-
-
The Queen's College, Oxford
Comment
-
Bolton Parish Church
Comment
-
Tewkesbury Abbey
As long as I can remember, there has been faffing around with organs at Tewkesbury! Basically there were two, the Milton Organ (now rebuilt I think) and the Grove Organ, which stood freely in a transept. (I haven't been there for years so am not sure of exact details, but I know funding was a big issue at one time to keep them in good playing order.) The Milton organ stood in a historic case and was considered the main organ. I played it several times in te past. Once it was for a wedding when Bach's 'St Anne' was requested before the service...and middle B flat wasn'r working on the Great!
The following link may give up-to-date info. https://www.delphianrecords.com/products/dcd34089
I'm sure other links may be found by Googling around.
Chorally, the link with Dean Close School (quite a long distance away) is a good one. A shame more churches cannot forge a link with a local school or schools as a source of choristers. In practice, quite a lot of head-teachers don't warm to the idea, so I am told.Comment
-
Clare College Cambridge
also:
Clare College — west gallery organ
The organ was built by the Hamburg firm of von Beckerath in 1971, one of the first arrivals in Cambridge of a fully-fledged representative of the organ reform movement, or Orgelbewegung. This had started in Germany early in the 20th century, spearheaded by Albert Schweitzer for whom Bach’s organ music was the touchstone for organ design. It arrived in Britain in the 1950s, the Festival Hall organ being a major ambassador for the style as it had evolved by that time. The organ world was undergoing something of a reaction against the perceived heavy, ponderous tone of the pre-war Edwardian instruments and the chapels of Cambridge and Oxford were in the vanguard of change toward a neo-baroque emphasis on bright, high-pitched stops on light wind pressures and mechanical key actions, responsive to the performer’s touch in a new and exciting way. The organs they commissioned often came from abroad, and indeed this still happens frequently today. The Clare instrument combines the centuries-old north German practice of housing each division of the organ in its own case (so-called Werkprinzip) with modern styling. The large towers at each side house the pedal, the central large case the Great and the division above the player’s head in the position of a Brustwerk has Swell shutters to accommodate later repertoire.
If anyone can find a specification and post it up, that would be great. I think the college also has a Snetzler chamber organ restord by Bill Drake.Comment
-
Specification of main organ here: https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N05197Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
Specification of chamber organ here: https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=A01068Comment
-
Selwyn College, Cambridge
and a picture
Comment
-
-
St Gabriel's, Pimlico
(The recent rebuild was mentioned on the programme today.)Comment
-
A Binns! Good to hear it and to know it’s being well cared for. I had the pleasure of being the organist on two fine instruments in Kirklees. The one at Whitley Lower near Dewsbury is still in its original state. A great pleasure to play.Comment
-
St Bartholomew the Great
Looks as if they have an electronic at the moment....presumably standing in for Big Brother from the USA waiting in the wings.Comment
-
I’m afraid it sounded very electronic yesterday. It was the cramped sound from the speakers which let it down.Comment
-
No expense spared - not only a new four-manual 'symphonic' organ but a whole new gallery! Maybe some large donations from City companies?Originally posted by ardcarp View PostSt Bartholomew the Great
Looks as if they have an electronic at the moment....presumably standing in for Big Brother from the USA waiting in the wings.Last edited by mopsus; 23-03-23, 13:08.Comment
-
St Michael and All Angels, Barnes
Comment
Comment