On Sunday, I sang with the Northdale Concert Band, the Grace Church-on-the-Hill Choir, the Christ Church Deer Park Choir, and the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Choir, at their Last Night of the Proms.
It was a lot of fun!
Here is a video from the TEMC's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/temctoronto/videos/2135190073361032/
Showing posts with label Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. Show all posts
2017/06/26
Stephen Boda at the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
Yesterday, Dad and I went to see Stephen Boda perform at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.
He is the Principal Organist there and this performance featured the new Antiphonal Division that was just installed in December 2016.
The first time I went to the Church was in March for Pedals, Pipes and Pizza in March, so the Antiphonal Division was already installed. I didn't realize it was so new!
The stops in the division are:
- 16' Contra Violon
- 8' Open Diaspason
- 8' Violin 8'
- 8' Chimney Flute
- 4' Octave
- 4' Open Flute
- 2 2/3' Twelfth
- 2' Fifteenth
- IV Mixture
- V Grand Cornet
- 8' Trumpet
They added 1080 new pipes!
All of the new pipes are at the back of the church and are un-enclosed.
The program for the concert included:
Sinfonia from Cantata 29 by J.S. Bach (transcribed by Guillmant)
Outer Hebrides: A Fantasia on Three Celtic Melodies by Pau Haley
Fanfare by John Cook
Night on Bald Mountain by M. Mussorgsky (transcribed by Szathmary)
Andante Sostenuto by C.M. Widor
Scherzo Symphonique by P. Cochereau
I really loved "Outer Hebrides" and I hope to get the music so I will be able to play it one day. I have a soft spot for Celtic Music.
The "Fanfare" by John Cook highlighted the 8 foot Festival Trumpet stop beautifully.
The Scherzo Symphonique was an improvisation by Pierre Cochereau and was transcribed from a recording at Notre Dame in Paris. With the stops chosen, this piece blasts you from behind and it is guaranteed to get everybody's attention. It was the perfect way to show what the new pipes are capable of!
2017/03/15
Pedals, Pipes and Pizza - March Break 2017
I had a wonderful afternoon today!
I went to the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church for "Pipes, Pedals and Pizza" put on by RCCO Toronto.
It was a special program during March Break where they introduce the organ to lots of kids.
It was -17C with windchill but I still managed to drag my Mom along with me.
Stephen Boda played Paul Halley's Outer Hebrides and an excerpt from Widor's Toccata.
He is just excellent.
He is the organist at the TEMC.
He also did a little talk where he explained all about stops, manuals and pedals.
It was a pretty large group so we split up into 3 smaller groups and we got to learn more about the different types of pipes from Thomas Fitches.
The spot where he is touching in this picture is called a "beard".
We all got to try out the spectacular 5 manual Casavant organ which has over 6000 pipes!
Here is a short video of me playing on the organ.
We also got to see where the pipes are installed in the church.
It was my first time getting to see the pipes like that!
I hope to see you all again soon!
I went to the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church for "Pipes, Pedals and Pizza" put on by RCCO Toronto.
It was a special program during March Break where they introduce the organ to lots of kids.
It was -17C with windchill but I still managed to drag my Mom along with me.
Stephen Boda played Paul Halley's Outer Hebrides and an excerpt from Widor's Toccata.
He is just excellent.
He is the organist at the TEMC.
He also did a little talk where he explained all about stops, manuals and pedals.
It was a pretty large group so we split up into 3 smaller groups and we got to learn more about the different types of pipes from Thomas Fitches.
He talked about reeds, flues and string pipes and he also explained what the different parts of the pipes are called.
The spot where he is touching in this picture is called a "beard".
We all got to try out the spectacular 5 manual Casavant organ which has over 6000 pipes!
Here is a short video of me playing on the organ.
It was my first time getting to see the pipes like that!
I spliced together 2 short videos so you can have an idea of what it was like. The first part was taped by my Mom and the 2nd part I shot. This was in one of the rooms.
Thank you to Stephen Boda, Stephen from the RCCO, Thomas Fitches and everyone who made this day possible!
I loved it and had a wonderful time.I hope to see you all again soon!
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