Ben Bloor

Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast

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This is Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast! Hosted by Ben Bloor, with a different special guest each week. The place to be for light-hearted conversations about the King of Instruments. Get in touch with us at podcast@chiffchat.com or visit www.benbloor.com for more information. If you're feeling generous, chuck us a few quid on https://tpjr.us/chiffchat

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Episode 6 - Steven Grahl 15.05.2024 54:36

Get your hankies out - it's the final episode of Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast ! This week's special guest is the new Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge, Steven Grahl . Ben and Steven chat about their upbringings in Derby Cathedral, working together at New College, Oxford, and the benefits of organ scholarships. This episode is guaranteed to make you 'sense'. If you'd like to support...

Episode 5 - Richard Pinel 08.05.2024 54:47

It's episode 5 of Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast and today Ben has a chinwag with Director of Music at St Mary's Bourne St, Richard Pinel . This week features plenty of organ stories and anecdotes so trivial, you'll be left with a funny sense of cold indifference, wondering where your life went wrong. The big boy himself, Max Reger, is finally discussed in detail and there's even a bonus edition o...

Episode 4 - Martin Baker 01.05.2024 1:03:25

Here we are on episode 4 of Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast ! Today's guest is the improviser-extraordinaire Martin Baker . Martin and Ben chat about the big three London Cathedrals, the God complex required to control both organs and plane simulators, and we find out what makes Martin musically tick in Organ Heaven and Organ Hell. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can contribute via Tipjar...

Episode 3 - Daniel Moult 24.04.2024 1:07:52

Welcome to Episode 3 of Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast ! Today's guest is the larger-than-life Daniel Moult . Ben embarrasses himself by getting the fundamental element of quizzes wrong - the questions. Dan tells us about his teaching life, commissioning new organs and filming organ documentaries, and we find out Dan's taste in organ music through the regular heaven & hell item. If you'd like...

Episode 2 - Tom Bell 17.04.2024 1:02:49

It's Episode 2 of Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast , and today, Ben welcomes Tom Bell to talk all things organ. The usual organ heaven/hell and quiz items are here, and we have a chat about new music, Tom's love of Messiaen and W.T. Best, and the weird parallels between organs and trains... If you'd like to support the podcast, you can contribute via Tipjar - https://tpjr.us/chiffchat Do send me an...

Episode 1 - Richard McVeigh 10.04.2024 1:06:22

In the first episode of Chiff Chat - The Organ Podcast, Ben chats to Richard McVeigh from the Youtube channel 'Beauty in Sound'. We discuss Hauptwerk organs, touring around the country recording various cathedrals, find out what Richard's ideas of organ heaven and organ hell are, and try to find a stop name for every letter of the alphabet! Check out Richard's Youtube channel here: https://www.you...