Choir and Organ Sunday 24th Sept

[ardcarp]

Kids just LOVE big organ consoles with pistons that pop out stops all over the place, sequencers, closed circuit TV, etc. You just have to be sure they're a safe distance away if you're actually playing anything......

[vinteuil]

But we were told that Wayne Marshall was an (the?) 'organist extraordinaire'. That was news to me, so I guess I must have been enlightened by the programme.

... Cameron Carpenter will have been well miffed -

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There is a general trend NOT to get technical in any sort of programme. Horizon for instance is clearly terrified of letting any solid information get in the way of the whoosh/bang computer-generated effects of earthquakes, waves, the weather, the galaxy, whatever.

I've mentioned before that I'm not much enamoured of the organ sound - or, beyond Bach, very much of its solo repertoire. But I'm always fascinated watching players and DracoM's suggestion of a section of the programme devoted to the players' choices of registration I would find interesting. Come to that, an hour-long "special" on what Registration is and why it matters would also be very welcome. What a pity R3 doesn't "do" such documentaries any more.

[underthecountertenor]

... Cameron Carpenter will have been well miffed -

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He will have got his diamanté knickers in a twist.

[vinteuil]

He will have got his diamanté knickers in a twist.

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... ouch! Uncomfortable in so many ways -

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[Pulcinella]

Maybe we need a titulaire extraordinaire to do a series (ideal for TV, I would have thought, like Pappano's on Opera).
Or a special edition or so of Interpretations on record on a specific organ piece, showing what effects different registration choices make, and the general sound of one organ compared with another by a different builder.

Sadly, such a show has nothing to do with baking or antiques.
I guess we could tie it in with a programme on ballroom organs and somehow get it in the Strictly slot, though.
And then of course Katie could curate it for us.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... ouch! Uncomfortable in so many ways -

Indeed - with a Box Humana, he'd need diapers on

[vinteuil]

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... diapers on - diapason - - - geddit?

:groan emoticon:

[ ... for them as has access to The Times, an excellent confession on punning from Caitlin Moran [30 September] - from which :

"It is a disorder that is, at root, deeply shameful, and causes much unhappiness in those around us: we are compulsive punners. Our motto is Cogito ergo pun. We believe the earth revolves around the pun. We are pundamentalists. Have these puns made you furious? They should. All right-thinking people should be repelled by this desperate, sinew-straining word play. It’s a filthy habit – filling the world with our terrible puns, for our own amusement, like smokers, lighting up in a lift. We stink the place up, just to get high. We’ll risk causing a major diplomatic incident during a conference about war, just for a gag. And yet, we cannot stop... " ]

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[DracoM]

......or his super-high-heeled shoes?

[mercia]

I don't recall Radio 3 ever having a programme devoted to the technical aspects of the organ or organ playing - not that I'm putting that forward as an argument that it shouldn't do so now.

[underthecountertenor]

......or his super-high-heeled shoes?

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[underthecountertenor]

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... diapers on - diapason - - - geddit?

:groan emoticon:

[ ... for them as has access to The Times, an excellent confession on punning from Caitlin Moran [30 September] - from which :

"It is a disorder that is, at root, deeply shameful, and causes much unhappiness in those around us: we are compulsive punners. Our motto is Cogito ergo pun. We believe the earth revolves around the pun. We are pundamentalists. Have these puns made you furious? They should. All right-thinking people should be repelled by this desperate, sinew-straining word play. It’s a filthy habit – filling the world with our terrible puns, for our own amusement, like smokers, lighting up in a lift. We stink the place up, just to get high. We’ll risk causing a major diplomatic incident during a conference about war, just for a gag. And yet, we cannot stop... " ]

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She's quite right. The best puns are spontaneous, throwaway, often accidental. I was chatting with a friend about the vogue for Fever Tree Tonic Water, and suggested that, as happened with Bombay Sapphire, it might soon find that, having broken the old monopoly, it might soon find itself struggling to keep up with others which have arrived on the market on its coat-tails. 'Are you suggesting that it might be swept away?' asked my friend. 'Schwepped away,' I replied.

It's when the punning becomes too deliberate and, as she says, 'sinew-straining', that I tend to make my excuses and leave.

[oddoneout]

Over the years I have had the pleasure of listening to a good few lunchtime recitals by organists in local churches(large and small), all of whom have been capable of stringing words together to explain something about the music/instrument.Several have also been excellent at explaining in an intelligible and accessible fashion technicalities relating to the organ they are playing, and demonstrating the different sounds possible. One year I was able to attend a summer series and hear several visiting organists doing their thing on the same organ and the differences in sound and repertoire were a real eye-opener (or whatever the aural equivalent is). It would be good to hear something similar on R3, rather than just an organ version of the lazy playlist format.

[ardcarp]

So many recital organists now choose to be seen playing by the audience, courtesy of cctv and a big screen. So one of this new breed would be ideal for a 'play and say' programme.

[Vox Humana]

She's quite right. The best puns are spontaneous, throwaway, often accidental.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/holly-willoughby-phillip-schofield-this-morning-orgasm-innuendo-blunder_uk_59cbe018e4b02aef6cd6e325