Richard Spotts to play L’Orgue Mystique
Richard Spotts, author of Charles Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique: La Haute Mission, will perform the complete 253 movements of L’Orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire across seventeen evenings in Lent 2026 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, featuring the church’s recently renovated Aeolian-Skinner organ, a project undertaken by Russell & Co. Organ Builders.
Performances are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.: February 23, 24, 25, March 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, and 31. Programs will be livestreamed and recorded.
See his article, L'Orgue Mystique: A Liturgical Symphony, in the January 2026 issue of The Diapason:
https://www.thediapason.com/content/lorgue-mystique-liturgical-symphony
https://www.thediapason.com/sites/diapason/files/Diap0126_FullIssue.pdf
For information: richspotts.com and stpaulschestnuthill.org.
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