The silver screen came back to Christ Church for another silent film accompanied on the organ, as part of the Bath Film Festival. This time David Bednall played for the remarkable 1927 Russian film by Olga Preobrazhenskaya, The Women of Ryazan. His improvising style was rather different to David Briggs’, being more reliant on creating a general mood and only rarely quoting other pieces of music.
There may be more such events in future, and after two dark films it might be interesting to hear improvisation to, say, a historical drama or a comedy.