October 2008
In 2003 the Arcadom company requested 13 European companies to design an instrument for the new Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary. Six companies then were looked at more closely; three of them were from Germany. After…
This article celebrates the 100th anniversary of Distler’s birth year. It enhances understanding of Distler as a composer and examines performance aspects of his organ works. Relevant biographical information introduces us to Distler’s…
Noack Organ Co., Inc.,
Georgetown, Massachusetts
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, Wisconsin
From the director of musicThe Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe consists of several buildings and various outdoor devotional areas and…
Mother Nature showed her dark side during the month of June, with repeated thunderstorms dumping rain and more rain on the Midwest. Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs rose, eventually spilling over dams, levees, and banks, flooding some areas…
Counterpoint II
In last month’s column, I discussed teaching the playing of contrapuntal music on keyboard instruments, focusing on ways of conceptualizing counterpoint that might be interesting and useful to students without being…
Cracking the code
In April 2008 the Boston Symphony Orchestra premiered John Harbison’s Symphony Number 5 for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists with symphony orchestra. The texts are from three poems on Orpheus, the tragic figure who…
Peter M. Baichi Jr. died June 20 at age 38. Born in Syracuse, New York, he earned a bachelor of arts degree at Eastman School of Music, studying with Russell Saunders. He began his career as an organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in…
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