The visit to
Sidney Sussex with Gwilym was memorable.
I was a guest at the 1596 Foundation Dinner which also celebrated the
completion of the new Chamber Organ which was made by Taylor and Boody, their Opus
66. The organ is a historic mean-tone
organ, which in my simple analysis if comparing it with great organs, would be
like comparing a harpsichord with a piano.
I may be doing Taylor and Boody a great disservice but how do you
describe something that you have never heard the like of before. We heard a new work by Eric Whitacre the
resident composer and Fantasia by William Byrd
(d.1623) which was played by the
Musician in residence, Stephen Farr Oh
and there was the college choir too who sang ‘If King Manasses’ by Thomas
Weekes (d,1623) and ‘Rejoice in the Lord’ by Henry Purcell (d.1695). The choir was accompanied by organ scholars. It was all a unique musical treat.
In
discussion after supper Gwilym and I moved along our plans for links with Sidney
Sussex.
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