Tag Archives: The Organ

Young Organists

Posted on Saturday, 18 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is Richard McWeigh, an English cathedral musician who is popularising organ music and a simple spirituality on YouTube. We are blessed by modern technology in giving us the Hauptwerk organ, recordings of each note and each stop of a … Continue reading →

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The Organ sings again

Posted on Monday, 2 December, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We are almost at the anniversary of when I went to London with a large van to bring another organ to France. In late January of this year, I wrote the melancholy A New Purpose after the main article on … Continue reading →

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York Minster organ specification revealed

Posted on Monday, 18 February, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I mentioned some time ago that the organ of York Minster was being restored to more or less its 1931 specification. The project is due to be completed in 2020. This is an exciting development. Specification from Harrison & Harrison.

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Spinarseholes!

Posted on Wednesday, 7 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I spent most of my teenage years in York and was fascinated by the Minster organ. I occasionally got to play it (outside services) and the exhilarating experience would be something like flying a fighter jet! I knew John Rothera … Continue reading →

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The Liturgical Organist

Posted on Saturday, 10 May, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The craft of the church organist is an old one. I first accompanied a hymn in my school chapel in 1973 – and made a mess of it. I was totally nerve-racked and little less than racked by my housemaster … Continue reading →

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