Ruffatti organ, Pershore, UK
Abbey Church of the Holy Cross
Fratelli Ruffatti has completed the installation of a new organ for the Abbey Church of the Holy Cross in the market town and civil parish of Pershore, Worcestershire, England.
Abbey Church of the Holy Cross
Fratelli Ruffatti has completed the installation of a new organ for the Abbey Church of the Holy Cross in the market town and civil parish of Pershore, Worcestershire, England.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Houston
Kegg Pipe Organ Builders have been commissioned to build a new pipe organ for St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas. For the new three-manual 28-rank organ, the Great and Pedal will be housed in a center case with Choir and Swell in newly enlarged side chambers. The new organ replaces a smaller instrument that was installed in the rear, with console and choir in the front. The new organ will be installed in January 2025. Music Director is John Kirk.
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University of Illinois Press
University of Illinois Press, Champaign, Illinois, announces a new book, Leo Sowerby, by Joseph Sargent (cloth, 9780252045936, $50; eBook, 9780252056918, $19.95).
The biography offers the first focused study of Sowerby’s life and work against the backdrop of his place in American music. The author is an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Alabama.
For information: http://go.illinois.edu/s24sargent.
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New six-CD organ collection
Sony Classics announces a new six-CD organ collection, Edward Power Biggs Plays Historic Organs of Europe ($47.98), with all recordings remastered from the original analog tapes using 24 bit/192 kHz technology.
Disc 1 features “Historic Organs of Switzerland;” Disc 2, “Historic Organs of Spain;” Disc 3, “Historic Organs of Italy;” Disc 4, “Historic Organs of France;” Disc 5, “Historic Organs of England;” and Disc 6, “Historic Organs of Holland and North Germany.”
Holtkamp Job #2127; three manuals 42 ranks
Central Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky
Mechelen, Belgium, July 10–14
The Ninth International Queen Fabiola Carillon Competition will take place in Mechelen, Belgium, July 10–14. This competition is offered every five years by the Royal Carillon School Mechelen and the City of Mechelen.
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine
Ashley O’Brien is appointed executive director of the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine. With experience in strategic planning, brand development, and operational optimization with over 15 years of work at multinational corporations like Morgan Stanley, Ann Inc., and Pernod Ricard, O’Brien brings over a decade of nonprofit board leadership experience with organizations such as New York Choral Society, HeathCorps, and Wellesley College Alumnae Leadership Council.
Arrangements and transcriptions
Dr. J. Butz-Musikverlag announces new organ publications. Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (BU3114), edited by Arno Hartmann, includes the organ solo score with an additional piano part arranged by Wilhelm Middelschulte.
Mein teurer Heiland (BU3118) comprises 18 transcriptions of choruses, arias, and chorales from Bach’s passions according to St. Matthew and St. John arranged for organ solo, edited by Johannes Schröder.
Director of music and organist of Trinity Episcopal Church on Galveston Island, Texas, for 48 years
Ronald Wyatt has retired as director of music and organist of Trinity Episcopal Church on Galveston Island, Texas, after 48 years of service. The celebratory weekend of December 2 included a recital attended by a capacity crowd, a service on Sunday morning, and a gala reception for the community in the afternoon. The City of Galveston proclaimed December 2, 2023, “Ron Wyatt Day.”
Adam Brakel plays O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622, by J. S. Bach.
Performed at Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College; Skinner Organ Company (1931) / Randall Dyer (2022), four manuals, 78 ranks.
https://www.rollins.edu/chapel/history/the-great-organ.html
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