tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post6944034951623838191..comments2024-02-08T17:05:51.909+00:00Comments on Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee: The Grand Organ FestivalMark Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-51365726337492518472007-04-30T02:10:00.000+00:002007-04-30T02:10:00.000+00:00Salivating at photos of this magnificent instrumen...Salivating at photos of this magnificent instrument -- this morning I played our two-manual, 82-yr-old Casavant, which can be pretty powerful, but the Westminster one ... ah, one can dream! Will there be a CD of the performances at the Organ Festival? If so, i'd definitely purchase a copy! When in the UK 6 yrs. ago I attended Mass at Westminster before returning home to Canada. Mea culpa, I'd been in and out of C of E churches for almost 2 wks. w/out going to Mass. The Cathedral was beautiful! God willing, I'll be back -- and hopefully to attend an organ recital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-5866407250648286282007-04-28T22:55:00.000+00:002007-04-28T22:55:00.000+00:00I loved the third picture, taken from inside the o...I loved the third picture, taken from inside the organ case. I am always reminded of Psalm 8 when I stand inside an organ case: "O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens." Standing amidst all the pipes and looking down the nave...even in our modest century old church pipe organ...reminds me of the grandeur of God's glory. Thank the Organ Scholar for the "eye candy" pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-85525675043769300342007-04-26T16:30:00.000+00:002007-04-26T16:30:00.000+00:00the pipes you noticed belong to Sir Richard Terry'...the pipes you noticed belong to Sir Richard Terry's original organ, used before the grand organ was built. It is stored up in a gallery above the entrance to the Blessed sacrament Chapel, and needs to be restored. I'll do a post on it ere long.Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-33020247211359382302007-04-26T15:14:00.000+00:002007-04-26T15:14:00.000+00:00Great to read about the Grand Organ.I was at the C...Great to read about the Grand Organ.<BR/>I was at the Cathedral last week and noticed that there are some organ pipes in a gallery on the far left of the nave as you face the altar [before you enter the Blessed Sacrament Chapel]. There seems also to be a mirror placed there. Is this a set of pipes from a redundant organ or a division of the Grand/Choir organs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-40086551008116640002007-04-26T14:44:00.000+00:002007-04-26T14:44:00.000+00:00Marvelous!Marvelous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com