I should preface this article by saying that I know a lot of Choir Leaders who run a variety of singing groups which include choral societies, community choirs and chamber choirs. There are some amazingly Read More …
In the autumn of 2013, a new shiny organ was unveiled at Llandaff Cathedral. Built by organ builders Nicholson & Co of Malvern, the new instrument had taken 6 years to be completed at a cost Read More …
Last week I decided that I should do more exercise. This thought normally occurs to me when I have eaten a particularly large piece of cake. Usually however, by the time I have got home Read More …
At the beginning of June I was playing the organ at York Minster for a weekend of Services. 3 days later, during a live broadcast on Radio 3, the organ suddenly stopped working and evensong Read More …
The principles of grouping (or Gestalt laws of grouping) are a set of principles in psychology, first proposed by Gestalt psychologists to account for the observation that humans naturally perceive objects as organised patterns and Read More …
Earlier today whilst most of the country was huddled under a white blanket of snow, a friend remarked to me that all the songs which feature snow are Christmas ones. It turns out that she’s Read More …
In 1954 the Great British public was introduced to the front room of 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. Here they found one Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. The Hancock character is in many ways Read More …
A hammer, a fork and a piece of rubber. With these three items I could potentially fulfil one of my life ambitions and tune a piano. I mean really, just how hard can it be? Read More …
On 21 December 1968 man didnt quite make it onto the moon. However, Apollo 8, the second manned spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched, and became the first manned spacecraft to Read More …
“With regard to religion, finally, it may be briefly said that she believed in God in much the same way as she believed in Australia. For she had no doubts whatever as to the existence Read More …
