A Player's View of Jean Martyn on BGT

Following all the comments on our letters page, Ian King, the former editor of the Organ1st magazine, who is himself a player and composer, has summed up Jean Martyn's appearance on BGT with a few words on his Keyboard Players & Organists website.  Here is an extract:-

Britain’s Got Talent & Jean Martyn -
The Organ is Just Not ‘Cool’.

For all of you out there who don’t know, UK organist Jean Martyn was in the “Britain’s Got Talent” TV show in May/June of this year. She made it through the auditions (with three ‘yesses’) and on to the live Final on June 4th. Unfortunately she came last, but it was still a major achievement for any performer, let alone an organist. Her performances can be seen on YouTube.***

Firstly, I should say that Jean Martyn can play. Obviously she can, she’s made a living over the past three decades slogging around the organ clubs up and down the country. She also looks like a nice person, I’ve never met her, but she looks nice. It seems she was planning to retire when she was sixty (which was only a few weeks away), but that’s probably been put back a few years at least. She is now going on the Britain’s Got Talent UK Tour for two weeks. 

This piece is in no way meant to be derogatory.......

To read the full story click on the following link:-
www.organists.co.uk/reviews/BGT.html

***www.youtube.com/watch - Jean in the finals.