Richard Church in At home in Herne Hill - 1906
from Over the bridge : an essay in autobiography, pages 246–47:
[The new piano-tuner’s] first act … was to suggest that the Broadwood-White took up house-room, and that he knew of a period-piece pipe organ, just removed from Park Walk Chapel, Chelsea, which would take little more floor space than the upright piano.
After some parental deliberation the change was made, and the organ arrived in a van…
When assembled, the organ just missed the ceiling of our little dining-room and stuck out three feet from the wall. The rest of the furniture was dwarfed, but that did not worry Jack. It is a miracle that he … more >>
Richard Church, Over the bridge : an essay in autobiography (London, 1956), p. 246–47. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1443130146859 accessed: 11 December, 2024
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written by Mozart |
performed by Jack Church |
organ music
written by Bach |
performed by Jack Church |
organ music
written by François Couperin |
performed by Jack Church |
organ music
written by Antonio Vivaldi |
performed by Jack Church |
organ music
written by Joseph Haydn |
performed by Jack Church |
organ music
written by Arcangelo Corelli |
performed by Jack Church |
organ music
written by Jean-Philippe Rameau |
performed by Jack Church |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1906 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |