Jim Treloar Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 It is sad to report the death of Roger Fisher on June 3rd. He had been incapacitated for over two years following a severe stroke. He had spent 39 years as master of music at Chester Cathedral, but after that was active as a recitalist, teacher, recording artist and organ consultant. It was terrible that so talented a man spent his final years unable to do anything. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_L Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 2 hours ago, Jim Treloar said: It was terrible that so talented a man spent his final years unable to do anything. R.I.P. Yes, very sad. May Roger Fisher rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I can only echo the comments above. We have lost an exceptional organist who was always worth hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 17 hours ago, Vox Humana said: I can only echo the comments above. We have lost an exceptional organist who was always worth hearing. Indeed. May he rest in peace. A great loss. What sticks most in my mind is the meticulous way he would prepare everything he played, even voluntaries for the most humdrum of services where a small congregation might have little or no appreciation of music. Only the very highest standard was good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adnosad Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Been expecting this for some time now. Very sad indeed. Glad we managed to hear his last recital at Chester. He will live on in memories and cdz :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Very sad to hear; I have and enjoy a number of recordings of his. I contacted him a few years ago about one of his recordings, and got back a message which after replying to my query went on to ask if I was the boy who had disappeared unannounced from Christ Church choir in 1960 when he was organ scholar there! I was (illness, but a complicated story, and the school kept it secret why I had gone for some inscrutable reason), but he had only had a term to get to know me, so I felt that recognising my name over 50 years later was somewhat remarkable. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Butler Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I used to have an LP he made at Chester in the late 60s / early 70s that I nearly wore out. Lots of "War Horses" - BWV 565 and 645, Karg-Elert "Nun Danket" (With Tuba coupled for the last few bars!) Whitlock 5 Short Pieces etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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