Pipe Up! The Organ Podcast

Leeds International Organ Festival

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Pipe Up! The Organ Podcast

Our weekly podcasts are hosted by David Pipe, Leeds International Organ Festival’s Artistic Director, who’ll be joined by guests to chat about the online Monday recital series. Guests will include some of the recitalists themselves, alongside composers, conductors and music journalists. Visit lioflive.org.uk for Leeds International Organ Festival Live, our online recital series.

05/20/2022

Valerie Barr

David talks to our new Accordion Tutor for the Diocese of Leeds Keyboard Studies Programme, Valerie Barr. An accomplished soloist and chamber musician, not only do we hear her insights into the Accordion scene in the UK and internationally, but we also get a crash course on the accordion's distinctive features, alongside some lovely musical demonstrations.

29 min
07/09/2021

Pam Hulme

Berlin-based organist, composer, conductor and educator Pam Hulme joins David for the final episode of the series. Following a career in school teaching, Pam moved to Germany where she is now working in church music and education. We hear how she was introduced to ‘live looping’ by teenage pupils in East London, and how rap and beat-boxing have found their way into organ performance through her Urban Organ projects.

44 min
06/25/2021

Charlotte Gardner

The freelance writer, music critic and journalist, Charlotte Gardner, is today’s guest, speaking about her work which takes her all around the world. Charlotte describes her experience as a Music student at the University of Cambridge, and tells us how a job at the BBC, ultimately on Radio 4’s Today programme, eventually led to her current path as a music journalist. Along the way, Charlotte shares her insights into the rising stars of the classical music world!

47 min
06/11/2021

Peter Wright

Peter Wright joins David today, speaking about his current work as Interim Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral, but also his distinguished tenure as Organist and Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral in London’s South Bank. Peter describes his studies with Flor Peeters and Dame Gillian Weir, and explains what it was like to work at one of London’s most vibrant cathedrals. Along the way, we hear, too, about Mr Bean!

42 min
05/28/2021

Ann Elise Smoot

Today’s guest, Ann Elise Smoot, is one of the country’s foremost organ teachers. As Director of Oundle for Organists, and Chair of the Dr Martin Clarke Young Organ Scholars’ Trust, she works with young organists across the country from a wide range of backgrounds. We hear about Ann Elise’s early experiences in the UK, having come over as a recent graduate from the USA, including her work at the renowned St Giles International Organ School with Anne Marsden Thomas.

42 min
05/14/2021

Huw Morgan 2

David is joined by the organist and composer, Huw Morgan, talking about Huw’s compositions for organ and electronics, and his latest album on a 4-stop organ in south Wales. They discuss the Automatronic collective, a group of like-minded composers who write and perform with electronic media, plus ways in which this fascinating compositional world can be explored for promoting the organ in the most unusual and unexpected ways! Featured tracks Encounters, Michael Bonaventure Sarsen, Huw Morgan Light Spills Over Banked Roots, Huw Morgan Phosphorescent, Lauren Redhead

34 min
07/17/2020

Francis O'Gorman

In our final podcast of the series, Francis O’Gorman, Saintsbury Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Edinburgh, joins David to talk about his dual life as an English academic and organist. Francis tells us about playing for Zoom services from home on his digital organ, as well as some of the challenges facing live music-making amidst the global pandemic. We also find out how English literature and wine are linked in an unexpected way!

43 min
07/10/2020

Caius Lee

Caius Lee, formerly Organ Scholar of Leeds Cathedral, and now Neville Burston Organ Scholar at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, joins David to speak about his university Music studies, as well as his role as an access officer to help state school pupils in their applications to the University. Caius tells us about the college ‘parent’ system, recording services for Zoom worship, and how Cambridge is adapting to life in lockdown.

36 min

Our weekly podcasts are hosted by David Pipe, Leeds International Organ Festival’s Artistic Director, who’ll be joined by guests to chat about the online Monday recital series. Guests will include some of the recitalists themselves, alongside composers, conductors and music journalists. Visit lioflive.org.uk for Leeds International Organ Festival Live, our online recital series.

Creator

Leeds International Organ Festival
Years Active

2020 - 2022
Episodes

16
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© Leeds International Organ Festival
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Pipe Up! The Organ Podcast