Organ Course

Author(s): Keith Jarvis

Source: The Musical Times, Vol. 128, No. 1737, Gluck Bicentenary Issue (Nov., 1987), p. 657
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 ORGAN COURSE
A
A two-week
two-weekcourse
coursefor
for
organists
organistsorganized
organized
by by
struments
struments on
on whch
whch they
they were
were performing. Asranged. Leslie
performing.As ran Howard gave massive perfor-
Nigel
Nigel Allcoat,
Allcoat,thethe
Huddersfield
Huddersfield Summer
Summer
Organ aOrgan
former pupil
pupil of
of Langlais,
Langlais, Naji
Naji Hakim
Hakim was
wasable
able
mances ofman
several of the Liszt Hungarian Rhap-
Conservatoire
Conservatoirewaswas
the
the
first
first
of its
of kind
its kind
to beto
held
betoheld
convey
convey the
the style
style of
of Langlais;
Langlais; Nicolas
Nicolassodies andsodi
concluded with the B minor Sonata;
in Great Britain. It was based at Huddersfield Kynaston
Kynaston waswas keen
keen to
to emphasize
emphasize thatthat thetheOliver Gledhill
Oliv played unaccompanied Cello
Polytechnic, which contains in St Paul's Hall organists of
of the
the early
early 20th
20th century
century had record- Suites by Suit
had record- J. S. Bach, Christopher Scott and
a very fine three-manual tracker-action organ, ed their performances
performances and and the
the way
way in in which
which Stephen Coombs
Step played Messiaen. There was
and used the facilities of Huddersfield Town those interpretations
interpretations could
could be
be used
used as
as aa basis
basis
a recital of
a French chamber music
recby the Elysee
Hall (with its four-manual concert organ), andfor today's
today's interpretations.
interpretations. Piet
Piet Kee
Kee drew
drewat- at-Ensemble,Ensetogether with other organ recitals -
local churches. The Conservatoire enabled tention to
to relevant
relevant sources,
sources, detailing
detailing the
thearticula-
articula-
Graham Barber
Grah on the Schutz organ at Armley,
organ students to attend a series of master classes
tion and slurring
slurring possibilities
possibilities available
available to the Leeds, andLee
tothe Naji Hakim improvising at
by leading organists: Nicolas Kynaston taught Baroque organist
organist and
and examining
examining carefully
carefullycon-
con-Ampleforth Amp Abbey. The 24 improvisations on
Romantic French and German organ music, ventions Na- in
in ornamentation
ornamentation andand fingering
fingeringof thean original
ofthe antheme by Nigel Allcoat, presented o
ji Hakim (organist of the Basilica of the Sacre- day. Unfettered
Unfettered byby this,
this, Nigel
Nigel Allcoat
Allcoat was
wasable
ablein concertinconditions at the end of the first week
co
Coeur) with his wife Marie-Bernadette to concentrate
concentrate onon the
the spontaneous
spontaneous creation
creationof ofwill not be
will
forgotten by many of the participants
Dufourcet covered contemporary French organ improvisations,
improvisations, giving
giving careful
careful instruction
instructionon theof the course. KEITH JARVIS
onthe
music, Nigel Allcoat concentrated on improvisa- ways in which
which the
the best
best effects
effects and
and layouts
layoutsofof
tion and Piet Kee (organist of the Bavokerk, chording could
could be
be achieved.
achieved.
Haarlem, and St Laurenskerk, Alkmaar) Bach Part of the course was a series of concerts
and Buxtehude. Some 50 hours of teaching was given by the teaching staff and other recitalists.
A Buxtehude organ course, to include a concer
devoted to master classes; several organists par-Particularly noteworthy were Kynaston's per-and master classes, will be given by Harald Vogel at
ticipating on the course took part in class per- formance of the Reger Variations and Fugue onthe John Loosemore Centre from 20 to 22 Novembe
formances and in two student concerts arrang- a Theme in F sharp minor op.73 and Naji Details from the John Loosemore Centre, Chape
ed at the end. Hakim's performance of a movement from his Street, Buckfastleigh, Devon
The quality of the teaching was excellent. The newly composed Organ Symphony; Piet Kee's
teaching staff had one aim in common - to masterly performance of Bach was well receiv-1st International Olivier Messiaen Organ Com
enable their students to play the music with ed. But the course was also keen to emphasize position Competition: work of not more than te
minutes' duration; prizes totalling 2,000,000 lire; en
greater understanding of the composer's inten- that organists are musicians and not just
tries by 31 Jan. Details (and illustration of the orga
tions and of the colours available on the in- organists, and other kinds of concert were ar-
type) from the Concorso di Composizione Olivie
Messiaen. c/o Amministrazione Provinciale di
Bergamo, Assessorato alla Cultura, via Fratelli Calvi
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS 10/A, 24100 Bergamo, Italy.
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of the Year
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Year there
there are.
are.
Licences
Licences
have been
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been sold
DR GILLIAN WEIR (Chairman), 5
and final: and 5 November,
November, for for
present
present
members,
final: members,12 to
to several
12 severalOrgan
Organ manufacturers.
manufacturers.Yet there
Yet there
is
is only
only one
one
company
company situated
situated
withinwithin
a mile a mile
SIMON PRESTON,
SIMON NICOLAS KYNASTON. Details November;
November; Fellowship,
Fellowship, 19 November.
19 November. PRE
of
of Bradford
Bradford University
Universityand who
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who actively
of the competition
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liaise
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with the
have been have
selected are obtainable from the
Organ
Organ practice
practice forfor
candidates
candidates
been University.
University. Each
Each
installation
installation
is supervised
is supervised
Candidates
Candidates for
for
thethe
January
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examinations
examinations
are ad- are ad-
and
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sitesite
by aby
member
a member
of the of the
Clerk. Clerk.
vised
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tobook
bookorgan
organ
practice
practice
without
without
delay if
delay if
University
University team.
team.
The The
benefits
benefits
are obvious.
are obvious.
Friday, 20Friday,
November at 6 p.m. Final of the The
TheAhlbom
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is unique
is unique
and, and,
they
theyhave
havenot
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already
donedone
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will
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competition
competitio
for the RCO Performer of the unsurpassed.
unsurpassed. Few,
Few,
having
having
heard heard
it, haveit, have
Year Award 1987.
mally
mallybebepossible
possible to allot
to allot
moremore
than than
one hour
one hour
to each candidate after 7 December. There will not
notimmediately
immediatelydescribed
described
it as the
it as
finest
the finest
Saturday, 28 November, 11.15 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. organ
organwithout
withoutpipes.
pipes.
be additional practice time available for can-
Study session for the Associateship examina-
didates on Monday to Friday evenings from Write or phone for
tion (paper work, pieces and tests) directed7-16 December and from 29 December-4 literature today.
by MEREDITH DAVIES and DR CHRISTOPHER
January (excluding 1 January), 5 - 6 p.m. or 6 - 7
DEARNLEY. Bring a packed lunch; coffee or
p.m. The charge is 50p per hour.
squash will be available.
Thursday, 3 December at 6.30 p.m. Buxtehude
and his contemporaries - recital by Silver Medal
The 1987 Silver Medal of the Worshipful Com-

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of Musicians has been awarded to Andrew
Johnstone.
events. Applications with stamped addressed
Kensington Gore STEPHEN CLEOBURY
envelope to the Clerk. Non-members Detail of
welcome. London SW7 2QS Hon. Secretary an AHLBORN
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WATTS: King's College, Cambridge (7 28 Sunbridge Road,
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