January 2010
Fabry, Inc., Antioch, Illinois
First Presbyterian Church,
Lincoln, Illinois
Nestled in the geographic center of Illinois, Lincoln enjoys having the distinction of being named before Abraham Lincoln became president. While old Route 66…
Rieger-Orgelbau,
Schwarzach, Austria
Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Regensburg, Germany, 2009
It was an exceptional privilege for us to have been commissioned to build the new main organ for the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Regensburg…
The organbuilder’s viewpoint
Investing in research is foreign to most organbuilders. The pipe organ is a traditional instrument, for which it is natural to think that everything has already been invented. Research is therefore perceived by…
On a recent trip to Pesaro, in the region of Le Marche in Italy, where I went to work as an accompanist with singers and visit some historic organs, I saw a number of Callido organs, both at Sant’Agostino in Pesaro and elsewhere, but I was…
Maurice Duruflé altered his organ works many times from when he composed them in his youth to the end of his life. My intent to know the original led me to strip away these layers.1 I now perform from my restored early versions in which I…
Repertoire, part 3: Mailbag
This month’s column is devoted to answering a few questions from readers, arising out of the two recent columns about repertoire. The questions all have to do with one basic point—namely, how it can be possible…
Improbable recipes
My father is a retired Episcopal priest and as long as I’ve been in the organ business—starting as a teenager ostensibly growing up in the rectory—I’ve enjoyed corresponding with him about church music. We’ve spent…
David R. Davidson, director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Chorus, died September 5, 2009 in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 60. A native of Hamilton County, Ohio, he held degrees in piano performance and music education from the University…
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