Organs – St Joseph’s Bradford
The Hopkins Organ
The Bradford Boys’ Choir are the choir in residence at St Joseph’s Church in Bradford. The church organ was manufactured in the late 19th century by Hopkins & Son of York. It is widely regarded as the finest organ in the city centre, benefiting from mechanical key action and a superb case from an earlier Anneessens instrument.
| Specification | ||
| 3 Divisions, 27 Ranks | ||
| Pedal | ||
| Open Diapason | 16 | |
| Bourdon | 16 | |
| Principal | 8 | |
| Bass Flute | 8 | |
| Fifteenth | 4 | |
| Great | ||
| Bourdon | 16 | |
| Open Diapason | 8 | |
| Stopped Flute | 8 | |
| Dulciana | 8 | |
| Principal | 4 | |
| Chimney Flute | 4 | |
| Fifteenth | 2 | |
| Mixture | III | |
| Trumpet | 8 | |
| Swell | ||
| Lieblich Bourdon | 16 | |
| Horn Diapason | 8 | |
| Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| Echo Gamba | 8 | |
| Voix Celestes | 8 | |
| Geigen Principal | 4 | |
| Fifteenth | 2 | |
| Mixture | III | |
| Cornopean | 8 | |
| Tremulant |
The Director of our Schools Singing Programme, @thomas_leech, writing for @ArtsPro on equality in cathedral music. 'Achievement in a cathedral choir and the subsequent fruits of this should be available without regard to social circumstance.'
And we're back in schools too - our wonderful Choral Director team have had a fabulous week working with all these wonderful young voices! #CanDoMusic
Some of our choirs are slowly returning to in-person rehearsal after months of online sessions! Here are the cathedral girls, singing together for the first time in nearly 7 months! 🎶🎶🎶
It should not disappear but it needs to grow and adapt, like the amazing work by @DOLMusic in Leeds, and @ward_lw in Liverpool.
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My voice is changing right now so I’m in this range where I can sing quite high or low, so I can either sing treble or tenor right now! When I sing it gives me more confidence in school and everywhere. The whole choir feels like a community and you get to meet lots of new people as well. My favourite pieces are some of the Glorias, I also like singing in other languages. 13 years old, Leeds Cathedral Senior Boys Choir
Merry Christmas! Tune in now to hear the fantastic Bradford Catholic Youth Choir sing Mass on BBC One!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000csln?fbclid=IwAR0ogvwOLxPBN-ThyyCgvvwRAyQ8-EoKCarbPYgcU9unVw1gIIjcYI...
BBC One - Christmas Day Eucharist, Christmas Morning from St Joseph's Catholic Church, Bradford
www.bbc.co.uk
A joyful celebration of Christmas, led by the Rev Christopher Angel.Today at Leeds Cathedral:
9.30 am Mass (Cantor)
11 am Solemn Mass (Boys)
Missa in Honorem SS Cordis, Andriessen
Hodie & This little babe, Britten
Deo gratias, Britten
I feel happy because it just lets all your emotions out. I like singing. My favourite thing about choir is singing, and I’m really excited for the BBC broadcast. We’ve been rehearsing for it since September, since we came back from the holidays. If you feel nervous about singing imagine it’s only you in the room and you’re singing to yourself. When I joined I was really nervous, but my sister was in the choir (she’s in Seniors now) and she helped me to sing. 10 years old, Bradford Junior Choir
An excellent BBC rehearsal this afternoon for Bradford Catholic Youth Choir...tune in tomorrow at 10am!