Organists' Review Magazine February 2010 Back Issue

This issue coincides with two major anniversaries separated by centuries: the tercentenary of Thomas Arne's birth and the hundredth birthday of Stanley Vann. To celebrate these events, aside from our fabulous cover, James Parsons's "You can play this" begins with a piece by Arne; and our centre-page spread is of Peterborough Cathedral where Stanley Vann spent almost a quarter of a century.

Aside from these celebrations, this issue is slanting towards female players. David Shuker takes a historical look at female organists in late-Georgian England, and to balance this, Dr Carol Williams writes about her work in San Diego. Moving further afield, Will Fraser introduces three new organ-related DVDs and Alastair Johnston introduces the music of Frederik Sixten and Gunnar Idenstam. Paul Hale's column looks at Llandaff Cathedral, and Anthony Hammond writes about the revamped Father Willis in Cirencester Parish Church. Corinne Hepburn's "Organ Forum" opens officially with this issue, and we reach the penultimate article from Dr John Bertalot. This leaves us with John Norman's "Soundboard", which overviews the last thirty years and an article from Paul Fisher about how he began composing.