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I (Francis Rumsey) found myself in Dublin in late August, invited by Viscount’s Irish dealer David Jeffers to voice two rather different Physis-based organs that they had recently installed. The experience brought into sharp focus the differences between voicing a smallish organ in a modest church with limited reverberation, and a large one in a…
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We continue the 2018 tutorial series where we’re concentrating on the organ as a means of choral accompaniment. In this series church choral music was chosen to illustrate the accompaniment of various parts of the liturgy and to highlight some well-known anthems. Jonathan Kingston plays the organ and is accompanied by four professional singers — Emily Armour,…
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We continue the 2018 tutorial series where we’re concentrating on the organ as a means of choral accompaniment. In this series church choral music was chosen to illustrate the accompaniment of various parts of the liturgy and to highlight some well-known anthems. Jonathan Kingston plays the organ and is accompanied by four professional singers — Emily Armour,…
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Not since I was in school in Somerset have I set foot in Wells Cathedral which I hate to consider let alone write is 44 years ago. In those days my organ tutor David Ponsford was the assistant at Wells Cathedral and so I managed to get an hour or so at the organ console…
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For our 2018 tutorial series we’re concentrating on the organ as a means of choral accompaniment. Accompanying a choir requires that the instrument supports boldly in a limited number of places, but recedes at many other times to allow the vocal parts to come through. It is also heard in solo role joining choral sections…
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Hymn of the Month for October is “Jerusalem the Golden” which is a Christian hymn by John Mason Neale (1818-1866). The text is a translation of a section of Bernard of Cluny’s (12th century) Latin verse satire De Contemptu Mundi. The hymn is accompanied by the tune Ewing by the Scottish born composer Alexander Ewing…
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The Hymn of the Month this time is “Let us with a gladsome mind” which is a text written in 1623 by John Milton (1608-1674), the famous poet and author of Paradise Lost. This is set to the hymn tune Monkland, by John Antes (1740-1811), a Moravian minister and composer. Monkland’s melodic contour is a…
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This time our Hymn of the Month is the song, “Faithful Shepherd, feed me” accompanied by the beautiful tune “Pastor Pastorum” by Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860). The words, by Thomas Benson Pollock (1836-1896), are appropriate for Communion. Faithful Shepherd is a gentle, serene hymn and Silcher’s simple yet elegant hymn tune Pastor Pastorum provides a perfect…
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Viscount provide 3 practice organs to Oundle for Organists For many years now the name of Oundle has been well known in the organ world for running teaching courses specifically aimed at young musicians. I first was involved over 20 years ago when I sponsored individual recitals which were part of the course activities. Oundle for Organists…
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The 2017 series was recorded at the lovely medieval church of St Mary’s Chalgrove. I chose this church partly because it is close to our base in Bicester but also because it is of a fairly typical size of the parish church in which we install our organs and especially as it has some of…
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[This is a series where we share short tutorials on a range of different pieces introduced and played by our colleague Jonathan Kingston, on our Viscount Organs. ] In this edition of the series, we bring you a Gavotte by William Boyce. William born in 1711 began his musical education when he became a chorister…
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![[Choral Accompaniment] Haydn “Little Organ Mass”](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Kyrie-and-Gloria-Feature-196x136.jpg)
![[Choral Accompaniment] Magnificat in B minor](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Feature-Magnificat-in-B-minor-196x136.jpg)
![[Choral Accompaniment] O Thou the Central Orb](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Feature-O-Thou-the-Central-Orb-196x136.jpg)
![[Hymn of the Month] Jerusalem the Golden](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Jerusalem-the-golden-196x136.jpg)
![[Hymn of the Month] Let us with a gladsome mind](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Viscount-Feature-Let-us-with-a-gladsome-mind-196x136.jpg)
![[Hymn of the Month] Faithful Shepherd](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Viscount-Blog-feature-Faithful-Shepherd-196x136.jpg)
![[Jonathan Kingston] Music Tutorial Series – Gavotte William Boyce](https://viscountorgans.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Series-Gavotte-by-William-Boyce.jpg)