The tuning was finished in the nick of time, and last Wednesday the new Op91 Dobson organ at Merton College Oxford had its first public outing, in a broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3. (And thanks to the magic of the internet, John Panning, Tonal Director of Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, could listen live at his desk back home in Iowa.)
The organ was also used last weekend for two services celebrating the First Sunday in Advent. Recitals proper start next year, with the Merton Organ Festival, and tickets have just gone on sale. John Scott gives the opening concert, and Benjamin Nicholas, Merton’s Director of Music, will play in June. You can download the pdf of the full Festival programme below.
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