Jim Treloar Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 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.
S_L Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 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.
Vox Humana Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 I can only echo the comments above. We have lost an exceptional organist who was always worth hearing.
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted June 5, 2021 Posted June 5, 2021 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.
Adnosad Posted June 5, 2021 Posted June 5, 2021 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 :)
pwhodges Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 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
OwenTurner Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 I don’t feel completely comfortable watching a funeral on line but this one came up amongst the feed of events from Chester.
Adnosad Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 I have only " attended" one on line funeral. Was a strange experience but it was filmed very discreetly; one also had to provide a code to " log in ", for obvious reasons. Personally, with the greatest respect, I feel that this " event" should have been conducted in the same way. Roger Fisher was a marvellous musician; but more importantly he was a very nice man. If we are not personally invited to the send off of a person we do not know closely, or we are not related to, then the best way, in my opinion, is to remember them spiritually - not via the intrusive means of digital intervention; HOS , and their ilk, fall into a different category altogether In parting though I must say that overall the standard of music performed was well above that which we were " entertained " with at a recent send off.
John Morris Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 I haven't seen Roger Fisher's yet, but I was very grateful to be able to observe online, and passively participate in, the funeral of Catherine Ennis (who died six months ago today) and thought it was a beautiful and moving occasion. It was, of course, done in a highly professional manner.
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