| 05/10/2009 |
Welcome to the blog! |
| 05/10/2009 |
Winter is the danger season for pipe organs! |
| 05/10/2009 |
Have you thought of joining your local organists’ society? |
| 22/10/2009 |
Bridal chit-chat (01): which Figaro piece? |
| 26/10/2009 |
Did you know about SCOTS? |
| 08/11/2009 |
Electronic pianos are awful! |
| 17/11/2009 |
Don’t play anything religious! |
| 21/11/2009 |
Secular music in church |
| 27/11/2009 |
Organist funeral fees |
| 28/11/2009 |
Fees: what if you don’t get paid? |
| 04/12/2009 |
Bridal chit-chat (02): hotel wedding (1) |
| 14/12/2009 |
Bridal chit-chat (03): hotel wedding (2) |
| 21/12/2009 |
Christmas past … |
| 31/12/2009 |
Christmas just past … |
| 05/01/2010 |
Getting rid of an old electronic piano |
| 09/01/2010 |
Getting rid of a new electronic piano |
| 12/01/2010 |
Bridal chit-chat (04): who decides the stops? |
| 13/01/2010 |
Paranoia? Never! |
| 21/01/2010 |
Electronic organs (1) |
| 28/01/2010 |
Electronic organs (2) |
| 03/02/2010 |
Interlude: the uses of Youtube |
| 09/02/2010 |
The organ and other instruments |
| 17/02/2010 |
Pianists coming to the organ: the basics |
| 24/02/2010 |
Pianists: when you’ve finally been hooked … |
| 03/03/2010 |
Pianists (3) Electronic organs (3) |
| 10/03/2010 |
Bridal chit-chat (05): the wedding with 31 organists |
| 24/03/2010 |
Is there anyone out there? |
| 04/04/2010 |
The Vigil |
| 13/04/2010 |
Should Catholic organists be paid? |
| 23/04/2010 |
Ohh hohh hohh-oh-oh! |
| 06/05/2010 |
Bring flowers of the rarest |
| 17/05/2010 |
Bridal chit-chat (06): ‘Bring flowers of the rarest’ |
| 28/05/2010 |
Twitter twitter about the MacMillan Mass |
| 06/07/2010 |
Papal Mass preparations |
| 08/07/2010 |
Sheep may safely practise! |
| 16/07/2010 |
Religious experiences on holiday |
| 20/07/2010 |
Announcement: Practise MacMillan Mass on this webs |
| 25/07/2010 |
Affairs Papal still developing |
| 01/08/2010 |
The longest day |
| 04/08/2010 |
Bridal chit-chat (07): the unexpected wedding |
| 07/08/2010 |
Announcement: a little extra help for the Sanctus |
| 10/08/2010 |
Technical mayhem |
| 18/08/2010 |
Bridal chit-chat (08): soloists |
| 25/08/2010 |
Those sheep again! |
| 30/08/2010 |
Announcement: At last a CD of Bellahouston music! |
| 12/09/2010 |
Papal music galore! |
| 14/09/2010 |
The Pope and the Blog – Summing up |
| 27/09/2010 |
Recovering … |
| 03/10/2010 |
Hunt the Organist |
| 15/10/2010 |
Organists in training |
| 19/10/2010 |
Announcement: webpages are changing |
| 24/10/2010 |
Mistakes and senior moments |
| 29/10/2010 |
Hallelujah! |
| 06/11/2010 |
Announcement: Publications page |
| 07/11/2010 |
1560 and all that |
| 15/11/2010 |
The Anytoun Old Kirk emails (1) |
| 16/11/2010 |
Announcement: Playing the Organ page has started |
| 22/11/2010 |
The Anytoun Old Kirk emails (2) |
| 27/11/2010 |
The Anytoun Old Kirk emails (3) |
| 01/12/2010 |
The Anytoun Old Kirk emails (4) |
| 06/12/2010 |
Snow snow and more snow |
| 12/12/2010 |
In the beginning |
| 22/12/2010 |
Snow on snow snow on snow |
| 31/12/2010 |
How times do change … |
| 09/01/2011 |
Getting there |
| 18/01/2011 |
Announcement: check out the organ page! |
| 29/01/2011 |
Listening for the angels |
| 04/02/2011 |
Music for the New Mass : opportunity to comment. |
| 13/02/2011 |
Gregorian without the melismas |
| 21/02/2011 |
Bridal chit-chat (09): beware the piper! |
| 04/03/2011 |
Turning the page |
| 20/03/2011 |
Why the blobs? |
| 06/04/2011 |
Announcement: have you booked for Saturday 9 April |
| 24/04/2011 |
MacMillan at the Vigil |
| 12/05/2011 |
When is a hymn book not a hymn book? |
| 28/05/2011 |
Pastorale |
| 13/06/2011 |
Announcement: View from the grass roots |
| 23/06/2011 |
Three-and-a-half beats? |
| 03/07/2011 |
Out and about (1) |
| 12/07/2011 |
Out and about (2) |
| 24/07/2011 |
Confronting the Blobs |
| 04/08/2011 |
ICEL chant accompaniments – update |
| 16/08/2011 |
Out and about (3) |
| 24/08/2011 |
Out and about (4) |
| 25/08/2011 |
ICEL chant accompaniments – Kyrie and Gloria |
| 28/08/2011 |
The Transposing Problem |
| 04/09/2011 |
The Great Change has started! |
| 09/09/2011 |
And the good news … |
| 05/10/2011 |
Last call for Bonnyrigg! |
| 12/10/2011 |
Out and about (5) |
| 19/10/2011 |
Going with a bang |
| 25/10/2011 |
If at first you don’t succeed … |
| 02/11/2011 |
Bridal chit-chat (10): problems with ushers |
| 23/11/2011 |
The Disposable Gloria |
| 01/01/2012 |
Happy New Year! |
| 12/01/2012 |
Rumours rumours everywhere |
| 19/01/2012 |
Girning about GIRM |
| 26/01/2012 |
Rumours (2) |
| 03/02/2012 |
Bridal chit-chat (11): the reluctant bride |
| 11/02/2012 |
Whatever happened to the singing pinkie? |
| 17/02/2012 |
Only temporary – honest! |
| 28/02/2012 |
Organist fees: is this Paradise? |
| 05/03/2012 |
Thoughtfully yours |
| 13/03/2012 |
Redressing the balance |
| 20/03/2012 |
Announcement: Chants for Holy Week and Easter |
| 06/04/2012 |
Happy Easter everyone! |
| 24/04/2012 |
Blog goes Down Under! |
| 03/05/2012 |
Announcement: Linlithgow Singing Day 19 May |
| 16/05/2012 |
Still time to book for 19 May at Linlithgow! |
| 26/05/2012 |
Rumours (3): Bring flowers of the rarest |
| 02/06/2012 |
Where have the wicked men gone? |
| 09/06/2012 |
Two ways of Going Home |
| 17/06/2012 |
Australia – the land of the dotted blobs! |
| 25/06/2012 |
Outages |
| 04/07/2012 |
Bridal chit-chat (12): where has the priest gone? |
| 12/07/2012 |
Tweet tweet! |
| 20/07/2012 |
Organwear |
| 04/08/2012 |
And also with your spirit |
| 17/08/2012 |
Bridal chit-chat (13): video fees |
| 26/08/2012 |
A Happy Ship! |
| 02/09/2012 |
More ships! |
| 13/09/2012 |
Bridal chit-chat (14): the early bride |
| 28/09/2012 |
At church in Orkney |
| 10/10/2012 |
Announcement: Getting to Grips with the Gloria |
| 29/10/2012 |
Glorias galore! |
| 30/11/2012 |
Recovery under way! |
| 10/12/2012 |
The seaweed-eating sheep of North Ronaldsay! |
| 15/12/2012 |
New resources for download |
| 01/01/2013 |
Happy New Year! |
| 13/01/2013 |
Winging it! |
| 10/02/2013 |
Don’t go away! |
| 17/03/2013 |
Update |
| 18/03/2013 |
Shocked |
| 19/03/2013 |
Easter approaches … |
| 20/03/2013 |
Bring flowers of the rarest – yet again! |
| 27/03/2013 |
Cushions |
| 29/03/2013 |
And a hymn book |
| 31/03/2013 |
Easter greetings! |
| 09/04/2013 |
Getting there – slowly |
| 17/04/2013 |
Pedalling again! |
| 19/04/2013 |
Praise pedal problems |
| 21/04/2013 |
Just one thing after another |
| 02/05/2013 |
Announcement: Singing Day on 31 August |
| 12/05/2013 |
Organwear (2) |
| 21/05/2013 |
Changes ahead! |
| 26/05/2013 |
Orkney pilot |
| 02/06/2013 |
Approval committee revisited |
| 10/06/2013 |
Organist fees revisited |
| 02/07/2013 |
A Catholic blog list |
| 07/07/2013 |
Harmonium memories |
| 19/07/2013 |
Calling beginner organists! A chance to overcome nerves |
| 05/08/2013 |
Two volunteers already! |
| 25/08/2013 |
I’ll never organise one of these again! |
| 06/09/2013 |
Now that the dust has settled … |
| 25/09/2013 |
The perennial question – why don’t Catholics sing? |
| 30/09/2013 |
MacMillan on Musica Sacra |
| 21/10/2013 |
Rural holiday |
| 10/11/2013 |
Our wonderful acoustic just got even better! |
| 20/11/2013 |
A Gloria from scratch! |
| 24/11/2013 |
Thoughts on James MacMillan’s latest statement |
| 14/12/2013 |
More on MacMillan |
| 01/01/2014 |
A New Year begins … |
| 06/01/2014 |
Epiphany Blues |
| 14/01/2014 |
Fame at last? |
| 28/01/2014 |
A reader’s view: guest post by Gill |
| 15/02/2014 |
I must have missed something! |
| 23/02/2014 |
100 Easy Hymns |
| 28/02/2014 |
You must read this! |
| 09/03/2014 |
MacMillan v NMAB – next round |
| 16/03/2014 |
Chant – why the fuss? |
| 27/03/2014 |
The Open Diapason nearly hit the Benylin! |
| 01/04/2014 |
Lent and Laudate |
| 16/04/2014 |
Holy Week is crisis time! |
| 07/05/2014 |
Choirs ain’t what they used to be! |
| 16/05/2014 |
Audio files can really help! |
| 23/05/2014 |
The Pope’s favourite Mass setting |
| 30/05/2014 |
About time |
| 06/06/2014 |
Complaints department |
| 13/06/2014 |
So easy to miss the obvious |
| 20/06/2014 |
Bringing them in |
| 27/06/2014 |
It’s happened again! |
| 04/07/2014 |
House-keeping |
| 11/07/2014 |
He who sings prays twice? Really? |
| 18/07/2014 |
House-keeping (2) |
| 18/07/2014 |
A Wonderful O-Puss! |
| 25/07/2014 |
Where is everyone? |
| 01/08/2014 |
The Sign of … well Tension mainly. |
| 08/08/2014 |
Bridal chit-chat (15): the non-weddings |
| 15/08/2014 |
Assumpta est Maria |
| 22/08/2014 |
Bridal chit-chat (16): technical interference |
| 29/08/2014 |
Bless me Father … |
| 05/09/2014 |
Keyboard thoughts |
| 12/09/2014 |
A light mystery |
| 19/09/2014 |
A personal problem |
| 26/09/2014 |
Bridal chit-chat (17): a very special soloist |
| 10/10/2014 |
Did it really frighten the children? |
| 17/10/2014 |
What is a real organist? |
| 31/10/2014 |
Cantors and confidence |
| 14/11/2014 |
Scottish composers please note! |
| 28/11/2014 |
The dreaded lurgy is with us! |
| 06/12/2014 |
The Christmas Carol Mass has made it! |
| 16/12/2014 |
Improvising at speed |
| 23/12/2014 |
Christmas wishes |
| 24/01/2015 |
Blog has been Down Under |
| 31/01/2015 |
Christmas with a difference |
| 08/02/2015 |
Pre-Loved |
| 26/02/2015 |
Manchester in Melbourne |
| 07/03/2015 |
Tethered to the bar line by Sibelius |
| 23/03/2015 |
Greeting the Gospel in Lent |
| 30/03/2015 |
Let’s stay calm! |
| 07/04/2015 |
Don’t pat the organist! |
| 24/04/2015 |
Bring flowers of the rarest |
| 13/05/2015 |
Knowing what you know |
| 30/05/2015 |
Changes ahead! |
| 18/06/2015 |
It IS a performance |
| 29/06/2015 |
Collecting thoughts |
| 09/07/2015 |
The Big Voice |
| 19/07/2015 |
The Noble Art of Busking |
| 26/07/2015 |
Bridal chit-chat (18): ‘Please stand’ |
| 31/07/2015 |
Eye Op |
| 02/09/2015 |
Back again! |
| 05/09/2015 |
Monsignor Michael Regan – funeral |
| 16/09/2015 |
Potential organists lurking in the congregation? |
| 20/09/2015 |
More on the organist-hunt |
| 01/10/2015 |
A carol Mass for Christmas – no learning required! |
| 08/10/2015 |
More about the Christmas Carol Mass |
| 26/10/2015 |
‘Mind-bogglingly inappropriate’ |
| 08/11/2015 |
A not-immediate’ Gloria |
| 17/11/2015 |
Bridal chit-chat (19): when is a Mass not a Mass? |
| 23/11/2015 |
More about the new Gloria |
| 04/12/2015 |
More about our organ trainees |
| 04/12/2015 |
Christmas Carol Mass download |
| 06/12/2015 |
Wallpaper! That’s all we are! |
| 19/12/2015 |
O Holy Night |
| 20/12/2015 |
O Holy Night – update and goat version |
| 11/01/2016 |
Word-screens |
| 18/01/2016 |
Jerusalem – Blake’s or Parry’s? |
| 01/02/2016 |
Greeting the Gospel in Lent (2) |
| 16/02/2016 |
Bridal chit-chat (20): Euro-weddings |
| 25/02/2016 |
Covered lovely |
| 11/03/2016 |
Going with the flow – Alleluia |
| 23/03/2016 |
Holy Week |
| 05/04/2016 |
Follow that film! |
| 17/04/2016 |
Organ beginners afternoon 28 May: advance notice |
| 27/04/2016 |
Discernment and vibrancy |
| 30/04/2016 |
Organ beginners afternoon 28 May |
| 14/05/2016 |
A choral mystery |
| 01/06/2016 |
Organ beginners |
| 17/06/2016 |
Locks and blocks |
| 26/06/2016 |
Prayer in turmoil |
| 04/07/2016 |
One chorus or two? |
| 11/07/2016 |
Bridal chit-chat (21): the Irish wedding |
| 18/07/2016 |
100 Accessible Hymns |
| 25/07/2016 |
Strange priests |
| 01/08/2016 |
Bridal chit-chat (22): confronting Widor |
| 08/08/2016 |
Gotteslob – can anyone help? |
| 15/08/2016 |
And the people continue acclaiming: |
| 22/08/2016 |
Organwear (3): Glasses |
| 29/08/2016 |
A Recital by the Oracle |
| 05/09/2016 |
Where have all the Catholic organists gone? |
| 12/09/2016 |
After the recital |
| 19/09/2016 |
Bridal chit-chat (23): when the scene just froze |
| 03/10/2016 |
The Singing Organist |
| 10/10/2016 |
Hymns I DON’T want at my funeral! |
| 17/10/2016 |
Getting to grips with Twitter |
| 24/10/2016 |
Mix and match Masses |
| 31/10/2016 |
Christmas panic is starting |
| 14/11/2016 |
A Christmas Gloria |
| 21/11/2016 |
Christmas Gloria – audio files |
| 15/12/2016 |
Desperately catching up! |
| 18/01/2017 |
Back soon! |
| 07/02/2017 |
Bugs galore! |
| 23/02/2017 |
Proof of destruction |
| 27/02/2017 |
Proof of destruction – update |
| 31/03/2017 |
Overtaken by Lent |
| 26/04/2017 |
Windows good and bad |
| 03/05/2017 |
Talk about tasteless |
| 10/05/2017 |
Organist funeral fees (2) |
| 17/05/2017 |
A psalm too far? |
| 24/05/2017 |
Bridal chit-chat (24): which Ave Maria? |
| 31/05/2017 |
Bridal chit-chat (25): Ave Maria continued |
| 08/09/2017 |
Blog returns! |
| 29/09/2017 |
The Incredible Organ Bench Backrest! |
| 17/11/2017 |
A month with a difference |
| 09/12/2017 |
Pipe organs in winter |
| 16/12/2017 |
While we’re on the subject |
| 18/12/2017 |
O Holy Night (again!) |
| 02/01/2018 |
All over bar the shouting |
| 16/01/2018 |
January blues |
| 26/01/2018 |
Cantors from Hell! |
| 02/02/2018 |
Bridal chit-chat (26): the winter wedding |
| 10/02/2018 |
Notes across the Pond |
| 25/02/2018 |
Things Legal |
| 03/03/2018 |
Beastly! |
| 03/04/2018 |
An Easter Crisis! |
| 29/04/2018 |
Where have all the Catholic organists gone? |
| 21/05/2018 |
Bridal chit-chat (27): the royal wedding |
| 11/06/2018 |
More about the incredible organ bench backrest |
| 28/06/2018 |
Running late |
| 08/07/2018 |
Swimming the Forth |
| 15/08/2018 |
Quite a surprise! |
| 22/08/2018 |
The Three Tenors |
| 26/10/2018 |
Watch this space … |
| 02/11/2018 |
Blog is in its tenth year! |
| 09/11/2018 |
A leaner meaner website |
| 16/11/2018 |
Carols released! |
| 23/11/2018 |
Road works ahead! |
| 30/11/2018 |
Tranquillised stops! |
| 07/12/2018 |
Macaronic dilemma |
| 14/12/2018 |
When the moderator is moderated … |
| 21/12/2018 |
Total welly |
| 28/12/2018 |
End of year report: could do better |
| 04/01/2019 |
Back to the bench? |
| 11/01/2019 |
Easter is late this year! |
| 18/01/2019 |
Website reconstruction: progress report |
| 25/01/2019 |
Weddings from the organist’s point of view |
| 01/02/2019 |
Bridal chit-chat (28): what if you don’t get paid? |
| 08/02/2019 |
Colours of what do what? |
| 15/02/2019 |
New Lenten Gospel acclamations |
| 22/02/2019 |
Lenten Gospel acclamations – complete set |
| 01/03/2019 |
The verses the little verses |
| 08/03/2019 |
You can’t win … |
| 15/03/2019 |
Small hands |
| 22/03/2019 |
Judge not and always check your junk |
| 29/03/2019 |
… and the floor will shake |
| 05/04/2019 |
Augmented unison? What on earth … ? |
| 12/04/2019 |
Lorry mirror |
| 19/04/2019 |
All depart in silence |
| 26/04/2019 |
A very small token of appreciation |
| 03/05/2019 |
Bring flowers of the rarest – quickly |
| 10/05/2019 |
The joys of scrolling |
| 17/05/2019 |
Time to relax a bit |
| 24/05/2019 |
Health and safety in the organ loft |
| 31/05/2019 |
Tales of the organ |
| 05/06/2019 |
No post this week |
| 07/06/2019 |
Fees: just checking |
| 14/06/2019 |
Return of the pump organ? |
| 19/06/2019 |
Did Theodore Dubois have four legs? |
| 21/06/2019 |
Bridal chit-chat (29): the unexpected Gloria |
| 26/06/2019 |
Organist Marthas |
| 28/06/2019 |
The long handshake |
| 02/08/2019 |
Wiring the organist brain |
| 09/08/2019 |
Dancing at Mass |
| 16/08/2019 |
Those wicked men again |
| 23/08/2019 |
Music event – East of Scotland |
| 30/08/2019 |
Farewell to Calamus |
| 06/09/2019 |
A Gloria on the loose |
| 13/09/2019 |
The Sound of Silence |
| 20/09/2019 |
Are you a cantrix? |
| 27/09/2019 |
The Tired List |
| 05/10/2019 |
Gloria on the loose – update |