The Christchurch
Town Hall organ
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Musings & Amusings
a
regular column by
David Bridgeman-Sutton, who muses
on organs, organists, organ music, and just anything else that
takes his fancy
David
~ with mentor Jessye
Feel free to email
with questions or feedback
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Welcome
to the website of the Rieger
in the Christchurch Town Hall,
New Zealand
David Bridgeman-Sutton has loved organs and organ music for over fifty years. He has been fortunate in having jobs ~ and an understanding wife ~ that have allowed him to visit many instruments and to talk to organists, organ-builders and fellow enthusiasts in many countries. He has vivid memories of them all.
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- Gothic Cases (August) - looking at Sion, Wissell and Kiedrich organs
- Ladies at the Console (May) - Women cinema organists remembered
- The Italian Face of Salzburg (April) A Visit to St Rupert's.
- Philip Marshall Revisited (March) - A penchant for Palindromes
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- Country Church - (December) A gem in Yorkshire
- More sneezes from the organ loft - (November)
- Two 20th-century organists Part II (September)
- Two 20th-century organists Part I (July) Such fertility of imagination!
- Sneezes from the Organ
Loft (May/June) What is it about organ consoles?
- Henery's finest hour (April 14) A character from the past
- Three
Cases (March 1) Which appeal?
- Dudley
Savage (Feb) - a tribute
- Giving
them Names - (Jan 21) Stops of incomplete compass
=========2008=========
- Fastest Fleece in the
West - (Dec 6) A Bradford
connection
- Time's Ever-Rolling Stream - the changing facades of organs.( November 7)
- Smogger - the world of tramps (October 5)
- Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb - more useful recipes (September 14)
- Dorothea, Queen of Denmark - and an organ with a difference. (August 26)
- Flying High - When air travel was fun (June 1)
- Byway 2 - Brindley
and Foster organs - Part II (May 4)
- Byway - Brindley and Foster organs revisited
(April 5)
- Neandertal
hymn writer: from hymn tunes to
climate change (March 3)
- Summer Puddings: A glorious collection of
yummy and easy puddings from Althea (Feb 6)
(UPDATED Dec. 09)
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- Tops,
Noils and Handel's Messiah (December 1) It's music hall
time!
- Tops,
Noils, Shoddy and Mungo (November 1)
- Going all woolly in Bradford
- Humble
Relations 2 (October 2) The French branch
- Humble
Relations (September 1) ... the American branch
- Seeing
Double 2.(August 2) What Walford Davies got up to
in Windsor
- Seeing
Double (July 1) ... in Liverpool Cathedral
- A
Most Eloquent Music (June 2)
- Gilding
the Lily - but why? (May 1) *Footnote
added
- Wonder
of Gascony - a 'novel' use for an organ (April 3)
- Playing
Aids 3 - Thinking out of the box (March 6)
- Harry
Remembers 4 - was this the beginning of the end?
(February 5)
- Birthday
Present: a teenage boy's unusal request (Jan 1)
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- Christmas
Recipes: Althea has been looking through her recipe
books (December 1)
- Connections:
intriguing coincidences (November 3)
- Playing
Aids 2: Dirty Work at the Crossroads (October 3) *footnote
added
- SPECIAL: Malcolm
Arnold - a personal tribute (September 20)
- Playing
Aids 1 - Help or hindrance? We'll find out. (September
2)
- Harry
Remembers 3 - what colour would you like your organ,
sir? (August 3) *
new footnote!
- Bismark
and the Pipe Organ - what war MIGHT have brought.
(July 4)
- Harry
Remembers 2 -more about the good years from Harry's
memories (June 1) * postscript added Nov. 22
- Harry
Remembers - from Music Hall to Cinema (May 2) (Footnote
added June 7, 2007)
- Pipes
and Packing Cases (March 7)
- Automobile
Blues (February 1, 2006)
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See
poetry about organs at:
For some delightful organ yarns, read "Organ-isms: Anecdotes from the World
of the King of Instruments"
Details
here
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