THE ECHOING ORGAN
N presenting the first of a series of recorded organ recitals from British Cathedrals, 1YA recently featured Dr. Dykes Bower, Organist of St. Paul's, London. The opening number was a Voluntary in A Minor by the blind contemporary of Handel, John Stanley. What fascinated me more than. the music was the echo as the massive chords floated around the Cathedral dome. Often, after a rest, the subsequent chord had to be superimposed on the echo, half spent. Organ music in the great cathedrals does not die; like traditional old soldiers it simply fades away. Next came a Voluntary in G Major, by Charles Macpherson, a former organist at St. Pauls. It is a charming littie thing of such simplicity that many a lesser organist would affect to despise it as a recital piece. At Sir Hubert Parry's funeral in St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1918, some friends made a small wreath of melodies which were played. This was one of them. The final item wns Parry's spectacular Chorale Prelude on the "Old 104th," but when the organist’s foot touched the lowest note (C) of that magnificent instrument in the fortissimo
climax, my midget radio set simply packed up.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 10
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202THE ECHOING ORGAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 10
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