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In response to @duwivie: As a teacher of over twenty years' experience, a former pupil of David Briggs and orgainst at one of England's greater churches, I would say the following:

1) No - it is simply not true that everyone can improvise. It is a gift; and, whilst inspoiration is of course hel...

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For the record, the former instrument at Worcester Cathedral had lost much of the tonal characteristics given to it by Robert Hope-Jones. It rather more closely resembled a number of other large, colourful H&H instruments.

I had the pleasure of playing it for a week-end of services i...

This is brilliant - but Seth McFarlane singing it live on stage (shown as part of last week's Family Guy weekend) was even better.

As for William Shatner, I guess that humour was a lot different in 1978. That, or he was actually HIGHHHH....

It is indeed the Vierne - I have played it myself on many occasions. Why betz554 should be so certain it was Widor is difficult to understand.

I have got to 1'20" and I am already irritated by the performer's bizarre phrasing in the Pedal part (with almost every note detached) - this is virtually the other extreme. There is no sense of 'line'. Also, I would have said that his rhythm was unsteady - not 'flexible'. The semiquavers are oft...