrous results. Moreover those making the mistakes never seem to pay for them, the congregation do instead, often with their pockets or by listening to something quite dreadful. Barry Williams Can you give specific examples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barry Williams Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Can you give specific examples? Yes, but not here. Barry Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 :lol: :lol: Just love it. Even better than one we saw which reported that Miss A. Brevis was going to take part in a concert... Can I use it in my ubiquitous book, MM??? chirps Jenny =============================== No problem! MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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