Rowland Wateridge Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 A series of recitals to mark the restoration of Winchester Cathedral’s Father Willis/ H&H organ 1854-2024. The inaugural recital is by Olivier Latry, (Notre Dame, Paris) on Saturday 27th April at 6.30 pm. Subsequent recitals, all on Sundays at 3.00 pm: 19th May Claudia Grinnell 16th June Andrew Lumsden 7th July Sarah Baldock 15th September Joshua Stephens 6th October Katherine Dienes-Williams 17th November Ben Cunningham https://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/event/organ-festival/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Furse Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Despite going back and forwards on the net, I have so far been unable to track down a specification for the Winchester organ's latest incarnation. Can anyone assist, please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Allison Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 19 minutes ago, John Furse said: Despite going back and forwards on the net, I have so far been unable to track down a specification for the Winchester organ's latest incarnation. Can anyone assist, please ? Am sure it will be on the builder/restorers web site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Furse Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 2 hours ago, Peter Allison said: Am sure it will be on the builder/restorers web site? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 Well, this is something of a mystery as I saw it on H&H’s website, fully updated, but today that page is not available. The 1988 specification is here, the only tonal alteration being the addition of a Vox Humana 8’ on the Swell. All else unchanged, so now an organ of 80 speaking stops. https://npor.org.uk/survey/N00289 Perhaps I should add that the NPOR link is a little misleading in appearing to refer to Hele as a principal builder. That was never the case and only two of their 1905 ranks survived in the 1988 rebuild, the Swell Violin Diapason and the famous Pedal Bombarde unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adnosad Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 The spec` can be found on the H & H site; but it does involve a little bit of ferreting around to get at. The " A _ Z " page of organs on H & H`s site shows the page to be unavailable but if you get their help page up you just type " winchester " in and hey presto it comes up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 10 hours ago, Rowland Wateridge said: Well, this is something of a mystery as I saw it on H&H’s website, fully updated, but today that page is not available. The 1988 specification is here, the only tonal alteration being the addition of a Vox Humana 8’ on the Swell. All else unchanged, so now an organ of 80 speaking stops. https://npor.org.uk/survey/N00289 Perhaps I should add that the NPOR link is a little misleading in appearing to refer to Hele as a principal builder. That was never the case and only two of their 1905 ranks survived in the 1988 rebuild, the Swell Violin Diapason and the famous Pedal Bombarde unit. Nice to see a Larigot! They seem to be rather unpopular these days for some reason. After all, it can't be a space problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Furse Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 15 hours ago, Adnosad said: The spec` can be found on the H & H site; but it does involve a little bit of ferreting around to get at. The " A _ Z " page of organs on H & H`s site shows the page to be unavailable but if you get their help page up you just type " winchester " in and hey presto it comes up! Wasn't quite as simple as that but, with slightly more 'fiddling', it worked, thanks. The functionality on that website isn't the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 As I said, this is something of a mystery as the up to date specification was on the H&H website where I read it a few weeks ago. For future readers who are interested, the link I provided to NPOR N00289 is reliable and instant. Just add the new Vox Humana 8’ to the Swell reeds to complete the picture. Everything else is correct and up to date. There are photographs, including the famous (or infamous?) 32’ Bombarde! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted Friday at 09:50 Author Share Posted Friday at 09:50 A reminder that Olivier Latry’s inaugural recital following restoration of the Cathedral organ takes place tomorrow, Saturday 27th April at 6.30 pm. These are the programme details: Eugène GIGOUT (1844 – 1925) : Grand Chœur dialogué Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835 – 1921) : Extracts from The Carnival of the Animals (Tr. Shin-Young LEE) – Aquarium – Aviary – The Swan Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) : Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548 Louis VIERNE (1870 – 1937) : Troisième Symphonie : Adagio Jehan ALAIN (1911 – 1940) : Aria Marcel DUPRÉ (1886 – 1971) : Prelude and Fugue in G minor op. 7/3 Olivier LATRY (1962 – ) : Improvisation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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