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Casavant Frères op. 3837 (2005)
The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York
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Stylistic Features of Frescobaldi and Froberger in Buxtehude’s Ciacona in C minor, BuxWV 159
Sublimity flashing forth at the right moment scatters everything before it like a thunderbolt…
—Longinus
The University of Michigan Historic Organ Tour 54
What a special trip the Marilyn Mason University of Michigan Historic Organ Tour 54 this past July 9–22 was, tracing the cities and churches limning the lives and careers of J. S. Bach and Buxtehude and, among others, the organ builders Silbermann, Schnitger, Trost and Marcussen!
In celebration of the 100th birthday, October 27, of Helmut Walcha: Artist-Teacher—Part 3
Parts 1 and 2 were published in the October and November 2007 issues of The Diapason, respectively.
On Teaching
Finding the next note that a given foot has to play in relation to where that foot last was or what that last foot just did is actually the most useful and the best source of really secure, comfortable pedaling. I want to elaborate on that idea, and then describe a beginning exercise based on this approach.
In the wind . . .
The American Institute of Organbuilders gathered at the Valley Forge Conference Center and Radisson Hotel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and shared a wonderful week of professional growth and companionship.
Carillon News
On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Rhenen, The Netherlands, and the 50th anniversary of the Van Bergen carillon in the St. Cunera tower, the Cunera Carillon Association, in cooperation with the Dutch Carillon Guild, announces an international carillon composition competition.
Nunc Dimittis
Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp., Petr Eben, Albert Fuller, Rudolf “Rudy” O. Inselmann, Henry Ray Mann, Bruce E. Mathieson, Roy G. Wilson
