The Christ Church organ was built by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1970 with 16 stops, using some pipes from previous organs plus some neo-baroque sounds typical of the 1960's and '70's (Chimney Flute and Fifteenth on open-foot voicing, like the Royal Festival Hall organ). In 1995, HNB moved some loud stops from the Great to a new double case in the nave, 6 stops were added, and the tone was refined. In summer 2015 the nave organ was re-voiced to produce a more robust tone. |
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Unable to find a recording of Samuel Coleridge Taylor's Arietta, we offer instead this link to the printed score: |
Our recording of Percy Whitlock's Allegretto comes from soundcloud.
The organist is Timo Ziesche, playing the so-called 'Berlin' Hill organ - deemed the most significant English organ in Germany. |
The Story: This 1869 organ was removed from the decommissioned
Trinity Methodist Church, Burton-on-Trent, to be reinstalled and restored in St Afra's Church, which is part of the Papal Institute of St Philip-Neri, in Berlin. Click below for more about the organ and the Institute & Church |
Here is a BBC recording of Percy Whitlock's Scherzo from Five Short Pieces, played by John Scott
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Next, sung by children in Ocaña, Medelin, Colombia, is the Welsh melody Suo Gân which literally means Lullaby: Here is a recording of Charlotte Church, with the Choir of St Pauyl's Cathedral, singing this lullaby. The Welsh text and English translation are on the black button. |
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French music from:
Emily Andrews, flute Alice Rosset, piano 14 July 2016 |
Following Thursday at LMC
Greta Åstedt
piano 28 July 2016 |
Wednesdays at
Christ Church 2016 organ concert diary |
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