#InternationalOrganDay spotlight on @OrganReframed
Launched at Union Chapel in 2016 by our own @clairemsinger
Uniquely commissioning boundary-pushing new music & cross-collaboration for this versatile instrument.
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Premiere of Voci del Vento by @chrisrwatson and @clairemsinger with visuals from Jim Horsfield and Adam Moffatt-Seaman. Help repair @UnionChapelUK ‘s beautiful historic organ👇
#TBT stunning https://t.co/hxPEq4ccG7 visuals transforming #UnionChapel for the world-famous @OrganReframed Festival 2022.
Let's save our rare, historic organ together so we can bring back such vital celebrations of the King of instruments. Donate & share https://t.co/KYdtwWyhah
Our Music Director of the Organ @clairemsinger speaks on the versatility of the King of instruments
“If you think about the organ as the first synthesiser, the world’s your oyster in terms of who can perform and compose on that instrument.”
📖Read more at https://t.co/gvXJSzCOgh
🧵Let's get our rare and historic pipe organ back to its full glory together. Please donate or share our https://t.co/1cxr7lUVmr appeal so we can fix crucial repairs & bring our world-famous @OrganReframed festival back to push boundaries & inspire all. We're over halfway there!
Thanks so much to @BBCLondonNews for featuring our @UnionChapelUK appeal to support the repair of our cherished 1877 Father Henry Willis organ ♥️👇 https://t.co/WN5svoeEYN
"It's quite a task, but I'm up for the challenge!"
Watch @clairemsinger interview on @LondonLive Live for a deeper dive into our urgent organ repair appeal.
Join the fight to save the 1877 Father Henry Willis organ at https://t.co/KYdtwWyOZP
#NowPlaying https://t.co/RSrfLPeSL2
Listen back to @theQuietus editor @JahDuran on last night's @BBC6Music New Music Fix about the new wave of organ music, highlighting our own @clairemsinger + a shout out to our urgent appeal to save #UnionChapel's rare organ: https://t.co/KYdtwWyhah
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This morning's interview with @clairemsinger describes the devastating moment a crack in our organ was discovered & how we hope to repair it this January with your help.
Listen back from 1:25:18 at https://t.co/OO3drMzjMx
Help save our 1877 organ at https://t.co/KYdtwWyhah
Thank you SO much @maryannehobbs for making Forrig your Hit Reset track today on @BBC6Music and for bringing attention to the @UnionChapelUK organ appeal ♥️ https://t.co/yuY2qWUxMV
▶️Listen to Robert Elms' @clairemsinger BBC Radio London interview: https://t.co/la8ZyLr2QC [starts 2:12:50] where they discuss our Organ At Risk.
"Its a fantastic story and a wonderful venue" (Robert Elms)
#GivingTuesday Every donation and share helps at https://t.co/KYdtwWyhah
Our very precious 1877 Father Henry Willis organ @UnionChapelUK is in need of an urgent repair. Sadly due to unexpected unusual climate activity in 2021/22 the swell section has suffered significant damage. More info & how to help: https://t.co/LxoDOzpVuw
Today! Our friends Festival Variations @lelieuunique have the wonderful Frédéric Blondy performing Éliane Radigue’s beautiful Occam XXV which we commissioned in 2018 and released in 2022 ❤️ https://t.co/dc3B0DDhyi
Calling all admin lovers!✨📢 The @UnionChapelUK organ team is expanding and we would love to hear from you! Application deadline 20 Feb More details 👉 https://t.co/hFpJ9ZM1JO
As we reflect on this past year tonight I am holding a candle in remembrance of three incredible people who I was honoured to know and work with, leaving memories that I will cherish forever.
All my love Philip Jeck, Mira Calix and Mimi Parker
Huge thanks to James Dawson for including my work in his beautiful documentary narrated by @thehuwedwards ‘Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments’
Both an elegy to a disappearing musical world and a story of renewal and hope. @BBCiPlayer https://t.co/U2jhAcJhkn
Tomorrow ‘The Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments’ a documentary by James Dawson will be broadcast on BBC4 at 9.10pm. Back in 2019 James came to visit me @UnionChapelUK and it is an honour to have my music included in his film about the crisis facing Britain’s pipe organs