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With Ralph Allwood, Mark Shepherd, and the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir. Psalm 114 is sung here to an ancient chant known as Tonus Peregrinus, which Ralph Allwood suggests seems very likely (according to recent research) to have been used in the temple in Jerusalem, before it was destroyed. That makes it…
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David Crown, conductor, is hosting a Come and Sing Fauré ‘Requiem’ together with a Ukrainian anthem. He will be joined by a professional orchestra and star soloists: Roderick Williams – Baritone Harriet Burns – Soprano David Crown describes how this war has challenged him on so many levels. He felt he wanted to do what…
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With Ralph Allwood, Mark Shepherd, and the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir. Psalm 24 is a splendid and relatively short psalm, sung here to a chant by Barnby in the “bright” key of E major. Rather like Psalm 150, featured last month, this is one of a small number of psalms that…
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Each year I have the pleasant task of deciding what topic we should base our following year educational organ tutorial videos on. This gets harder each time to ensure that we do not repeat old ground and include matters of some genuine interest. In the early years we started with ‘Hymn of the Month’ which…
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I have been aware for many years that the Copeman Hart 32 ft addition to the nave pipe organ at Southwell Minster was in need of repair as the cones had deteriorated badly over time (as you can see from pictures below). Only held together by gaffer tape they still functioned but the tape added…
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With Ralph Allwood, Mark Shepherd, and the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir The great psalm of praise, number 150: “O praise God in his holiness”, features as the first in this tutorial series on Psalms and Anthems. You’ll be able to see Ralph Allwood teaching the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban…
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One of an organist’s most subtle and sensitive roles is in the accompaniment of psalms and church anthems. In such an accompanying role, one’s job is rarely to stand out as a performer but to create an underlying musical foundation on which the choir’s singing can build. There may be moments of organ glory and…
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I am indebted to the Household Division web site for the information below which is a truncated version of their much fuller history. History of the Royal Military Chapel (Guards’ Chapel) The Royal Military Chapel, or the Guards’ Chapel as it is more generally known, stands in Birdcage Walk on the south side of St….
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* Image Freddie James and Wenying Wu. The RCO’s online Winter Conference returns to offer an experience for everyone with an interest in the organ and its music. It runs from 14:00–21:00 (GMT) on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th February and from 10:00–21:30 (GMT) on Saturday 19th February 2022. The conference will be Online only…
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Any thoughts that 2021 would be a normal year were quickly dashed by the Christmas 2020 lockdown. I am sure as a consequence we all started the Year in a sombre mood. Once more I sat behind my desk unable to make plans and quickly took the decision to furlough the majority of our staff….
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Earlier this year I wrote about my first visit to Viscount HQ in almost 18 months. I left Mondaino and Viscount behind early in the morning after a brief farewell with the staff. About mid way back from the Viscount factory visit in Mondaino and after a brief stop at Sansepolcro I broke for lunch…
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About 13 years ago now we supplied one of our very first 3 manual drawstop instruments to a customer in South London. Its often after a period of ownership of this length that a number of customers have thoughts of exploring a newer instrument. This may offer an improved sound platform or just as in…
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