Organists and Organ Playing

Frisson

Maybe you’ve heard of this term before … and maybe not. Here’s what I found about this phenomenon called “musical chills” in a paper written by Emily Nusbaum and Paul Silva. Have you ever had the experience of listening to a favourite piece of music and suddenly you get a little spikey feeling running down… Read More Frisson

Organists and Organ Playing

Queue for Evensong

Question: What’s the only word in the English language with four silent letters? Queue nouna line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. verbtake one’s place in a queue.”in the war they had queued for food” At the Three Choirs Festival, they queue for daily Evensong, one of several… Read More Queue for Evensong

Organists and Organ Playing

The Gold Standard

This afternoon’s concert at the Three Choirs Festival was by the world-famous Kings College Choir conducted by Stephen Cleobury. It was sponsored by the American Friends of the Three Choirs Festival to which I contributed. For decades my late husband Carl Crosier and I listened to the Kings College recordings and out of their concert… Read More The Gold Standard