Journal of the YDOA

November 2016

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 Secretary Adam Parrish 07858 025527

Editor of ‘The PipeLine’ John Ridgeway-Wood 01904 865877

www.ydoa.co.uk

The PipeLine

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Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................ 3

2. YDOA Programme ....................................................... 4

3. Previous Event ............................................................ 5

4. November Event ......................................................... 6

5. December Event .......................................................... 7

6. Article I by Maximillian Elliott ................................. 8

7. Article II by Peter Godden and Pat Wolsey................ 9

8. List of YDOA Presidents ............................................ 10

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1. Introduction

Greetings from the new nerve centre of ‘The

PipeLine’ editorial offices! Here at Bombarde

Towers we're having a few teething troubles

with our state of the art IT equipment, and my

first message comes to you via an iPad, linked to

an iPhone, via Auntie Ada's knitting machine!

As the new editor, I have a lot to live up to,

following on from Maximillian Elliott and

Stephanie Holdsworth, but I hope that I can

keep up the tradition of interesting articles and

photographs. My first edition is a little bit thin

due to the aforementioned IT problems - my

computer died - but I hope that normal service

will resume next month.

Please feel free to make comments, write

articles, send in photographs, and buy me a

drink in the pub. I hope you enjoy this edition!

John Ridgeway-Wood

Editor of ‘The PipeLine’

john@jr-w.me.uk

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2. YDOA Programme

Events 2016-17

November Wednesday 23rd (17:15) Evensong at York Minster and Organ Archive Recordings

Presented by Robert Sharpe at 1 Minster Court, York

December Wednesday 7th (19:30) Social and Quiz Presented by Ian Beilby

Castlegate Masonic Hall, York

January Saturday 28th (14:00) Open Console ‘Explore the world of the pipe organ’

St Helen’s Church, York

February Saturday 25th (14:00) Lecture ‘Elgar and the organ’

St Wilfrid’s RC Church, York

March Friday 17th (18:30) Annual Dinner Guest Speaker: Jeremy Dibble

Monkbar Hotel, York

April Saturday 29th (14:00) Masterclass on French Romantic Music with Gerard Brooks

St Chad’s Church, Campleshon Road, York

May Saturday 20th (11:30) Spring Outing to Selby Abbey and Talk by Geoffrey Coffin

Selby Abbey

June Saturday 24th (14:00) Visit to the Scarborough Fair Collection

Flower of May Holiday Park, Lebberston Cliff, Scarborough

July Sunday 23rd — Friday 18th IAO Music Festival

Oxford

August Saturday 19th (11:00) Visit to Banks Music Publications and Castle Howard

The Granary, Wath Court, Hovingham

September Saturday 30th (14:00) Composite Recital given by YDOA Student Group

All Saints’ Church, North Street, York

October Saturday 21st (14:00) Organ Recital by Philip Meaden and AGM

Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York

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3. Previous Event

PREVIOUS EVENT

Organ Recital by Matthew Atherton and AGM

On Saturday 22nd October members and friends gathered in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate York to hear a recital

given by Matthew Atherton, Director of Music at Aysgarth School.

Matthew began his recital with an exhilarating performance of Widor’s ‘Allegro from Symphony 6’. This was

followed by a Daquin ‘Noel, sur les grande d’Anches, sans tremblant, et en duo’. Of the three pieces by J. S. Bach,

the chorale prelude ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme’ BWV 645 had an additional element in the melody which one

might describe as a ‘Matthew Atherton Christmas Special’. The programme also included a ‘Trumpet Minuet’ by A.

Hollins, W. Walton’s ‘Crown Imperial’, C. Camillieri’s ‘Wine of Peace’, a light-hearted piece by Michael Kidd entitled

‘Chaffinch’ and ended with the ever popular ‘Carillon de Westminster’ by L. Vierne. This was a superb recital,

technically brilliant and Matthew’s choice of registration showed off the colours of this fine instrument.

After the recital members made their way round to the Lower Hall of the URC in Priory Street for the A.G.M. Before

the meeting refreshments were served and members were once again able to sample Helen’s delicious cakes. The

meeting proceeded smoothly with approval given and points voted on where required.

Joan Johnson

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4. November Event

NEXT EVENT

Evensong at York Minster and Organ Archive Recordings

The next YDOA event will be Evensong at 17:15 in York Minster on Wednesday 23rd November followed by an

evening of archive recordings presented by Robert Sharpe at 1 Minster Court.

Due to space constraints, the number of places for this event have been limited to twenty-five and allocated on a

‘first-come-first-served’ basis. For those members who have signed up and been allocated a space, the

arrangements for the evening are as follows: after Evensong members will meet near the Nave console and be

welcomed by Robert Sharpe. We will then proceed to 1 Minster Court, where refreshments will be served and a

collection of archive material displayed. Robert Sharpe will then give a talk about the Minster organ, accompanied

by a series of recordings. He will also talk about the house and its two organs which members will have an

opportunity to play.

Joan Johnson

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5. December Event

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6. Article I

YDOA Student Group

by Maximillian Elliott

The YDOA Student Group was founded in 1965 by Past President Bernard Porter in order to encourage and

support young organists. Sadly, the YDOA Student Group was disbanded many years ago due to dwindling

numbers. However, a recent revival of interest in York for organs and organ music has prompted Maximillian

Elliott to re-found the YDOA Student Group in 2016.

Currently comprising eight members, the YDOA Student Group is extremely keen to grow and we have received a

huge amount of support from the rest of the YDOA. Our first ‘official’ event was a social evening at a local York

public house on Friday 14th of October 2016. A group photograph from this evening can be seen above and it

highlights some of the youthful enthusiasm that we are keen to encourage.

On the 3rd of December, the YDOA Student Group is going on an organ crawl across the East Riding. We will be

visiting Nigel Perry’s house organ in Melbourne, the Roman Catholic Chapel in Everingham and John Scott

Whiteley’s house organ in Everingham. This promises to be a wonderful day and I hope that our eight members

will be able to strengthen the social bonds that were created at our inaugural event.

In order to showcase our talented young musicians, the committee has decided to host a Composite Recital by

members of the YDOA Student Group, which will take place at All Saints’ Church, North Street, York on the 30th of

September 2017. In the meantime, the YDOA Student Group will host events of all varieties and we hope that the

love of organs and organ music will continue to grow among young musicians. If you know any students who play

the organ, or are keen to learn, please ask them to consider joining the YDOA. Any eligible YDOA members will

then automatically be enrolled into the YDOA Student Group.

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7. Article II

St George’s Hall, Liverpool

by Peter Godden and Pat Wolsey

St George’s Hall contains one of the world’s finest concert organs; some would still say the finest. Built by Father

Henry Willis in 1855, and restored to its 1931 state after damage during World War II, it has survived the

attempted demolition of hall and organ by the Liverpool militants in the 1980s and is a part of the city’s heritage.

Following on our intrepid trip across the Pennines earlier in the year, members may be interested to know that

regular recitals are given by Ian Tracey, City organist, and details are on the above poster. Admission is

astonishingly cheap for what you receive. Liverpool is served by two good trains (good trains, not goods trains) an

hour from York, and St George’s Hall is just across the road from Lime Street Station when you get there. There is

of course a very good café in the hall, and a huge variety of other eating/drinking houses in that part of the city.

As you will see, they are expanding in 2017 from simply Tuesday lunchtime recitals to Sunday afternoon ones as

well, very much in the WT Best tradition to which Liverpool proudly clings.

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8. List of YDOA Presidents

1980s

1980-1 Robert Hall

1981-2 Michael Latham

1982-3 Richard Crosby

1983-4 Peter Maw

1984-5 Eric Grewer

1985-7 David Templeman

1987-8 Lloyd D Smith

1988-9 Geoffrey Coffin

1989-91 George Pilling

1990s

1991-3 Douglas Heath

1993-4 Nicholas Page

1994-5 David Simpson

1995-6 Alan Aspinal

1996-7 Peter Whitehead

1997-8 Maureen Murfitt-Swindells

1998-9 Jean Pilling

1999-2000 Edmund Cooke

2000s

2000-1 Alfred Boddison

2001-2 Cynthia Wood

2002-3 Edmund Cooke

2003-4 David Simpson

2004-5 Philip Paul

2005-7 Phillip Sangwine

2007-9 Andrew Roberts

2009-11 Adrian Crawford

2010s

2011-13 Raymond Sturdy

2013-15 Nigel Holdsworth

2015- Joan Johnson

Founded in 1945

1945-6 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

1946-7 Reginald Shephard Rose

1947-8 Archie W Sargent

1948-9 Francis Alan Jackson

1949-50 H Reginald Mason

1950s

1950-1 Frederick Waine

1951-2 Reginald Shephard Rose

1952-3 Edmund Stanley Walton

1953-4 Benjamin Dawson

1954-5 Benjamin Summerton

1955-6 W Allen Bean

1956-7 George James Stacey

1957-8 Joseph Samuel McElheran

1958-9 Walter Hartley

1959-60 Benjamin Dawson

1960s

1960-1 Bernard J Porter

1961-2 Ronald Perrin

1962-3 William Addamson

1963-4 Alec C Cooper

1964-5 Evelyne G Bowmer

1965-6 George L Baggaley

1966-7 Tom Ward

1967-8 Alec Brodie

1968-9 Michael Minns

1969-70 Avena Helen Norfor

1970s

1970-1 Lloyd D Smith

1971-2 Colin McGarritty

1972-3 Michael Phipps

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