heva Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The organ of St.Peter, Sarciston Durham is coming to the 'gereformeerde kerk' in Oud-Beijerland, picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 That is good news indeed. I guess there will even be music played upon it ! I wonder if the two Mixtures are still in original, or at least 1901 state; this should be investigated. Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanderman26 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The organ of St.Peter, Sarciston Durham is coming to the 'gereformeerde kerk' in Oud-Beijerland, picture In fact, it is the Gereformeerde Gemeente. It's a bit difficult to explain -like so many things in Holland- but it really makes a difference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john carter Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The organ of St.Peter, Sarciston Durham is coming to the 'gereformeerde kerk' in Oud-Beijerland, picture I am sad to see this leave our shores, but it is good to think it will be appreciated in its new home. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombarde32 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Is the organ being replaced or is the church being made redundant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Allison Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The organ of St.Peter, Sarciston Durham is coming to the 'gereformeerde kerk' in Oud-Beijerland, picture This church is now closed, and a for sale sign has been put up. This is sad end to a large ish "local parish church". My father was for a while, organist & choirmaster there, and still lives 2 miles down the road so I had to be in the choir and I was born and raised in the village from 1960 - 65. The vicar at the time was a marvellous man called Frank Giles, who then went to Hook, in Surrey, before retiring to Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds I used to play hide and seek with the vicars daughter, Elizabeth, in the huge old vicarage Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHM Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 This trend isn't confined to the Netherlands - I have heard recently of several redundant English organs finding new homes in Germany. Having read various threads on German boards similar to this, it seems the Germans are fast acquiring a taste not only for the English Romantic organ sound (the recently-issued Hauptwerk sample-set of a 1901 III/42 JJ Binns from Haverhill, Suffolk, has received rave reviews from several German organists), but increasingly also for English "cathedral" music: a parish in Düsseldorf and even Cologne Cathedral both now offer regular services billed as "Evensong". Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I am very sorry that this organ has had to go to the Netherlands as it could so easily have been rehoused here. The firm for which I work has been looking for exactly such an instrument for over a year and for a glorious building in this area. Sadly, this instrument was never listed on the BIOS Redundant Organ list which is just about the only site of its kind. I am always surprised how few organs actually come up on this list. The building in question would be perfect for an instrument of this size and the funds are waiting for the right one. So if anyone reading this knows of a quality organ similar to this Harrison (Tracker action) for disposal please let it be known. I hope Mr Mander will forgive me if I appear to be "advertising", but it's really annoying to lose such a decent instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 This trend isn't confined to the Netherlands - I have heard recently of several redundant English organs finding new homes in Germany.Having read various threads on German boards similar to this, it seems the Germans are fast acquiring a taste not only for the English Romantic organ sound (the recently-issued Hauptwerk sample-set of a 1901 III/42 JJ Binns from Haverhill, Suffolk, has received rave reviews from several German organists), but increasingly also for English "cathedral" music: a parish in Düsseldorf and even Cologne Cathedral both now offer regular services billed as "Evensong". Douglas. The same move is going in Belgium and France. Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The same move is going in Belgium and France. Pierre Which places in France, Pierre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Bennett Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 This trend isn't confined to the Netherlands - I have heard recently of several redundant English organs finding new homes in Germany.Having read various threads on German boards similar to this, it seems the Germans are fast acquiring a taste not only for the English Romantic organ sound (the recently-issued Hauptwerk sample-set of a 1901 III/42 JJ Binns from Haverhill, Suffolk, has received rave reviews from several German organists), but increasingly also for English "cathedral" music: a parish in Düsseldorf and even Cologne Cathedral both now offer regular services billed as "Evensong". Douglas. Indeed - this is one reason why I suggested on another thread that British organ builders may not be too badly hit by the recession. The combination of a taste for our style of instrument in the euro zone plus an advantageous exchange rate should be very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 The "best" example to date is the Hunter awaiting re-erection in Toulouse. Of course there is a market for british builders in Europe, provided they do not fear to "build british" -with a vengeance-. An excellent example is what is happening in Firenze (IT). The british car builders were more successfull with Triumph roadsters than with Montegos. Which one was genuinly british ? Which one had the least good competitors ? Same with the organs. Neo-classic "repertoire-optimized" do-it-all-and-nothing after-big-chief-X-registrations obtain already worldwide. BUT -basics in Marketing- the "british vogue" would be even stronger if the british themwelves weren't busy throwing their own heritage to the scrapyard or E-Bay by the tons. Imagine the germans would sold BMWs and Porsches on E-Bay for some EURO. Would the foreign dealers be able to charge so much ? Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 ....And to check out, everyone for him/herself, how decidedly well Dupré sounds on a british organ, this CD has a lot to tell: http://www.mdg.de/titel/1292.htm (another dutch!) Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 a parish in Düsseldorf and even Cologne Cathedral both now offer regular services billed as "Evensong". In the 1980s (which is when I used to go there) Oslo Cathedral (DoM Terje Kvam) presented a regular quarterly Anglican Evensong - I've no idea if this continues. I recorded one, with Terje's permission, including Byrd Haec Dies, Leighton responses, Howells Coll Reg, Hadley My Beloved Spake, and some of the very best psalm chanting I've ever heard. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Echo Gamba Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 This is apparently in Holland - anyone know where? (Vox? Dave? Mike? Ian? Paul?) The photo on the survey is old - the console was latterly detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newnham Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 This is apparently in Holland - anyone know where? (Vox? Dave? Mike? Ian? Paul?) The photo on the survey is old - the console was latterly detached. Hi 1931 - all NPOR photos are dated. The survey (of a later date) records the detached console - and if anyone has pictures post-rebuild (jpeg <50kB), send them to the NPOR office - along with info regarding the fate of the organ. Every Blessing Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 This is apparently in Holland - anyone know where? (Vox? Dave? Mike? Ian? Paul?) The photo on the survey is old - the console was latterly detached. Looks like I may have missed something there - I don't remember that church at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanderman26 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 This is apparently in Holland - anyone know where? (Vox? Dave? Mike? Ian? Paul?) The photo on the survey is old - the console was latterly detached. In Holland? Not as far as I know. Here's a website devoted to British organs in Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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