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  • jonfan
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    • Dec 2010
    • 1452

    #16
    Feisty singing from the trebles with obvious enjoyment and relish in what they do. Forthright psalm projection with clear diction to the fore. Very attractive responses and canticles. Looking forward to hearing the complete service on Sunday with what seemed ideally balanced sound in what must be a challenging acoustic for the engineers. Very often the sound from York has been lacking in clarity in my experience.
    PS. Is it safe policy to silence fire alarms no matter how inconvenient? Everyone should have been evacuated surely until it was proved safe to return?

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    • Pulcinella
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      • Feb 2014
      • 11151

      #17
      Originally posted by jonfan View Post
      PS. Is it safe policy to silence fire alarms no matter how inconvenient? Everyone should have been evacuated surely until it was proved safe to return?
      I wondered that, too.
      Given the dean's notoriety with health and safety, especially of children (remember the bellringers, and the more recent expulsion of staff from the minster school?), as pointedly mentioned in the prayers (I think before the anthem, but perhaps not), I can only hope that someone was monitoring the alarm and realised that there was a fault rather than a cause for concern.

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      • Wolsey
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        • Nov 2010
        • 419

        #18
        Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
        I wondered that, too.
        Given the dean's notoriety with health and safety, especially of children (remember the bellringers, and the more recent expulsion of staff from the minster school?), as pointedly mentioned in the prayers (I think before the anthem, but perhaps not), I can only hope that someone was monitoring the alarm and realised that there was a fault rather than a cause for concern.
        Apologies for the pedantry, but the 'bellringers' matter was a safeguarding issue, not health and safety. This places legal responsibilities on whomever has a duty of care.

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        • DracoM
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          • Mar 2007
          • 12996

          #19
          I gather the Dean is off to pastures new?

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          • subcontrabass
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            • Nov 2010
            • 2780

            #20
            Originally posted by DracoM View Post
            I gather the Dean is off to pastures new?
            To become Bishop of Bristol.

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            • Pulcinella
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              • Feb 2014
              • 11151

              #21
              Originally posted by Wolsey View Post
              Apologies for the pedantry, but the 'bellringers' matter was a safeguarding issue, not health and safety. This places legal responsibilities on whomever has a duty of care.
              You are right, of course, and that is how it was eventually presented.

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              • Pulcinella
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                • Feb 2014
                • 11151

                #22
                There's an article in today's Times about the organ in Salisbury conking out in the middle of a hymn (doesn't say when); the organist scampered down the stairs and used a grand piano. Later investigation showed a problem with the bellows caused by a lightning strike earlier in the week.
                At least it wasn't during a live R3 broadcast.

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                • Wolsey
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 419

                  #23
                  It happened on Wednesday, and also resulted in the cancellation that evening of Richard Pinel's organ recital.

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                  • jonfan
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 1452

                    #24
                    Wow, the Moore anthem was worth waiting for. Stunning singing with the trebles fearlously scaling the heights, absolutely thrilling. Beautifully balanced sound with the colours of the organ clearly heard in the Preston voluntary; great fun. No small part to the success of the service were the prayers which followed the powerful anthem. They were calm, considered and addressed contemporary issues with compassion and heartfelt sincerity. So unlike the offerings of 1972 heard last week. Bravo York.

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                    • Pulcinella
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                      • Feb 2014
                      • 11151

                      #25
                      Originally posted by jonfan View Post
                      Wow, the Moore anthem was worth waiting for. Stunning singing with the trebles fearlously scaling the heights, absolutely thrilling. Beautifully balanced sound with the colours of the organ clearly heard in the Preston voluntary; great fun. No small part to the success of the service were the prayers which followed the powerful anthem. They were calm, considered and addressed contemporary issues with compassion and heartfelt sincerity. So unlike the offerings of 1972 heard last week. Bravo York.

                      As mentioned on the 'What are you listening to now' thread, you could see why they weren't able to carry on unaccompanied.
                      Having been there on Wednesday, I thought that the service came over very well indeed in the broadcast, and didn't find the organ in the psalms overly weighty: it can sound a bit 'ponderous', and I wonder if its imminent two-year refit will brighten the sound a bit.

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                      • teamsaint
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 25235

                        #26
                        Listen again on iplayer , from todays broadcast, still has the Wednesday version ..............
                        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                        • DracoM
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                          • Mar 2007
                          • 12996

                          #27
                          Yeah, well, I missed the repeat this p.m., and so turned to iPlayer.
                          Not so brilliant BBC - the iPlayer repeat is of the BROKEN service we heard on Wednesday!

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                          • DracoM
                            Host
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 12996

                            #28
                            Exactly..................GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

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                            • DracoM
                              Host
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 12996

                              #29
                              Sorry to press again, but how can I hear th...................

                              Woops, just checked and the repaired version is now on iPlayer!!
                              Apologies all.

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                              • Lay_Vicar
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                                • Dec 2018
                                • 1

                                #30
                                Those on here may be interested that Neil Cox is retiring this week from the College after over 41 years as Director of Chapel music. He's an amazing man who has shaped countless lives with his inspiration, friendship and formidable talent. He's sent a huge number of choral and organ scholars across the country for many many years and his influence in church music is far greater than many people or even he would know. Do listen out for his music - his output really is special and taking a rightful place as regular additions to Cathedral Choir repertoires around the UK and abroad.

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