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The BBC's first in-house organ - a Compton organ - was unveiled at the BBC Radio Theatre (then named The Concert Hall) within Broadcasting House on 16 June 1933. To celebrate the event, the corporation broadcast a concert with George Thalben-Ball , G. D. Cunningham , and Walter Alcock .
Roderick Hallowell "Sandy" MacPherson (3 March 1897 – 3 March 1975) was a Canadian-born theatre organist in Britain. As the second official BBC Theatre Organist, in succession to Reginald Foort, he achieved considerable broadcasting time during and after World War II.
Sep 24, 2020 · Many hated what they heard. But the BBC had a seemingly unlikely star: Canadian-born Sandy Macpherson, the BBC’s resident theatre organist. In September 1939, a listener wrote, “We should like to know if you keep Sandy Macpherson chained up in the dungeons of the BBC.”
In 1946 the BBC bought the five manual Möller outright and it became the BBC Theatre Organ.
May 2, 2024 · George Blackmore BBC Theatre Organ 1961. So let's us go right back to the old BBC Light Program on Saturday, August 5th 1961. When "Melodies & Memories" was ...
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"The BBC Theatre Organ featured in this article was unfortunately lost during World War II due to bombing. BBC replaced it with the famous Foort "Traveling Moller" .
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The first full-scale BBC Theatre Organ was used for broadcasts in 1936 from across the road at St George's Hall. In the 1950s, the development of high-fidelity recording and the LP phonograph record created new interest in the theatre organ.
