Theatre organ used for popular radio programmes by the British Broadcasting Corporation
The BBC Theatre Organ has existed in various guises and locations since 1933, used for in-house, often live broadcasts of organ music from the British Broadcasting Corporation. In theatre organ circles there are just three "official" BBC Theatre Organs: the St George's Hall Compton, Foort's Travelling Moller replacement, and the Manchester Wurlitzer.
The BBCTheatreOrgan has existed in various guises and locations since 1933, used for in-house, often live broadcasts of organ music from the British...
A theatreorgan (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent...
pneumatic organ played by an organ grinder Theatreorgan, a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra BBCTheatreOrgan, several...
A number of Wurlitzer theatreorgans were imported and installed in the United Kingdom in the period from 1925 to just before the Second World War (1939–45)...
The BBC Radio Theatre (originally named The Concert Hall) is a theatre situated within the BBC's Broadcasting House complex. It is used for live broadcast...
wide-ranging BBCTheatreOrgan broadcasts at St George's Hall, London by Reginald Foort, who held the official role of BBC Staff Theatre Organist from...
broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The 30 minute programme focused on the organ in its many guises, and played recordings and live broadcasts of theatreorgans, pipe...
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Sundays). The first edition featured Dudley Beaven playing the BBCTheatreOrgan, although organs were dropped two years later because their less abrasive sound...
"Stuart Organ Dies: Longest-Serving Cast Member In Iconic BBC Kids Show 'Grange Hill' Was 72". Deadline. Retrieved 23 February 2024. Stuart Organ at IMDb...
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the 1940s and 1950s he continued to perform organ music for frequent broadcasts at the BBCTheatreOrgan. He was encouraged as an orchestral concert composer...
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and theatre organist. He was the first official BBC Staff Theatre Organist from 1936 to 1938, during which time he made 405 broadcasts on the organ at...
pianist and theatre organist. She was known for being the organist at the Odeon and Gaumont cinemas in Manchester, broadcasting organ recitals on BBC Radio...
first solo broadcast on the BBCTheatreOrgan on 29 November 1947. The association with Bradford continued until 1962 when the BBC switched its broadcasts...
church organs in England and Wales. He retired from the position of BBCTheatre Organist in 1963 and the BBC sold the 5-manual 27-rank Moller organ, it being...
He created the BBC Radio 2 series The Organist Entertains in 1969, and was its main presenter until 1980, often at the BBCTheatreOrgan in Manchester...
1954) is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold...
in front of the organ for the whole Promenade season. Though the concerts are now called the BBC Proms, and are headlined with the BBC logo, the tickets...
on the organ. Bickley attended the Liverpool Blue Coat School, and studied at The Liverpool Theatre School. Bickley made his West End theatre debut in...
Nigel Ogden (born 1954) is an English theatre organist, known for presenting and performing on the BBC Radio 2 programme The Organist Entertains between...
Slim, John (18 January 2008). "Youth theatre celebrates its 20th birthday". Birmingham Mail: p. 55. Edward Dorrit. BBC Online. Retrieved on 4 February 2010...
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