What are you listening to now?

[Sorrano]

Dear Sorrano, you and Chris will probably want me on a gibbet for this (you won't be the only ones!), but organs do sound terribly out of tune as a general rule.
Oops.
Still, given the acoustic they are normally heard in, ça passe!

That isn't surprising, given that it's no small matter to tune an organ with a large number of pipes. Also, the ambiance of the room wherein they are installed can cause constant fluctuation with the tuning depending upon changing temperatures, drafts, etc. Electric organs, of course, are another matter, but they are less fun.

[Sorrano]

An afterthought, as well, with respect to the pipes, their sizes, acoustics, etc., the harmonics that they produce will also complicate the overall tuning scheme.

[Roehre]

Today:

Grisey:
4 Chants pour franchir le seuil (1998) (R3 iPlayer)

Striggio:
Missa Ecco si beato Giorno (c.1566)

Bridge:
The Christmas Rose (1919 orch. 1929)

[Quijote]

Rota was a (mostly) film composer. [...]

What a coincidence! I read recently that Ginastera thought that Rota could write the music if ever the subject of his opera Bomarzo was to be made into a film version.

[Quijote]

Ginastera even thought that Visconti could be the director, should the film project come about. As it turned out, Visconti had another film project in mind (Death in Venice), and we all know what music he chose for that!
I'm not helping the Blue Baron here I hope for his Xmas Teaser Special?

[Sorrano]

What a coincidence! I read recently that Ginastera thought that Rota could write the music if ever the subject of his opera Bomarzo was to be made into a film version.

That is interesting; see, he wasn't such a rotter after all!

[Sorrano]

Rudolph Ganz was probably better known as a pianist. I was totally unfamiliar with him, as well. This might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Ganz

Thought I should add a bit of a postscript here. The concerto did have a bit of a jazzy flavor to it; it was interesting to listen to.

This morning:
Bernard Hermann: Currier and Ives Suit

[Quijote]

An afterthought, as well, with respect to the pipes, their sizes, acoustics, etc., the harmonics that they produce will also complicate the overall tuning scheme.

OK then, time for me to listen to that famous 'Organ' symphony by that French geezer, forgotten his name ...

[Sorrano]

But geeze, he was a good geezer, after all.

[Michael]

But geeze, he was a good geezer, after all.

Wasn't he canonised?

[Sorrano]

Wasn't he canonised?

I must be slow this morning. It took me a couple of minutes to get that.

[Quijote]

Wasn't he canonised?

Yes, Beethoven made a canon on his name!
[To the rhythm of a certain movement of the 8th symphony] :
Sa-int Saëns, Sa-int Saëns, Sa-int Saëns ...dah dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, dah-di dah...