Timothy Morris

Musician, lapsed mediaevalist, liturgist, schoolmaster, pilot, beagler, occasional mathematician, part-time pedant and geek. Also an actual (lay) succentor.

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@DominicSelwood @RobertePotente @melibeus1 @BLMedieval Sorry Dominic I’ve nearly given up twitter but - they are ‘h quadratum’ (B natural) and ‘b rotundum’ (B flat) both required by the hexachord system. Take a look at stuff on this. With both it is possible to play all scales of the period.

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@recordedcm @radleyprecentor @RadleyChorister @RadleyMusic @RadleyCollege @RadleyChapel Yes. It will be available but not sure if publicly but I can ask about allowing you access

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@CamLibResearch @hackloon @liamsims Sure it wasn’t brandy? I recall drinking a lot more of the latter...

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@IanYorston @BitbyBot @miss_mcinerney There’s a nice use of maths, though: the smaller the aeroplane, the larger the numbers used, until below a certain size it is mandatory to weigh everyone.

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@IanYorston @BitbyBot @miss_mcinerney Indeed - had to learn those weights for the CPL 'Mass and balance' exam.

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@SimonG54 @nicholsonorgans There was an organ in Austria which had one labelled 'Rauschwerk' - this being both the term for reeds and a pun on 'rausch' which I believe means drunk...

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@DavidEdwinQuinn Ending world poverty? Finally learning to tap dance?

Hopefully, learning some organ music...

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Dear Twitter friends,

I’ve decided to give up Twitter for Lent.

I may have to operate on various work accounts, but I won’t be reading or tweeting on this account from midnight tonight, until Sunday 4th April.

I might find I don’t miss it... let’s see!

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Bittersweet moment - sad to see it go in a way (it handled the Bach in this recital well) but excited about the future.

[Radley College Music @RadleyMusic]

It’s time to say farewell to our old organ, which has been in daily use since 1980 - @nicholsonorgans carefully removing the pipework (some of which will be reused in future projects).

Listen to @succentor’s farewell recital here:

https://t.co/wllLzmGydj

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@jonathanclinch It actually handles the prelude pretty well. I’m going to record it for one of our online chapel services. I’ll need a registrant, though... handily I have one at home.

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Train hard, fight easy.

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

The liturgy for Quinquagesima marked the approach of meatless Lent with a passage from Genesis: 'Dixit dominus ad Noe, finis universae carnis venit', 'The Lord said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come'. A solemn reminder of human frailty, but also a bit of a liturgical joke...

[SparkNotes @SparkNotes]

Girls don't want flowers and chocolates for Valentine's Day, girls want to exit the Underworld without anyone turning around thus sending them back

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@FrSimonThorn @RadleyMusic Doh!

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#organselfie in a rather chilly St James’s Church, Radley.

But very grateful to have somewhere to practice now our @RadleyMusic organ is being removed.

[Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus]

That sound you just heard was Anthony Trollope’s ghost exploding in fury.

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@terratologist Calming.

They remind me of Lego Friends.

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@friendschurches I bet that Conacher organ is beautiful, too.

https://t.co/ytiihrLZXw

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@DrJACameron @QuireMemes We know Spem was inspired by an Italian 40 part motet. We suspect it might have been Ecce beatam lucem, although if so, I don’t think Tallis had heard it because the handling of the parts is so different.

I conducted some of the sub choirs on this:

https://t.co/6g3uG1rD3J

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'It’s important in this time to be exactly who you are.'

https://t.co/X3wwxV1Jp8