The PipeLine

Journal of the YDOA May 2017

Patron Francis Jackson

President Joan Johnson 01388 607710

Vice President Maximillian Elliott 07956 525488

Secretary Renate Sangwine 01904 781387

Treasurer Cynthia Wood 01904 795204

Membership Adam Parrish 07858 025527

Editor of ‘The PipeLine’ Phillip Sangwine 07949 730378

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The York & District Organists’ Association is affiliated to the Incorporated Association of Organists (IAO) and serves all who are interested in the organ and its music.

1 Contents

1. YDOA Programme ...... 3

2. Previous Event ...... 4

3. Next Event ...... 5

6. Organ Recitals in Yorkshire ...... 6

10. List of YDOA Presidents ...... 7

Selby Abbey where we are visiting this month

2 1. YDOA Programme YDOA Events 2017

Spring Outing to and Talk by Geoffrey Coffin May Saturday 20th (11:30) Selby Abbey Visit to the Scarborough Fair Collection June Saturday 24th (14:00) Flower of May Holiday Park, Lebberston Cliff, Scarborough IAO Music Festival July Sunday 23rd — Friday 18th Oxford Visit to Banks Music Publications and Castle Howard August Saturday 19th (11:00) The Granary, Wath Court, Hovingham Composite Recital given by YDOA Student Group September Saturday 30th (14:00) All Saints’ Church, North Street, York Organ Recital by Philip Meaden and AGM October Saturday 21st (14:00) Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York

3 2. Previous Event PREVIOUS EVENTS

Masterclass on French Romantic Music with Gerard Brooks St Chad’s Church, Campleshon Road, York This was a superb event. Six members of the association had agreed to take part in playing a range of French Romantic music. There was much excellent playing as well as my rubbish and it was interesting to see how Gerard made suggestions to bring out more of the nuances from the music and show how we could or should think about registering the pieces on instruments that were not French Romantic organs. St Chad’s Church organ is interesting as it is very versatile for an instrument of its size and while not perfectly in tune on the day (ideal for French as a result?!!) it has to be remembered that building work at the church had just been finished and the organ removed from its plastic wrapper. It is also worth remembering that St Chad’s do not have much money compared to some of the City Centre Churches and can only afford two tunings a year.

4 3. Next Event NEXT EVENT

Visit to Selby Abbey, Saturday, May 20th

Would members please meet outside the main entrance to the Abbey at 11.30. This is because there is a service before our meeting which may still be in progress when we arrive. As soon as the service ends members will have an opportunity to play the organ until 13.00. There will be a lunch break of one hour to allow members to buy a snack from the Abbey café or find food in Selby. At 14.00 Geoffrey Coffin will give an illustrated talk on the restoration of the organ in the St Nicholas Centre within the Abbey. It is not possible to have access to the main part of the Abbey in the afternoon due to a Wedding Photo Shoot! I found two interesting pictures of the result of installing a Compton Organ in Selby Abbey. You can see what can go wrong when faults occur. So do you get the wiring in the organ of your church checked? Do you get the blower serviced once a year?

5 4. Organ recitals in Yorkshire in May

Information supplied from organrecitals.com NORTH YORKSHIRE Sunday 21 May • 3:30 to 4:30 • Bolton Abbey Priory Church, BD23 6AL • Neil Taylor (Sheffield Cathedral) admission details unknown Wednesday 24 May • 1:10 to 1:55 • St Helen's, York, YO1 8QN • Ben Morris (York ) admission free / retiring collection Friday 26 May • 1:10 to 1:40 • All Saints', North Street, York, YO1 6JD • Robert Sharpe () admission free / retiring collection Friday 26 May • 1:10 • York Minster, YO1 7HG • Tim Hone (All Saints', Pavement, York) Minster admission prices apply Bank Holiday Monday 29 May • 11:00 • Christ Church, Skipton, BD23 2AH • Andrew Cantrill (Royal Hospital School, Holbrook) • admission free / retiring collection SOUTH YORKSHIRE Saturday 13 May • 2:30 • Penistone Paramount, S36 6DY • Phil Kelsall (Tower Ballroom, Blackpool) admission £10T Thursday 18 May • 8:00 to 8:45 • St Mark's, Broomhill, Sheffield, S10 2SE • Adam Parrish (York St John Univer- sity) • admission free / retiring collection Friday 26 May • 1:10 to 2:00 • Doncaster Minster, DN1 1RD • Matthew Blaiden ( Minster) • admission free / retiring collection Wednesday 10 May • 1:00 to 1:50 • , BD1 4EH • Winfried Bönig (Cologne Cathedral, Germa- ny) • admission free / retiring collection Thursday 11 May • 1:00 to 1:45 • , HX1 1QL • David Houlder (Leeds Minster) • admission free / retiring collection Friday 12 May • 12:30 to 1:05 • Leeds Minster, LS2 7DJ • Matthew Blaiden (Leeds Minster) • admission free / retiring collection Friday 12 May • 1:00 to 1:40 • St Giles', , WF8 1AT • Shaun Turnbull (Blackburn Cathedral) admission £4 Saturday 13 May • 7:30 to 8:30 • Holy Trinity & St Jude, Halifax, HX1 2HE • Ted O'Hare (Hebden Bridge) admission free / retiring collection Sunday 14 May • 2:30 • Victoria Hall, Saltaire, BD18 3JS • Joe Marsh (Howden-le-Wear, County Durham) admission £10 / COS members £8 Monday 15 May • 1:10 to 2:00 • , LS2 8BE • Benjamin Saunders with Una Barry (Soprano) admission free Wednesday 17 May • 1:00 to 1:50 • Bradford Cathedral, BD1 4EH • Joshua Stephens (Sheffield Cathedral) admission free / retiring collection Thursday 18 May • 1:00 to 1:45 • Halifax Minster, HX1 1QL • Robert Sudall (Bingley) • admission free / retiring collection

6 4. Organ recitals in Yorkshire in May

Friday 19 May • 12:30 to 1:05 • Leeds Minster, LS2 7DJ • Paul Dewhurst (Leeds Minster) • admission free / retiring collection Friday 19 May • 1:00 to 1:40 • St Giles', Pontefract, WF8 1AT • Christopher Newton (St Bartholomew's, , Leeds) • admission £4 Saturday 20 May • 3:00 to 3:50 • St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield, WF14 9HY • Gordon Stewart (Kirklees Borough Organist) • admission free / retiring collection Monday 22 May • 1:10 to 2:00 • Leeds Cathedral, LS2 8BE • David Pipe (Leeds Cathedral) • admission free Wednesday 24 May • 1:00 to 1:50 • Bradford Cathedral, BD1 4EH • Sarah MacDonald (Selwyn College, Cambridge) • admission free / retiring collection Thursday 25 May • 1:00 to 1:45 • Halifax Minster, HX1 1QL • Celia Sharples (Rochdale) • admission free / retiring collection Friday 26 May • 12:30 to 1:05 • Leeds Minster, LS2 7DJ • Sachin Gunga () • admission free / retiring collection Friday 26 May • 1:00 to 1:40 • St Giles', Pontefract, WF8 1AT • Thomas Moore (Wakefield Cathedral) • admission £4 Saturday 27 May • 7:30 • St Giles', Pontefract, WF8 1AT • Donald MacKenzie (Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square) • admission details unknown Bank Holiday Monday 29 May • 11:00 to 12:00 • St Bartholomew's, Armley, LS12 1SR • Graham Barber (St Bartholomew's, Armley, Leeds) • admission £7 / Friends of the Armley Schulze £1 Wednesday 31 May • 1:00 to 1:50 • Bradford Cathedral, BD1 4EH • Alexander Woodrow (Solihull School) • ad- mission free / retiring collection

7 8 9 6. List of YDOA Presidents

Founded in 1945 1980s

1945-6 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow 1980-1 Robert Hall 1946-7 Reginald Shephard Rose 1981-2 Michael Latham 1947-8 Archie W Sargent 1982-3 Richard Crosby 1948-9 Francis Alan Jackson 1983-4 Peter Maw 1949-50 H Reginald Mason 1984-5 Eric Grewer 1950s 1985-7 David Templeman 1987-8 Lloyd D Smith 1950-1 Frederick Waine 1988-9 Geoffrey Coffin 1951-2 Reginald Shephard Rose 1989-91 George Pilling 1952-3 Edmund Stanley Walton 1953-4 Benjamin Dawson 1990s 1954-5 Benjamin Summerton 1991-3 Douglas Heath 1955-6 W Allen Bean 1993-4 Nicholas Page 1956-7 George James Stacey 1994-5 David Simpson 1957-8 Joseph Samuel McElheran 1995-6 Alan Aspinal 1958-9 Walter Hartley 1996-7 Peter Whitehead 1959-60 Benjamin Dawson 1997-8 Maureen Murfitt-Swindells 1960s 1998-9 Jean Pilling 1999-2000 Edmund Cooke 1960-1 Bernard J Porter 1961-2 Ronald Perrin 2000s 1962-3 William Addamson 2000-1 Alfred Boddison 1963-4 Alec C Cooper 2001-2 Cynthia Wood 1964-5 Evelyne G Bowmer 2002-3 Edmund Cooke 1965-6 George L Baggaley 2003-4 David Simpson 1966-7 Tom Ward 2004-5 Philip Paul 1967-8 Alec Brodie 2005-7 Phillip Sangwine 1968-9 Michael Minns 2007-9 Andrew Roberts 1969-70 Avena Helen Norfor 2009-11 Adrian Crawford 1970s 2010s

1970-1 Lloyd D Smith 2011-13 Raymond Sturdy 1971-2 Colin McGarritty 2013-15 Nigel Holdsworth 1972-3 Michael Phipps 2015- Joan Johnson 1973-4 Jack Judson

1974-5 Alfred Alcock 1975-6 A Austin Winterbottom

1976-7 Peter Whitehead 1977-8 Ruth Smith 1978-9 Maureen Murfitt-Swindells 1979-80 Geoffrey Hunter

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