Worcester Cathedral organ

Most of this organ was removed in 2006 in order to make way for a new instrument by Kenneth Tickell, which was completed in the summer of 2008.

Slightly different, isn't it?We absolutely need to reconstitute this one; of course, in order to stay historically correct, we also need to reconstitute the iceberg as well. Anyway, we have our Titanics of today, but they usually only crashes between stock exchanges -or between changing fashions...-Back to Hill, I found this page that shows how fast the ideas evolve today.

I think the proposal is that both organs are to be built, maybe with a common console as well.The current Worcester Cathedral organ is a disaster and has been for many years - you cannot judge an instrument just by hearing it on a CD recording.The proposals for two new organs look interesting, but why the need for two instruments? The instrument is very much on its last legs and we must be kind and have her 'put-down'.The original Hill instrument was taken out (all except the Transept Case) when Hope Jones built the then new instrument - if you wish to hear a large part of this and see part of the original quire case from the instrument, then visit the church of All Saints, Cheltenham, Glos - this is where a large proportion of it remains!Also, given the size of the Cathedral at Worcester I must say that I think it is an excellent idea to have two instruments... What we tend to forget in the UK is that most of our Cathedral Organs cannot fulfil their job effectively as they are trying to do two several things at once... not least try and fill two spaces... that of the Quire and the Nave.

Franck......yes, but. In the case of instruments sited on choir screens, I guess this does create problems for the designer in producing an ideal concept able to adequately serve the needs of both nave and choir.I would suggest that the Hope-Jonesophiles will be massing over this. This results in particularly thrilling effects when one sits in the quire for cathedral evensong as the sounds and vibrations of the organ are so close to you.Full swell at Worcester is very exciting, and settings like Howells St Pauls service, or Jackson in G, which include trumpet fanfares coming through the texture (played on the fiery Gt. Pipe dreams have been achieved as the long awaited organ has now been installed in the Cathedral Quire...Worcester Cathedral now has a new pipe organ in the Cathedral Quire. I love it that way, because it is one of the instruments that impressed me the most with their musical qualities.However, the introduction of the electric action allowed our happy hoping Robert to redesign *slightly*Hill's previous scheme. (Kindly provided by Relf Clark, 1993). I agree the organ after the rebuild in the 1970's made a wonderful sound, but on hearing it recently it sounds tired and loosing wind.I know little of the Worcester Cathedral organ, but I guess that the need for two organs is based on the fact that many of our cathedral main organs were designed to speak into the choir (or quire if you prefer it) and not so much into the knave. See what Mr Mander wrote on the "Tierce mixtures" thread about Willis and Hill.This is something else as a merely "roar", as full as it may be. He became organist and director of music at Worcester Cathedral in 1996 and artistic director of the Worcester Three Choirs Festival.Previously he had been assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral (1983–90) before becoming organist and master of the choristers at Portsmouth Cathedral (1990–96). Until recently there was a large four-manual organ, originally built by Hope Jones. The organ, which has cost nearly £1m, has been funded as part of the Cathedral's Appeal for Music and Light.