The Initial Noel Pt. two – Xmas Eve 2004 – St. John The Divine, NYC
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Right correct right here is a recording from the 2004 ten.30PM Midnight Mass Assistance at The Cathedral of St. John The Divine, NYC. Timothy J. Brumfield, Organist and Johnson Flucker, Director of Cathedral Audio conducting the Cathedral Mixed Choirs, with brass, timpani and strings. The final verse is Tim Brumfield's person arrangement! (A number of numerous thanks Tim!). This is the conclusion from the preliminary clip, this type of as the last verse and Tim's mini organ improvisation at the complete of the last verse. This recording functions the 'temporary' three-manual/pedal Allen digital organ set up just a few of of days prior to the 2001 Xmas Eve service, right following the devastating December 18th, 2001 fire in the North Transept. The sound of the Allen on this recording was the best it ever before prior to sounded in the Cathedral, following a lot experimentation with speaker placement and tuning from the console by Organ Curator Doug Hunt and Allen's technicians. You will see a picture of the recording setup on the genuine 1910 Op. a hundred and fifty/150A Skinner console, nonetheless coated in dust from the devastating fire on Dec. 18th, 2001 - with a hand-produced be conscious by Organ Curator Doug Hunt telling people 'Do Not Touch' the console! Previous Cathedral Organist Dorothy Papadakos's aged Sony DAT recorder is beneath the HHB CD burner I utilized to capture these solutions for a few of of numerous years following the 2001 fire. A single Sony stereo mic was suspended from the Choir ceiling, and linked to a no-title mic preamp/mixer. This setup was in location for a few of of weeks prior to the 2001 fire ...
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And the reason the console was covered in dust was to allow the insurance adjusters to see how the 2001 fire affected the console – so no cleaning or anything else was done for insurance reasons….It took over 3 years for the Cathedral and the various insurance companies to reach an agreement on a final $ value for the organ and entire Cathedral – another very long story…
Since the original Skinner console was ‘modified’ in the 1960′s (one of the Cathedral’s organists took a hacksaw and cut off part of the right-hand shell in order to ‘see’ the choir and nave better, and the AS rebuild in the early 1950′s moved the combination machines to below the south Choir stalls so the original 1910 combination action wasn’t in use), it was decided to build a new console to the original Skinner specs and style – and the new Quimby console fits much better in the organ loft.
But listening to it again it doesnt sound too bad here…and its sad to see the Skinner console covered in dust. Its too bad they elected not to re-use the Skinner console shell in the rebuild.
wow that dreadful Allen…