Organ CD’s from Around the Globe Including “Key Expressions for Organ” books ORGAN1st: Issue Six www.organ.co.uk May to July 2000 1 WelcomeWelcome ToTo IssueIssue SixSix Welcome to issue six of our This issue features an Nicholas Martin, Ernest new and (possibly) improved arrangement of the classic Broadbent, John Bowdler, newsletter. Thank you to song “As Time Goes By” by Michael Wooldridge, Eddie everyone who filled in the organist Tony Back and we Layton, Billy Preston, a video questionnaire which was sent also have a new CD available of Phil Kelsall and much more. with the last issue. We have from him. We also feature an Sheet music on our website! sorted through your replies and interview with the legendary listed some of the more Lenny Dee which is a transcript If you like our “Key Expressions interesting information on p.14. of a British local radio interview for Organ” books, please note that you can now download Regular readers will notice that he gave to Ian Wolstenholme in late-1999 which we thought sample pieces from our we have split the recordings website. These are limited to into various sections in this we would print for the people who cannot receive the station. non-copyright pieces (i.e. issue. We have Electronic, classical and original Theatre, Classical / Pipe, Other profiles in this issue compositions), but they are Fairground and Piano. We include Byron Jones, Michael complete versions (3-5 pages thought we would do this to see Wooldridge and John Bowdler. each). They are in PDF format, if people prefered it this way. We also have many more new so you will need Adobe Acrobat Some CD’s were tricky to additions including more from to view them (which is free place, such as the ones played Klaus Wunderlich, including a too!). We also have a special on electronic ‘theatre’ organs, special offer for our subscribers THREE FOR TWO offer in but we have put these in the (see page 22). There are other this issue for subscribers theatre section rather than the CD’s from Phil Kelsall, only (see page 20-21). electronic one. Subscriptions Contents List Four issues (One Year). Price includes postage. 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Delivery may take a day or two longer after £10.75 £9.15 £21.95 £18.68 our newsletters/update sheets have been sent out as we get £10.95 £9.32 £23.95 £20.38 a lot of orders during this period 3 ProfileProfile ofof MichaelMichael WooldridgeWooldridge cocktail pianist, has worked at heard on the popular BBC Radio venues as diverse as Butlins 2 programme, “The Organist Holiday Centres and the Savoy Entertains,” and he has also been Hotel in London. featured on television, both Michael loves the world of musical playing and demonstrating the theatre and spent a very happy magnificent Compton organ at couple of years both playing and The Pavilion Theatre in providing Musical Direction for the Bournemouth.