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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

www.ydoa.co.uk

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.

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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

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1. YDOA Programme

YDOA Events

2017 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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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.

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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?

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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 Minster)

admission free / retiring collection

Friday 26 May • 1:10 to 1:40 • All Saints', North Street, York, YO1 6JD • Robert Sharpe (York Minster)

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 (Leeds Minster) • admission free /

retiring collection

WEST YORKSHIRE

Wednesday 10 May • 1:00 to 1:50 • Bradford Cathedral, BD1 4EH • Winfried Bönig (Cologne Cathedral, Germa-

ny) • admission free / retiring collection

Thursday 11 May • 1:00 to 1:45 • Halifax Minster, 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', Pontefract, 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 • Leeds Cathedral, 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

4. Organ recitals in Yorkshire in May

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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, Armley,

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 (Wakefield Cathedral) • 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

4. Organ recitals in Yorkshire in May

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6. 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