Bernard Edmonds Research Conference
25 February 2012 Registration & Coffee 10.00 Start 10.25 Close 4.10 pm
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham University (5 minute walk from University Station)
Programme
- 10.00 Registration & Coffee
- 10.25 Welcome
- 10.30 The archaeology of the late medieval organ - Martin Renshaw
- 11.00 Close encounters of another kind (with Smith 1696 casework) - Richard Hird
- 11.25 Thomas Corfe (1773-1863), Organist of Salisbury Cathedral - Christopher Kent
- 11.55 Who compiled the Leffler manuscript ? - Jose Hopkins
- 12.25 Explosion of new flue pipe tone colours in the 19th century - John Norman
- 12.55 Question & Answer
- 13.10 Lunch
- 13.55 Hymn written by J.H.Leffler (with organ interudes) Participation session around the Snetzler organ
- 14.10 Update on the British Organ Archive - Chris Kearl
- 14.25 New light on old Birmingham organs - Paul Tindall
- 14.55 "One of the Old School": William Done of Worcester Cathedral - Jim Berrow
- 15.25 Organs at Coronation Services - David Knight
- 15.55 Question & Answer
- 16.10 Close
Conference fee 25 pounds including buffet lunch and refreshments
See next page for details of the 2012 Residential Conference in Oxford and later events
