A new organ has just been unveiled in Manchester’s Anglican cathedral. It has a fascinating hidden feature – spiritual texts cut deep into the case, so deep that they actually perforate it – which means that when the organ sounds, it literally speaks through holy words.
Almost as interesting, though, is that the instrument is called the Stoller Organ, named after the Mancunian businessman who paid for it. And he seems to have cornered the market for musical philanthropy in the city, because Stoller is also the name on the new concert hall that opened last week right next door to the cathedral, as part of the specialist music school Chethams.
